Mother Hubba rdas for Athletes and Champagne Obsession
A long column discusses the proposed Mother Hubbards costume for athletic groups and the public reaction including a village policeman. It satirizes privacy intrusions and notes a local pride in prudery, with an anecdote about soldiers bathing and an officer punning on viewing distances. It closes with a scientist’s explanation of champagne sinking in the sea and cork behavior under pressure.
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Mother Hubbards
Prudary
Wiadom
Athletic Association
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Mother Hubbarda
Atlanta Constitution
Indiana mule belt tale on Congressmen Heminway district
An Evansville article claims Indiana has a distinct mule belt with the First District holding most of the state’s mules. It cites Heminway’s counties with counts totaling 11,848, contrasts northern counties with 7,954 mules, and notes the north’s contempt for the animal while southern areas still favor it.
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Evansville
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Faris, Overstreet
Landle Steele
Cromer
Crumpacker
Brick
Heminway
Pike County
Gibson County
Jencer
Warrick
Posey
Richmond
Indianapolis
Pike
Tadiana
Nouthern
Fluorescent Screen Aids Medical Diagnosis In Animal Tests
A writer in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly reports Dr Francis H Williams of Boston using fluorescence to study digestion. In experiments at Harvard Medical School a goose fed with bismuth-containing food shows esophagus passage. a cat's stomach movements mirror heart rhythms during digestion and react to irritation. The female cat proved more tractable in these trials.
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Sayn
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
Francis H. Willams
Boston
Harvard Medical Schoo
Oven-bird lecture links nests to gender roles
An Audubon Society speaker in Baltimore explains the oven-bird Furnaridae nest as a two chamber home. The inner room shelters the female with a feather bed while the outer male keeps a clay couch in a two part nest. The lecturer muses on masculine roles amid bird life.
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Baltimore News
Soldiers Long for Candy Heard From Old Campaigner
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note recalls fifty tons of candy sent to the army in the Philippines and likens it to the chocolate cream soldier in Arms and the Man. An ex volunteer, who served in Cuba, muses on the author’s idea and the goofy image of sweet treats filling a revolver holster. He recalls losing taste for bonbons during youth but says the craving returns amid army marching.
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Philippines
Cuba
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sth Army Corpe
Voices From The Tomb Telepathy Tale Revealed
A sensational tale presents Mr and Mrs Charles Smith in a case of presumed death and miraculous resurrection. Bishop Samuel Fallows lends credibility while telepathy is proposed as the link between spouses. The names remain secret until an investigation concludes and the public is informed.
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Baya
Samuel Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
Chicago
Aged veteran claims 122 year old pension request
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports a Civil War pension claim by John McGowan living in Clay County Florida who asserts he was born in Ireland on March 15 1779 and served in the Seventeenth Connecticut. He arrived in the U S in 1804 and recalls events from 1818 to 183, with affidavits supporting age. Officials will verify facts before approving a veteran benefits claim.
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Evans
John McGowan
Clay County
Fly
Florida
Connecticut
McGowan
Ireland
St. Patrick's Day
United States
Jackson
Morriess Kehoe Case in New York Court
Thomas O Brine and his wife were arraigned in a New York court on charges of criminal neglect. The case details show the couple face accusations related to the welfare of a dependent person. Further proceedings were scheduled by the court.
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Kehoe
Thomas O'Brine
New York
Driftwood with copper salts fuels New England fireplaces
A New Bedford dealer ships hundreds of barrels yearly of driftwood impregnated with copper and salts that burn brilliantly in open fireplaces along the New England coast. The wood, sent to customers across the country and even Europe, has resisted imitation attempts though some have tried. Long sea soaking appears essential to produce the vivid flames.
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New England
New Bedford
Europe
Notiding In Gotham Building Costs Plummet This Year
Noting in Gotham reports building operations in New York during the first quarter fell to 16 million dollars from 35 million last year. The main cause cited is the high price of materials, curbing activity across construction sectors.
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Notiding
Gotham
New Yorke
Allen's Foot Base and related remedies advertised
Do Tour Fest Acks and Hore. Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot Base a powder for the fest. It makes Ught or New Shoes feel Easy. Curee Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Bhoo Stores 25¢. Sample sent Address Allen 5 Olmeted Lantoy N Y Arcetylane Geta Tired.
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Allen
Allen 5
Olmeted
Lantoy
N. Y
Fragmented Advertisements and Parody Nonsense from 1900s Page
A garbled OCR page mixes product pitches, slogans, and odd quips about health tonics and household goods. It mentions Coca Cola dandruff cures, Pepsi Gum, Fanston Starch, and Red Cross Ball Blue, with scattered lines about crime, marriage, and fashion, all in a noisy, collage style.
Graveyard Nightmare and Chilling Resurrection Mystery
Night after a funeral a man hears his dead wife calling him to the cemetery. He and cousin dig up the coffin to find the wife alive and recover her, with doctors later tending her. Separate note reports two children frostbitten outdoors, possibly harmed for life insurance gains, with a Gerry Society official claiming deliberate killing for payout.
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Mr. Smith
Charles
Smith
Phyatclana
Jealous Lover's Attempt Leaves Two Wounded in El Paso
Pablo Alvares of El Paso Tex shot at his sweetheart Miss Logan but she escaped the bullets and died from fright. Angel Grellows and Abraham Alderete were wounded in the legs in the same incident.
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Pablo Alvares
el Paso
Tex
Miss Logan
Angel Grellows
Abraham Alderete
Man Escapes, Digs Up Father’s Body in Frankfort Case
Samuel Dine was adjudged insane at Frankfort Indiana and escaped the authorities. He walked to Converse about sixty miles, unearthed his father’s body, and hauled it around in a wagon for several days before being recaptured by county authorities.
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Samuel Dine
Frankfort
Ind
Consverse
Rountves
Lava eruptions suspend travel on Mount Veauvius road
The St. Louis Star reports travel on the Mount Veauvius road has been suspended due to a profuse lava eruption affecting the city lines. The note mentions the St. Louis street railway system also facing trouble.
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St. Louis
Mount Veauvius
St Louie Star
Freedom of Pallstine Swallows Declared
In Palestine the swallows are claimed freedom not only of houses and living rooms but also mosques and sacred tombs, where they nest and rear their young.
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Palestine
Ladies Seek Help From Mrs Pinkham's Remedy
Letters from readers praise Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from back and body aches irregular menses and bearing down pains. Orana Kerr of Rockport Indiana credits renewed health after following the advice and treatment Mrs Pinkham offers based on experience treating female ills.
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Crana Kerr
Rockport
Ind
J B. Piniham
The Five Hundredth Anniversary Exhibit in Gothenburg
The Swedish book trade exhibition marks Guttenberg’s birth anniversary with displays tracing book manufacture from early printing to modern times. A notated note on happiness quotes Ellet about wide thoughts and shared feeling, while Keswick in Shasta County reports a gold mine discovery with off vein indications threatening population movement.
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Johannes Guttenberg
Gothenburg
Keswick
Shasta County
Cal
Trustees Seek Tall Preacher for Kansas Church
Denver Post reports a Kansas church seeks a preacher over six feet tall to oversee congregants, described as watching over the sisters and chronic sleepers using hats as slumber blockers. The ad highlights height as a key trait for leadership duties.
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Kansas
Dominic
Denver Post
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