The Scholar and the Circus Girl Engagement
In Windsor Magazine style a learned scholar invites a bold circus girl to seek love through old books and gentle guidance. She seeks a love potion but he guides her toward honest affection and warns against magical schemes. He promises to visit after she pledges patience and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakes
Jakew
Bramal
Phyllis
Troy
Rone
Almael
Philiers
Alten
Croux
Justa
Bix
Windsor Magazine
Fingered Monkey Discovered in South Africa Caves
The New York Sun reports caves in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State yielded hundreds of mummified remains of a six-fingered monkey species. Adults show a tail placed unusually high on the back and possess two rows of canine teeth, with other distinct traits noted for males.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
South Africa
Death Toll in Constantia Turce Sultan Conflicts
A fragment from a historical piece notes that thirty eight sultans faced violent deaths amid turmoil in Constantia involving Turkish factions. The terse line mentions the last sultan dying amid reign struggles and rising violence.
Embroidered Linens Care and Home Laundering Tips
Advice on maintaining embroidered linens with gentle washing and drying. Guidance covers soaking, starch, ironing on the wrong side, and careful handling to preserve color, texture, and stitch integrity while keeping fabrics fresh and tidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Waal
Want ads and ads from a New York paper fragment
A collage of scanned notices and ads including an elegant home-seeker’s want list, Grain-O coffee substitute pitch, promotional blurbs for Cascarets, a Washington Star quip about pros and cons of eloquence, patent listings from Migdon & Higdon, and a Chicago Post freight of unrelated clippings.
Dear Bridget Note From Mick
A fragment from Mick writes to Bridget saying he will not be back before 1 and asks her to mind while he arrives and they meet later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mick
Bridget
Kansas City Swindler Targeting Farmers With Fake Doctor Ads
A traveling impostor named Cohen poses as Dr Cow of Dr Cow's Sanitarium in Kansas City. He varies schemes across the country to extract 10 to 800 dollars from farmers by displaying faked Dr Cow ads in newspapers. Victims report a trick called the specialist racket and Dr Coe offers rewards for the arrest of Cohen, who was bound over in a separate case in Selena, Kansas. The article also notes unrelated fragments about a traveler from Europe, a cash reward for a cure, and ads for California excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Dr. Cow
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Coe
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Zar Cees
Sultan Resolves to Read Cretan Question Dispatches
Constantinople dispatches report the sultan intends to address the Cretan question but give no clear guidance on whether a proclamation or other action will follow. Source: New York Mail and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
N.Y
Gold and diamond fever sweep the world in 1900s tone
A garbled jumble of figures and fables cites vast gold estimates from Johannesburg reefs and Klondike deposits, comparing Africa and California with South Africa as the dominant gold source. Interspersed are edgy ads and scattered jokes, with dubious remedies and household tips cluttering the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannenburg
Dontha
California
South Africa
Edo
Solomon
Hiram
Tyre
Africa
Yor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phyllle
Hal Pindi
Vonan
New York
Turtee Ibke Coffea
Sorge Utell Nerge
Washington Star
Rotorn
Agai
Cascarets
Cumty Vativirtic
Atents
Migdon & Higdon
Junction Made
Delaware
Kanaas City
Missour
Kanene
Nebraska
Caneotiti
Hintee
St Louis
D. J. Lattimore
St. Louis
T. A. Lueders
Frohna
T. H. Melvern
W. J. Pike, Jr
Devine
I. W. Schuperkotter
St Lois
J. Spiteniller
H.M. Whitney
Owing Menchime
W. A. Wilcox
Rich Mith
J. Williams
St. Joseph
MX. Williams
Hobl Frigkey
Crusher J. Witwon
St. Lote
Mechan
Themee
Sam
Chicago Post
Conor
Aditros
Chicago
Europe
After
Chreniy & Wu
Toledo
Soli
Detroit
Santa Me
Pallman
Goo
W. Hagenbuch
F. Ry
Brusania
Wentworth Ave
Ives
Wihart
Pickem
Mira
Winxton
Nat
Wrefe
Blackball
Mikes
Ralph
Mina Ine
Seta Renee Sale Eal Naasa
Piso
Mra. J. Nichols
Princeton, Jud
Bolt Gust Mainst
Rane
Bulte, Ary Goods
Rlotht
Kanvar Nn
Wieliowe Kole Ager, Loin and Manufacturers
Tans Coat Co
Ash Grove
Ste
FURS
Shukert
Grand
Merenanin Grain
Beiiniar
Bilg
Vinny
Cae Aulautead
Gratey
Aliyevre
Mas Cfs
Columbia
Standard OF the World
Hartford Bicycles
Pope Mig. Co
Hartford, Conn
Satah
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