Staggering Name Marriages Amid Odd License Detail
James Gill of Toledo marries a Tol edo girl whose father insisted the full name Missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four Hundred Miles Below the Mouth of the Ohio Absher be recorded. Henry Absher, the father, says the name honors an aunt from Napoleon, Mississippi river region in Arkansas 400 miles below the Ohio mouth.
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Hamilton
James Gill
Toledo
Missouri
Arkansas
Napoleon
Ohio
Henry Abyher
Mississippi River
Kansas
Mother Gray’s Powders and Odd Remedies Advertised
Fragmented ad item touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children and various patent medicines for ailments like summer complaints and stomach troubles. The text includes stray lines about preparations, prices, and dubious cures, with unrelated reflections on manners and social advice.
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Mother Gray
New York
Olmsted
le Roy
Tennis Racquets Spark Revival in Local Shops
Dealers report a 50 percent rise in tennis racquet sales this season, signaling renewed interest. The golf boom wanes while tennis appeals to both old players and new buyers, though many old timers remain wary of newer models and restringing challenges.
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Sporting Goudh
Tennix
Philadelphia Record
Immunity from trampe through pastry tale causes scare
A Germantown man recalls his wife’s insistence on pastry during hardship. She refused to share and served the tramp only after noting a leaden cake and then smashing it. He claims no tramp has since begged for food, a tale cited by the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia
Life
Gen Tracy's Queer Hand And Other Dispatches
A mash of snippets features General Tracy later secretary of the navy and a stubborn Irish servant in Brooklyn with a telegram joke about queer handwriting. Also noted are brief inklings on John Morley, a LL D honor, Archibald Geikle stories, poems, and musings on life desire and longevity from New York press.
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Tracy
Gen. Tracy
Navy
Washington
Tracye
Brooklyn
Welkt
Tom
New York Times
Senator Blackburn Defends Southern Courtesy in Station Exchange
Senator Joe Blackburn, speaking in a retort to critics, asserts Southern men admire women with courtesy rather than impertinence. He recalls observing a handsome young woman at a Washington station, who exclaims Rubber, prompting him to apologize and explain his intention was to compliment her as if she were the real thing.
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Joe Blackburn
Washington
Madara
Caid J
How Elephants Sleep An Old Circus Anecdote From Kansas City
A Kansas City circus man reports an elephant aged about 90 that sleeps while standing. He claims the animal can go long periods without full rest, dozing briefly on its feet while rocking gently, a trait said to be common among aged elephants.
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Kansas City
Boston
Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia Elf
Dudley
Roxbury
Lydia BE
Dudley St
Mase
Mayes
Pinkham
Lydia EB
Tom Thumb figure alive at 66 tours Coney Island stage
Mra, known as Tom Thumb, sometimes spelled Mrn, remains alive at sixty six and performs at a Coney Island midget theater. She travels home each night in the same coach gifted to Tom Thumb in 1844 by the Prince of Wales. She is deeply religious, active in the Actors' Church Alliance and Woman's Aid Society, and a Daughter of the American Revolution.
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Mra
Tom Thumb
Mrn
Barnum
Coney Island
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Actors’ Church Alliance
Woman's Aid Society
Fragmentary 1903 Industry Pitches and Odds and Ends
A mosaic of ad-like snippets covers incentives for wealth, brand pitches, and production totals. Items include a plea for Japanese aid to sustain families, a note on quick riches through catchy slogans, a train-name reward, global gold output figures, Defiance Starch claims, a Venetian quip about language, Lewis’ Single Binder cigars, Spain’s 1903 grape harvest, and a Minneapolis cough remedy pitch, plus a penniless charity boast.
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THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Wabash
St. Louis
BT. Louis
A. mi
ovenpaAney
Ehthtrom Toothine
Milay
Ismay’ Biog
Hime
Hame
Owers Phat
Tower Canadian Co, Limited
Tononto
Canada
HANDY
Washaby
Crucey
E. Lake St
Chicago, Ill
Mil . Jurnian
DRS. Thornton & Munda
SiMosi
Xitanas Oley
Wabash Line
Union Station
Chicago
St. Louis Union Station
the Mort
Waa
Paaine Bewre Reniand
Krome
Ae. Teak
ORLY
Rola
Regina
Reper Ge Cay Els Saanton Gs Cn Eae Ae
Trampe
John Morley
Edinburgh University
Gladstone
Dr. Morley
Chary
Archibald Geikle
Palaley
Abe
Sweet Tussie
Roy Farrell Green
New York Press
United States
Meridian
Denver
Spain
Pino
J. W. O'Haren
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Fox
Winchester
Dr. Price
Price Cereal Food CO
Food Mills
Battle Greek
Mich
Math Offices
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