Spirits Find Mine Primitive Maine Mediation Tale
Trustum H Brown of Maine, known as the Mediator, travels from Bangor to Etna Pond with claims of spirit guidance and a California gold and ore find. A neighbor Nymphas Bodfish and local fishing lore frame a long tale of curses, traps, and a strange pact amid Maine Spiritualist camp tradition.
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Bangor
Trustum HI
Birown
Wangor
Boston
Maine
Etna Pond
Penobscott County
Nymphas Bodfish
Bodfish
Isid
Lodfish
Rodfish
Brown
California
Sarge
Waler
Too Many Laborers There Vancouver BC Amid Immigrant Woes
Vancouver reports show fewer unemployed than months ago but labor supply still exceeds demand. Immigrants from the United States face low wages and high living costs. many arrive with little means and risk being stranded if jobs fail. Since November 1, 3,090 Americans have returned home from Vancouver. Vagrancy laws are strict and enforced.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
David T. Wilber
United States
Canada
Seven Tons of Bibles Shipped to South Africa
In a record cargo the American Bible Society sent seven tons of Bibles to South Africa. The shipment contains Bibles not printed in English, highlighting a sizable humanitarian effort from New York.
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New York
South Africa
American Idle Society
May Deport Old Maids in England Prompt Emigration Debate
London discusses shrinking pool of marriageable women as Josephine Knowles criticizes parents for overprotective upbringing. She urges large scale emigration of girls to reduce surplus in England while colonies seek brides, and suggests linking marriages across dominions.
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London
England
Josephine Knowles
Clock Struck Backward Sparks Arrest in Chicago
Patrick Calhoun spent days in jail after his grandfather clock reportedly struck backward. He woke at stx o'clock to hear five, then six with four strikes, and eight with two. His wife called police claiming he missed mass. Investigators later found the clock wheel set in reverse after she cleaned it.
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Chicago
Patrick Calhoun
Pattick
Kipling Finds Quiet Life in Burwash Sussex
The piece recalls Rudyard Kipling fleeing crowds at Rottingdean and settling in Burwash amid plainspoken locals. It notes Rottingdean’s sea-side appeal near Brighton and an anecdote about King George IV’s visit and the village bells, illustrating the area’s discreet charm.
Chinese Is Women’s Ally in Savannah Flower Drive
Bo Sing Young, the 3st Joseph opium smuggler now serving two months in jail, aids Savannah women in their city beautification by contributing to the fundraising cash and helping plan sunken garden ideas and oriental flower schemes for vacant lots and the site of a burned building. He also runs a chop suey restaurant in St. Joseph.
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Savannah
Bo Sing Young
St. Joseph
Tuberculosis Cost Cuts Highlight Life Insurance Study
Prof James W Glover of the University of Michigan shows a $10 000 life policy holder could save about 20 annually if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated Tuberculosis alone costs a policy holder 1670 to 1750 in premiums per year at ages 20 to 60 With tuberculosis death rate shortening life expectancy by about two years and 158 days, a broader public effort is urged to lower rates as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis calls for united action.
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James W. Glover
University of Michigan
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Glover
Quote Exchange Hints at Modern Advances and Marital Schemes
A dialogue fragment shows Brinkley praising advances like smokeless powder and wireless telegraph while Cynicus comments on moneyless foreigners entering loveless marriages with heiresses. The exchange centers on technology and social climates.
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Brinkley
Cynicus
How He Got Them
A colorful idiom from the Catholic Standard and Times notes a speaker nicknamed Rastus Skinnah boasting about his methods. The piece hints at a claim of lifting rather than raising chickens in a rural or humorous context.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Healthful Skin and Hair
A persuasive ad urges readers to treat neglected skin and hair with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It claims clear skin and good hair improve happiness and success, noting the products are affordable at 60 and offer samples via Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston.
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Dept. L. Boston
Foghazed mariners recall Newfoundland seas and near drownings
An old salt in a seaport tavern recounts how thick fogs off Newfoundland once forced men to lean on the deck rail. The fog lifted suddenly and they fell into the sea, a humorous yet telling maritime memory from the era. A San Francisco Chronicle advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain at 25 cents.
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Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
Too Favorable a Description
A collection of quotations and editorial quips noting that praise can mislead and that measured critique is needed. Brief remarks reference a pinhead, the limits of flattery, and the idea that arbitration wages should reflect peaceful work, alongside a promo for Garfield Tea on health issues.
Senator Bankhead Voices Ironic Duty Distaste in Fayette
Senator Bankhead rails at hypocritical lawbreakers in Fayette noting their self righteous excuses. He likens them to a parson and his domineering wife who cites heaven’s law as the rule of order.
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Senator Bankhead
Fayette
Heaven
His Changed Fortune in Antiques Street Shift
A judge recalls Smithkins rising from a junk shop to a fashionable antiques store after moving to a prime street. The same stock now labeled Antiques marks his new status change and public perception.
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Smithkins
Cole’s Carbolisalve and Garfield Tea Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Cole’s Carbolisalve as a skin cure priced 2 and 50 cents with a free sample offer from J. W. Cole & Co. It also warns of self-pity’s toll on health and claims Garfield Tea cures digestive issues, urging readers to seek relief through these remedies.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Wis
Eight Lives Shy and Old Fashioned Girl in Blue Soap Ad
A compact literary snippet recalls the saying I have only one life and jokes about a cat. An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bluing as the world’s best value, while a playful query asks what happened to the old fashioned girl who chewed wax.
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
A Rochester mother reports her 13 year old daughter found relief from monthly dizziness and cramps after two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Stoutsville sixteen year old also testimonials relief, with many grateful letters to the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Richard N. Dunham
Exchange St
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Cora B. Fosnaveh
R.F.D
No. 1
Lydia Pinkham
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