Settlement by heated rebuke in Ozark custom
The tale explains how a public cussing out settled a dispute between old Us and John Carter. Carter stood in front, unshielded, while Us condemned him with a blistering oration about corruption. The moment broke the feud and the two men became friends, a local custom in the Ozark region.
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Ben
Cussin
St. Louis
Globe- Penocrat
Fietley
Jobo Carter
Findys
Georgia
Rosen
John Carter Bease
Mr. Carwr
Carter
Findley
Mr. Carter
Europe
America
Ozark
Gallery of Human Races At New York Museum
The American Museum of Natural History plans an extensive study to create life sized plaster figures of various human types. Dr. Boaz leads measurements and casts of North Pacific and West of Rockies tribes to depict facial features, bodies, clothing, and daily life in a future full display.
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American Museum of Nat- History
Tes Old Wood Hall
Boaz
North Pacific
Basy
Rockies
New York World
Fashionable Bloomers and Warm Silk Petticoats in City Life
The piece describes lace trimmed beaded satin bloomers with canton flannel lining designed for warmth and leg protection, paired with long silk petticoats and flannel drawers. It notes less expensive versions in taffeta or flannel and mentions a Mississippi lake level detail as a separate tidbit.
Peculiar Instructive Rant From Culcage Record
The excerpt describes a bizarre scheme involving attire, ropes, and a “pack mate” with vivid, surreal imagery. It references packing, lacing, and a “backamere rope” setup aimed at altering a person’s waist measurement and public display, framed through a historical archival tone.
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Frontier
Salter Seed Co Opens Government Branch Office
The United States government opens a branch in the Salter Seed Co plant at La Crosse Wisconsin to speed government mail matter. The Salter firm mails its seed and grain catalogue to customers for 5 cents postage.
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United States
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Salter Seed Co
Saleer
la Crossy
Salter
Iowa
Spencer
Sensation
John A. Sal
Why Two Ears and One Mouth Riddle Told
A Philadelphia Times summary recounts a teacher testing pupils on the saying that we have two ears and one mouth. Frances offers a pun about months, Rosy corrects with the idea that what we hear may go in one ear and out the other, as quoted from Youth's Companion.
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Philadelphia Times
Frances
Rosy
Remarkable Dropsy Cure Offered by Atlanta Firm
Notice proclaims Drs. H. H. Green & Sons of Atlanta as the greatest dropsy specialists. Claims cure of many patients with a purer vegetable preparation and rapid relief. Ten days’ treatment mailed to every sufferer. see advertisement in another column.
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H. H. Green & Sons
Atlanta
Georgia
Dove
Miraculous
Otage
H. H
Gaeex
Sowa Allent
Theatre troupe’s dress demand derails leading lady
In a noted exchange from Harper's Bazaar the dramatic company faced actor withdrawals not due to talent but wardrobe. The leading lady insisted on a gown with a three yard train for a scene amid a tiny stage of eight by six feet prompting a monologue instead of a full production.
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Dobson
Oae
Vogse
Harper's Bazar
Modern Way Commends Syrup of Figs Laxative
The ad promotes Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Company as a pleasant laxative to cleanse the system and ease colds headaches and fevers with no unpleasant after effects. Also mentions a joke about literary pirates and a Fort Omaha prize fighting arrest of Privates Cavanaugh and Murphy amid rumors of a made-up purse.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Cavanaugh
Murphy
Fort Omaha
Newlin's Gulch Gold Camp advertised as rich placer land
The note touts Newlin's Gulch as one of the state’s richest gold placer areas with easy Gulf road access. It mixes in unrelated lines about prize fights, cures, and colonial-era quotes, reflecting fragmented OCR text and dated marketing chatter.
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Newlin’s Gulch
Gulf Road
Newlin
Guich
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Kutnow Brothers
Lafayette Prace
New York City
U. Cocs Hall Lee World
Setoe
Fillmore
Chicare
E.krauser & Bro
Milton
Iparliest Ae World
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Cecanon
Ohio
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Inventiot
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington, D.C
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Detroit
Mich
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Baron von Liebig
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
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