Peggy and Holcomb Resolve Engagement After Club Lane Scene
Peggy Linwood and Bob Holcomb confront a love quarrel over an engagement ring. Holcomb defies orders, then professes lasting love as Peggy contemplates her future and accepts with a tender response. The scene shifts through tension with Tess Dane and Bess observing, ending in a renewed betrothal pledge.
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Peggy
Holcomt
Pegg Linwood
Bob Holcomb
Bun
Sue
Tess Dane
Century
Bess
Miss Dane
Peg
Miss Daue
Abe
Hess
Bess Tildly
Hob
Falk
Bob
Pegey
Sam
Black Dan
Dane Plarfuity
Ebia
Ana Veess
Bridie
Pi Ture
Bessie Dane
Teezy
Mike Cave
Peges
Hol Holcomi
Peeny
Tessie
Bob Mills
Beechcroft
Holcomb
Roots and mind readers in curious old notes
A historical excerpt describes Colonel Greenwood’s upside down chestnut seed experiments where roots defied gravity, and a long arching root eventually found earth. It also recounts a Maori exhibition where a magician’s article supposedly hidden in a king’s mouth caused a startled eruption of coughing.
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Greenwood
Sean Co
New Zealand
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promise Relief from Kidney Ailments
Mrs Krieger reports severe kidney disease and rheumatism symptoms improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes cold related pains, heavy limbs, and fatigue easing, with renewed ability to work and feel healthier, claiming the remedy strengthened her kidneys and ended backache.
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Fred Krieger
Mrs. Krieger
Tom
Dodd
Frugal Scotsman and the Bottle With a Punchline
Parody notes a frugal Scotsman and his kin amid a spoof advertisement for a Purely Vegetable Pill. The dialogue follows a boy named Bobby and his mother as a humorous domestic scene unfolds in Harper's Weekly style.
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Bobby
Harper's
Salada Tea Sparks Political Guess in Lunchroom Chat
A fragment shows a girl joking that her taste for Salada tea might influence how she votes, with an observer noting she would not differ much from men in politics. The Louisville Courier-Tournal is referenced in the clipping.
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Papa
Louisville
Courier
Tourn
Shiloh’s Cure and Newspapers in Old Text
Fragmentary OCR note describes Shiloh’s claimed cure for coughs and colds. It mentions a toothbrush soaking in cold water, a reference to State railways and newspapers diverted to the government. It notes over 10 tons of newspapers collected yearly on the Bel.
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Fan State Railways
Bee Jong
Railwayekete
Bel
Shiloh
Baby's Own Tablets Boost for Children and Mothers
An ad extols Baby's Own Tablets as a remedy for minor childhood ailments. It claims the tablets help children sleep, grow well, and stay cheerful, praised by Mrs. G. Collins and marketed by The Williams Co. Brockville Ont, with references to home use and mail orders. The note ends with unrelated lines about Vatican typesetting and the Pope.
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G. Collins
Man
Babs
de. Williams Ne Co
Brockville
Humorist Explores Quantified Expression and Wit
A discussion on expressing meaning through graded numbers. Professor J B Lounsbery figures in Harper's Magazine analysis while anecdotes show a man testing precision of health and mood ratings through numeric labels.
The Heiress and the Regret At Noon
Fragmentary dialogue evokes a comic quarrel as a heiress laments a missed change and a stout man imagines chagrin by misfired plans. The text reads as a fragmented page note from a 19th century edition.
Waking Night Prank Ends With Man Falling From Window
A prank to scare a wife ends with Jim tumbling from a window in his nightshirt after chalking up a newspaper hoist. The faint commotion alarms the wife who suspects the window was opened. The village reacts as the postmaster and others comment on the incident and a humorous note about trimming and coins surfaces.
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Abe
Grange
Jim
Ste
Toskine
New York
Detroit Tribune
Minard's Liniment and World Clock Trade Notes
The clipping mentions Minard's Liniment claimed to cure ailments in children and to drive out parasites with salt and worm extents. It also discusses the Black Forest clock industry growth in France, Germany, and the United States, noting increased clock exports and a method to whiten stained tinware using oxalic acid and whitening.
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Black Forest
Europe
America
France
Attine Republic
United States
The Danger of Piles and Its Promised Cure
A medical notice discusses the danger of piles and asserts a cure is available with confident claims. The article outlines symptoms and urges readers to seek treatment, presenting the cure as certain and accessible through specific remedies.
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Holloway
Dr Chase's Ointment Claim Highlights Immediate Pile Cures
An advertising testimonial set extols Dr Chase's Ointment with claims of rapid relief and permanent cures for bleeding and itching piles. Reports from D MacVicar and Jo Mawer describe long endured symptoms ending after using two boxes and a week of treatment, with no relapses since.
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Cha
Dr. Chaves
D. MacVicar
Caledonia Mines
Nos
Dr. Chases
Jo Mawer
Roden
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Jenking
Urd
Rick Dan
Petey
Granny
Pretty Girl
Jehorah
Nat Hase
Fermand
Hols
the Magician and
the King
MacDougall
Success Magazine
Parmelee
Vatican
Ey Ae Sane
Odd Gramm
Derby
Derts
Mint
Sears
Himorist
Lou
Miss Smith
J.B. Lounsbury
Harper's Magazine
Philadelphia
Tommy
Tomm
Blenheim
Indueim
Upper Danube
John Churchil
Osfordshire
Duke of Marlborough
Droam
Windsor Castle
London
Louie
Crcle
Disraan
Washington
Ereesay
Martha “Curtis
Minard
Ont
Neway
Mulgrave
Anthony
Star
A.W. Chase
Stanfield
Desler
W. Donald
Beecham
Canada
Eddy
Matenes
Hull
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