J M Kline Farm Pair of Stallions for 1901 Seasons
Horse breeders advertise two stallions Conkel and Jerry at J M Kline farm near Malvern to insure a live colt. Conkel is a Mammoth Brown Jack 154 hands high 1025 pounds five years old in prime. Jerry is dark brown 17 hands high 1550 pounds five years old. Terms require payment to insure a live foal due at foaling or when colt is used. Care stated but no liability for accidents.
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J. M. Kline Farm
Malvern
Jack
Jzrey
Conkel
Jerry
Strapped by a Streetcar Strap Leads to Poisoned Kiss Disfigurement
A New York woman, standing on a crowded streetcar, had her fresh gloves brushed by a strap. Her handkerchief blocked the strap, later causing lip pain and blood poisoning. A doctor linked the illness to a poisonous substance from the strap. she recovered after surgery, though facial disfigurement remains possible.
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Dabyxer
Jentier
New York
New York Sun
Minister’s aid to famished family backfires in Tennessee
In a Tennessee town a minister, moved by a parishioner’s starving family, solicited funds for relief. After receiving generous donations, he gave the money to the family, who then spent it on twelve portraits for each of the five members, depleting the charity and leaving them in the same plight.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Scimitar
Brought Down the House by a Glasgow Burlesque Actor
English actor Arthur Roberts playing Captain Crosstree in Black Eyed Susan at Glasgow caused an awkward onstage incident when he staggered during a scene and unintentionally toppled the inn scenery. The curtain was lowered as a result.
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Arthur Roberts
Captain Crosstree
Glasgow
Crosstree
Mr. Roberts
Thousands Suffer Kidney Trouble Warned in Ad
A newspaper advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary ailments. It urges readers to test urine with a glass bottle method, claims relief for back pain, bladder issues, and alcohol aftereffects, and offers a free sample bottle and book by mail from Binghamton New York.
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SwampRoct, Co
Binghamton, N
Glasgow performance boosts house with lively opening
A vivacious speaker arrived at the front and announced that in Glasgow they always bring down the house, setting a lively tone for the event. The remark highlights the city’s flair and audience energy in the show.
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Coffiedliti
Glasgow
Objection to Credits Causes Drama Programme Controversy
The great actor objected to his name being removed from the drama programme and replaced with burned cork stars. He asked why and stated he did not want to be blacklisted, per the Chicago News report.
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Chicago News
Verbal Portrait of a Young Businessman and a Suspected Trait
A man recounts his fledgling venture and the trust placed in a friend named Jones. He describes early expansion hopes, numerous leaks and drains, and seeking help when a horse grew lame. Jones assesses the situation, noting the delivery wagon needs the animal or another charge.
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Jones
A Horse Deal Ends In Deception And Loss
A man recounts a bad horse transaction with a so called friend Jones who exploited gullible buyers. After paying 60 for a horse sold as sound for 80, the buyer learns the horse was old and flawed, netting Jones a large profit while leaving him with a poor animal. The tale contrasts friendship with greed and a grim joke from Braxfield.
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Fially
Jones
Detroit Free Préas
Charon Delivers A Joke At The Styx Ferry Debacle
In a surreal exchange, Charon debates fate with an ex-distiller, teasingly placing him with Boston arrivals while warning he would die from St Louis. The punchline lands as the ferryman propels the figure into the Styx amid the ruined spirits motif.
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Charon
Boston
St. Louis
StyxChicago News
Have You Any Of These Symptoms In Your Life
A reader lists common health complaints such as lack of ambition and energy, morning fatigue, headaches, discouragement, sallow skin, and pimples as part of a broad catalog of “scores of other bad feelings” indicating poor well being. The fragment hints at health advice or an ad typical of late 19th or early 20th century newspapers.
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Kay
Costs of Drugs Run High in Early Pharmacy Trade
A druggist notes some medicines command astonishing prices, with weights in gold cited for common drugs. A rare pseudo physostigmine seed from India and Brazil fetches about 437.50 per ounce. Music, derived from musk deer, tops prices at around 505 to 600 dollars per ounce, reflecting scarce supply and dalliance with medicinal use.
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Frome
Hst
India
Brazil
South Africa
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