Red Cross stamps boost tuberculosis fight and odd baby dress tale
A miscellany of items including a kidney pill testimonial from Thompson Watkins, Red Cross Christmas stamps projected to raise nearly 400 thousand dollars, and a Beloit baby dress buyer's humorous exchange. Also includes comic snippets about a grandmother and a puzzled clerk in Kansas City gossip.
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Thompson Watkins
Parsons, Kan
Dean’s
Foster
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Parte
United States
Beloit
Kansas City Journal
Results of Food Health and Natural Conditions Come From Right Feeding
An educator from Boston credits Grape Nuts with improving health and digestion after nervous exhaustion. She describes a breakfast of raw egg beaten into Grape Nuts with hot milk or water, noting better brain power, physical condition, and bowel function. She urges others to read the little book There’s a Reason.
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Boston
Ahe
Italians Take Town in Drunken Mine War
Italian workers seize control of a town in a violent clash as American residents retreat into homes amid a drunken mine district upheaval. Local authorities struggle to restore order as fights ignite across streets and mines.
Black Hand Riots Rage Through Marion Village
A mob of about fifty Italian coal miners attacked in Heotsboro, firing over 100 shots at homes and injuring none fatally except Luther Williams who was found dead on a public highway near Beotteboro. The unrest prompted police investigations led by State Attorney Hartwell and Sheriff Thalliner, with arrests anticipated.
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D T. Hartwell
Sherety
Luke Newton
Newton
Hom
Luther Willlama
Willlame
Adolpey Hartwell
Scottwbera
Scottebauro
Black Hand Newton
Fred
Braley Ignores Hearing In Ohio Telephone Case
Cleveland hearing on independent stockholders bid to show Krath and Morgan funded Brailey and failed to compel witnesses. Testimony was refused on advice of defense counsel. Judge Chestnut adjourned as authority to jail for contempt remained unclear. Sam H. Jeffries, former Missouri attorney general, represented petitioners who secured a temporary injunction.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fel
J. Midrpont Morgan
John Krath, Jr
Toledo
Cuyaheen Telephone Co
United States Telephone Co
Notary Chestnut
al Khe
Sam H. Jeffies
Missouri
Mule Kicks Driver After Door-Opener Fails
Terre Haute Indiana report notes mule trained to open doors with its nose kicked the car driver in an incident tied to local mine work. In New York J Pierpont Morgan's purchase of Equitable Life control could consolidate Equitable Life New York Life and Mutual Life into a single group controlling about 1.7 billion dollars in assets, signaling major shifts in financial power.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Tis Mead
New York City
J. Pierpont
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Equitable Life
New York Life
Mutual Life
Sentiments for Musbands Rally Theme in One Voice
A fragmented verse-like plea urges a husband to express deep sentiment toward his wife. It calls for frank affection, respectful behavior toward others, and responsibility, culminating in a strong plea for enduring love within marriage.
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Musbands
Hess
Archaic Tonic Recipe and London Archery Interest
A historical note describes a superior tonic recipe mixing whiskey with tincture and syrups, recommended as an appetizer and after meals. It also reports a London archery tournament with 300 participants, noting growing popularity and potential influence on American attitudes as interest renews abroad.
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London
Lon Ion
Mrs. Askit Abroad Mixes With Royalty
The note mocks Mrs. Askit’s travels abroad suggesting she avoids scandal and keeps a proper demeanor as per Smart Set style, hinting at interactions with high society without explicit details.
Clarice and Friend Debate Flat Niceness and Quarters
Clarice argues their flat is nicer than the Browns' and the friend rebukes the notion that they should match quarters. The exchange notes social snobbery and etiquette in housing comparisons.
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Clarice
Wre Winslow’s Soothing For chtuken peething
Fragment reads as garbled health note with odd terms and dubious remedies, mentioning soothing for a bowel issue and warnings about trusting telephone information, suggesting a fragmented 19th or early 20th century health advice item.
Fragmentary tale hints at island question and playful truth
An odd transcript shows Mois recounting a question posed to Herehildeen about the largest island in the world. The scene shifts as youths relinquish something, and a grave remark about Lustratia emerges, all framed in a puzzled, dreamlike style.
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Mois
Dir “Therolid
Londen School Board
Nile
Taught by Experience in Crimson Gulch Poker Tale
A jumbled courtroom quip frames Crimson Gulch ponies as cautious players. Froncha Bob notes the crowd’s habit of staying put, while a visitor remarks on Ketting’s hat and coat separation amid ongoing trouble.
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Froncha
Bob
This Will Interest Mothers and Other Items
A compact notices page lists obituaries and personal notices alongside social reminders. Names, addresses, and affiliations appear with brief bios and references to local events and services.
Father drank again. janitor returns home late
Loulaine Courier Journal reports a fragmentary exchange implying a father’s drinking after returning late, described through a terse, partial dialogue about a janitor's late entrance.
Fragmented Nonsense Noted in Local Copy
A garbled OCR fragment references cold weather, lathe work, and an unclear scene involving a girl and a flirtatious man. The text also mentions former cigar smokers shifting habits and a stray remark about secrecy and its importance, lacking coherent narrative or identifiable people or places.
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Grivaly
Wilford
Paps
Tie
Colombia
Black Hand Society
Vialtor
House
Brailey
Pleti
A. S Alexa
Farm Journal
Prom
Butefor
Carmel
Mathal Decentive
Aimee
PNRM
SOL KS AL Teworth
Richard
Ore Farm
Race Street
Philadelphia
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Aluree Serete
Race St
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Allen & Insted
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Harmere
W. L. Douglas
Hite
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Maas
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St. Jacobs O'|, Ltd
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