Paper mills and wallpaper trade in early America
The fragment discusses wallpaper and papermaking, noting many mills in the United States and high yearly output. It references Wall paper utilities in America and the scale of industry with millions of tons produced, indicating widespread production and consumption in the era.
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America
Stason
Almanacs and Scarce Perma Almanacs Backed by Astrology Interest
An item notes widespread interest in Perma almanacs and a rush for copies. Drugists report stock, with astrology articles drawing readers. A list of questions on astrology is offered free, and readers are urged to ask their druggists for early purchase before stock runs out.
Distinctive Madrid Capital Noted for Health Issues and Death Toll
A speculative analysis claims Madrid is the most unhealthy capital in Europe with 9 374 deaths in five years among a population just over half a million. The piece mentions opportunities in the Southwest and directs readers to contact James Harker for business prospects with M K T By at 101 Wainwright Building, St Louis.
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Madrid
Europe
Great Southwest
James Harker
Gen Pasa
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Texas
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Four regular meals a day hotels claim in Washington
A quirky 1920s style summary notes Washington hotels allegedly serving four meals daily breakfast luncheon dinner and late supper with some venues offering midnight servings. It also mentions unrelated items about Commonwealth Day and a prize for Italian literary work. The excerpt includes a local Missouri tale of Maggie Decker's recovery with Dodd's Kidney Pills.
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Washington
Favors National Control of Coal Mines and Roads
A radical proposal by Representative Jenkins advocates federal eminent domain power to control coal mines and transportation to relief rising prices and scarcity. He argues extraordinary measures are needed as monopolies profit from public hardship, urging government action while noting constitutional limits and crisis conditions.
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Judiciary Committee
Jenkins
Bia
Dows
United States
A Story With a Moral Shows Family Suit Over Drink Cure
Mrs Laura J Hosier of Anderson is said to have secretly dosed her brother George W Overshiner with a remedy to curb drink. Overshiner sues for 5000 dollars claiming he was unaware of the cure and did not want to be cured. Also noted are resignations and colonial population notes with distant references.
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Dodd
Laura J. Hosier
Anderson, Tod
George W. Overshiner
Business Men of Indianola Support Colored Postmistress
Mrs Minnie M Cox the colored post mistress of Indianola had served six years with unquestioned efficiency. The push for her realignment drew from leading businessmen lawyers and other prominent citizens who criticized the pole objection to her color and rallied behind her.
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Indianola
Negro Postmistrens
Minnie M. Cox
Indianols
Miss
Guarding McKinley Tomb Detachment Relieved in Canton
Eight officers and thirty privates of the Third United States infantry are detained to guard President McKinley's tomb at Canton, relieving the prior detachment on duty there. The move focuses on maintaining security at the historic site.
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McKinley
Third United States Infantry
President McKinley
Canton
Inventions at 8 Louis World's Fair Measure Inequality
Chief Rogers of the department of education announces a notable exhibit at the University of Illinois for the 8 Louis World’s Fair a dynometer gar. The device measures inequalities in track surfaces and will be shown alongside a car used by the Illinois Central railroad network.
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Rogers
Department of Education
University of
Prizes for Literary Success in Finland Through Centuries
Since 1507 Finland has awarded annual prizes for belles lettres. The 1903 recipients include Dr Leino with about 400 for an Tgengren, 300 for lyrica, and T Pak hota with 260 for a camedy. A steamship built in Owbollin marks a Dublin shipyard launch for the first time in over thirty years with Liverpool ownership and engine work at Qlaagus.
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Steamship Bultt
Owbollin
Dublin
Liverpool
Qlaagus
Quack Kidney Cure Promises and Arid Lake Discovery
An ad touts a Doane Kory Pile kidney remedy claimed to cure kidney disease and back pain with a free trial offer from Milburn Co, Buffalo N Y, priced 60 cents per box. The page also notes subterranean lakes in Australia near Bueta district and describes a Spain town Mansanares honoring the first child of a new year.
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Doane Kory
Dean
Kidbey Pilin
Calmes
United States
Milburn Co
Daffalo
Bueta Dletriat
Australia
Rivera
Mansanares
Spain
Defiance Starchpot Paid Extra to Benashie Housekeepers
Benashie Housekeepers will receive one third more mine money than Defiance Starchpot alone due to higher pay and superior quality.
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Benashie
Invincible Navy of Uruguay Cited in Odd Naval Sketch
Fragment describes a fictional or satirical Uruguayan fleet including three gunboats, a mobilised Slam fleet with two 600-ton corvettes, gunboats, a 2,500-ton deck-protected cruiser with fourteen guns, and a 60-ton cruiser in a peculiar match of forces.
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Invincible
Uruguay
Slam
Suicide telephone confession shocks Vienna town
An Austro Hungarian tale recounts a Magyar woman being rung by her lover in Taba who allegedly offered to shoot himself over the line. A gunshot was heard and later confirmed as his suicide, in a grim domestic incident reported from Vienna.
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Mer Lever Dia
Vienna
Magyar-Cyerasa
Hungary
Taba
Abe
Pigiee Set of New Idea
A fragmented OCR note cites 1278 Friar Bacon predicting lying would become general and 1680 Bishop Wiking claiming it will be as usual to bear him boots for journeys. The passage reflects historical proverbs about honesty and social habits with unclear context.
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Wiking
Decline of Hansoms Fast Tracks London Telephones
The rise of telephone use in London reduces demand for hansoms as speed conscious businessmen no longer rush between offices. The piece notes telephones cutting travel needs and hints at efficiency gains for households and professionals.
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London
Ex-Soldiers to Enter Clerical Posts in War Office
Ex-soldiers will in future be employed as clerks in all departments of the British war office. Preference will be given to those with first class certificates of education or those invalided from active service by wounds or sickness.
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Clarks
War Office
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