Fragmentary Verse List Held By Seeker of Names
A partial OCR segment lists loves and recollections including Kirstie and Bessie among many female names. The text mood hints at a nostalgic catalog of individuals such as Susie Phasbe Winifred Grace Nannie Maud Rosie Tana Miriam Jessie Eva Mabel Nell and others, with stray phrases about seeing a longer column. The fragment preserves names without a clear narrative or event.
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Frith
Katie
Bessie
Susie
Sweet Phasbe
Winifred
Eae
Fidel Grace
Nannie
Maud
Rosie
Tana Mastenland
Miriam
Jessie
Eva
Mabel
Nell
Ob Strike the Lyre Of Thompson And The Hunters
Fragmentary lines describe Thompson roaring about striking the lyre and telling tales of wild adventures. The voice contrasts hunters abroad with home bravado and hints at maids' adoration and men’s disdain. The passage ends with a chorus of striking the lyre.
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Thompson
Partic
A Moment With Ztop A Wolf and a Lamb
A surreal fable scene unfolds with a Wolf and Lamb at a Purling Stream. The Wolf accuses the Lamb, the Lamb retorts, then the Wolf springs but his teeth break off. the Lamb remains unscathed claiming toughness and resilience.
Beating the Egg Frariff Idea From Nogales Man
The Tombstone Prospector reports a Nogales man proposes a cross border hen house to skirt egg duties. Hens will be fed in Mexico and lay in the United States, with a long building half in each country. The scheme aims to avoid duty by using the shared line and fresh hens moving to the U S end to lay eggs. The inventor traveled from Maine.
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Mexico
United States
Maine
How to call him Mr Robinsony
A short anecdote shows Leslie Robinson, a four year old, overhearing a question about his name and replying in a demure drawling way that would make a door and a smile in a rural home. The scene involves two maiden sisters who employed his father briefly and heard the boy’s witty suggestion.
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Leslie Robinson
Robinson
Leslie
Robinsony
Fragmented Wedding Exchange Sparks Bible Age Jokes
Miss Buster declares she may never marry in a burst of confidence. Miss Flip responds with a Bible joke about Noach’s age to marry, prompting amusement and playful banter.
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Miss Buster
Miss Flip
Noach
Pinched and Pounded in a masseur's strange art
A vivid account describes two hours on a masseur's table with detailed notes on sensations from toe to backbone. The piece contrasts Japanese pinching methods with other massage styles, noting the effects on muscles, skin, and sense of dignity, and ends amid breathless, technical observations.
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Rome
Tiberius Cesar
Tig
Rassage
Ceco
Unclear Craft Shapes Readers Through Odd Designs
A fragment describes shaping readers into odd designs and releasing them, with repeated scientific explanations offering little comfort. The tone suggests coercive or punishing treatment, leaving the subject feeling used and assaulted by Johnee.
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Johnee
About Gold and Its Enduring Value Through Time
The piece explains gold s durability and purification methods, noting its near indestructibility, purity restoration through chemical baths, and karat system. It cites current value at 20.80 per ounce, explains English and American karat standards, and mentions Guinea gold as 24 karat. It also discusses gold’s long historical lineage and timeless lustre after burial.
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England
America
Corean Wonders Seven Miraculous Cores of Korea
St Louis Republic lists Korea's seven wonders including a healing hot spring near Kin-Shantao and paired springs with opposing tastes, a wind blowing Cold Wave cave, an indestructible forest, the floating stone before the palace, the hot stone atop a hill, and a sacred Buddha sweat drop that leaves a barren temple square.
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Corea
Briely
Kin-Shantao
St. Louis Republic
Making It Rather Personal Turkish Donkey Joke
This fragment recounts Gen Law Wallace's Turkish joke about Ismail Hassam of Stamboul, a neighbor who asks to borrow a donkey. The tale features a braying donkey revealing the truth about deceit, with Ismail turning the insult back on the neighbor in a witty exchange.
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Law Wallace
Stamboul
Turkey
Ismail Hassam
Ingalls
Rider Haggard
Ismail
Scutari
Tamell
Scutaril
Iamail
The Interview and the Value of Journalistic Insight
A strong interview reveals enlightening wisdom from sources and prioritizes going to the source for information. The American newspaper is portrayed as the most truthful history, and a fine interviewer is described as educated, versed in affairs, articulate, and possessing instinctive understanding of human nature.
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Ocontaina
Incidents in the Early Life of Johnny Dominis
A Front Street boy named Johnny Dominis rises from a dark skinned, black haired child in Schenectady to become a ruler in Hawaii. He befriends Rev. Dr. Andrew Yates, is sent toward Miss Ritchie’s school, grows into a trusted ally of King Kalakaua, marries the king’s sister Liluo Kalani, and is described as having led the inland as ruler while his wife becomes queen. The story notes his rise from a local refugee to de facto king, with references to travel and royal duties.
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Jeses Lileoksisal
Littl
Front Street
Engine House
Johnny Domminis
Johnny
Andrew Yates
Dominis
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Johnny Trove
Miss Ritchie
Kalakaua
Oahu
Liluokalani
Inlandas
Yates
Old Fort
Schenectady
Indian Daughters Shine at Oxford Amidst English Peers
Four tall olive skinned Indian daughters at Oxford stand out among English peers. Cornelia Sorabji, 18, a literature professor at Bombay, attends Somerville to broaden opportunities and earns top exam results in history and literature. The government then directs her toward legal study to collect evidence in zenants, producing Roman law papers lauded as exemplary. Prince Dhuleep Singh's daughters also attend Somerville, joining many notable English figures in a testament to women’s university life.
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Oxford
Cornelia Sorahji
Sho
University
Bombay
Somerville
Dhuleep Singh
Onts
England
Cambridge
Seasonable Fable About Public Service Rewards
Two politicians debate rewards for service. One longs for citizens’ gratitude, but notes it requires retirement. They momentarily share tenderness before vowing to be content with offices and perquisites as they raise hands from the treasury toward heaven. The travelers still point out the spot.
No Hope For Vulgar Speech And Conduct Reform
A harsh editorial compares vulgar speech and coarse behavior to a pig’s ear and a silk purse, arguing reform is impossible for those lacking gentility. It rails against profanity and blasphemy and moral uplift, noting social standing limits for such individuals while referencing a murder connected to a railroad project in Hartwell Georgia.
Boston Style Cupids and Cure Claims in 19th Century Ad
Boston style chatter opens with Bertha joking about Cupid using bean shooters. The piece lists medical quackery claims from Hall's Catarrh Cure and J J Cheney Co, touting a free circular. It notes deafness causes and cures, with references to Hop vine paper, Mrs Winslow syrup, shoe-string paper, and a test of an interlocking steel torpedo net.
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Hall
J. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Curious Medical Claims and Odd Facts Across a Damaged Page
A fragmentary historical clipping lists sensational medical claims and oddities. It mentions craniotomy, cancer cures, detective services, and curious scientific facts, interspersed with promotional lines for products and services, all presented in a garbled OCR style. The text references various places, advertisements, and antiquated notions without coherent narrative.
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad Snippet
An old testimonial style pitch touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for torpid liver and blood diseases. It claims benefit for skin and scrofulous conditions and pulmonary consumption, with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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Triad
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Eis Delight and ERA Peet Breast Damp Trom Ue
Eis Delight and ERA Peet provide a damp trom ue exposure in an unclear entry. The fragment mentions names Eis Delight and ERA Peet with a possible reference to a breast damp event. No clear actions, dates, locations, or organizations are identifiable from the legible text.
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France
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Ork
London
Veutrec
Surgical Hotel
Columbus
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Mantaan
Pres
Abo
Misa
Krapp
Exven
Germany
Charles A. Vogei
Baltimore
Swift
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Piso
Laden
Nate Cane
Erisaha
Nama
Felida Harz
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cyaun H. K. Conti
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Curtle Publiahing Company
Mrdoote
Tue Evans
Onecomm
Ask Te
Chicago
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Coon Acior Co
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Man
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Matenton
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