Hairbreadth Escape From an Indian Crow Bear Attack
Colonel Burrows of Montana recalls a perilous prospecting nap beside a Colorado ravine. A centipede crawled over his arm as a bear approached. A Crow Indian fired, a grizzly pursued, and Burrows leaped the ravine edge to safety. he escaped with only the bear’s deathly hue and a near collapse, then retrieved the bear’s hide with two companions. Also notes Mount Samanala in Ceylon, the Mountain of the Sacred Footprint, and legends of Adam and Buddha.
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Colonel Burrows
Montana
Globe- Democrat
Rockies
Adam's Peak
Samanala
Ceylon
Adam
Buddha
The Value of a Head in a Village School
A village school master tests pupils with a poetry lesson. A small boy cannot recall his piece and responds by saying he will keep his collar on, prompting the master’s anger. The fragment includes moral maxims about wisdom, adversity, merit, and character.
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London
Quotations on Love and Devious Minds in a Lively Exchange
A fragment from a humorous dialogue blends jokey exchanges about marriage, jealousy, and weather with wry lines on engagement and social manners. Characters include Blykins Stella Gerrold and Mrs Roby, with playful quips about pigeons, feathered livestock, and a skeptical professor noting Mara’s atmosphere.
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Blykins
Eins
Stella
Gerrold
John
Roby
Stomach Bitters Praised Against Malaria Threats
Historical note extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and cure for malaria, citing 1849 California gold rush, Isthmus of Panama, and tropics. It claims relief from exposure fatigue, miasma, sea sickness, and digestive disorders, recommending the tonic for invalids.
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Atlons
Hostetter
California
Panama
Tropics
Catarrh Cures and Herbal Remedies Ad To Be Judged
A scanned newspaper fragment advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure at use for catarrh with testimonials and pricing. It references J Cheney Co Toledo and druggists West Truax Walding Kinman Marvin. Also mentions Syrup of Figs and Cope's Cough Balsam amid miscellaneous rail depot commentary and libel query about Skriffins.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
D. Wethe
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Walding, Kinman & Marvin
Queer Folks in Odd Human Tales Across Cities
A New York debt case ends with a baby held in pawn for 35 dollars. A shoemaker advertises a shop for all, a wife burns her husband after lamp fire, and a Jacksonville magistrate frees Lulu Owens for profanity to avoid Sunday service disruption. Alphonse Daudet joked about a global letter writer.
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New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Lulu Owens
Alphonse Dandet
Alphonse Daudet
Brilliants Prose On Gratitude And Virtue
A reflective meditation on thankfulness, selflessness, and moral growth. The author warns against hypocrisy and fear of truth, noting blessings in disguise and the shaping power of belief as a life’s rudder. The piece ends with a playful exchange: Chapple: Call me birdie. She: Come off the perch.
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Chapple
Birdie
Fragmentary Side Notes From a Humorous Page
A garbled newspaper snippet presents a mosaic of quirky dialogue and ad-like lines. It includes mock questions about adulthood and orphanhood, feigned medical remedies for teething, business-sounding warrants, and odd exchanges among characters. Names and phrases appear in disjointed, fragmentary form.
Take Steps Against Consumption With Golden Medical Discovery
This appeal touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and related lung diseases. It cites “hundreds” of cured cases, notes endorsements by home physicians, criticizes cod liver oil and phosphites, and offers a 160 page book by mail for six cents. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, NY.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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Queer and Query
Miss Mage
Dr. de Fashion
Miss Freckles
Skriffins
Figg
Fogg
U.S
Freddie
Hanson
Karl
Tralnman
Oldenrich
ST. Jacobs
Ubekly
Cape
Ees
Teasia
Vinkle & CO
Lalle
Chicago
Irl R. Hicks
Word & Works Pub
St. Lowis
Learing
We H. McLean
EK. Merwsnam Ssoots
É. N. McLean
J. H. McLean
DougLas
W.R
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