Will Build Air Ships
F N Atwood of Chicago has filed for letters patent on twenty two airship devices and formed Chicago Air Ship Co with G C Shields W B Quoxh P Ne Atwood and H Haupt Jr capital stock 200000. The vessel design features wind wheels driven by steam or electric power lifting gas domes and large wings totaling at least 7000 square feet of surface, plus a parachute system and ground support legs with adjustable springs. The plan aims to lift the craft to about 6000 feet then glide and accelerate, using engine power and weight for steering, with safety features and weather guidance. The company plans rapid progress once stock is completed.
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FN. Atwood
Chicago
Chicago Dispatch
F. N. Atwood
Boston School of Technology
Tis
Rialto
Yip
Mr. Atwood
Mir
Atwood
Chicago Air-Ship Company
G. C. Shields
W. B. Quxoh P
H. Haupt, Jr
Europe
Fragmented quotes mix humor and misprints from old papers
A garbled collage of jokes and quips from various newspapers includes puns on Wagner, coal deliveries, miracles, and marriage. The excerpt quotes Life Washington 1st St Joseph News and others, with many typos and broken phrases, reflecting OCR garble and mixed source voices.
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St. Joseph
Witten
Filteyende
Tiogenes
Washington 1St
Tino Playing Cards Promotion Speech
A promotional note offers ten cents or coins to John Sebastian at the General Ticket and Passenger Agent Cricano Rock Island and Pacific Barway for a pack of playing cards branded as the latest and smoothest. It claims the cards suit casino, euchre, whist and other games. It also notes the United States population consumes 200 million bottles of pickles annually.
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Tino
John Sebastian
Cricano
Rock Isnaga
Pacifro Barway
United States
Catching Sardines at Quoddy Bay From Tide Traps to Factories
A reader describes Eastport Maine's sardine industry with weir traps that imprison young herring at high tide and release at low tide. Boats row in with scoops to capture the shoal, selling a boatload for up to $30. Factories run around the clock, bells signaling workers, while French and Eastport methods differ. Also notes on medical ads and a colorful tale of a giant pet on a South Pacific island observed by a Pittsburg Institute correspondent.
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Quaddy Bay
Quoddy Bay
Eastport
France
Concarnean
French
Henry Hayne
South Pacific
The
Pittsburg
Tnsjntteh
Great Business Colleges Advertised in 19th Century Notice
An ad style item promotes Bryant and Stratton Chicago Business College and allied schools at Washington and Wabash, Chicago, claiming links to the world renowned Bryant & Stratton. It offers a 10 cent postage paid catalog and highlights engravings and prospectus. The piece is interwoven with a rural anecdote about a cowboy’s gear and a brief, unrelated literary aside.
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Bryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Bhurtland Institute
English Training School
Washington Street
Wabash Av Nue
Chicago
Business University of America
Bryant & Strutkin
Indians at Standing Rock Court Hears 83 Cases In Year
A bi weekly Court of Indian Offenses at Standing Rock heard 83 cases last year. Judges were John Grass Ga and Standing Soldier, all Blackfeet Sioux or Yankton bands. Offenders faced fines or hard labor. no appeals were filed.
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Standing Rock
Std
Leighty
John Grass
Never Neglect a Cold For Tuberculosis Protection
Dr. Austin Flint says in the Forum that infection protection against tubercle bacillus could prevent consumption in those with inherited tendency. Modern discoveries imply consumption may no longer be incurable, though Kemp’s Baleam is overstated in saving many. Sample bottles offered at 50c and 1.00.
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Austin Flint
Kemp
Sudden Death and Quack Ads From a Fractured Era
A man recounts how a platform collapsed during a crowded speech causing his death by neck fracture. The piece weaves with sensational lines about quarrels, bizarre remedies, and curious notes on Mars as readers encounter patter for Dr White’s Dandelion, Bull’s Worm Destroyer, and other cures.
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Dr. White
Family Mars
Mars
Dr. Bull
World’s Dispensary stock takes count on claimed cures
A Buffalo report notes annual stock checking at the World’s Dispensary, counting bottles returned by customers who claim Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription failed to help. The piece asserts vast sales under a guarantee and questions why potential users should hesitate.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
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