Why James Lee Got Wall in Zanesville O
Mrs. Mary Lee of rural route 28 tells how her husband James Lee survived a severe lung condition with Dr King's New Discovery. She credits the remedy with restoring his health when consumption seemed likely. The ad touts relief from coughs and colds, shows price, and offers a guarantee with a free trial bottle at Sexton Bros. drug store.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
Jams Lee
Dr. King
Sexton Bros. Drug Store
Evening Features at State Fair Milwaukee
Nightly programs run September 7 to 11 at the Wisconsin State Fair Milwaukee with two major entertainments. The Live Stock Judging Amphitheater hosts horse shows along with Liberati's Concert Band in riding and driving concerts. In front of the grandstand illuminated carousel races and high class fireworks by the Pain Pyrotechnic Company of Chicago headline the other site.
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Milwaukee
Liberati
The
Pain Pyrotechnic Company of
Chicago
New Columbus Special Electric Highlighted for Summer Travel
The New Columbus Special Electric leaves Chicago Daily at 10:00 A M for Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with one night en route. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars free reclining chairs and observation parlor cars. Dining car meals ai la carte. Round trip $30 Chicago to the trio of Colorado cities via Union Pacific and North Western. Two trains daily. For full details contact any North Western Line agent.
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Chicago
Genger
Pullman
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Union Pacific
North Western
North Western Line
Beatrice of Savoy and the French Crown Promise
A narrative describes Beatrice, countess of Savoy, humiliated at a French court, as Charles of Anjou vows to crown her queen. He defeats Manfred, condemns Conradine, and inherits Naples after his brother’s death, fulfilling his wife’s dream of a diadem.
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Sicily
Beatrice
Savoy
Charles of Anjou
Loula IX
France
England
Charles
Manfred
Conradine
Frederick
Elaino
Napples
The Wrist and the Arm Anatomy of a Twist
The elbow joint forms the true wrist, extending to the fingers with forearm muscles guiding each movement. Humans and some primates possess the ability to twist at the elbow, aided by the biceps, enabling greater torque to the right. This anatomical feature explains tool design like screwdrivers turning clockwise.
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Teeson
Reed and Strout in Portland Law Practice Rivalry
Thomas G. Reed, a Civil War navy veteran, returns to Portland in 1863 to practice law. A. Strout stands as a leading Portland attorney. The two rivals frequently clash in major cases yet remain friends. Strout’s habit of asking jurors about health vexes Reed as they spar from opposite sides.
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Reed
Strout
Thomas G. Reed
Portland
A. A. Strout
Beating Women In Cultural Stereotypes From Berlin Radical
An article excerpt cites old proverbs on domestic life and wife beating from a Berlin radical, noting surreal adages about women and implying justification for abuse. It discusses how phrases like beating wives as a form of wholesome discipline persist in language and culture.
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Berlin
Russia
Sea Serpent Myth Traced to Giant Algae Cables
The Sea Serpent myth may have emerged from large ocean algae growths. Southern seas host gigantic algae up to 600 feet long whose washed‑ashore cables resemble sea serpents. Storms could have rolled these into sea‑adrift form, inspiring the famed but undiscovered creature tale.
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New York American
Demonstration job ad for stretching an old English rack
A witty English newspaper notice seeks a short man for a demonstration purchase of an old rack in a star chamber pattern. The candidate would be slight at the start and would be stretched to show the rack’s operation.
Quite Fortunate New Girl Dialogue
A brief dialogue from the New York Journal shows a young girl asking about wine and cooking, with the elder mistress denying knowledge. The exchange ends with mutual relief as both admit ignorance, framing a light social moment.
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New York Journal
Put disposition above beauty in marriage choice
Providence Journal notes a modern sage advises the young man to seek disposition over surface beauty when choosing a wife, though it takes long to truly discern character.
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Providence Journal
Pug Quotes Conflicting Sayings Highlight Caution
A Philadelphia Record line quotes There is safety in numbers and too many cooks spoil the broth from a pug and a simple mug. The piece also cites an Irish proverb: The brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.
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Philadelphia Record
Twain Receives Honorary Doctorate In Missouri Town
A Missouri town once awarded Mark Twain an honorary degree amid a news lull. A New York editor teased him by wire for a reaction to becoming a doctor of laws and, after hours, Twain replied that emancipation comes from ignorance and vice.
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Twain
Mark Twain
Missouri
Tom Sawyer
New York News
Riding a Camel In the Desert Parody Tale
Dr Nachtigal the famed African explorer hosts a Hamburg merchant. The merchant's sentimental son longs to ride a desert camel. The explorer offers a satire: simulate camel travel by riding a warped office stool over rough ground in heat after fasting to faintly glimpse the experience.
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Dr. Nachtigal
Hamburg
Desorts
Africa
Atrics
Present Gone Wrong at Lady Ter bey Birthday
London Truth recounts a tale of fashion leader Lady Ter bey and her daughter Lady Clementine Villers. Lord Brougham, visiting for a birthday, seized a present from an antechamber believing the young woman would not recall it had already been given.
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London
Languages of Mexico During Festival Trade
The article notes how visitors in Mexico City hear vendors using a mix of Spanish and distinctive native syllables. It highlights that despite Spanish dominance, pre Columbian languages persist in remote districts, showing the Indian Tangfurges heritage remains in speech among many residents.
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Mexico
Old Mexico
Republic
Mexican Herald
Easy House Moving Among the Lakas of Africa
The Lakas tribe near the La Gone River in French Congo Africa moves houses by communal effort. Both women and men shoulder the Tovis of their homes and relocate them several miles, rebuilding the circular straw-walled huts at the new site.
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Lagone River
Africa
Clergyman’s Child Fights Parishioner’s Son Shocking Exchange
A parishioner and a layman exchange stunned remarks after a clergyman’s son and a parishioner’s son quarrel. The boy says ministers’ children fight, and the other replies the mother whips them. The exchange underscores tensions between clergy families and parishioners.
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Clergman
Mamma
A Simple Test For Gas Jars Explains A Classroom Puzzle
A schoolmaster asks how to distinguish two gas jars, one with nitrogen and one with carbon dioxide. A pupil proposes a crude test by having a person inhale both gases to see which causes death, illustrating a dangerous misconception about gas discrimination.
Merely Denatured American Aboard in London Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue features a former New Yorker in London, asking about naturalization as English. The reply from Mids Cayenne identifies him as a denatured American rather than a fully naturalized citizen.
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London
Mids Cayenne
Hit Only Crance. Mother and Son Sketch
A brief sketch shows a mother scolding Tommy for talking while she speaks. Tommy pleads to finish talking after mother goes to bed, highlighting a childish quarrel over attention and boundaries.
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Tommy
Mamma
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