Verdict a Favorable One in Pollyking's Witty Reply
A small girl answers a busybody inquiry about her stepmother with grace and humor. The child, Pollyking, says she loves her stepmother “very much, indeed,” noting she came ready made, a remark that delights listeners and features in a judge's framing.
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Parsons
Pollyking
Mrs. &Kilngton
Simply Blushing in Misleading Sneezes Cartoon
Fort Bulk Times Record quotes a Gillman min nose red from pride, not meddling. An inquisitive person asks why, and the reply says the nose blushes with pride over never butting into anyone's business. The fragment also mentions a mispronounced Angelan language and medicine from a family physician.
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Gillman
Fort Builk
Quote dialogue and quips from a courtroom scene
The fragment records a playful exchange: Womanilke asks Crawford-How did your wife buy you suspenders while Crabshaw jokes about pretty boxes and a judge cites a line about a golden boar with no reward. Beecher references a lost item forever.
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Womanilke, Crawford
Crabshaw
Beecher
Civil War Fifty Years Ago This Week
Recap of January 14 1882 Senate communications on Austrian instructions and Seward reply. Ohio Gov Tod inaugurated. Union raids on Mississippi river near Nuabus Ky and Blandville Ky. Cadet injuries, Fort Knox funds, blockades, and prisoners exchanges. Mention of Stenton and Palmer nominations, Price’s complaints, and river patrol actions. Confederate drafts in Barren County Kentucky, German support for Sigel, and various military movements in Missouri and Florida. Deaths include Joan Tyler and sector actions around Fort Henry and Cumberland.
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United States Senate
Blandville, Ky
General Palos
Bird's Point
New York
Franz Sigel
Meteoran
Lexington
Missouri
Mulligin
Sunshine
Dietuter
House of Representatives
Washington
Dunn
Committee On Military
Secretary of War
United States
Joan Tyler
Richmond
Thampton
Phelps
Termessen
Fort Henry
Cairo
Murdock
Webster
Bloomfield
Let Him Off Easily
A fragmentary dialogue references stockings and price remarks. Mrs Gramerey defends frugality while another speaker comments on modest purchases and a half dozen items in a terse exchange. The tone hints at social satire or domestic humor from a vintage publication.
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Grametcy
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief for Kidney Troubles
A period ad extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain and nervous fatigue linked to weak kidneys. It cites a testimonial from J L Richardson of Red Key Indiana who recovered after doctors gave up, saying five boxes restored health and no relapse in five years.
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Todo
Millen
Bald
Addrens
Bunyan
Daftereon Sis
Phibad t.Nia
Dean
Doon
J. L. Richardson
Red Key
Indiana
Eave
Pierce
Baking Powders and Tuberculosis Expenditures Compared
A discussion on the value of baking powder brands notes that cheap large cans may fail and waste money, urging buyers to choose a trusted brand. The piece also reports that over 14.5 million dollars was spent in 1918 on antituberculosis efforts, with most funds used for treatment in sanatoria and hospitals, and smaller sums for dispensaries and educational campaigns.
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Iime
Thera Igean
Powdei
Reco Senate
Ani
Warly
National Association For the Study and Prevention
United States
Samataria
Boards of Health
TRE Power
Oval
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Breeses
W. L. Douglas
Directo Factory
Henry Iebre
Murine Eyedrops Promote Red, Watery Eye Relief
An advertisement fragment touts Murine eyedrops and related products for red eyes watery eyelids and irritation. It mentions packaging, brand names, and a Chicago company, with opaque older-printed phrasing and garbled product references.
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Marine Eye Ramedy Co
Chicago
Speaking Airily and the Aviator’s Gleeful Question
A cryptic exchange between two aviators notes a flight path toward a gasoline reservoir. The elder voice responds with a grim compass: two graveyards and a spiral glide to the left, Life.
Guarding the Money and the Fear of Theft
An excerpt discusses guarding funds and the fear others might seize money. It mentions warnings about catching colds and remedies like Hamling Wizard Oil and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with scattered phrases about a girl’s father and a house misdirection. The text reflects sensational advertising prose and fragmented narrative.
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Cully
Uncle Sam and the mail boy misadventure tale
Senator John Sharp Willamatella narrates a Southern town scene where a small courier snatches a mail pouch from a train, prompts a brisk chase to the post office, and clashes with a larger boy after a stumble. The exchange ends with a taunting line about carrying the United States mail.
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Uncle Sam
John Sharp Willamatella
Iat Lown
Matthe Vitte Courter
United States
Castoria and familiar quips haunt an old ad page
An OCR junkyard of period ad snippets includes Castoria claims with signature hints, a toy tale of Puffington helping a friend, pain relief notes, a Cole’s product notice, a drawing of school spell talk, and hints of prohibition era language. The fragmentary text preserves generic promotional bits and scattered names.
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Edwin M. Stenton
Wes
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Price
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Nalleck
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Mystic
Enron
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Barren County
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Barren
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Fort Warren
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New Bedford
Adams
Newport
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Florida
Emma
Apalachicola
Havana
St. Louis
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Ixzinbotham
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F .C. Zallicoffer
George St. Thomas
Hills Springs
Cumberlandiver
Zollicoffer
Lizzie Weston
U. S
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Munforduville
Green River
Wilder
Mobile
Ala
Yard
Fort Morgan
Cottrill
C@ottrill
Secretary of War of the
George Blackwall
Norfolk
Army of the Potomac
Teg
W. G. Chipman
Doan
Pries
Foster-Milburn Co
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Fletcher
Puffington
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Pulls
Wis
Carter
Howe- Lendl
Edo
Humber
U.S
Elf Land
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Ted Bomayslauke
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Geo. A. Hall
Secend
Milwaukie
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
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