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Manyon
Fack
Almyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Reason Enough. A Convicted Defendant Speaks From Jail
A Black man in Xenia Ohio was arrested for chicken theft and larceny. He was tried and convicted and asked to show cause why sentence should not be passed. He replied he cannot go to jail because he is building a shack nearby and cannot leave his project.
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Xenia
Criae
Jedge
Philadelphia
Sunday Evening Post
Wealth Dreams and Mischief in a Boyish Mindset
In a brief vignette from Harper's Bazar, 12 year old Richard, 14 year old Warburton, and 10 year old Gordon imagine what they would do with a million dollars. Richard would buy a motor boat, Warburton would spend on music and theater tickets, while Gordon would buy an automobile and use the rest on fines.
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Richard
Warburton
Gordon
Harper's Bazar
Tracing Car Movements Tracks Railroads’ Complex Records
Railroads maintain elaborate car records to track movements and ownership. Officials record home routes, foreign cars, and engine details to compute monthly earnings and remittances. Tracers and straightroad notes ensure cars returned to their originating roads, especially during autumn and winter rushes.
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Car Record Office
Rowl
Grade Crossings Unpopular Confronts Elimination Tradeoffs
A sanitized opinion piece argues grade crossing removals offer little direct income gain but reduce shock from blasts and noise, enable faster schedules, and cut human losses. It notes railway costs fall mainly on roads at 64 percent, but urges immediate abolition if not for financial constraints, reflecting the era’s push for safety and efficiency.
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Shera
Bottomless bottle invention eases cleaning for milk use
A Scientific American note describes a pottonless bottle with a tube shaped like a bottle but open at one end. A paraffin paper disk acts as a bottom, held by a stiff spring metal string, and after filling the bottle is closed with a paraffined paper cap. Caps and bottoms are disposable and replaced for each use.
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Scientific American
All Because He Couldn't Spell Verdict
A court case centers on a mispronounced or misspelled word during a defense. The district school principal served on the jury, and the verdict returned was guilty. The lawyer rails against the spelling error while seeking broad justice.
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Gentemen
Guitty
A Case of Luck and a Cold Street Encounter
A patient recounts meeting Dr. Kulfem on the street, being cut dead by him, and notes she is the sole survivor among his tellet patients. The remark hints at a troubling dynamic between doctor and patient within a fraught exchange.
Wireless waves halt train in dramatic Canadian test
A Toronto engineer, Frank W. Prentice, demonstrated an automatic train control using wireless generators on a 12 car Canadian Pacific train traveling 45 miles per hour. The system instantly braked cars while the locomotive stayed powered, prompting hopes it could prevent head-on collisions.
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Frank W. Prentice
Toronto
Ottawa
New York Press
Prentice
Tyho
Time Saver in Rail Telephony Cuts Delays on Western Runs
Portable telephone links on far apart stations allow dispatchers to reach moving trains directly, enabling midrun coordination. Conductor and dispatcher exchange orders to sidetrack or proceed, reducing overtime and freight delays. Disabled workers now serve as telephonic flagmen within this system.
Railroad Climbs to Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Five Feet
The highest railway point is claimed on the Morococha branch of Peru's Central railway, reaching 15,805 feet with the top station at Tieto. The Antofagasta and Bolivia line reportedly peaks at 15,809 feet, while a Gelman line branch may exceed 16,000 feet. The notes mention a 2 percent grade near Callao and standard gauge lines.
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Antofagasta
Bolivia
Pern
Morococha
Central Railway of
Peru
Tieto
Callan
Gelman
Iron Wire Snake Of China Said To Bind Fingers
Dr Kinnear of Poochoo describes the iron wire snake native to China. The six inch wormlike creature coils tightly around fingers and can cause severe damage, sometimes rotting tissue. It reportedly strangles cattle tails as well, and removal is said to be nearly impossible. Dr Kinnear claims to have a specimen but has not tested on his own finger.
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China
Dr. Kinnear
Poochoo
Patten's Secret Method Allegedly Makes Success
In a puzzling quote from a column titled Human Life a claim surfaces that Patten, a multimillionaire food products baron of Chicago, holds a secret to success. A brother interrupts, offering a thousand dollars to learn the glucking method, whatever that may imply.
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Patten
Chicazo
Sprew
Wyandotte Hotel Address Mix Up Clarified
A clerk struggles with a garbled address reading John Jones Hotel There is no Goost hotel. The superior orders delivery to the Wyandotte Hotel immediately, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
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Superior
John Jones
Wyandotte
Oston Transcript
Mills of Cookery Things That Make the Food More Appetizing
A bylined culinary advice piece offers inventive serving ideas for cocktails and desserts, including halved grapefruits with oyster cocktails, burning brandy sweet potatoes with chestnut toppings, and decorative fruit borders. It suggests garnishes, whipped cream rims, and creative combinations like mince tartes with vanilla ice cream, orange borders, and gelatine served in clear glasses.
Parlor Mall Purchase Urges Wife in Odd Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange shows a wife and husband discussing purchases and wardrobe changes. The wife objects to buying a new parlor mall while the husband mentions differing clothes for morning noon afternoon and night, expressing concern about changing outfits every time.
Shearing Papa
He refuses to marry due to lack of money while she accuses him of avoiding marriage and choosing poker with the father over time in the parlor.
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Papa
Garfield Tea Promises Relief From Liver Bloatedness
An old ad card extols Garfield Tea as a remedy for biliousness plus liver and system disturbances. It touts pills for stomach and bowels, a sugar coated candy form, and claims no griping while urging readers to act on perceived duty quotes from Sumner and Browning amid a fragmentary health tonics pitch.
Household tips and stain remedies from a past page
Practical home care hints cover wine and ink stains with vinegar or oxalic acid solutions, curtain care to avoid stretching, ironing tricks using Turkish towels, carpet cleaning with hot water and polish, and fern care including a moss-filled wire muzzle for lush growth and long fronds.
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Dullesk
Splendid Granberry Pie Recipe Note
A dated recipe explains a two crust pie using cranberries and a sweet filling. It details ingredients including cranberries sugar cornstarch and eggs, plus a meringue topping. The instructions cover mixing pouring and baking in an oven, yielding enough for two pies.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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Samuel Ptordr
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Pie Centalr Companys
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Bears
Castoria
Hoyle
Charles Sumner
Browning
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Kingdom Ts
Robert Greene
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WHITE
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Broad Street
New York
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Solvay
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
L. Douglas
Douglas
W. T Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Ewan Ptatan Atas Ga
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