Stevens Point Fair Opens September at Stevens Point Wis
The Stevens Point fair and race meet runs September 10 to 13 offering a $3500 purses. It highlights an agricultural and industrial exhibition, a top speed race track, and numerous amusements. A public school section involves Portage county pupils with strong school cooperation urged. Premium lists available from G L Park secretary Stevens Point Wis.
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Wisconsin
Stevens Point
Jess
Portage County
G. L. Park
Wis
Odd Ax Tale From a Neighboring Town
A humorous Ohio tale describes a man trying to buy an axe for 90 cents from a mail order house. The local hardware dealer matches the price plus added charges, ending with a real cost far higher than advertised. The customer finally pays more in fees and postage before awaiting the item in ten days.
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Sioux Falls
M. C
Ohio
Dean
Milwaukee Star Theatre Announces Jolly Girls Abroad
The Jolly Girls company, selected from forty shows, will headline State Pair week at Milwaukee’s Star Theatre Third and Wells. The new $100000 star shell is touted as the west’s handsomest, with marble stairs and a downtown location near two rail depots. The theater plans a State Fair booth offering souvenirs and odd features to visitors and invites friends. The Irish Pawnbrokers will also play in Milwaukee, with management noting the comedy’s continued appeal amid crowd demand.
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the Jolly Girls Company
New Star Theatre
Third
Wells Streets
Milwaukee
New York City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsement Note
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Co of Toledo advertise the cure as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsers Watprac Kinnan and Marvin, wholesale druggists, claim 15 years of honorable dealings. Price 75 per bottle. testimonials free. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Frm
Watprac
Kinnan and
Marvin
The Fool Killer and the Elopement Plot
Mrs Cleaver plans a marriage via bold elopement for her daughter Carrie to Mr Bedell. A ladder, carriage, and a dramatic night set piece fail when police intervene and a cryptic note reveals the true abducting culprit before trunks are sent to a hotel.
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Mr. Bedell
Mrs. Clever
Pedell
Mrs. Cleaver
Sowny
Miss Cleaver
Alee
Miss Bedell
Cleaver
Algy
Misa Cleaver
Bedell
Houc
Sle
Theodore Lekwire
U. 8
Army Hotel
A. PQ
Carrie
Porcelain to Europe and the lure of Chinese ware
Specimens of porcelain arrived in Europe in the middle ages but large imports from China did not occur until the sixteenth century. Even then most pieces traveled back to China as a coveted collecting fad. True Chinese porcelain demands immense study to avoid fakes, as many falsifications flood the market.
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Venice
Europe
Artichs of
Vertu
Chin
Eating Fat Diets of Gauchos Eskimos and Trappers
Darwin notes Gauchos in the pampas survive on fat ox meat for months while Eskimos thrive on daily five to six pounds of reindeer or seal meat if fat content is adequate. The Diet and Dietetics author cites harsh climates where people live highly active outdoor lives on meat or fish with proper fat balance.
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Darwin
American Pampas
Rome
Aweriot
Siberian
Remarkable Curiouly in Commaught Ireland Canal Glut Oversight
A curious Irish note recounts a famine era plan to open a Galway to Ballina navigation via Lough Corrih and Lough Mask. Congo cave linked to Lough Mask as part of a broader scheme. The canal created many jobs but failed to hold water due to an overlooked porous dock diameter, undermining the project.
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Ireland
Galway
Ballina
Lough Corrih
Lough Mask
Congo Cave
Tortoise Stirs Up Night In English Kitchen
A domestic tortoise, waking from hibernation in a London house, disrupts a puzzled cook who had mistaken the creature for a stove vandal. The pet’s winter quarters were in a cellar, and the scene ends with the cook confessing the mishap to the bewildered mistress.
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Roch
wWtchen
The Origin of Craps and Its Eighteenth Century Ties
The article discusses the gambling game craps, debating its name origin. It cites Bescuerelle and mentions possible links to French or English sources, noting the term appeared as krabs and the throws of 2, 3, 11, or 12. The piece laments sparse commentary in English dictionaries and eighteenth century literature.
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Bescuerelle
Rnston Herald
Shetland Wool and a Legend of the Armada Relic
A centuries old tale links Shetland wool to the Spanish Armada wreck. A mariner's ship lost near the islands taught locals to craft vivid eye brighteners from roots, resembling those used by Spain. Today wearers of Shetland comforters unknowingly carry memories of the invincible Armada.
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Maror
Spain
Fruit Eating for Health and Digestion
A brief health note extols fruit for better health and reduced medicine needs. Early fruit on an empty stomach stimulates digestion. apples and oranges aid biliousness. Stewed prunes and figs are healthful any time. A quotation from Philadelphia Ledger criticizes modern education as a swift railroad with few switches.
Tramp and Bull Travel Distances to Fence Rounding
Fragmentary note from Ott Free Press describes he and a tramp each traveling distances to a fence. It mentions forty rods for one path and thirty two rods for the other, with a bull moving one fourth faster than the tramp. No clear outcome or resolution is given.
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Ott
Free Press
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