Colonel Muggs and His Eight Day Clock Adventure
A brash American colonel, Joseph J Muggs of Meriden Connecticut, trips into a Greek trap after a newspaper puff exaggerates his wealth. Captured by five brigands near Corinth, he coyly denies riches, texts his banker, and survives a five day ransom ordeal by escaping during a violent storm and fleeing back to Corinth with a clock factory sales pitch intact.
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Muggs
Corinth
Greece
New York
Mugss
Crmp
Meriden
Conn
U.S. A
Joseph J. Muggs
Alout
Jupiter Jenkins
Joe
Pye
Abs Sark
Ite
Ile
America
Elis
Ft Tagine
Accommodating Landlord at Nova Scotia Inn
A correspondent recalls a Nova Scotia country inn where the host promises to be extra accommodating. The morning after arrival the guest expected a 7 o clock wake call but awoke to the landlord shouting four o clock to insist on two hours of sleep. The tale mocks the host’s zeal for over assisting guests.
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Nova Scotia
Fragmentary verse about gloves and subsistence
A garbled text fragment mentions gloves, kids, sking, and subsistence with unclear references to places or events. The passage is fragmentary and lacks coherent facts, names, or a clear narrative to report.
How to Make a Hotbed A Practical Guide
A practical guide explains hotbed setup with well drained sunny site and wind shelter near a house. Fresh horse manure with bedding heat source is layered and fermented, then forked, compacted, and covered with soil as temperatures peak and decline before use.
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Bhen BE
Potatoes Shown As Cleaning Agents In Old Boston Tip
The Boston Herald reports on using white raw potatoes to clean colored wool goods and silks without fading. Grate two large potatoes, soak in lukewarm water, wash as with soap, then rinse in several waters for cleanliness. The method also advised for dusted oil paintings, rubbing the surface with flattened raw potato slices and replacing slices as discoloration appears, finishing with a soft cloth.
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Boston Herald
How to Detect Arsenic in Chemical Analysis
A London Globe method notes that garlic odor in blowpipe flame reveals arsenic. Certain fungi also emit garlic scent when grown on arsenite substrates, especially when forming lichen with yellow algae. The fungus method suits arsenic poisoning with organic carriers.
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Sava
London Globe
Cleaning Valuable Brushes With Bran Method
The Pittsburg Dispatch advises cleaning costly brushes with bran instead of soap. Dip the brush in bran, rub into the bristles, then tap bristles downward to remove particles. This avoids softening bristles from water, leaving the brush clean and wiped with a soft silk handkerchief.
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Pittsburg
Brian Haseen
How to Preserve Cat Flowers in a Vase
Tips for extending cut flower life by trimming submerged leaves and bark removal from stems. Remove underwater leaves, keep above water leaves uncut, and use powdered charcoal in water. Peeling bark on roses and lilacs helps longevity. Recut stem ends daily.
How to brush hair and maintain gloves by a famed hairdresser
A Bays hairdresser explains the correct brushing method. Do not brush lengthwise first but hold hair ends, stimulate scalp, and brush vigorously downward to promote circulation. He mentions using a fine needle and glove sewing techniques as possible, noting long embroideries and gloves as a remedy.
How to Keep a Watch Clean and Beef Juice for Babies
Instructions describe preserving a watch by greasing the case joints with vaseline to block dust and water and reapplying every two to three months. The second item explains making beef juice for a ten month old from round steak, lightly broiled and pressed, with salt, served lukewarm.
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Boston Traveler
Recolor 014 Gloves With Ink Or Polish
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes black gloves worn dull can be refreshed by covering with good black ink and rubbing with a polishing cloth or by using black shoe polish though it may rub off. Polish is effective for dyeing straw items.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
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S.S. Clark
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Clark
DR. W. S. Elliott
Ceraecr Square
Glenwood, Towa
F. M. Shriver Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Glenwood, Iowa
Dyar Block
Northwest Corner Square
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Ivor
Carl H
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Glenwood
Iowa
F. G. Day
Justice OF the Peace
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Astny Indemnity Company
North Ride Square
Glenwood, Lawn
A. H. Winkler & CO. Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Dean Block
P.O. Glenwood
Chas. W. Rathke
Opera House
North Side
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
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Advo Collection Agency
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Mills Gonety Nations Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
United States
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Perer
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F.M. Bufpington
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A.J. Getler
Muntale
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Grace Medical UG
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Heluiedsin
G. Millard
Walter Breco
Glenwood Abstract Co
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Bouth Side Square
Towa
Bailey
Paxton Lk. Oftaha
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Blaby & Son
Main Street
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