Benefits in disease and its overlooked health roles
A Pearsons Weekly essay argues illness like indigestion, typhoid, chronic cold, and rheumatism can have unexpected benefits. It claims typhoid cures indigestion, chronic colds aid blood flow in the elderly, and rheumatism wards off other diseases, while cautions that warnings from minor illnesses help prevent severe future afflictions. Also adds a light joke about a son-in-law knowing business via promissory notes and check raising.
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Timgs
Pearson's Weekly
Mr. Camros
Washington Star
The Lightweight Champion Retires After Selling Groceries
The exchange recalls a lightweight champion who did not lose his title but retired by selling his groceries. Timkins confirms the champ remained champion. Simkins notes the irony of feigning virtue by opposite vice.
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Simpkins
Timkins
Simkins
Chicago News
Inferior Honors Are Refused by Commoners
A Chicago News overview discusses how British titles cannot be bought, the prime minister naming candidates for royal approval, and how most nobles arise from merit while a few decline knighthoods to improve later chances. It notes how plain Mr becomes Sir or higher titles through royal sanction.
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Morley
Wolseler
Roberts
Kitchener
Chicago News
Women of Paraguay in Native Color and Dignity
The article portrays Paraguayan women as barefoot and white robed, living with gentle humor from sunrise to sunset. It notes simple clothing, unshod feet, and markets where women carry baskets on their heads, while the Guarani language and local customs add charm to daily life.
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Paraguay
Ford
Lopex
Quewch
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Abe
Boston Transcript
No Discharge in Defense of Mistress Maggie
In a sharp kitchen exchange a maid threatens to discharge a cook after poor biscuits. Maggie asserts two years’ experience with eighty nine of the town’s best families and declares she is leaving for a better place this afternoon, per the judge’s framing.
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Maggie
None For Her Popt Yes My Son And Do Women Saw Wood
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a debate on gender roles in domestic labor. The piece ponders whether women engage in sawing wood, countering the stereotype that woodworking is a man's task. It captures a humorous exchange about expectations and work division.
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Yonkers
To Make Them Smart by Fr Pedagog
A fragment notes an oldtime teacher who values the red to brighten dull boys and asks if this is the natural way to make them smart, reflecting a terse dialogue on discipline and education.
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Fr Pedagog
The Burned Church Fire Sparks Quiet Rebuttal
In a brief exchange, Jim notes the fire damage was to a church not a factory, while Bill quips that only one man lost work and still received his money. The remark highlights concerns over employment impact and safety priorities with a touch of humor.
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Jim
Bill
The Rule of Three Bella What Is The Rule Of Three
The item notes a question about the rule of three and asserts one should go home. It references Bella and a publication called the New York Sun in a compact dialogue style.
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Bella
New York Sun
A Turbulent Ghost in an Old Virginia House
A Virginia gentleman recounts Uncle Jake a wandering craftsman whose nightly steps and iron-clad sounds haunted Squire Green’s home in Fauquier county. The noises persisted after the house’s demolition, with locals and witnesses vouching for the uncanny tale.
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Virginia
Jabez Marth
Fauquier
Spottsylvania
Rappahannock
Onele Jake
Dad
Jake
Uncle Julie
Murse
Dickie Green
Fiquier
Squire Green
Mr. Green
Squire
White
Seuire Green
Martin
Miartin
Fauquier County
Washington Post
Those Men
The speaker recalls entering an office and being blocked by men who primped at mirrors, preventing her from adjusting hat or hair. The quote captures a moment of interruption and frustration as she describes the scene before an elevator, with a man twirling his mustache in front of each mirror.
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New York Times
A Sound Reason
Five year old Robert admonishes two year old Clara to stop crying claiming she must be sick since she does not look or sound well, in a short exchange that reveals a child’s earnest attempt to ease distress.
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Robert
Clara
Bister
Circumstances Shape Human Conduct Beyond Control
A compact reflection notes that events may lie beyond human control yet emphasizes that individual conduct remains within personal power. It suggests resilience and agency amid fate, urging steady action despite external pressures. The quotation attributed to Besumont frames duty and self-mastery.
Fall of a Dusky Beauty From its South Sea Islands
A Biloxi Herald item recounts John Sunvp Williams at Heidelberg where a supposed South Sea princess guest provokes crowd near-humor. He challenges her origin with a racist remark prompting a tense exchange. the guest pleads to conceal her true African origin as a mercy plea.
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South Sea Islands
John Sunvp Willams
Heidelberg
Germany
Bone
Hal
John Sharp
South Carolina
de Lané
Biloxi
The Bastille as a Prison and Its Notable Inmates
The Bastille housed inmates classified as mind or dangerous. Prisoners endured bread and water in underground quarters, while better rooms offered meals and wine. Some could access books or hire a servant during confinement. Voltaire penned the Henriade here. Movrollet and Molin note its fame, though caution about speaking of it. An oath upon release barred discussion of Bastille matters.
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Bastille
Vvoltaire
Henriade
Abbe Movrollet
Encyclopedia
M. Molin
Mus
Irederic Harrison
A Feather Blordin and a Blondin Joke at the Club
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt recalls a Chicago tale of a man who wandered from the dinner into the street. A friend asks him to use the sidewalk, and the man quips that walking on the sidewalk would be like Blondin straddling danger.
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Feather Blordin
Chicago
John
Blondin
Saturday Evening Post
Stringing the Cables on the Manhattan Bridge
Preliminary work on the latest New York East River bridge outlines construction of footways and platforms. The 6200 ton total cable weight is reached by 37 strands per cable, 256 wires per strand, with four strands assembling simultaneously at anchorage sheaves and trestles.
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New York Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
East River
New York
Tired Farmer Fires Quickhand After First Day
A town hired hand, after a morning in the hay field, quits the job when the farmer orders a second load. The hand from town resigns citing the plan to return for another load as too hard.
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Ovat
Pat and the Lava in a Kitchen Quip
An Irishman newly returned from Italy is asked about lava the master mentions. Pat replies with a straight faced joke that lava means a drop of the crater.
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Pat
Italy
No Advance Copies Given Out by Chicago Tribune
The column notes that no advance copies will be released and states Archie will say yes at the proposal next Thursday night with a 12:30 a.m. release. It adds a light aside about athletes in Indiana developing strength from milk, goat flesh, and flour-based foods.
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Gwendolen
Archie
Himeralda
Chicago Tribune
Ind
Paris made safety envelope doubles as tamper lock
A new two envelope system from Paris guards letters by a blue inner and a larger outer envelope. The outer flap seals to the inner, passing through an opening, effectively locking the letter and concealing any tampering.
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Paris
New York Sun
Haeh
Old English Slaves and Rhinoceros Blood Use
Excerpt notes historic slavery in England and Scotland noting bondage until Charles II and 1775, with claims of sale with estates. It then shifts to rhinoceros blood valued in Burmese and Chinese medicine, describing hunting, blood collection, and Rangoon storage.
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England
Scotland
New York American
Time table notice for Tabor and Northern arrival times
The fragment lists arrival times for the Tabor and Northern service with stations including Tabor and Lanver Malyarn. It shows inconsistent digits and unclear times, indicating a torn timetable entry. The readable bits suggest schedule references with morning and afternoon arrivals around 4.80 pm and 11:20 am, but many parts are garbled.
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Hawthorne
Women OF
Old Jabez
Princess
the Tribune
Tabor
Lanver
Malyarn
Burlington East
Connell Blofte
Malvern
Hastinga
Emerson
Red Oak
Albpms
Jaavas Omaha
Pacific
Hastings
Emnstein
Balfour
Corr Glenwood
Council Bluffs
West Bound
Pac
Jane
Denver
Omaha
Pacific Junction
Bee
Plattemouth Omaha
Cutan Cca
Plattsmouth
Junction
Kansas City
Iomaha
Conneil Hoffa
Ob Pua
Bartlett
Casere
Astings Branchees
North
South
AML
Bidmey
Randolpt
Army Bad
Ub Henderson
Macadonia
Howth
Umatin
Mineola
Silver City
Tagar
Shenandoah
St Louis
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