Love and Duty Pull Captain Stewart Toward New Mexico
Captain John Stewart, a Michigan National Guard officer with a failing lung, is banished north for health but worries over a love for Marjorie Madison. On the eve of leaving for Oscura in New Mexico with a cousin's mining claim, Marjorie reveals she will accompany him, choosing shared hardship over separation.
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National
Young
Howard
Ixy
Ohio
Muldraugh Hills
Oulsville
Fifth Michigan Infantry
Kentucky
Pouliman
John Stewart
Fifth Infantry
Michigan National Guard
Stewart
Michigan
New Mexico
Arizona
Captain Stewart
Oscura Mountains
Marjorie Madison
Marjorie
Madigan
Paradise
Fool
Callahan
Waterville
Madison
Tie
John
Maud
Church
Miss Madison
Misa Madison
Jack
Mwe
Buttle
Chicago Express
Hugh Gordon
Oscura
Goodby
T-J
Secret bilingual letter puzzle by Mrs Ticknesse
The London Globe reports a playful challenge where Mrs Ticknesse crafts a French only letter while a non French reader cannot read it, yet an illiterate Englishman can decipher it. The text mixes French and English phrases, outlining dinner items and social visits.
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Ticknesse
Bette
Poli
London Globe
The Real Unticorn Life of the White Rhinoceros
Early in the last century scholars connected the unicorn myth to science through the white rhinoceros, the largest modern land mammal after the elephant.
Long years Weinicorn and the two horned rhinoceros tale
Ancient writers spoke of the Weinicorn habitat on a coat of arms until Mauree Polo found a one horned rhinoceros in Sumatra and named it. Burchell earlier in the last century found a huge white pachyderm in South Africa near the Orange and Zambezi rivers. It had two horns though one was tiny. the other was bristled at the base and up to four feet long and sharply pointed.
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Weinicorn
Mauree Polo
Sumatra
Burchell
South African
Oranges
Zambezi
It Is Good to Laugh Health Piece
English publication It Is Good to Laugh argues laughter affects the body’s vessels and blood flow. It suggests laughter alters chemical and vital conditions, delivering a mystic effect to organs and that doctors might prescribe controlled laughter in the future.
Ideal stairs for ease of climbing proposed in design
The text extols stairs with treads twelve to fifteen inches wide and risers five to seven inches high as the easiest to ascend. It notes many houses have too short a run to achieve this but urges architects to approximate it. It warns steep stairs cause health harm to many elderly women who climb them daily.
Grant maxim on exhausted troops deciding battle outcome
A General Grant maxim notes that in tight battles both sides tire, and the side that first breaks the lull and advances gains the edge. A single decisive blow can outweigh many earlier efforts.
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Grant
Sports Talk Between Hostess and Curate in Tit-Bits
A London Tit Bits exchange shows Hostess asking the new curate about sports. The curate admits he once collected butterflies but now avoids such pursuits, hinting at a restrained pastimes interest.
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Soothern
Lady Betty
London
Advertising pays? Jones and Morris argue the point
Jones contends advertising does not pay while Smith retorts that Jones advertised for a wife and succeeded. The exchange highlights a humorous take on the effectiveness of ads and marriage prospects.
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Jones—Morris
Smith
Jones
Fish Freshness Debate Hits Salt Water Question
A brief exchange notes a customer accusing fish of poor freshness and a dealer replying that fresh fish cannot come from salt water, reflecting a New Yorker style exchange on seafood quality.
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New Yorker
Combined Legacy Subscriptions Offer At Discount
Advertises a reduced multi-newspaper subscription rate for The Express and Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean for advance payments, with Des Moines Register- Leader included. Also notes a home for sale at 2504 Jegr wr EK Chicago News item and a brief dialogue exchange from a romance sketch.
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The
Express
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Des Moines Register- Leader
Pills and remedies dominate scattered old newspaper blurbs
A collage of short notes cites DeWitts Early Risers as mild effective liver pills for all ages, Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia and headaches, One Minute Cough Cure for coughs, and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Mentions Conneaut bank, Port Arthur, and Brazil ship contracts in passing.
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DeWitt
Dr. King
Soetje
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Users
A lettered appeal touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the only genuine salve for piles cuts burns and fever sores. Testimonials from J L Tucker Center Ala and Mrs Samuel Gagge North Bush N Y claim dramatic cures with no scarring.
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DeWitt
J. L. Tucker
Center
Ala
Samuel Gagge
North Bush
N. Y
Patterson testimony sparks fear of remaining Florida Dora girls
Detroit Times notes Nan Patterson's shocking testimony raises concern that other Florida Dora girls may be at home. The report emphasizes public alarm and the ongoing sensational case.
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Detroit
Nan’’ Patterson
Florodora
Kodol Dyspepsia Care Endorsed By Iowa Man
Spencer Iowa resident Geo A Thomson reports twenty years of indigestion relief after using Kodol Dyspepsia Care. He traveled to doctors in Chicago and Norway before this remedy, claiming it is the only treatment that helped. Sold by all druggists. Topeka Herald note adds a Missouri senate race remark about a Judge Parker.
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Geo. A. Thomson
Spencer
Iowa
Chicago
Norway
Topeka Herald
Parker
Missouri
Electric Bitters Promise Quick Relief for Nerves and Ailments
A vintage ad claims Electric Bitters cures nervousness sleeplessness stomach upset and other ailments. It touts stomach tone kidney and liver regulation and blood purification with 50 cent price and money back guarantee by O H Scotje druggist.
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O. H. Scotje
Caesar Young Seen More Than Half Shot Before Carriage Entry
Testimony from Miss Patterson states Caesar Young was considerably more than half shot before he entered the carriage, detailing the sequence of events and the injuries observed. The account emphasizes the level of intoxication or inebriation prior to the incident.
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Kansas City Journal
Patterson
Bitter fight warned against Dr King’s New Discovery
An advice-style column urges readers to persist against consumption by using Dr. King's New Discovery with claims from T. R. Beall of Beall Mississippi about his wife's cure after other methods failed. The ad notes price, trial bottles, and a local drugstore guarantee. It also promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve and ollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with broad health claims and regional ads.
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Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Mississippi
O. H. Soetje
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Kansas City
Zkuropatkin
Port Arthur
Hollister
Minneapolis
Brazil
Rocky Mountain
Bucklen
Houshton
Ollister
Abet
St. Louis Exposition
Seakage
Northwestern Yeast CO
Chicago, Ill
Hautman
J. B. Zimmerman
Shallenberger
Au Segelay
Lovell
Monticello
Gillen House
Anamosa
Bright
Oakwood Blvd
Ilinois
Drexel State Bank
California
Santa Fe
Harvey
Sunny Jim
Los Angeles
Frisco
E. L. Palmer
Pass
Equitable Bidg
Des Moines
Monfouth
Crry
A. Kempf
Prop
Eagle Drug Store
Ti. C. Bohlken
Mirick, & Inglis
Physicians and Surgeons
Secon
Montcello Bank
Ualla
Fred Puleston
Eilera & Bolton
Mm. E
W. E. van Buren
A. M. Maurice
D. D
Dental Department
Drake University
E. Reed
Burrichter's Drygoods
James Remley
Remley& Remley
Anamosa, Lows
Main Street
Easterly Hotel
A. Matthiessen
Counties
Earth
Herrick & Bauder
Monticello State Bank
P. O. Babcock
U. S. House
EAL
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Montinallo
Washington Times
We of
Cardus
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
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