Wall Street Wrecker’s Half Million Canal Scheme
An old man known as Old Reynard hawks a colossal project in a Wall Street lobby, claiming a half million investment will fund a Atlantic to Pacific ship canal with annual profits near 70 million. Bystanders doubt him. the elevator boss vows punishment while the claimant boasts past giant wins and a place among finance royalty.
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Wall Street
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
San Francisco
Prince of
Tam
Western Union
Jim the Joker and the Wayfarer
A farmer laughs at a wayfarer as his son Jim plans a prank. Jim leaps the fence but the stranger lands a punch, and a dustup ends with Jim slipping away to safety in an orchard. The tale closes with a joke about a temperance lecturer and a wedding anecdote.
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Adairsville
Jim
Stanger
Wayfarer
Old Hat Styles and Fat Talk in Historic Snippets
An excerpt notes a preposterous suggestion to repurpose an old hat with a sarcastic placard. It then recalls a woman once called plump in past media, followed by a marriage that grew troubled as a husband criticizes her weight, shaping her days with sorrow.
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Chicago Post
Baseball Quote Spurs Debate on American Spirit
A Washington Star excerpt records a contentious remark praising baseball as a unifying institution. The exclaims that he once opposed the sport but now believes it is valuable and should be more prevalent, offering people common ground beyond politics.
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Washington Star
A Boy With a Hole in His Memory Poem
A mother’s charge enters a boy’s memory hole and a musical tap echoes the lesson. The boy forgets every word, reciting only two words I forgot. The piece laments a boy who cannot retain his lessons and the sadness of such a memory gap.
Cunning Rats and Clever Thefts By Rodent Minds
A Chicago Record note recalls highly skilled rat thieves who plan egg looting and oil feasts. A chief rat leads by placing an egg to his chest while another drags him to the den, then repeats the feat for a rat town feast. A second tale describes olive oil hoarding via tails dipped for oiling.
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Rat Town
Iump
Chicago
Street Car Act of Kindness Moves Onlookers
Two healthy girls return from a day in the woods with roses and violets. They bead a garland for a pale crippled girl in a street car near Halsted, lift her hat, place the wreath, and share a moment that brings tears to a mother watching.
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Halsted Street
Chicago Daily News
Paris Promoters Propose Dogs Cemetery With £14000 Capital
A group of women in Paris have floated a canine burial project. They have entered a contract to layout land suitable for a dog cemetery and plan to establish a company capitalized at £14,000.
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Paris
Des ert Autocar Tour: Belgian Knights Cross North Africa
Barons Pierre and Joseph de Crawhez drove a motor car through North Africa from Brussels to Algiers and into the desert. They crossed Atlas snowdrifts at 6,600 feet and survived floods and cliff passes on a three month journey, hailed as a new era for motor travel.
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Baron Joseph de Crawhez
Africa
Pierre
Brussels-Ardennes-Spa
Brussels
Paris
Spain
Algiers
Sakkamodi
Aumale
Bonira
Atlas Mountains
Three Dog Stories From The Spectator On Jealousy And Rescue
The Spectator recounts three dog tales where jealousy drives the actions of a terrier and a spaniel. A Skye dog saves a mistress’s shoes by grabbing a girl who stole them, while a tortoise disappears and a terrier guards a kitten buried in a garden tomb. The article notes another Skye’s loyalty and ends with a note about southern pine timber yields per acre.
Beautiful Health Boost Told By Stomach Bitters Ad
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential for beauty and health. It claims nine tenths of sickness stems from weak digestion and cites many who recovered after using the tonic. The message warns to look for a private Registry Stamp on the bottle neck.
Cheboygan Named After Indian Chief and Fatherhood Moment
The czar sympathizes with an ancient Indian linked to Cheboygan’s name. Fresh from a northern hunting trek, a native nurse announces the birth of a third daughter, provoking a sharp, culturally charged exclamation about the name She-boy-gain.
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Cheboygan
Michigan Peninsula
Cleveland
Allen's Foot-Tuga Powder Advertisement
One size fits all with Allen's Foot-Tuga powder. It eases tight or new shoes and cures swollen hot sweating feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 26 cents. Free trial by mail from Allen 8 Ohnated Lo Roy New York.
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Allen
Lo Roy
N.Y
Filling the Gap in a Noahs Ark Tale
The Detroit Journal comments on a children's fiction scene where a bright boy questions two wooden chips, his father prompts him to identify them as microbes, noting there must be a pair of microbes aboard the ark in a playful critique of scientific ideas.
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Detroit Journal
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowela Use
An advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowela each day to promote health. It says the remedy acts on the liver and kidneys and cures headaches. The price listed is 25 and 60 cents.
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Lane
Trophica and medals at century wave scene and rail ads
A collage of period snippets includes a question about trophica worn by Vilipinos and the reply that they are century rings from a wave. The Kansas volunteer comments on medals. Also appears are railroad ad blurbs for Nickel Plate Road and travel routes, plus various testimonials and cures from 19th century publications.
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Van
Kansas Volunteer
Philadelphia
Rambles in Summer Land promotional note
A brief Wisconsin Central Lines appeal invites readers to escape urban turmoil with a lakes vacation. The notice, signed by Jas. C. Pond General Passenger Agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, promotes Rambles in Summer Land as a path to rest and comfort.
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Wisconsin Central Lines
Jas. C. Pond
Gen. Pass. Agt
Milwaukee
Wis
Frisco Line Promises Fast Service to Oklahoma City
Oklahoma offers splendid inducements to homeseekers. The Frisco Line reaches the most important localities in the territory and takes you through to Oklahoma City without change of cars. It is the shortest and most desirable route. Write for descriptive literature to Bryan Snyder G. P. A. St. Louis Mo.
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Oklahoma City
Bryan Snyder
St. Louis
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