Scotsmen object to whisky and talk at London authors dinner
Owen Seaman of Punch attended a London Authors' club dinner with a later discussion on Trumor. A humorous story featured three characters a bluebottle and two Scotsmen as whisky flowed and religious talk was avoided. The Scotsman contemplates if the fly is a bird or beast. The other warns not to spoil good whisky with talk.
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Punch
London Authors’ Club
Sandy
Penniwise Marries His Typist in a Curious Union
A wry Washington Star note records Mr Penniwise marrying his typist. The snippet hints at questions about whether she receives an allowance or simply a saved salary, reflecting social implications of the match.
Coffee's Weight on Old Age Advocates Postum
A Southern public schools superintendent shares a letter praising Postum over coffee. He recounts his mother’s long heart trouble and stomach issues improving after using Postum, noting headaches diminished and overall health restored. He calls Postum especially beneficial to his mother and family.
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Napoleonic and Other Dynasties Face Extinction Risks Across Europe
The piece traces royal lineage fragility from Napoleon I to modern times, noting marriages and successions in France, Poland, Italy, and England. It weighs dynastic prospects, the rarity of perpetual royal lines, and the recurring pattern of extinction or subsumption by rival houses through centuries of upheaval. Frederik II.
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Vermon t Woman Shoots Notable Red Tailed Hawk
Mrs. Clifton Kent shot an immense red tailed hawk seen in Dorset for weeks. The 24 inch long bird with 51 inch wingspan carried a brown snake in its beak as it circled above the Kent poultry farm elm tree. Onlookers compared it to an eagle or turkey in size.
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Making the Dumb Speak in Deaf Education
Excerpt from the New York Medical Journal outlines methods for teaching speech to deaf mutes. It covers breathing training, tongue positioning, tongue gymnastics, vocal vibration through chest cues, a physiological alphabet, and lip reading.
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New York Medical Journal
Native bird attacked by mother with pistol shot
A reader reports a dramatic incident in which a mother fired at a bird overhead, striking it with a swinging shot that broke a wing before the bird landed in a neighboring window.
Night Conversation Between Landlord and Bugle
The landlord asks Ty Skhimmerhorn how he slept, and the Bugle replies that he slept like a top and heard the landlord humming through the night.
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Engineer Mle Bandurin Leads Russian Firm
Mle Bandurin, superintendent of a Russian engineering firm, is a graduate of the Women’s Technological Institute in St Petersburg. She has practical engineering experience including building a steel warehouse for an army cooperative society and serving as assistant engineer on a bridge across the Neva.
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Conductor Thrown From Train Embankment Injuries Cited
George Hahn a C N W conductor from West Chicago Illinois recounts a year of kidney trouble and back pain after being thrown from an excursion car down a 25 foot embankment He credits Deans Kidney Pills with cure and improved health He urges readers to remember the Donns brand available from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 60 cents a box
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Tourist and guide discuss volcanic eruption myth
A traveler doubts a volcano is active after a millennium claim. The guide explains regional hotels maintain a yearly fire during the season, implying ongoing activity in local superstition.
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Tiny Baby Recovers From Eczema With Cuticura Treatment
A two month old baby suffered widespread eczema with skin peeling and heavy scalp scales. After failed remedies, the family used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, noting skin regeneration within days and a return to a healthy four month old. Notice from Mrs Joseph Kossmann of Ridgewood Heights, New York, dated 1909.
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Cure for Catarrh Promises $100 Reward
An advertisement claims a universal cure for catarrh called Hyalfa Catarrh Cure, says it treats by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, and offers $100 for any case it cannot cure. Includes testimonials and directs readers to send for list of endorsements from Toledo Ohio makers B J Cheney & Co. Also promotes Hall's Pils and Resinol products with generic quotes.
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