War Dogs From Alaska to France Bring Price and Pride
A A Scotty Allan leads 400 Alaskan malamutes bound for France with Lieutenant Haas to aid dispatch and supply runs. The dogs vary from 80 to 90 pounds, many with setter and malamute traits, and a white-to-brown mix in the kennel at Winnipeg. Allan praises the setter strain for intelligence and endurance. one lead dog stayed with him through a race.
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Winnipeg
Stock Yard
America
Scotty
Allan
Haas
Nome
Alaska
France
Morayshire
Scotland
Scotty’ Allan
Arctic Circle
University At
Berkeley
Klondike
Scotty Allan Wins All Alaska Beepstakes Dog Race
Scotty Allan, a 48 year old Scot, has dominated Alaska’s famed 408 mile Nome to Candel race with three wins, two seconds, and two thirds. He transports 3.5 tons of sun dried salmon and eight long sleds with 150 harnesses from Nome, planning a Quebec voyage for the dogs before spending winter in California.
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Cameron) Highlanders
Scotty
Allan
Nome
Candel
Kotzebue
Arctic Ocean
Turtle Mountain
Manitoba
Great Northern Railway
Klondike
Skagway Trail
Darling & Dean
Darling
First Woman Horse Judge At New York Show
The first woman to judge a horse show was Lady Beck of Canada wife of Sir Adam Beck who has led the London Ontario fox hunt for over a decade. With James Marshal of New York she judged the undocked saddle horses at the recent New York City show.
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Lady Beck
Canada
Adam Beck
Fox
London
Ont
Hunt
James
New York
New York City
Capital debutantes Suzanne and Elizabeth Chase unveiled in Washington society
The Misses Suzanne and Elizabeth Chase, daughters of Captain Volney O. Chase and Mrs. Chase, rise among Washington debutantes this winter. Captain Chase serves on Admiral Benson’s staff in the navy department's bureau of operations. No coming-out date has been announced.
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Suzanne
Elizabeth
Volney O. Chase
Washington
Chase
Williams. Benson
Bureau of Operations
Navy Department
Lafayette market space case ends long court battle
The appellate court upheld a 50 year dispute ruling that the market space in Lafayette now operating as a city street belongs to the city. Heirs of Aaron Claspill claim the land passed to them when the city stopped using it as a market site.
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Lafayette
Ind
Aaron Claspill
Patent medicine claims and wedding quip in ad copy
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Pellets for liver bowels and stomach and promotes Renovine as a heart and nerve tonic with a price of one dollar. A cheeky line notes a bride-elect enjoying linen or china shower exposure.
Improved Quinine Laxative Ad Improves Head Comfort
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a safer form of quinine that avoids nervousness and head ringing. It claims better laxative action and suitability for anyone, urging readers to request the full name and look for E. W. Grove’s signature, 250.
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E. W. Grove
Bal Sam of Myrrh in stock care praised as cheap insurance
An ad extols Hanford's Bal Sam of Myrrh as a remedy for sores, sprains, galls and cuts in horses, cattle, and sheep, urging stock owners to keep it on hand. A joke exchange about a doctor and a back strapped Roy rounds out the piece.
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Hanford
Roy
Tetterine Promoted as Cure for Itching Piles and Skin Diseases
A historical advertisement claims Tetterine cures itching piles and various skin conditions including tetter ringworm eczema and infant sore head. Customer Jesse W. Scott of Milledgeville Ga says it cured an eruption after trying one box and recommends others buy two boxes. Product offered by J T Shuptrine Savannah Ga with price ten cents per box.
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Jesse W. Scott
Milledgeville
J.T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Stalled Wart Policeman Claims Lost Child Is His Own
A stern patrolman drags a child through busy streets while a sympathetic woman comforts the child and calls others cruel. The officer snaps that the child is his own, denying any rescue. The scene highlights fear and mistrust in a crowded city.
Faeiy Achievements Caricature Promoter and Politician Spar
A promoter and a politician trade jibes about selling empty promises. The promoter boasts of selling what he lacks to unwilling buyers while the politician retorts that he turns useless revenue into perceived value and profit.
Blank and Co. Put Into Receiver Hands
A Canadian business, Blank and Co., is placed under receivership. The speaker speculates creditors will receive only what the receiver can distribute from the remaining assets.
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Blank & Co
When Your Wife Is Away What Do You Do With Your Car
A humorous line notes a man’s claim that he does everything with his car while his wife is away. The quip highlights a lighthearted domestic setup and everyday mobility.
Man with name tattoo on brow cited for vagrancy
In San Francisco an officer questions a Mexican vagrant as he refuses to speak. A Spanish interpreter assists but the man points to a brow tattoo reading Fred Harris Sonora Mexico. He says he has heart disease and fears an unmarked grave. Judge Brady dismisses him.
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San Francisco
Becsey
Fred Harris
Sonora
Mexico
Brady
Tiny Seattle Area Homestead Sets Tiny Record
The United States land office recently awarded a minuscule homestead to Fred A Hunsen of Tolt. The forty one-hundredths of an acre parcel adjoins another Hunsen homestead near Tolt. It is described as lot 8, township 26 north, range 7 east.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Land Office
Fred A Hunsen
Tolt
Hunsen
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Relief
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant tasting alternative to calomel. It claims rapid morning relief for biliousness and constipation, with a money back guarantee if the liver is not cleaned and bowels are not regular. Children are cited as benefiting from its gentleness.
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Dodson
Dodsons
Unclear Audience Chorus Echoes in Barbershop Scene
A fragment shows a barbershop tenor singing passionately with expressions of wish from the front row. The truncated dialogue hints at a shared desire among participants but provides no concrete event or outcome.
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Saath
Michigan
Barber Shop
Notable medicine sold as Femenina after 19th century ad
An old advert notes a celebrated remedy for female troubles now sold as Femenina. The product is offered at 50 cents and 1 dollar, attributed to Dr. B F. Jackson, a famed physician whose prescription was handed down to posterity.
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B. F. Jackson
How He Saw the Louvre anecdote in Paris
A French literary man meets an American businessman and jokes that the Louvre counts as just another sight. The American claims to have seen the Louvre thoroughly in an hour, leaving the French observer puzzled by the brief visit.
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Louvre
Paris
Pantheon
Notre Dame
the Invalides
The
Madeleine
Benzine in Ginger Ale Alleged at NZ Camp
An Aucklander claimed a ginger-ale bottle given at a New Zealand military camp contained benzine instead of drinkable ginger ale. He said he drank half the benzine unknowingly. The responding officer advised him to avoid smoking for a few days.
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New Zealand
It Surely Is A Joke About Affectation
A Detroit Free Press quotation humorously defines affectation as piling extra tires on a car that never leaves the garage, framing the term as vanity rather than necessity.
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Detroit Free Press
Morning Freshness Quote Sparks Light Commentary
A playful remark about morning vigor blends humor and social tone as a quip on freshness and decorum. It reads as a brief, witty aside reflecting character and timing rather than a full event.
How Easy to Acquire a Bad Reputation A Cautionary Note
A concise reflection on how quickly a negative reputation forms and how hard it is to shed. The piece emphasizes lasting impressions and the challenge of restoring trust after social or professional missteps.
Lavish Language Critique in Ranece City Star
The Ranece City Star mocks the Hon Bray Lowder for grandiloquent prose and a cache of polished platitudes preserved like relics, dismissing the rhetoric as pompous and hollow.
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Bray Lowder
Lodore
McGuffey
The
Honorable
Crec
Ranece City Star
Castoria Promo and Quirky Domestic Anecdotes
An old ad for Castoria promotes its safety for children and notes over 30 years in use. The page includes humorous vignettes about a husband misbehaving in a domestic scene and a tale of a dining room waiter boycott, illustrating social foibles.
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Fletcher
Self-made Man Verse Sparks Moral Clash
A Bo ion Transcript quotes a boastful self-made man defying remorse as a sharp moral quip. The dialogue uses a spending allegory about a dollar earned and an egg to be laid tomorrow to probe prudence and habit.
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Ion Transcript
A Man and a Woman Seek What They Cannot Have
A man pursues every possible gain while a woman longs for what remains out of reach. The tale frames desire as a driving force behind their choices and actions.
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Scotty” Allan
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Genial Little Scotchman
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Highlands
Capital Debutantes
Jodson
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