Powell Breaks Multiple Records On Berkeley Track
Billy Powell, famed hurdler, recalls a enabling Berkeley track run where he claims to set world marks in low hurdles 220 dash and running broad jump. He describes a dramatic finish despite an outside lane and a curious, humorous anecdote about a rubber home plate and a cane misfire.
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Billy Powell
West
Berkeley
Olle Snedigar
Powell
Col. Edwards
Varsity Battery
San Francisco Chronicle
Penang Gazette Attacks British Admin With Sharp Critique
The Penang Gazette brands the current administration as a flabby parody failing to guide the British empire. The critique highlights perceived weakness and mismanagement in imperial control and policy direction.
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Penang Gazette
Lent Dinners Drive Easter Clothes Budget
Mrs Knicker asks about pork abstinence during Lent while Mrs Becker admits meat is needed for James dinner and her earnings for Easter clothes depend on it. The exchange flags family priorities and local humor in a clipped dialogue.
Multiple Disparate Events Reported Across Nations
A string of notices recaps drownings at Pine Island Bayou and Love Lake, a fatality on Rock Island tracks, house fires in Long Branch and Sherman, and legal actions in Ohio and Indiana. It notes New York horse parades, corporate and railway wage changes, and shipments including Australian apples and thread price hikes.
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New York
A Wonderful Gain A Utah Pioneer Tells a Remarkable Story
J W Browning of Ogden Utah a plains pioneer who crossed in 1848 recounts diabetes kidney trouble backache rheumatism and dizziness symptoms. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief and renews health at age 75. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. W. Browning
Ogden
Utah
Plains
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Bonner’s Humble Remark Amid Johnson Memorial Toast
The 1885 London celebration for Dr. Samuel Johnson saw Australian cricketer Bonner honor Johnson’s memory. When his health was proposed, Bonner responded that he would rather be remembered as Johnson’s revered figure than have his own cricketing triumphs.
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London
Samuel Johnson
Bonner
George Birkbeck Hill
Johnson
Cure for Scalp Sores After Measles Reported
Mrs. Henry Porter of Albion Neb reports severe head and neck sores after measles covered in scales about penny sized. Hair loss occurred. Treatments with blood remedies and salve failed for six months. Six weeks after using Cutiura Remedies she improved and was fully well in three weeks. This occurred seven years ago.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Stomach Tonic Prescription Promoted for Digestive Aid
An old advertisement touts Compound Tincture of Cinchona Prosene Compound and Sherry Wine as a simple stomach remedy. It claims the mix restores gastric juices assists digestion and advises filling the prescription at a drug store for trial.
Specknoodle Name Confusion Stirs Holiday Visit
A college student introduces his friend Mr Specknoodle to his hard of hearing mother causing repeated mishearing and laughter as the name baffles her. Later a tramp tells a hard luck tale and claims a prior jail stay, prompting playful disbelief.
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Mr. Speckwoodle
George
Mr. Specknoodle
Deaf old man hosts boarders in village tale
A Boston Herald writer recalls Mr. S. in his native village who rents rooms to pleasure seekers. In a summer garden exchange a young man notes the house is full of boarders and Mr. S. replies with humor about potatoes and bugs.
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Mr. S
Boston Herald
Medicine of Bamboo Sap in India and Its Mystique
The sap of the female bamboo, Tabasheer or banslochan, is used medicinally in India and sold in bazaars. Known since ancient times, it is also found in Borneo and traded early by Arab merchants. Its composition is largely silica with traces of lime and potash, and its rarity in bamboo hollows has fed legends of miraculous powers.
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India
Borneo
Duke Abruzzi Maps Hard Life Of Global Wanderer
The duchess of Abruzzi, visiting the country, speaks with a foreign accent and explains his name. At 34 he has already endured many hazards, trained in the Italian navy, and pursued exploration and mountaineering worldwide. He is the son of a Spanish king who abdicated. He has written about his travels and earned honors from scientific societies.
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Abruzzi
Duke
Nobody fills two men's spots on the streetcar
Mrs Strongmind and her husband debate a notable claim about a woman who fills two men's places on a street car. The husband remarks he saw such a person and exits swiftly, leaving the room abuzz with gossip.
Postum Helps Nervous Teacher Restore Health at School
A teacher recalls nearly losing her post to coffee nerves until she switched to Postum Food Coffee. After a failed first boil, a longer simmer produced a rich flavor and marked health improvements for her and her students, leading to renewed energy and satisfaction in teaching. There's a reason the Health Classic stories praise Postum.
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Wellville
Bill Nye Recounts A Sunday Drive With Deteriorated Horse
A young Bill Nye promised a driving excursion with a lady friend. At the livery only a shabby old horse remained, which the pair used despite delays. The woman refused to accompany Nye, who retorted that the horse was once a prancing young steed.
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Bill Nye
Mr. Nye
Harper’s Weekly
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised by Cheney Company
Local applications cannot reach the seat of disease. Catarrh is a blood and constitutional issue. internal remedies are required. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is a genuine prescription from leading physicians and combines tonics with blood purifiers to treat catarrh. Send for testimonials. F J Cheney and Co, Toledo, Ohio. Price 75 cents. Tone all family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Hunt's Cure Promises Cure for Itching Skit Troubles
For over fifteen years Hunt's Cure has worked to cure skit troubles especially itching types. It claims success not from ads but by doing the work. One box is guaranteed to cure any case.
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Hunt
Wealthy author writes book hits to beautiful women
A fragment notes a dialogue about a wealthy author of a book titled Hits to Beautiful Women. It mentions mothers and a claim about Castorta safety for infants, with garbled closing text suggesting examination of bottles for safety.
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Houston Post
The Disadvantages of Schools
A father in a grocer family defects his son from school claiming its aim to ruin him and insists the boy must learn to carry on the family business. He objects to the teaching of standard weights noting 16 ounces per pound.
Hunt's Lightning Oil Promised Quick Pain Relief
The speaker praises Hunt's Lightning Oil as a universal remedy used by the entire family. Grand Pop uses it for rheumatism, Dad for cuts sprains and bruises, Mamy for burns scalds and aches, Sis for catarrh and chillblains, and the narrator for everything, claiming it never disappoints and "yanks any old pain out by the roots."
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Grand Pop
Dad
Mamy
Sis
Hunt
Rival Promoter Exchange Clarifies Star Attraction
A sharp exchange between promoters reveals the rival show’s star attraction. The quip settles who is billed both sides, highlighting the social clash and public interest surrounding the event.
English Grain Imports Measured by Acreage Needed
England imports a large share of its yearly grain and would require about 10 500 000 acres to grow that amount domestically. This estimate highlights the scale of reliance on foreign grain imports and the extensive land area that would be needed to replace imports with domestic production.
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England
Cleansing Your System with Simmon’s Sarsaparilla Promise
An advertisement urges cleansing of impurities to prevent fever and claims Simmon’s Sarsaparilla improves blood, appetite, strength, and ambition. It cites Ruskin on public virtue to frame the product as a moral, healthful aid.
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Simmon
Sublime calm endurance in Longfellow quote
The quote highlights the virtue of steady, noncomplaining endurance and fixed resolve in the face of suffering, suggesting disappointment can outshine success through quiet perseverance.
Allen's Foot-Ease promotes comfort for feet
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful swollen feet and sweating. It claims easier shoe fitting, urges against substitutes, and offers a free sample from A. 8. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The rest features ad copy about women, pawnbrokers, Boston telephones and a quip about risk and safety.
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Allen’s
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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National Lead Company
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Cincinnati
Chicago
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Philadelhia
John T. Lewis & Bros
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
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Carters
Farmers Union Headquarters
George Stephenson
Voth
Pine Island Bayou
Lawton Avenue
Gould
George Gould
Katherine Clemmons
Burlington Railway
Nelson Morris Packing Company
Oklahoma City
Husband
Love Lake
Richland
Jesse Vinson
Walter Schiffer
United Cigar Manufacturing Company
Long Branch
N. J
Ciudad de Mexico
Buenos Ayres
Ernest Martino
Frank Munday
China
H. H. Adkinson
Ardmore
Rock Island
Buckeye Oil Company
Standard Oil
Ohio
Frank Croxton
Roanoke
Indiana
Joseph B. Coghlan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Caspar F. Goodrich
The
Chicago Chronicle
Australia
Liverpool
Petit Marsons
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Waco
Georgia
Tennie Vaden
Avoca
S. W. Vaden
Rinilanue
Chile
Lake
Negra
Frisco
Sherman
Sunday Magazine
Everybody’s Magazine
Bears
DAL
Ruskin
Dodds
Lydia RB. Pinkham
James Chester
Lydia E. Pinkham
35Th St
Minkham
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Texas
Chas. F. Simmons
Orange, Cal
San Antonio
Ft Walnut
California
Gulf
Los Angeles
Cal
San Diego
Cabi
A.J. Wilson
Ntonic
Barry
Thou
Berclay & CO
Stone St
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Farmer
SS & CO. Texas
McCane’s Detective Agency
Houston
Defiance
Cires
H. H.green
A. H. H. Houston
Cardui
Emma Carrier
Emmett Tenn
Cardus
Ladies Advisory
Hateaneeen Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
New England
King of Palms
Arthur Peter & CO
Gen’t Agts
Louisville
Crescent
Crescent Chemical .O
Ft. Worth
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