English Habits Drawn From Travelers Observing Doors and Seats
A traveler reports two English habits: doors left open to draughts in hotels and trains, and a preference for sitting backward on trains. The observer notes English people and servants alike leave doors ajar, and English travelers always choose seats with their backs to the engine, rarely facing forward unless no other option.
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London
How it Happened in a Railway Wreck
A war veteran recalls a railway wreck seven years ago. Gyer claims he was not injured while Myer observes the survivor crawled from under the wreckage. The exchange appears in the Chicago Daily News.
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How do you know that man is a detective
A New York man asks how to identify a detective and another says it is clear by how he orders people about and attracts attention to himself.
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Typical Back Pain Case Shows Kidney Pills Cure
Mrs. Chloe Page of Alexandria Virginia recounts severe back pain with sharp shooting aches, swelling in feet and ankles, and digestive upset. She states Dean's Kidney Pills cured her in 1902 and she has had no recurrence for five years. Available from all dealers, 50 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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S. Pitt Street
Alexandria
Dean
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Buffalo
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Count of Animal Species Through the Ages
The article notes the uncertain results of estimating known animal species. It cites Nurmann's catalog and remarks the rodent count rising from 970 in 1880 to 1,900, with overall living species around 1,500 across 160 genera, highlighting rodent diversity as the largest mammal family.
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Nurmann
Museum
Wissen Fur Alle
Miracle Cure Reported For Child Skin Sores
Mrs. George J. Steese of Akron Ohio writes that after three doctors failed and a humor covered her daughter, Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the sores in half a treatment, leaving the child’s skin clear as a newborn. She notes she would pay five dollars if needed, instead of seventy five cents. August 30 1905.
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George J. Steese
Coburn St
Akron
New Yard Standard Made of Platinum and Iridium
A new standard yard measure, created after ten years in the making, is now deposited in the government strong room. It consists of 90 parts platinum and ten iridium and resists extreme temperatures. It passed multiple tests with high honors and will be annually inspected for ten years. any deviation by a millionth of an inch will discard it as a standard.
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London News
Egotism and manners in social quips and quibbles
A clerkly set of vignettes from Punch and Youth's Companion. A man boasts of stamping his name in a magazine to prevent theft while a woman mocks a husband who sits on the piano stool during company. A final quip notes women and egotism.
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Punch
National Farmers' Union Pushes Against Foreign Emigration
At its Little Rock Arkansas convention the National Farmers' Union passed a resolution condemning foreign emigration and calling for its cessation. The resolution reflects broad sentiment among American farmers across states from Oregon to Florida and represents over two million farmers urging action on immigration policies. The article links this stance to historical labor trends and claims of cheap foreign labor filling U S industries from coal to urban transit.
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Washington
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DEST TO THE HORSE CARE RECIPES FOR TEAMS
A Stockman and Farmer tip on keeping a team fat sleek and ready for hard work. Feed oats as main grain supply water regularly and provide bright timothy or upland hay. Curry brush and rub legs with flannel nightly and each morning for best condition.
Seed selection and market talk at Dallas State Fair
Opinion piece urges careful seed corn choice for next planting as Dallas State Fair exhibits show wide variation in grain quality and value. It warns against speculative buyers, calls for action to remove warehouse thieves, and notes cautious optimism for parcels post with Meyer championing faster reform.
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Dallas, Texas
Ranchman's Novel Courtship and a Clever Telephone Tale
Ranchman's romance from Colorado to Yuma ends in a marriage after a proxy introduction through an aunt in Illinois. Louis L. Keamer travels from Yuma California to wed Flora Weise of Tazewell County. A second tale reports a telephones' domestic miscommunication when Mrs Brown replies to a dinner invitation with a hotel remark.
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Yuma
Cal
Flora Weise
Tazewell County
Kramer
Denver News
Drunkenness Charge In Small Southern Town
An Antebellum-era Black man is arrested for whisky in a village magistrate’s session. He requests a lawyer known to aid him in past scrapes, and the magistrate summons the attorney. In the office, the crowd learns the charge as the man laments being charged with whisky.
Cure for Itch With Hunt's Cure Claims Relief
A claimant describes prolonged itching relieved by a single application of Hunt's Cure and states the condition was cured in under one box. The testimony emphasizes the topical remedy as an effective treatment.
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Hunt
Speed Rule Shield Seeker Seeks Government Backing
A bold figure asks for an ambassadorial post to gain government protection from speed limit violations. The opulent reply confirms no diplomacy interest, only a secure position.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Acknowledged Local Remedy
Catarrh treated as a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is described as not a quack medicine. Endorsed by physicians, priced 75 cents, with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Druggieta
Single Blessing in a Millionaire Bachelor Tale
Pearl and Ruby joke about a large fortune as Belle captures an old bachelor worth a million. The dialogue frames a wager of luck and romance with a single big blessing in sight.
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Pearl
Ruby
Belle
Not Just as Good It’s the Best Cure Box
An advertisement guarantees Hunt's Cure j will cure any skin disease with one box. It claims prompt relief and permanent cure for itching eczema tetter ringworm and similar troubles from a single application. The copy emphasizes unconditional guarantee and effectiveness across skin conditions.
No-strike remark defends service at company
Dustin Stax says the current strike provides a better excuse for the poor service as usual, while denying it seriously inconveniences his company. The Washington Star quotes him.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Castoria’s Trusted Signatures Warn Parents
Advertisement urges mothers to examine CASTORIA bottles for the signature and claims the remedy has been used for over 30 years. It links health with duty and cites Herbert Spencer on physical morality to promote the product’s safety.
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Herbert Spencer
Letter from Arkansas man praises Hunt's Lightning Oil in Illinois
The sender Mr H H Meyers from Stuttgart Arkansas requests introduction of Hunt's Lightning Oil into Millidgeville Illinois citing his many friends and relatives there. He claims the oil cured him of Bloody Flux in under thirty minutes and his granddaughter of Cholera Morbus in a short time.
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H. H. Meyers
Stutgart
Ark
Hunt
Millidgeville
Ill
Knickerbocker Club Quietly Handles Glasses Incident
Gobso Golde and L'Oignon discuss actions taken after the Knickerbocker club session. The secretary was instructed to purchase six quarts of blackballs for member use. Bill de Bruiser claims eyewear failed to protect him as a larger man knocked his glasses off and hurt his eyes.
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Knickerbocker Club
L’oignon
Bill de Bruiser
Kangaroo and Giraffe at Zoo Bar Exchange Pleasantries
A kangaroo asks a giraffe for another drink at the zoo bar. The giraffe declines, saying one drink goes a long way for him.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed for Girl to Woman
Mothers urged to guide daughters through puberty with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Readers share experiences of relief from headaches backaches and menstrual irregularities. Advice to write for free guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Clara E. Darmstadter
Breckenridge St
Buffalo
N. Y
Pinkham
United States
Simmons' Cough Syrup Ad Claims Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement warns that neglecting a cold leads to serious outcomes such as bronchitis and pleurisy. It promotes Simmons' Cough Syrup to soothe irritation loosen phlegm and cure cramps, emphasizing a shut mouth to avoid strife and humor about balloon inventors.
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