Tales of Uncle Tan and the Magic Carpet
1400 B. C. Peter and Jane visit the beach befriend Captain Tanner the fisherman who shares stories about Brother and Sister and their dog Aristotle Uncle Tan treats them as true while they chase magical adventures using the Magic Carpet they read of in the Arabian Nights In this eleventh tale Brother and Sister along with Flyback the fairy fly back to 1400 B. C. and feast on oysters with the Indians.
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Peter
Jane
Captain Tanner
Uncle Tan
Brother
Sister
Aristotle
Creation
B. C
Matilda
Aunt Matilda
Mit
Santa Mas
Flo
Flyback
Tithonous
Bluebottle
Julius Caesar
Noah
Pepper
Professor Pepper
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Waterloo
Brutus
Caesar
Washington
Delaware
New Jersey
Cambridge
Concord
Fall River
Stonington
New Haven
New York
Christ
Elizabeth
Long Branch
Barnegat
B.C
Het
Fairy
Boston
Flyback and the Oyster Feast
Uncle Tan narrates a fantastical tale where siblings meet a tiny fairy named Flyback who rides a flyback carpet. They travel back through time to a New Jersey oyster feast, sharing oysters with ancient tribes while using mirrors to escape danger and return to Boston for school.
Prohibition Drive to Prosecute Profiteers After Election
Washington reports a Justice Department push to clear 1499 profiteering indictments tied to the Lever Act and wartime controls. Prosecutions aim to curb profiteering in coal, food, and apparel. funding cuts threaten investigative work and manpower.
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Department OF Justice
James P. Hornaday
Washington
District of Columbia
United States
Department
Bureau of Investigation
Fair Price Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Bayer Aspirin Package Claims Safe For Millions
An advertisement proclaims Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and proven safe for over twenty years. It urges accepting only an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions to relieve headache toothache and other pains and notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Ady
The Literary Meeting
A brisk dialogue frames a playful clash between a Literary Lady and a Literal Gentleman over Lamb and essays in a humorous exchange. The scene riffs on taste, language, and wit in a compact two character vignette.
Papes Diapepsin advertised relief for indigestion
An old adv claims Papes Diapepsin provides quick relief for indigestion gas and heartburn with a few tablets. It promises near immediate stomach correction allowing eating favorite foods again and notes the case costs six cents at the drug store. Millions are helped annually and the product is described as harmless and pleasant.
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Adv
Witty Exchange Sparks Noted Quip About Wives
A fragment describes Mr Naybor boasting about reading his wife as a book and Mr Gab from the Cincinnati Enquirer retorting that one cannot shut her up. The line captures a sharp exchange in social humor.
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Mr. Naybor
Roman Eye Balsam Ad Claims Night Relief
An advertisement touts Roman Eye Balsam for nightly use to prevent and remove tired watery eyes and eye strain.
Stolen Kisses Questioned as Moral Value
A quip questions how stolen kisses should be valued and emphasizes the virtue of silence and listening when addressing a woman.
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Caleb
Lewis
The
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Mrs. Isaacs
Santa Claus
Revenue Bureau
Congress
Man In the Moon
Pape
Martin & Martin
Chicago
Mrs. Winslow
Baker Laboratories
Memphis
Tean
Smitr Vir Toys
Arthur Peter & Co
Lawternile
Forrticulars
Distrib. Co
Ft. Werth
Tex
W. N. U. Houston
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