Untitled Local Dialect Sketch From Kansas
A fragmentary dialogue describes a farmer and a stranger in a Kansas setting. The exchange touches on chopping wood, building kindling, and natural dangers like a cyclone. Names and clear events are unclear due to the degraded OCR.
Old Time Recipes and a Curious Treasury Warrant
A collage of household recipes for ground rice cake custard sauce and vinegar peaches contrasts with a historical note about President Cleveland receiving a one cent Treasury warrant at the end of his term. The piece mentions quarter salaries and a long standing check pattern and ends with a line about elixir's Cure for Consumption.
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Treasury
United State
Easurer
United States
Cleveland
Tr Neury
Fiend at Laat Trotter and Miss Gusherly Search for Ideal
Miss Gusherly looked for her ideal partner while Trotter had been abroad. Misa Womer-Ysa claimed to have found him, but she lost him again. Trotter noted the sequence as Miss Womer was married to him.
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Laat
Trotter
Auction record price for orchid in London sale
An orchid named Ledelphis, Pa An An orchid sold at London auction for 4590 dollars, believed a record price. The piece hints at varied tonic and domestic musings, including jokes about Eve’s dropping and a Philadelphia newspaper quote.
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Therispum
Roger Sander
London
Eels Rejected as Food in Scotland
In Scotland eels are abundant and large but deemed inedible by locals. The eel’s serpentlike appearance and indiscriminate feeding habits are blamed for the aversion, despite their plentiful presence in Scottish waters.
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Scotland
A Great Monarch And His Breakfast Diet
A reflective piece portrays a grand ruler praised as wealthier than his brothers and master of vast legions. It notes the czar’s expansive realm and populous dominion, but mockingly adds that he remains unvanquished only if he adopts Pillabury's Vitos as his regular breakfast diet.
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Russias
Pillabury
Disillusioned Chauffeur Seeks Job After Eight-Hour Frustration
A Yonkers Statesman quote shows a job applicant facing a tough question about union work and a stubborn machine. The humorous exchange ends with the applicant declining the job if the machine cannot run smoothly.
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Yonkers Statesman
Dangerous dye cures and medical quackery in old tales
A garbled passage discusses hair dye turning hair gray then black and suggests marriage results. It warns about mercury in nostrums and promotes a fake cure, then shifts to a courtroom quip about beating an idiot. A note ends with a full-grown elephant carrying three tons, illustrating exaggerated claims.
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Ben Thayer
Hoarse Power Noted In Baltimore Talk
A Baltimore American caption uses playful slang to describe a base voice as powerful and hoarse sounding, highlighting a casual exchange about vocal strength.
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Baltimore American
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