Reunion on a Transcontinental Train
Annie recognizes Ira Lathrop aboard a rumbling train as decades melt away. They spar about past loves, then cling to old jealousies while other passengers navigate divorce rumblings, clumsy flirtations, and a chaotic journey toward unknown futures in a crowded car.
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Ira
Mr. Lathrop
Dave
Annie
Anne
Miss Gattlet
Chicago
Charilo Selby
Ogden
Utah
Lathrop
China
The Needle In the Haystack Chapter XII
On a crowded train bound for Portland Marjorie clings to Snoozbum the dog while Mallory hunts clergymen for a disguise and Ira Lathrop clashes with the porter over Marjorie’s berth. A comic train farce unfolds with looming Reno plans and jealousies among travelers.
The Dormitory of the Sleeping Car in Alli nois
In a satirical travelogue set aboard a sleeping car on a Chicago to Allies route, a narrator mocks the moral duplicity of American society as travelers in the Snowdrop car engage in intimate acts behind curtains. Mallory and Marjorie seek a minister to bless their state while facing social scrutiny and the looming reality of remaining just friends.
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Whesle
Carpathia
France
Japan
Middle West
Portieres
Uttla
Mallory
Marjorie
Poe
Mrs. Temple
Folded quarrel on the train ends in extra berth plan
Marjorie and Mallory stage a quarrel to avoid a stiff journey and seek an extra berth in the sleeping car. The scene shows their tender, escalating dynamics and a comic misunderstanding with the porter as they debate who should move to number three. The tension hints at continued drama.
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Mallory
Doctor Temple
Portland
Boean
Chicago
Yicim
Moses
Marjorie
Suverbeums
Porter
Yaosah
Contagious illnesses warned against neglect of a cold
Town residents urged to treat colds promptly with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to prevent progression to diphtheria bronchitis or pneumonia. The note claims the remedy stops coughs quickly and is safe for children, containing no opiates.
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Foley
O. M. Olsen
Revenge of the Shark Under the Sailors Cruel Custom
In a Wide World Magazine piece, a sailor tortures a shark to teach it a brutal mercyless lesson. The shark is blinded and driven to drift aimlessly at sea until death, described as a coldly sanctioned act of festering vengeance. The tale frames the act as an ancient Phoenician custom, tracing alleged historical roots.
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Ana
Cain
Tyre
Casasorides
Wide World Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
The notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors offer $100 for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials, listing Cheney Co of Toledo as makers and indicating druggists sell the product.
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Hall
Cheney d& CO
Toledo
Deuggists
Toc
Tokelall
Old Press Gangs and a Monumental Recruitment Tale
A 1738 chronicle notes desperate press gangs used a top of a monument trick to lure men for British warships, provoking a citizen to fire at the bird and end the scene with many seized. An Iowa man reports Foley Kidney Pills eased rheumatism after illness.
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W. A
Remarkable cannon ball tree and cure claims in Porto Rico
A fragmentary report notes a giant cannon ball tree in British Guiana with fruit seven inches across and rough brown seeds. It also details Porto Rico testimonials for Dr King s New Discovery curing coughs and colds, claiming wide efficacy with trial bottles offered.
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British Guiana
Porta Rica
Porto Rico
Ramon T. Marchao
Barcelonete
Dr. King
O. M. Oleen
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Jory
Mal
Mira
Jimmie
Mra. Wellington
Anne Gatlle
Syed
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Mrs. Whitcomb
New Orleans
Yassum
Pana
Ira Lathrop
Anne Gattle
Yossah
Dette
Jimmie Wellington
Reno
Mra
Janta
Oceanlon
Marjoria
New Ulm
B. Follmann
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