Just Wanted a Chance in Courtroom Echoes
A colorful witness plea echoes in a historic Atlanta Constitution excerpt as an irate speaker asks for a moment to speak, insisting a judge allow more time for truth. The exchange reveals a tense moment in a trial setting with implied racial tensions and demand for fairness.
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Atlanta Constitution
Ragged urchin student joke told by church moderator
Dr Gillespie recalls an anecdote where a ragged urchin answers questions about his family with stark phrases. The boy says his father and mother are dead, he has no sister, and his brother is at Glanga college kept in a bottle due to being born with two hands.
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London Daily News
Lost Pee Ad Sparks Public Reaction in Cleveland
A humorous exchange in the Cleveland Plain Dealer discusses a fictitious lost paper and how a simple advertisement can stir community interest, illustrating media attention to odd notices.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Catarrh Cure Advertised By Toledo Company
Fragmentary ad copy promotes a Catarrh Cure claimed to cleanse the blood and mucous membranes. The text mentions CHENEY Co and Toledo locations and lists distributors and a pillware brand. The readable items imply a promotional notice for a health remedy with medical claims.
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Wooten
Toledo
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Unclear flight of lovers ends with separation
A fragmented passage shows a yearning plea to fly together followed by a sudden confrontation as her father appears. The scene shifts abruptly to a note about nervousness and a brief, garbled postscript likely from a catalog or advertisement.
Hortense Worth Her Weight in Gold in Count’s Request
Pawpacker praises Hortense as valuable while a count laments not finding a cure as he asks to make it radium. Piso’s Cure advertised as a remedy for coughs colds and consumption priced at 25 cents in druggists.
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Pawpacker
New York Sun
The School Girl Who Has Prench Says It All
A west side school girl studying French with a German governess explains the phrase Ais de veau a la jardiniere as The smile of the calf at the gardener's wife. Her amused father recalls taking her to Partin's for a Saturday dinner treat.
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Partin’s
Advertiser
Rheumatism Origins and the Blood Cure
The article explains rheumatism as a blood born disease that develops long before symptoms appear. It states acids in the blood trigger joint and muscle pain and that external remedies only mask symptoms. It praises S.S.S. as a blood purifier and invites readers to request a free medical book and advice from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta. Urbana, Ohio 1908.
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Word Books and the Roots of English Dictionaries
A compact history tracks the lineage from seventh century manuscripts to Bailey and Johnson. It notes Bailey as word collector, Johnson as standardizer, and quotes Johnson’s lexicographer remark about the harried toil behind the famed dictionary project.
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Johncom
Johnson
Nathaniel Bailey
Bailey
Chaoca
Golden Clasps and Golden Truths in Edwards Bicentennial
A collection noting Jonathan Edwards as a premier colonial preacher and man of letters next to Benjamin Franklin. It recalls his sharp retort on Bible truth and gold to hold truths together, plus a humorous Palmist trial anecdote about a witless witness and a sham shilling fee.
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Benjamin Frank
Edwards
Palmist
Missouri described as land of opportunity and vast resources
A State of Great Resources states Missouri covers 69 415 square miles and has a population of 8 106 665. It ranks fifth in population wealth and agriculture and seventh in manufactures while its mining is renowned. It emphasizes opportunity for enterprising young men as development of resources begins.
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New England
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Too Many Pins and a Pin Money Quandary
A Washington Star snippet frames a domestic scene where Mrs. Washington longs for a small pin money while her husband cautions against extravagant jewelry. The gag ponders which expense—mrs expenses or a diamond pin—wins when a man earns only 570 dollars.
Grateful Woman Credits Peruna Cure for Health
Miss Muriel Armitage of Greenwood writes that Peruna cured her catarrh and pelvic ailments after six months of use. She credits a nurse’s advice and persistent dosing with restoring strength and happiness. The letter promotes Peruna as a universal cure for female ailments caused by catarrh, noting symptoms disappear.
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Greenwood of the Royal Templars of Temperance
Miesuriel Armitage
Peruna
Peruana
Peralia
Peruna Promises Cure for Pelvic Catarrh and Weakness
An advertisement extols Peruna as a permanent cure for pelvic catarrh and related nervous weakness in women. It claims rapid results for mild cases and lasting fixes for chronic ones, urging readers to send a case report to Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio for free advice.
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Columbus
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