When Like Cures Like Minna Reed Encounters a Clairvoyant
Minna Reed, avoiding a headache and a beach outing, encounters Mme Voirsi the clairvoyant. Jimmy Kent, skeptical but hopeful, agrees to a consultation for her doubts about black eyes and a supposed triumph of fate.
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Minna Reed
Mme. Voirsi
Jimmy
Jimmy Kent
James Kent
Minna
Jove
Congress
Mary
Edison
Smother
Teaneat
Mme. Ardetta
Mr. Kent
The Blue of Seas Varies by Latitude and Salt Content
The sea’s blueness correlates with salinity. Tropics see intense evaporation from the sun making water very salty and azure. Around 30 degrees north and south the waters glow azure, while beyond them the color shifts to green, with greens near the poles nearly as vivid as tropical blues.
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Tropics
Equator
Arctic
Antarctic
Attenuated Text Reflects on Animals and Manners Across Times
The fragment argues that animals do not progress and cites Sydney Smith and references to bees in Homeric times. It suggests that people of honor in Queen Elizabeth’s era were as unable to read and write as those in earlier periods.
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Sydney Smith
Homer
Elisa
The Human Nose and Its Foiled Classifications
The Chicago Journal dismisses the idea that nose shape reveals character. It cites Alexander the Great, Socrates, Louis XIV, the Scandinavians, the Japanese, and Spartans to show that nose type does not determine courage, refinement, or intellect. Human nature remains highly variable and no fixed rules can bind it.
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Alexander the Great
Socrates
Louis XIV
Scandinavia
Chicago Journal
Lord Kitchener A Gallant Courtier In Remarkable Tale
A report recalls Queen Victoria inviting Lord Kitchener to receive praise for his Egypt work. After the thanks, she asks if he dislikes women and he replies that he likes all women except one, then adds that he dislikes none but loves the queen.
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Lord Kitchener
Khartum
Queen Victoria
Egypt
Luck of a Shepherd
Antonio Ferrer, a Swiss shepherd turned hair and wool artist, rises in London after training in England. He opens a Regent Street shop, trains pauper girls from Switzerland, and builds branches across England, amassing over $500,000 before the craze faded.
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Antonio Ferrer
England
Ferrer
Regent Street
Switzerland
London Standard
Messenger Boy John Hawkins Injured in City Bicycle Crash
A Toronto news item notes messenger boy John Hawkins aged sixty seven was struck by a car near the watch house. He was picked up by a constable and treated at a licensed drug store before being taken home on West York street.
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Toronto
John Hawkins
Watch House
Barnes
West York Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bees Carry Market Baskets On Hind Legs
The article explains bees collect pollen with a hind leg basket formed by stiff hairs that meet at the tips, creating a cage. After foraging, the bee loads pollen sufficient for two to three days.
Merry Moments Not Any More on the Pullman Window
A fragmented dialogue aboard a Pullman car contrasts a thin man admiring sunset and nature with a fat man who has sworn off. Their exchange hints at past trials and a sense of wistful awe interrupted by a joke about recovery.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Vaudeville Spur for Ball Players Says Umpire
Washington Herald quotes a playful exchange about ball players moving into vaudeville and an umpire joking he could break in, suggesting he could open the bill as the crowd tunes and the orchestra warms up. The dialogue captures light sports and showbiz banter.
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Washington Herald
Consolation In Defeat
A witty exchange contrasts two business failures with differing losses. The neighbor's male figure Ned suffer a 50 cent on the dollar loss, while the husband’s loss is only 10 cents on the dollar, as quoted by the Boston Transcript.
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Ned
Getting Her Money's Worth
Dialogue from Springfield Union humor column about Mrs Gimp and Mrs Simp debating Dr Soakum's high charges. Simp agrees fees are steep yet notes the doctor’s grandiose names for ordinary ailments make illness a pleasure to endure and seek treatment.
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Gimp
Delinquent Sure Thing Honor Me With a Check
The Chicago Daily News questions who will honor a supposed payment. A creditor expresses expectation of a check today, while noting the delinquent status of the payer in a brief, pointed exchange.
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Chicago Daily News
A Calculating Man in a Baltimore Quote
A Baltimore American quip labels a man as remarkably thoughtful for weighing options, calling him a convict with a ball and chain as a sharp jab. The remark blends humor and critique about prudence and restraint.
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Baltimore
Spur of the moment man draws judge’s remark
A judge describes a man as impulsive in a colorful exchange about behavior. The dialogue hints at a long pattern of spontaneity and unpredictability in his actions. Maud-So is referenced in a conversational tone within the courtroom scene.
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Beatrix
Marriage Broadens a Man A Paradoxical Viewpoint
An old joke exchanges quips on marriage widening or shortening a man. The brief dialogue contrasts belief that marriage broadens with a counter thought that it can shorten him. Philadelphia source notes a playful anecdote.
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Philadelphia
Our Lumber Quality Showcases Superior Wood
The ad extols lumber from M. H. Pinney at 206 N Main St Newberg Oregon. It highlights smooth straight grain absence of large knots and thorough seasoning as reasons customers profit by using their product.
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C. R. Chapin
DR. C. A. Eldriedge
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DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson's
J. C. Price
U. S. Natl
Jblack
E. P. Dixon
John 8. Rankin
Physicians and Surgeons
U. S. National Bank
Littlefield & Romig
First Nat
Thos. W. Hester
Dixon Building
F. H. Wilson
Edwards Bldg
Newberg, Ore
Mueller the Tailor
First
G. E. Stuart
Main St
A. E. Wilson
First St
Beee
Philadelphia Press
M. H. Pinney
N. Main St
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
Erent Ntis
Trace Maras
Nyone
Herma
Inn Co
Reed
New York
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The
Newberg Transfer Co
Neneues
Dome
Air Ue
Newberg Wood Yard
NEW
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West Hancock St
E. P. Hamilton
Orgeon Agriculture College Farmer’s Week
H. M. Tennat
Sechune
San Corvallis
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