None But Royal Boxine Powper Promises Pure Leavening Strength
None But Royal Boxine Powper is absolutely pure. No other equals it in leavening strength, purity, or wholesomeness. It is made from cream or tartar specially refined and chemically pure. Official analyses show competitor powders contain alum and are detrimental to health, while Royal is endorsed by U S and Canadian chemists, state analysts, health boards, and physicians.
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U. S
United States
Canada
Pussy Torped on the Pauret
A humorous Old Colony Memorial note recounts a cat turning on a cellar faucet and drinking from it, then sitting on a barrel to watch the potential flood while refusing to reveal the mischief.
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Anne
Harn
Old Colony Memorial
Sportive Tanta and the Jumping Lambs Tale
A London Tit-Bits fragment describes ewes and lambs near a fence with gaps. The sheep clump, led by a big lamb, cross by jumping the gap in single file. Lunching lambs perform extra jumps in joy. Pawns act as a cross touch with noses.
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London
Amber Colors and Restorative Claims in Advertisements
An excerpt discusses amber’s varied colors and blends, noting a belief in curative properties for ailments like croup and throat trouble. It includes an advertisement claim for Ely’s Cream Balm, with a testimonial from Mrs. B. K. Grimes and details on application and price.
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Washington Star
Catalog promises illustrated Columbian Exposition portfolio
A faded notice describes an "OMeral Portfolio of the World's Columbian Exposition" with color wash plates of pulitings and grounds. It offers to send upon receipt of payment via post, and mentions postage terms by Tuk and colleagues in Baltimore.
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WalTimonk, Mp
Dr Schliemann's Athens Palace and Classical Library
A Chicago News piece describes Dr Henry Schliemann's Athens home, a marble palace on a fashionable street set in a lush garden with classical statues. The library rivaled the Vatican in beauty, filled with Greek literature and portraits. the family speaks several languages and names their children Agamemnon and Andromache.
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Athens
Henry Schliemann
Apollo
Dr. Schliemann
Marble Palace
Myron
Vatican Library
Schliemann
Plato
Alcibiades
Pelops
Jocasses
Hinstand
Hamburg
Agamemnon
Andromache
Penelope
Chicago News
Life insurance inquiry reveals odd replies in Detroit letter
A Detroit life agent received a man’s request for a blank policy form. The specimen reply shows a string of blunt questions about deaths from consumption and health, with the man answering inconsistently. The Detroit Free Press Treasury notes no life instance for such a truthful man.
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Detroit Life Favourance
Detroit
Woman solves servant management by briefly guiding maid
A New York woman explains she kept orders short and simple to train four French maids. She notes her limited English and the maid’s precise demonstrations led to smooth work, suggesting less directing prevents miscommunication.
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New York
New York Times
Editor Returns Poems Turns Blue at Desk
A humorous quip shifts from poet to editor in Tesas Siftings. The speaker laments an editor sending back his poems and seeks how to win favor. A banter on literary rejection and remedy follows in a light, period voice.
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Tesas
Fragmentary reflection on aging and life under aunts guidance
A fragmented, poetic reflection contrasts aging patience and gentleness with the joys and pains of youth. The speaker laments aging faces and asks how life differs under a guardian figure, hinting at lost time and guidance.
Night in Mail Street Stirs Reflections of a Wandering Frenchman
A midwinter NY night scene follows reporters chasing facts about the murdered teen Johnny Spellman. A starving Picard wanderer asks for directions, sparking memories of France and hardship. The trio aids him before continuing toward Park Place station as spring hints arrive.
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Mail Street
Tenderloin
Johnny Spellman
Wight
Park Row
Liteon
Uncle San
Toran
Paris
New Jersey
Provence
Paria
Loire
France
Bretague
Warlic
Castle Garden
New York
Maryland
Greenwich Street
Yucatan
City Hall
Park Place Station
McGlory
Ciel
Paris Bowlewandler
George Zineendorf
Jean
Llowkel
Littl
Paris Boulevadier and Picard Memory in a New York Night
A narrator recalls a travelers tale of a Picard with a roll of money lost in steerage aboard La Bretagne and a Paris boulevadier who taught him rough French. In Greenwich Village he confronts a beggar and ends with a coroner’s note and a sobbing girl reading a French prayer.
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Egypt
Paris
Montmartre
MacGlory
Gramercy Park
Players
Chamercy Square
Irving Place
Bob Turnball
Thad
New Jersey
Provence
Iean
Gennne
Gall
Mr. Dick
Charles 1
Picard
la Bretagne
France
Nove
Allons
Gray
Greenwich Village
Mmlertaker
New York
Folding Keys And Table Steadying Racks From Instructive Note
The excerpt describes selecting six keys of graduated sizes numbered 1 to 6 and arranging two larger keys Nos 1 and 2 on a table to form a wide angle. The biteings of keys 3 to 6 are placed in sequence, ensuring vertical axes, with final stability achieved by pressing the last key. The piece ends with a Boston Globe quotation about Chinese towns and cookshops, noting open fronts, sample displays, and a variety of delicacies including frogs legs and snakes.
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Boston Globe
A. T. Wright
Milwaukee
Chicago
Ocean
Rattlesnake Invasion Terrifies Gates Family near Gates Station
In Greenup Kentucky near Gates Station Timothy and Mrs Gates faced a rattlesnake swarm that swarmed their cabin and yard. Neighbors armed with clubs and shotguns hunted the snakes, eleven dogs died, and dozens more escaped to a rock crevice. Mrs Gates lay in stupor as the scene unfolded.
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Ekentuckian
Gates Station
Greenup
Timothy Gates
Cates
Iris
Posse
Gates Ley
Supernatural Picture Appears in Canton Church Steeple
In Canton Minnesota a vision in a church window causes local excitement. A grotto scene shows a woman with a child and a bearded man above them. Seen by hundreds, the image persists after washing. Some suspect Father Jones, others doubt the claim. inquiry into the glass supplier may prove or disprove the charge.
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Canton
Minn
Pather Jones
Lightning survivor Jason Goodrich of Rich Hill Conn.
Jason Goodrich has been struck by lightning five times and survived. He bears three bullets from rebel guns and lost a leg after a cavalry accident. He endured severe shocks, a beard burn, hair loss, and two weeks of paralysis, with a final strike in a barn leaving him senseless. His wife plans California relocation amid the ordeal.
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Jason Goodrich
Rich Hill
Conn
Tech
Jason
Iisa
Jaxon
California
No More Wind in Their Sails Baseball Manager
A baseball club faced pennant loss and disbandment as the coach suffered a dislocated jaw. The letter to club directors laments the team’s misfortune and the need to break up the players.
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Gen- Hemen
Proverb on aging and folly
A quip contrasts age and youth, noting the old will not become young again while the young may someday grow old. It reflects on wisdom gained with time and the irreversibility of youth.
Porous Plaster claims and testimonial dialogue
An old advert claims Leacock’s Porous Plasters are the highest achievement of medical science with numerous testimonials. It lists rheumatism backache sciatica and other pains as treated and asserts buyers receive the best plasters. A playful exchange about strings follows.
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AtLeock
sLicocn
AlLcocn
Dr Parker’s Sure Cough Cure Ad
Ad announces Dr Parker's Sure Cough Cure with a dose claimed to stop a cough at 25 cents a bottle. Sold by druggists, Pacific Coast Agent Geo Dahlelbender & Co., 214 Kearny Street, San Francisco. Captioned as a football admirer remark ends abruptly with garbled text.
Quack Cure Claim Offers No-Pay Guarantee
Advertises a joint medical pamphlet from Drs. Porterfield and Losey promising cures for rupture piles and other private diseases without pain or business disruption. No cure no pay. Address: 538 Market Street San Francisco.
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Drs
Porterfield & Losey
S38
Market Street
San Francisco
Hal's Catarrh Cure Ad in Toledo Trade Notice
An advertisement offers a 100 reward for catarrh not cured by Hal's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo are listed as proprietors with endorsements from West and Prugh, Walding Kisan and Marvin, and the cure is described as taking internally with a 75 cent price per bottle and testimonials available.
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J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Pruax
Walding Kisnan & Marvin
Whelegale Druggist
Hall
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