Origin of Salmon Described As Large Sea Trout
A Pacific Monthly writer notes the origin and name salmon in England and western states refer to a large sea-dwelling trout like fish. It spawns in rivers traveling upstream, then returns to the sea. Atlantic salmon Salmo salar is a single species, black spotted, with possible land-locked forms in lakes.
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Pacific Monthly
WORN TO A'SKELETON A Restoration Caused Sensation
Mrs Charles M Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits a dramatic recovery to Dean's Kidney Pills after years of fatigue yellow skin weight loss and kidney sugar. She reports rapid improvement and a full return to health following use. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Public Sneezing Trial in Muhlhausen
Johann Furtmann of Muhlhausen Prussian Saxony faced a public nuisance charge after a loud sneeze on the main street. He was acquitted at trial but the police appeal prompted a new trial with planned medical evidence claiming a nasal polyp affected his sneeze intensity.
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Muhlelhausen
Prussian Saxony
Furtmann
Muhlhausen
Very Like It In Power Game Between Boss And Bookkeeper
The bookkeeper Adam Upp claims foresight in a sharp exchange with the merchant about an afternoon off and a funeral. The men claim insight into events and motives behind the town’s business power dynamics.
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Upp
Adam Upp
The
Catholic Standard and Times
Teo and Seema Face Foot Ailment At Rest Home
Fragmentary notes describe Teo mimicking Seema and a person named Allen in a setting with health concerns and aching feet. The text references medical or caregiving context and mentions a substitute remedy or rug, but details are unclear.
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Allen
Hotewollen
Little girl confuses head of government for Teddy Roosevelt
A child answers that the head of government is Mr. Roosevelt, then corrects herself with the witty claim that the true title is Teddy, prompting a light classroom exchange about official names.
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Reward for Haro of Catarrh Cure Offered
One hundred dollars reward offered for a cure of catarrh by De a Cure. Cheney & Co Toledo advertise options and financial notes to carry out the plan. Seterth Cure claimed to act directly on blood and mucous membranes with testimonials.
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Heidelberg to Berlin and Cologne The Rhine and Empire Tour
A travelogue describes Heidelberg with its castle ruin and Hauptstrasse bird cages and student duels, the wine towns and Lorelei on the Rhine, Ehrenbreitstein fortress, Cologne cathedral, then Berlin’s monuments and imperial power. It highlights Frederick the Great statue, Emperor William I monument, Queen Louise statue, and gender roles in war.
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How He Remembered It and the Germantown Telephone
A Philadelphia anecdote recalls a man misplacing his new telephone number after moving to Germantown and hosting hares and coal bills. The exchange leads to humorous memory lapses about directory listings and a dog friendly shop attitude toward canine patrons.
Ice Cream Sodas Attract Dogs In Local Drug Stores
Dogs in drug stores with soda fountains draw customers as women feed canines frozen treats. Special receptacles sit at counters for dogs to lap from, while humans also enjoy ice cream sodas. The trend boosts sales for ice cream and soda this season.
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New York Sun
Diagnosis of Headache and Self Cures Highlighted
A physician notes there are over fifty headache types and many sufferers can treat themselves by finding and addressing the cause. Common forms include forehead dull ache from the back head, temple bursting pain from malnutrition, top head pressure from overwork, and brow pain from eye strain.
Stale Brains and the Choice to Grow
A Success Magazine insight argues that a person who stops growing mentally becomes old in spirit. It contends people are half dead at 50 not due to age but to a fixed mental attitude and refusal to face life with growth.
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Bengal's Premier Prince Mahtab III Takes Burdwan Throne
Mahtab III, Maharajah Adhiraj of Burdwan, now rules over about 2,000,000 people at age 25 after being adopted by his predecessor and installed by the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Born in 1881, his accession followed an education-based delay.
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Mahtab III
Maharajah Adhiraj of
Burdwan
Bengal
Maharajah Adhiraj Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur
Mahtaba II Leads Vast Indian Territory and Philanthropy
Mahtaba II, the sole Kshattriya Prince in India, governs a 4194 square mile domain. He funds Burdwan College with free youth education to the arts standard, Kalna High School, and a free Sanskrit college with a girls school. He maintains temples at Burdwan and Kalna, feeding the poor daily, and supports alms houses distributing rice and flour to all applicants.
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India
Burdwan
Kalna
Compass Origins and the Lodestone Discovery
A Harper's Magazine writer notes lodestone’s magnetic properties discovered by ancient Asians and traces the compass’s evolution. It explains magnetism’s early use, navigation expansion beyond coastlines, and Italian sailors mapping Black Sea and Mediterranean coasts.
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Atlantic
Bachelor seeks wife with bank account offers Courier listing
The Spencer Courier reports a single man visited the paper offering to advertise for a wife. He said only a good bank balance mattered, not age, accomplishments, or cooking. Interested ladies are invited to call at the Courier office for the name and address.
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Spencer Courier
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Hed All Eternity
An old Kansas citizen near death is comforted by his wife who vows to follow him. The man retorts that she need not hurry, making a bitterly humorous exchange attributed to the New York Tribune.
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Manda
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People Who Agree To Everything Are Slightly Entertaining
A quip notes that agreeing to every statement is as dull as a phonograph, highlighting the humor in uncritical conformity.
The 400 Defined in a Parable for Tommy
A father explains to Tommy who the 400 are and why that social set is easy to spot. He cites car rides, church hats, party clothes, cars, sidewalks, theaters, and railroad stations as telltale signs of their pretensions, urging vigilance in daily life.
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Mamma
The Faith of the Boy
An anecdote from a western senator recounts his four year old son praising his father beside a portrait of President Roosevelt. The boy asks about the other figure and the father explains the President’s stature, noting how people in the east may feel pride seeing both pictures together.
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President Roosevelt
East
American Spectator
Conductor Reassures Passengers About Car Safety
An elderly woman questions safety while the conductor assures no accident will occur. She reveals a hole in her stocking and expresses concern about potential mishap, then decides to proceed with caution. The exchange reflects cautious travel attitudes in the era.
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Houston Post
Dramatic Training Push Announces Six Month Graduation Pace
The program reveals plans to prepare graduates for dramatic work in six months and notes forty graduates already placed with traveling companies. A catalogue is available upon request.
Mouldypast Says He Found Farquhar Tupper Manuscript
In a Convesasione scene a man with a reinforced forehead and prominent teeth, named Mouldypast, is attracting literary attention as he claims to have unearthed an original manuscript from Martin Farquhar Tupper author of Proverbial Philosophy. The room suspects an attempt to pressure him to suppress the finding.
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
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