Rexall cooperative buys in mammoth quantities
A Rexall drugstore explains that joining a national cooperative allows them to secure the lowest prices and best quality for every department from prescriptions to sundries. The message emphasizes member store advantages and customer benefits, claiming the store offers top values and exclusive lines through this affiliation.
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Booth as a billposter in Hawaii during early career
Edwin Booth recalls the romantic, formative days of his acting life. He traveled from the mainland to San Francisco and distant camps before a major run of Hamlet in New York. In Honolulu he posters his own bills, pasting notices himself and teaching his young company the craft.
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Maniac on a Tower Throws Threat to English Traveller
Sir Andrew Clarke, travelling in Italy, meets a dangerous stranger on a high tower. The man boasts of throwing Clarke over the edge. Clarke seeks help to escape as the assailant insists he could throw him up from the ground, making a perilous ascent and tense confrontation.
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The Editor and the Tramp’s First Stories
Bret Harte’s early writing era is recalled with a tale of his rise to editor and a struggling press in 1869. An editor sighs at a hungry tramp at the door, hoping the man’s method could fuel the paper for another week.
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San Francisco Overland Monthly
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It Would Be Useless
Mrs Black suspects a grocer's boy and Norah share a kiss. The girl plans to go herself to fetch groceries after observing the boy kissing Norah, while Norah says the grocer's boy kisses only her.
Faith Care Elephants at Southern temple
The temple elephant in southern India commands deep reverence as touching its body is believed to heal. People gently feel the elephant’s legs and press them to their eyes, while ailing children are carried on its back for a few strides in hope of cure.
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Madras
Quoted Dialogue Reveals Domestic Tension in Published Piece
The fragment shows a tired husband and a wary wife named Molly in a domestic scene. A line invites relaxed routines with tea, slippers, and pipe, while the husband agrees she may buy a new dress tomorrow. The passage hints at underlying suspicion and control dynamics within the household.
Charles XI1 Plays Chess Under Fire at Bender
In January 1713 at Bender Charles XI1 of Sweden and his lieutenant Grothusen played chess amid siege by 30,000 Turks and Tartars. A bullet shattered a window but Charles calmly claimed mate in four and later declared a mate in five as musket fire raged outside. Willard Fiske recounts in Chess Tales.
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Goldsmiths Charity and the Doctor in Southwark
The piece recalls Dr Goldsmith in poverty era Southwark who gave free care to the underpaid and kept donations in a pill box labeled to be taken as required. A journeyman printer connection linked him to Richardson and elevated him in letters.
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London Spectator
Signboard humor in San Francisco's Chinatown
An inquiring stroller in San Francisco's Chinese quarter encounters multiple signs with playful wordplay. One reads Sing directly across the street another says Yu oT wate a little farther down the street he saw one which made Sam Sing. At the corner two more signs announce We Sung and All Sung reflecting linguistic coincidence.
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Yu Ot Wate
Sam
Not Quite Sure What Elementary Science Describes
A nine year old girl explains to Uncle Tom that elementary science may mean either the study of wild animals or the insides of us in a light anecdote from Women’s Home Companion. The scene shows Jane’s frequent A reports and a humorous misinterpretation of science.
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