Alpena Miracle Prompts Wide Lake Rapids Trial Praise
Alpena County residents read a sensational tale from the Alpena Argus about Mrs. Jas. M. Todd of Long Rapids who, after eight years of crippling rheumatism and nervous prostration, reportedly recovers enough to resume daily tasks. The piece credits Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength, though it mixes praise with medical promotion and local testimonials.
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Jas. M. Todd
Long Rapids
Alpena
Michigan
Argus
Jas. M Todd
Alpena County
Mich
Ann Arbor
Lehall
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Behenectady
N. Y
Doings and Sayings Roundup From Dated Columns
A collection of brief curiosities and anecdotes from Maine and beyond. A game warden jokes about a medical term, Allegheny City disputes a Maine toll claim, Turkestan wedding customs impose gifts or kinship swaps, and the gypsy moth is noted as an 1870 New England immigrant from France. A Bellgrove church pistol scare unsettles worshipers. Miss Morrison, recent UC Berkeley graduate, wins cheers from rivals at her announcement. Maine lobster boats number fifty with thirty seven sending catch to Portland, 4,000,000 lobsters valued around 520,000 dollars landed there over the past year.
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Atwood
Maine
Utter
United States
Allegheny City
Turkestan
New England
France
United Brethren Church
Bellgrove
Lebanon
Morrison
San Francisco
Versity of California
Portland
Ita
Fragments of jokes and scenes from daily life
A mumbled parade of vignettes from rural Maine and urban scenes. A judge shares a farming quip after selling land, a clergyman prays amid hardship, a plaid shawl wearer chats with a tailor made girl, a New Haven station tale about an acrobat portrait, an amused elderly shopper with a celebrity photo, and a quip on buckwheat cakes followed by a remark on envy.
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Oxford
Conn
New Haven
Maria Jokings
The Devil's Own Mine in Chantaboon Province
A Siam Free Press tale recounts a legendary gold mine in Chantaboon rumored to lie along a stream source. An old villager recalls elephants near the site fifty years ago. tales speak of sickness, tigers, and superstition deterring explorers. Three Englishmen once attempted the trek but failed, leaving the path to a pool where elephants footprints and mammoths’ resting spots are noted before a hazardous ascent toward the falls. The journey would suit January to March, with carriers and limited helpers, as locals remain wary of the area.
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Chantaboon
Amine
A Difference and Conversations in a Streetcar World
A street railway worker laments congress pay and authority while casual talk reveals satirical views on public service. The dialogue shifts to humorous anecdotes about Mrs Duffy O Bryan and others, then lists university enrollments and staff figures, highlighting a change from last year to this year.
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Congress
Thirty Three Snakes in One A South African Tale
A Cape Colony ostrich farmer, Mr. Mallerby, finds a large black snake that contains a yellow snake and a cascade of eggs. He uncovers three nested snakes with more hatchlings, cannibalism, and a chain of odd parentage. The tale ends with unanswered questions about snake genealogy and egg hatchings.
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South Africa
Arthur E. Viney
London ‘Times
Star
Mr. Viney
Ceres
Cape Colony
Mallerby
Wailaw
Mr. Mallerby
Pert
Clearing the Mystery in Jail Officials’ Confession Tale
A recaptured convict recalls an escape plan and bribe attempt. He claims the warden collapsed in a fit after the offer and the keys were taken, enabling the exit before recapture. The report frames a sensational jailhouse confession amid ongoing investigations and a talc rent note.
The Malden and the Past Tense
A fragmentary verse exchange shows two speakers, one insisting it is time to depart at 11 p.m. and the other lamenting the departure, wishing the other were already gone. The brief scene is marked by contrasting emotions as the male speaker asks for departure while the female speaker resists.
From ships to seeds and cures in odds and ends
A collage of era ads and quips, featuring a voyage steerage remark, bean coffee claims, Salzer Seed Co offerings with German catalog tease, Patented teething remedy notices, and scattered reflections on travel, disease cures, and social musings from a late 19th or early 20th century page. Names and places include LaCrosse Wisconsin, Salzer Seed Co, Germany, France, Holland, Leroy Michigan.
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Rio
Europe
France
Holland
Germany
John A. Salzer
Swordfish Penetration Showed Shipboard Damage at Sea
Recently arrived at Pensacola, a swordfish sample demonstrated its penetration power. The fish’s sword pierced six inches of hull planking and three inches into the inner structure, causing a leak that kept pumps running for six hours daily. The spear measured about two and a half inches at the tip and five inches near the end, with a twenty inch fragment broken off.
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Pensacola
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Troy
Lopathic
Joni Sheeley
Omahs
Yetieve Rise
Cupid
Mure
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Mala St
Buffalo, N
Dens
Souclas
Isi
Asa
Cordovan
Aube
Christian Endeav
Vox
Boston
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Trafic
O. McConmack
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Jacobs
McElrees
Cardus
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