Chinese Students and Regional Soil Aid Developments
The article notes Chinese students recently enrolled at ICA and Belgian schools, mentions soil improvement trends with new artificial aid, and cites a 38 percent area increase in arable land over a decade. It references government homesteads, half a million acres for settlement, and Indian res stands at Cheyenne and Standing Rock with October 4 notes. It ends by describing transport to Pierre via Chicago lines and a milk theft incident involving a large black snake in Georgetown.
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Cheyenne ‘A
Standing Rock Indian Res
Pierre Serdean
8. D
Chicago & Northwest- Fy
BE. Kniskern
Chicago
Tel
John Bassett
Bassett
Georgetown Dispatch
Philadelphia
Her Cruel Inquiry and Yale's Oldest Living Graduate
A local excerpt shows a girl named Choliie Softieich confiding in a cruelly posed question about future plans after college. The piece also notes Chester Dutton, a 95 year old Yale graduate from New Haven, class of 1828, now living near Riverside in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eradusie
Yale University
Chester Dutton
New Haven
Fishow
Riverside Homestead
Concordia
Kas
Grape-Nuts Faithfully Backed by Indigestion Sufferers
A Terre Haute resident reports four years of indigestion eased by Grape-Nuts and claims he can eat anytime and feel nourished. His wife notes improvement after switching diets, and their son now favors Grape-Nuts for meals and school focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Hautenyonan
Jant
Neat Missouri cob pipe tale ends in old plantation lore
Washington Post recounts a long, fanciful piece about a steam fashioned corn cob pipe prized over Havana cigars. It blends rural craft with vivid anecdotes of Archie the slave, plantation meals, and a nostalgic portrait of tobacco, labor, and quiet country pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Tobacco Hall
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Archie
de Quincy
Carne
Carline
Dog
Uncle Remus
Washington Post
First Public Speech Pars Oath From Franklington
The debut public speech by Franklington before voters becomes a test of nerve as he fumbles at first. He stumbles over words then under cheering gathers pace and finally declares only his father knows what he planned to say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklington
New Wool Bale Fastener Reported from Melbourne
Consul Frederick I Bright of Huddersfield cites an English newspaper story about a patent wool bale fastener unveiled in Melbourne Australia. The design uses a double hook bent like a waist belt fastener and claims to prevent vegetable fiber from outer coverings sticking to fleece. Two Australian bales secured with six fasteners each were opened in Bradford with wool men present. no vegetable fiber was found in the wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick I. Bright
Huddersfield
Melbourne
Australia
Bradford
Guilty Conscience at Summer Resort Hotel
A guest at a summer resort hotel shouted robber and thief, alarming staff who scattered in panic. The chaotic scene ended with no arrests as the guest’s wild accusation drew attention to a guilty conscience, illustrating the old adage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fork Times
The Play and the Cigar Frivolous Theatre Exchange
A theatrical manager quips that a good play draws crowds like a hex, while a bad one fails despite any effort. The reporter presses for clarity as the manager offers a guarded analogy about audience appeal.
Gas Fears UV Rays From Indoor Lamps
Leon Gas argues in a Royal Society of Arts lecture that ultraviolet rays from indoor electric lamps are not harmful to health and may be harmless or beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Arts
Leon Gas Fer
Quip Bites and Cartoon Snippets From Old Papers
A collage of jokes and witticisms from the era includes a beach quip on swell versus broke, a cautionary note on masked flattery, and cultural gags about gossip in Arizona and health resorts. Also jokes about pen versus sword and a quick quip on a loan friendship.
Four Aces Stir Nevada Card Scene
The Stranger shows four aces in Nevada as Shuffling Pete laments a bad hand and a confrontation over money ends with the Bystander noting the grim scene and warning.
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Pete
Leaves Whisper in the Morning Wind
A playful transcript note contrasts morning leaf whispers with dislike of grass mowing. Cityman remarks it is odd to hear leaves but tolerates the sound, while voicing personal preference in a casual aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cityman—iit
Familiar Scenes Abroad Echo Home Ties
A Washington Herald column quotes a traveler returning from Europe describing Venice flooded and Pompeii streets dug up, noting how foreign towns reminded him of home amid travel reflections.
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Europe
Venice
Pompeif
Washington Herald
Not a Centipede Remarks From a Stone Breaker
The motorist disputes paying £580 for a crushed foot after running over a stonebreaker. He insists he is not a millionaire and cannot be treated as a centipede, while a fire sketch accompanies the scene.
Wagon to a Star Motto Stirs Theatrical Banter
Theatrical manager quips about hitching to a star while discussing keeping a wagon steady. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes the playful banter as a metaphor for stage ambitions and persistence.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Humorous exchanges and tall tales from early 20th century strips
A collage of comic vignettes features a typhoid bout and billing dispute between Isaac and a doctor, nightly porch quarrels between a monoplanist and a biplanist, a witty money marriage joke, a stubborn suitor with debt humor, and a penny-for-work street scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Mr. Stiggins
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Munyon's Free Medical Examination Service Ad
An old advertisement promises a free medical examination by Munyon's eminent doctors with no obligation. It offers to diagnose illnesses from a mailed request and asserts free, thorough evaluation from Munyon's Philadelphia offices. The piece also notes the Astor Place riot of May 9 1849 during Macready's Macbeth performance in New York.
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Munyon's
58D
And
Jefferson ,Sts
Philadelphia
Astor Place
Macready
Astor Place Opera House
New York City
Baby burned by frying pan grease home remedy tale
A mother describes a severe facial burn to her baby from boiling grease and claims Cureitcura Ointment healed without a scar. She recounts applying three boxes of Cureitcura, then noting the skin became velvet smooth in five weeks. Mrs Hare of South Shields, England, March 22 1906. Also notes 321 medical missionaries in India with 121 men and 990 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custcura Remedies
Boston
Mass
India
Memoirs of Dan Rice and a World of Sundry Ads
A blend of humorous book promotion for Dan Rice titled Memoirs of Dan Rice a jester of the One Horse Show with other items note earthquakes German railroads revenue figures Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a Maelstrom description. The text combines catalog copy and brief statistics from multiple topics.
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Dan
Rive
Marla Ward Browz
Upcn
Dan. Rice
Artemis Ward
Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
New York
Backache relief touted by kidney pills in Boston ad
An old Boston advertisement claims Mrs James T Wright reports back pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The piece cites eggs production and notes the ad as part of a larger discussion on cheap food and living standards in the American economy.
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James T. Wright
Goldsborough St
Boston
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Good Feed Good Work One Chief Factor in Progress
A concise reflection highlighting agriculture and industry as key drivers of United States progress. The passage emphasizes robust farming, efficient production, and steady economic growth fueling national advancement. It frames these factors as central to the era's modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Free Lands in Wyoming Seeks Homeseekers for 320 Acres
Chicago and Northwestern Railway offers a booklet on securing 320 acres of U S Government lands in Wyoming with irrigation projects and scientific dry farming methods. Homeseekers rates and direct Chicago train service promoted by W B Kniskern, Chicago Ill. The era notes varied quotes and a mortality statistic for chloroform.
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Chicago. & Northwestern Railway
U. S
Wyoming
Chicago
W. B. Kniskern
Ill
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Milternburg
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At of Agriculture
Arlington
Atica
Blacksnake’s
Choliie
Mathah
Neal Corncob
Wester
Givinere
Arizona
Fred
Boston TransCript
Louisville Courier Journal
Nevada
Isaac
New York Journal
Megsendorfer Blatter
Munyons
Hes
H. Hk, Gremn’s Sons
Atlanta
Sian
Tre
Tion
Putnam
Ceu
Germany
Pierce
Fihay
Alasia- Fuk
Brock
Free Lands
New York Times
A. Prue Nette
Sfohn Medical CO
Goshen
Indiana
Queenstown, Rmd
Jaly
Queenstown
Upton T. Rainbow
Publishing House
Tonisin
Praleepiz
Cearn
Raisin
Africa
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