A Mine of Fossils at Turner's Falls Quarry
The Turner's Falls sandstone quarry on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts yields a fossil mine. Bird tracks in the rock gained fame, and a recent slab shows enormous bird tracks perhaps twenty five to thirty feet high with five foot spacing and fifteen inch length. Insect feet, rain pits and wave ripples add geological and ornamental interest as the area is thought to have once been submerged sea bed.
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Turner's Falls
Connecticut River
Inassachusetts
Hidden Government Book Resurfaces After Five Years
A Washington Department clerk recalls five years of missing records from a bureau. The heavy volume reappeared under a chair after diligent search, provoking amusement and relief at the office. Other anecdotes describe papers blown to the street in storms and misplaced items found beneath a desk corner.
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Interior Department
Seventh Street
Post Office Department
Washington
Washington Star
Make your fortune in wheat speculation now
Small capital needed to profit from quick wheat speculation. Book explains methods and tips. E. G. Guxsoms & Co. offer free guidance at 15 Board of Trade Court Rialto Building, Chicago.
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Libby, McNeil & Libby
Chicago
E. G. Guxsoms & Co
Board of Trade Court
Rialto Bldg
Sir Edward Grey Aficionado of Tennis and Angling
Sir Edward Grey is described as an adept at tennis and a keen angler. He has fished from the Eddystone to Berwick bounds and across northern and western Scotland. A fly-fishing authority, he authored the phrase unfriendly act and wrote a noted book on British fly-fishing.
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Sir Edward Gray
Sir Edward Grey
Eddystone
Berwick
Scotland
France
Mrs Robbins Credits Piso’s Cure for Consumption
A Norwich New York resident Mrs Thomas Robbins on February 17 1900 credits Piso cures for saving her life three years earlier. The testimonial highlights a local belief in the remedy and its life saving claim.
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Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Milk as perfect food for children in meals
The August Ladies' Home Journal states milk is a perfect food not a beverage. It argues milk should replace nitrogeneous foods at meals, with meats omitted, and suggests giving water with milk. It claims constipation occurs when two nitrogeneous foods like meat and milk are used.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Jell-O Introduces Four Flavor Dessert Leased to Families
An advertisement touts Jell-O as a new dessert with four flavors Lemon range Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents. Europe’s population has grown from about 250 million fifty years ago to over 360 million today.
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Europe
Beware of Caret Candy Substitutes in Retail Schemes
A spirited note extols CASCARETS CANDY CATHARTIC as world famous and warns against store clerks pushing substitutes. It argues universal popularity signals quality and accuses sellers of fraud if they offer knockoffs. The piece urges buyers to insist on genuine metal boxed CASCARETS with the C and long tail C logo.
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Cascarets
Information Waited Reveals Tense Exchange
In a clipped dialogue, a woman demands critique from Alfred while he concedes flaws, and she presses for specific faults. The exchange hints at underlying tension and unresolved matters between the characters.
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Alfred
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Digestive Health
Advertisement item claims Lane's Family cure moves the bowels daily and supports liver and kidneys. It asserts health benefits and relief from headaches with two price points 25 and 50e.
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Lane
Cicine
Dropsy Treatment Ad by Green's Sons of Atlanta
An old advertisement claims Dr H H Green's Sons of Atlanta Ga offer free treatment for dropsy and tout themselves as the greatest dropsy specialists. The copy extols good nature as a sign of virtue and generous character.
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HM. M. Green
Sonsante, Ga
H. H. Green
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Via Railroad
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of June July and August to southern states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia and more. One fare round trip plus $2.00, limited return windows and 15 to 21 day sale validity with over night stay options. A new wide vestibule train runs Chicago to Texas with Pullman sleeping cars and reclining chairs. Contact local agents or C L Stone for details.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Gate of
Chicago
Waco
Fort Worth
Chime
Ng Tsilinois Railroad
C. L. Stone
Eagle Linen Writing Table Trused Sale Notice
The writing table offers ruled and unruled 100 sheet pads in Letter size at 25 cents and Note size at 15 cents. Dealers are advised to ask for them and take no substitutes.
Teethingy Sotvene the Guns Insinuation
In a fragmentary exchange the Plumber bluntly questions future work rotation while the Carpenter argues water access will affect plumbers jobs. The dialogue hints at tensions over labor and tools in a weathered setting.
Dogs Must Not Harbor Malice in Town Supreme Court Ruling
In Van Bergen vs. Eulberg 82 N. W. Rep. 483 the Town supreme court states a dog has no right to brood over wrongs or remember in malice. It holds that prior stones or sticks thrown by the injured girl do not excuse a bite. only an unlawful act by the injured person at the time of the attack could absolve the dog’s owner.
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Town Supreme Court
van Bergen
Eulberg
N. W
Allen's Foot Ease Ad for Shoes and Feet
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Reading of old poem barred by committee
A Detroit Free Press item notes a committee barred the reading of the poem Rock Me to Sleep, Mother, Rock Me to Sleep as too hackneyed though not for being objectionable. The brief cites rocking infants as the stated reason.
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Detroit Free Press
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O
A compact promotion for Jell O describing a quick two minute dessert prep with no boiling. It highlights flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry and notes availability at grocers for 10 cents.
Madam and Sir Clash Over Ragged Children Doorstep Argument
A man calling at a door pleads for charity for hundreds of poor children. The resident asserts the children are her own, leading to a sharp exchange and a slammed door heard down the street.
Grain-O proposed as coffee substitute for children
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a nourishing grain drink that can replace coffee for children. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee when prepared and costs about a fourth as much, with pricing at 15 0 and 25 cents, available from grocers.
Nickel Plate Road Excursion to Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Toronto and Thousand Islands routes advertised for an 18th annual Nickel Plate Road excursion on Tuesday August 14th. Stops include Chautauqua Lake with no extra charge, Toronto add on $1.00, Thousand Islands $6.50, returnable within 12 days on Peerless Trio trains. sleeping car reservations urged via agents in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Time tests truth against prejudice and humbles pride
The quote notes time as friend of truth and foe to prejudice, stressing humility as its steady companion. It underscores the enduring nature of truth and the danger of bias, urging measured judgment and restraint.
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Truth
Time
Prejudice
Humility
Colton
Hall's Catarrh Cure and household ads note price
An advertisement lists Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and a Red Cross Ball Blue blueing product in a large package for 5 cents. The text includes a series of quips about wary men and henpecked husbands as filler copy.
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Red Cross Ball
Hall
Red Cross
Best for the Bowels Casgarets Advertised Remedy
An old advertisement touts Casgarets as a cure for all ailments by cleansing the bowels. It promises natural, easy movements, low cost, and features a warning to beware imitators. The ad cites a metal box and the C C C stamp on each tablet. It ends with a philosophical quote urging a life free from sorrow.
Grain-O New Grain Drink Competes With Coffee
Try Grain O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it safely and adults like it. Grain O looks like coffee but is made of pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Priced 1e and 25c per package and sold by grocers.
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Moeha
Java
Eighteenth Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls
Eighteenth Annual Excursion Tuesday August 14 via Nickel Plate Road to Niagara Falls at low rates Toronto 1.00 extra Thousand Islands 6.50 extra No extra charge for stopover at Lake Chautauqua Tickets good returning for twelve days Write wire phone or call on nearest agent of C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind
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Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua Lake
Toronto
Thousand Islands
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stopeoff
Lake Chautauqua
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