Bankrolled by Bets and Dice in a Nebraska Tale
A curious vignette follows Billy Quigley a New York boatman famed for speculation who funds his children’s investments. His son keeps four blessed dice after declaring they were sanctified by church water, while his daughter buys chocolate creams. The piece shifts to the Nebraska Children’s Home Society seeking contact with displaced siblings from Grand Island after their father’s death.
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New York
Billy
Harry
Isabella
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Grand Island
Silas Allen
Oklahoma
Society
Marriage rite and odd tale from Utah bear river camp
A Detroit News Tribune note combines a humorous wedding vow scene with a longer tale from Bear River Utah. A couple debates living choices until the minister pronounces them married. A prospector travels 300 miles to Salt Lake with a toothache and ends up having a string yanked to pull the tooth, after no string was available for the journey.
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Gail Hamilton
New York Telegram
Bear River
Utah
Salt Lake
Thrilling Tale of Wolves and Narrow Escape
A writer in Answers recounts a perilous chase in America in which a narrator and his listener share a tense moment as wolves close in. The woman reacts with relief when the wolves’ presence is implied to be near, highlighting the danger and suspense of the tale.
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America
Corp as greatest crop valued at 1908 total
A financial note declares the 1908 crop value at 1.616 billion. The piece comments on Persian attitudes to laughter and references Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a health product advertised to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
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Dr. Pierce
Lucerne to become sole Swiss airship station
Reports state Lucerne will host Switzerland's main airship hub with a station house planned at 700000 francs. Aims include establishing regular service to Friedrichshafen and expanding Swiss air communication.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
United States
Canada
Curious Bits From The Times Of Old
A compilation of quirky facts covers literacy in Egypt, a frigate bird’s speed, Blanche Growski’s jaw dislocations from laughter, Chinese etiquette, Prague dress bans, Ottawa court yawning, Toronto’s police remark, farmers boosting crops with electric lights, and the rise of electric laundries on ocean steamers.
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Ottawa
Toronto
Development of Central Canada Promises Big Grain Yields
The article extols broad land offers in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with yields of 20 to 30 bushels per acre and higher. It notes rail lines towns schools churches and wealth from soil rather than imports, urging readers to consider Central Canada for farming and national prosperity.
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Hill
Canus
Nota
Canada
Alba
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
Roos
Bee Building
Omaha
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Central ‘Anada
United States
Unit 1
Vnada
Habitual Constipation Relief Advertisement
An ad explains chronic constipation treatment using a laxative syrup to form regular habits. It emphasizes assisting nature, proper nourishment, and right living, and warns buyers to purchase genuine California Syrup of Senna from leading druggists at 50 cents.
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Senna California Syrup Co
Rural carriers in New York count 115 coins weekly
A county count shows rural carriers average 115 one cent coins per week in each box for stamp supplies. Extrapolating to all routes nationwide suggests about 300 million one cent coins would be collected weekly.
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New York
Cuticura Remedies Cured Child’s Severe Eczema, Woman Reports
Mrs. A J Cochran of Philadelphia describes a six year old boy plagued by eczema for two years. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills twice daily and claims rapid relief and complete cure with no relapse. She also notes success helping a friend's child. The letter dates October 20 1909.
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A J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Handy Rafter Table Ad Promises Exact Roof Cuts
Carpenters wanted to use The Handy Rafter Table giving exact length and size of rafter for any pitch roof. Includes length and side cuts of jack hip and valley rafters. Price 50 cents or 3 for $1.00. Agents wanted. Address Geo W. Bick York Neb.
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Geo. W. Bick
York Nebr
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Cure Constipation
Laxative remedy touted as thorough cure for constipation and the cause of many illnesses. The advertisement calls it a favorite family laxative and claims effective relief from bowel problems.
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Pierce
Marconi Wireless Progress Faces British Action
The piece notes Marconi promises a January 1 launch of a vast new wireless plant to lower rates for transatlantic messages and compete with cables. Britain’s post office takes over Marconi coast stations, opening them to all ships and ending a monopoly attempt while Poldhu and Clifton remain reserved for transatlantic use.
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Marconi
Glace Bay
British Post Office
Marcon
Poldhu
Clifton
Omaha
Delicate social ills rise with divorce and taxes
The piece cites a surge in U S divorces since a generation ago and links tax burdens to public indifference and weak governance. It argues men and women alike evade responsibility, then shifts to Judge Adam Moses's Baltimore Juvenile Court report praising work but blaming roots in home life and ineffectual parenting.
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Bureau of Labor
Washington
United States
Adge Moses
Juvenile Court of
Baltimore
Moses
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Tarahumara Runners Of Mexico And Their Feats
A New York Sun writer describes the Tarahumara tribe in Bocagna Chihuahua famed for extraordinary endurance. Runners cover 110 miles in a single race with a 16 hour winning time, while annual events span 140 miles with 30 hours to finish. They pace with a swinging lope, carry a wooden ball, and boast remarkable lung capacity. Telegrams travel fast via Tarahumara messengers, who delivered a dispatch from Bocagna to Chihuahua in nine hours before returning.
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Mexico
Bocagna
Chihuahua
New York Sun
Bocogna
Miniaca
Everbody
Sisoquiche
War Department
Parral
Ghosts seen at Renishaw in Sir George Sitwell home
In Renishaw near Chesterfield two phantasms were reported in one evening at Sir George Sitwell's old house dating to 1625. Lady Ida Sitwell and others observed a veiled female figure in the hall and a second shadowy apparition near the stairwell, interpreted as reversed impressions from the past rather than actual spirits.
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Renishaw
Sir George Sitwell
Chesterfield
Ida
Miss R
Ghost encounters offer clues to the mystery
The account notes a curious gliding movement and absolute stillness, with figures that move neither hand nor head nor seem to breathe. The description suggests ghosts may be met yet are not ghosts, a finding that advances the ghost problem.
Jailbreak King of Rockville Tells of Handcuff Tricks
Joseph De Linal known as De Lissi the jailbreak king, is jailed after burglary at a Rockville hardware store. Hartford dispatch reports he once performed handcuff escapes on stage at the Imperial Theater and now cannot replicate the act due to missing audience and footlights.
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Joseph de Linal
Joseph de Lissi
Ralger
Hartford
Conn
New York Herald
Rockville
Imperi Theater
Tere
de Lissi
Restless affection fades in a modern complaint
The Chicago News recalls a suitor who praised a woman’s beauty and vowed tireless effort to meet her every demand yet faced a changing era. He once spoke of infinite devotion and promised prompt fulfillment, but years passed and his own patience wore thin as the beloved asked for relief.
A Convenient Arrangement in Rail Car Bible Racks
A traveler notes railways place Bibles with time tables and another agrees a man seeks religious consolation after struggling with a timetable, calling it a good idea and a convenient arrangement for travelers.
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Wstern
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Sanctified Dich
Teabella Alida
Ren
P. A
Oma
C. D. Miles
Great Barrington
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Count Zeppelin
Stuttgart
Express
National Dress Goods Company
Dept
West
Broadway
Rochester
N. Y
Alaska
British Columbia
Japan
Alty
Detroitt News-Tribune
John J. Brown & Son
Boston
RED Cross
Minnapolis
Mian
Toledo
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Clieney
A. W. Gleason
Flall
F. J. Cheney,& CO
Suez Canal
Western
Blanche Growski
Orange
N. J
Prague
Bohemia
Central
Carpenters
Lerry Davis
Us Ajax Mig. Co
Louis ME
Widl
M. Summers
Notre Mui
Ditorials
New York World
Ohio State Journal
England
George Sitwell
Chicago News
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