Champion Shooter Up Spars With Towns Over Fee
A fictional tale from The Sun day Magazine describes a famed hair-trigger champion arriving in a gulch rival town contest. Windhurst and Hindderhurst battle to book the attraction, with the champion demanding a heavy payoff including profits from games, movies, and his forthcoming book Easy Marks Ive Met. The committee fears ruin but grants a one night shootout rights with all royalties reserved.
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Windhurst
Hlndderhurst
Bret
Madderhurst
Two Headed Lady in Circus Circles Town
Local chatter claims a girl in a circus act is the two headed lady. Residents debate fakery versus genuine anomaly as the show tours nearby.
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Kolly
Fake Malaria Cure Ad Sells 5-Dose Patent Remedy
An old advertisement promises a malaria cure with five doses and a tonic to prevent fever return for 25 cents. The page also contains fragmented jokes and brief product plugs about dyes and cooking, with stray lines about editors, poets, and a baking contest prize.
Resino Ointment Promises Fast Skin Relief Ad
Resino Ointment claims quick relief for eczema tetter ring worm and other skin eruptions aided by Hesinol Soap. An ad notes eighteen years of doctors prescriptions and safety for all ages with druggists selling Resino Ointment and Resino Soap at 50c 1.00 and 25c.
Naval Strength in Mexican Waters
Washington reports unprecedented US naval force poised in Mexican waters including East and West Coast battleships cruisers destroyers and support vessels. It lists landing force availability sailors and marines along with numbers and ships stationed at Avapaloo Mazatlan Guaymas Topolobampo and Atlantic deployments led by the New York North Dakota Delaware Kansas groups.
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Washington
Cuba
Spain
United States
Mexican
Mexico
Whipple
Cseecseesness
Paul Jones
Perry
Stewart
Avapaloo
California
Mazatlan
Raleigh
Guaymas
New Orleans
Glacier
Justin
Topolobampo
Yorktown
Atlantic
New York
North Dakota
Delaware
Kansas
North Atlantic Fleet orders and ship dispositions
The document lists Rear Admirals Charles J. Badger Frank E. Beatty and F. F. Pletcher across divisions with battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and transports. It notes ships at Vera Cruz and Tampico, vessel names including Rhode Island Nebraska Virginia and Minnesota, and various gun numbers and displacements for the fleet units.
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New Jersey
Tacoma
Nashville i
Hancock
Marine Transp
Welemr
Eeesees News
Third Division
Frank E. Beatty
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Virginia
Spaulding
Ammen
Taz A Burrows
Patterson
Sebanne Cces
W. N. Jeffers
Vera Cruz
F. F. Pletcher
Verte «Sons Nce
Prairie
San Francisco
Cyclops
Oservance Polace
Tampico
Mayo
Wilsons Views on Mexico Urges U S Response
The official statement notes Mexico’s de facto government has shown repeated derelictions affecting U S citizens and dignity. It cites Tampico incident, arrest of a U S naval orderly in Vera Cruz, and withholding a U S dispatch from Mezico City, arguing such acts single out the United States.
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Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Tampico
United States
Vera Cruz
Mezfco City
Government of
Marines Arrested At Tampico Demand For Release
On Friday morning April 10 a U S Marines crew led by Assistant Paymaster Copp left the Delphine for Tampico to refuel. Their flag visible aboard the whaleboat, they were detained ashore for several hours before Rear Admiral Mayo ordered their release and a brief apology for the alleged mistake.
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United States Marines
Charles C. Copp
Delphine
Tampico
United States
Copp
Mayo
Gold and minerals in Korea appeal but lack profit signals
The report notes gold exists in Korea with enough quantity to be potentially profitable but offers no impact on world supply. Iron, coal, graphite, silver, and copper are present yet not exploited enough to forecast economic influence. Laws restrict mining. placer mining is allowed only in small, primitive associations with heavy government fees.
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Korea
Enlarging Suez Canal Progress Report
Improvements now under way to deepen and widen the Suez Canal. The project allows the company to raise 10 million through bonds and aims to finish in 1918 19. Plans include 40 foot depth, widening to 196 feet in the south section, and adding sidings in the north and central sections. No special engineering difficulties are reported.
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Suez Canal
Wireless age sparks sharp turn in a tense reply
Miss Wantem grows weary as Mr. Naithed Dees repeats the line about a wonderful wireless age. Miss Wantem snaps back in sharp honesty, ending the exchange with a sting about the changes coming with technology.
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Miss Wantem
Mr. Naithed Dees
Against the Rules Prompting Unemployed Army Response
A brief quoted exchange from the Buffalo Express shows a man and woman discussing unemployment and obedience. The man cites being part of the “great army of the unemployed” and claims leaders prevent work while they merely eat and sleep.
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Pbeffalo Express
Young Actor Held in Stock Yards Sparks Play Hope
Manager notes a promising young actor in the stock yards and suggests his presence fuels hope for the forthcoming play. Critle conjectures this is why the actor aspired to performance.
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Critle
Desperation Quip About a Wireless Sofa
The excerpt shows a quip about growing desperation as a father jokes that even the sofa is becoming wireless. It hints at evolving technology or communication challenges reflected in a domestic moment. The line captures a humorous tension in daily life.
Linguist Bustum-Young Takes Dismissive Tone
A judge notes the subject, Bustam Young, is described as a linguist with limited language skills, claiming he speaks a few phrases in several languages and uses a small vocabulary in others. The exchange highlights sarcasm about his linguistic abilities.
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Bustum
Gustum
Rand Opera
San Francisco Immigration Inspector Praises Remedy
Port of San Francisco file dated January 6 2014 contains a letter from A de la Torre Jr former U S Inspector of Immigration praising a remedy for catarrh noting it has helped him and several friends and promising to speak in its favor.
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San Francisco
A. de la Torre, Jr
U. S
Port of San Francisco
Powell St
Cal
Papa and Myrtle Marie's suitor told in plain English
In a humorous family vignette a young man named John Henry asked Myrtle Marie’s father for marriage. The father recalled the visit and, after failing to understand his accuser, insisted John Henry write the proposal plainly before any further steps.
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John Henry
Myrtle Marie
Papa
Severe Skin Troubles Helped By Cuticura Products
Mrs J R Gregg of Navy 21 1912 reports a year long itching and sores on her baby cured after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She bathed the child, applied the ointment, and within two weeks saw relief and cure. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold worldwide with sample cards available from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Glenns P. O
Mra J. R. Greggs
Navy
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Remembering Sir William Harcourt A Cab Fare Anecdote
A reminiscence in a new book recalls Sir William Harcourt about to enter a hansom when a friend offers a lift. Harcourt accepts and gives the disappointed Jehu a shilling. The boy says he never rode in the cab, prompting Harcourt to note the boss’s fright.
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Sir William Harcourt
Wiliam
Sir William
Jehu
Pearson's Weekly
Mother Comes to Daughter's Rescue in Cardus Appeal
Louisville Alabama article recounts Mrs. Bessie E Bruce noting chronic postnatal illness and weakness. She credits Cardus woman’s tonic with rapid improvement after one bottle and restoration of mobility, urging others to start treatment.
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Louisville
Bessie E. Bruce
Cardus
Cardul
Fat Man for the Barber Says Shaving Is Easier
A Philadelphia barber with twenty years of experience says shaving a fat man is easier than a thin one. He notes a fuller face allows smoother passage of the razor while a thin face poses a tougher job. The tale includes shaving Philadelphia’s 455-pound “Little Wilve” who was never overcharged.
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Wil- Ve
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Napoleon's Last Hope Crushed and Other Notices
A collage of brief items includes Napoleon Bonaparte's failed bid to recapture Paris a century ago and his offer to abdicate for his son, plus ads for prepay stock sales warnings, calomel alternative pills, a legal anecdote about Justice Rhodes, and a Reno divorce quip.
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Napoleon
Fontainebleau
Paris
Rome
Malaria Treatment Prompts Patient’s Trials
A patient describes using various remedies including Estair Babex and pyrene for malaria and influenza like la grippe. The account notes reliance on these cures to avoid quinine and mentions travel by Four-Mile Run and Washington, D.C. signals.
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Pas
Dr. Alexis Carrel condemns American life and aging wisdom
Fragmented text shows Dr. Alexis Carrel decrying unhealthy American life while a battered man recalls long work hours. Also mentions a violent incident and a Vermifuge ad claiming worm expulsion numbers and child health signals, amid garbled sponsor copy and legal notices.
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Alexis Carrel
Touring car strikes pedestrian in muddy assault scene
A red touring car hit a man who was tossed about in mud. The owner, returning agitated, asked a doctor if the victim was dead. The physician reassured him the man was alive, though injured and shaken by the incident.
First Woman Sews With Elias Howe Machine
The article recalls Elias Howe’s early life with Elizabeth Kilbourn then a New Hartford private school teacher. Howe, poor and working in a basement shop, eventually perfected his sewing machine with Wren and Wenan, then rose to wealth, while Kilbourn later reflects on that invention. It also mentions a Boston Transcript aviation stunt and a bitter note about aging.
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Wren
Rem
Wenantown
Conn
Howe
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