The Peace Maker of Mosstown Brings a Turbulent Peace
Hi Briggs a former bully becomes a self styled peacemaker appointing Make It Up Day to settle quarrels. He reconciles Henson and Bull then helps Miss Jane and Joe Wendell wed. The town cheers then falls into chaos as relations sour and a big winter ends with marriages breaking and a town in political and social turmoil.
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Hiram Briggs
Mosstown
Jones
Henson
Mull
Hke
Miss Adams
Joe Wendell
Miss Rose Robertson
Miss Rose
Aloysius
Hi Briggs
Bull
Jane
Joe
Elijah
Barnboro
Jess Poplar
Mousstown
Mr. Bull
Rose Robertson
W. G. Chapman
Origin of Soldiere Gaiters Worn by Highland Regiments
The white gaiters of Highland regiments trace to the Peninsular War when a retreat under Sir John Moore at Coruna left boots worn and feet wounded on rocky Portuguese ground. Soldiers tore shirts into strips and bound their feet, leading to white spats becoming part of the regular uniform.
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Sir John Moore
Coruna
Remembering adages in business sense
A ready-made philosopher cites penny saved equals penny earned, while Dustin Stax counters that the penny earned is what others won’t relinquish. He argues such maxims mislead as business guidance, since saving may defer costs and incur later wear and tear.
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Dustin Stax
New Allment. Mrs Twick ensburg Comment on Hydrostatics
A clipped line from the Christian Register records Mrs Twick ensburg commenting with irony on a queer-acting dog and its supposed hydrostatics in a playful, era-tinged exchange.
The Might Place Movie Invite In Yale Record
The Yale Record features a teaser line inviting readers to visit the movies for a discussion. The snippet suggests a personal tone and an upcoming talk in a social setting as part of campus life coverage.
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Yale Record
This Will Interest Mothers about Mother Gray’s Powders
An 19th century ad touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children to ease feverishness headache bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate bowels destroy worms break up colds in 24 hours and says they are pleasant for children to take used by mothers for 24 years available at all druggists 25 cents sample free address A B Olmsted Le Roy New York
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Gray
le Roy
Wit and frost bite in a hospital bed tale
A Strand anecdote recalls a recovering soldier asking what lay on his head chest and feet with the nurse answering vinegar cloths mustard plaster and salt bags as remedies for fever pneumonia and frost bite. A witty neighbor jokes to hang a pepperbox to his nose making him a cruet.
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the Strand
Fragrant Emollients Offering Free Sample by Mail
Fragrant skin care emollients cleanse purify and beautify skin scalp hair and hands. They are economical and meet toiletry needs. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Lighthouse keeper's piano voyage ends in towing error
A lighthouse keeper on Tory Island, an Englishman, marries a London girl whose piano is sent to their home. Two islanders retrieve it by lugger but return with the joke that they are towing the piano behind them, prompting the keeper’s puzzled cry. The tale preserves local humor about missed deliveries.
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Tory Island
London
Vast Coal Reserve Revealed by 1913 IGH Survey
The International Geographical Congress in 1913 published results showing an estimated unmined coal reserve of 7.898 trillion tons. About two thirds lie in North America between the Rockies and the Appalachians. With current use around 1.5 billion tons yearly, known coal could last roughly eight to nine hundred years.
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International Geographical Congress
North America
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
South America
Africa
Tired Eyca Says Eyes Reveal Age After Films
A short brand note claims tired eyes make people look older and urges keeping eyes youthful after movies. It suggests not sharing age and promotes eye care to maintain a young appearance.
May Carpets: Worn by Feet and Sold by the Yard
A quirky ad notes carpets are bought by the yard and worn out by feet. It highlights Red Cross Ball Blue and claims ready availability from good grocers with nudish, provocative branding for attention.
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Red Cross
Advertising and Humorous Classroom Banter
An ad style exchange features a humorous exchange about drinking and a claim of eating frogs legs. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation. The lampooned line suggests staying up late to meet prominent people is a misstep.
Sudden Death Warning and Kidney Disease Remedy Ads
An advertisement explains the link between kidney disease and heart or brain failure, urging readers to mail 10 cents for a trial of Dr. Pierce Anuric tablets and a free water test. It promotes Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription for weak or sick women and claims the product dissolves uric acid, with testimonials of relief from kidney pain and backache.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Fivery
Fortified by Tonics and Prom Night Dialog
Fall reliance on GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC touted to strengthen the system and ward off winter illnesses. The excerpt includes promotional claims about quinine content and blood purification, followed by a stray campus prom-night dialogue about dressing up and dancing with a fashionable queen.
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Grove
Duc
True Mustarine Heals Pleurisy Bronchitis Sore Throat Ad
Readers advised not to close the stomach. A nightly rub with true Mustarine provides relief from throat and chest soreness. Sold in the yellow box for about 25 cents by Begg Medicine Co. Rochester NY. It claims to stop rheumatic pain quickly.
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Begg Medicine Co
Rochester
N. Y
Uncongenial Exchange Introduces Gaunt Grimm and Droan
A brief dialogue shows Mr Grimm dismissing introductions as he meets Mr Droan, highlighting a tense encounter with the human hyena figure Gaunt N Grimm.
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Mr Grimm
Mr. Droan
Old Gaunt
N. Grimm
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Harvard
SPOHN
N Medic. Co
Ind
Fletcher
Vick
Armleder
Cincinnati
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Hanford
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Havocame
Carter
Lydia BR
Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Masa
U. Cincinnati
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
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