A Case of Worldly Wisdom
Miss Mabel Willmarth resolves to obey parental orders and break with her lover Howard Auchinkloss. He urges patience, then departs after learning her future fiancé’s name from a list. Weeks pass. a new suitor is revealed as a check forger, and Mabel’s engagement ends. Auchinkloss later exposes the fraudulent fiancé, warning that worldly wisdom can mislead.
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Mabel Willmarth
Howard Auchinkloss
Mabel
Kinkless
Miss Willmarth
Goodby
Auchinkloxs
Allehinkless
Willmarth
Itis Pice
Auchinkloss
Scott's Emulsion Promotes Health in Tuberculosis Battle
An advertisement claims daily consumption in the United States reaches 350 people, urging timely treatment with Scott's Emulsion to prevent tuberculosis complications. It touts quick medical nourishment, tissue building, and lung strength, noting its use in camps for body-building and blood formation without alcohol or habit-forming drugs. The message closes with a Bloomfield New Jersey address for Scott & Downe.
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United States
Scott & Downe
Bloomfield
N. J
Moods of the Rhino Emotions at Sight or Smell of Men
Theodore Roosevelt describes rhino behavior in Scribner's, noting emotions from bewilderment and curiosity to fear and berserk fury when confronted with humans. He cites cases of rhinos charging gear, zebras, buffalo, and oxen, with rare fatal outcomes and even entanglement in yokes before fleeing.
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McMillans
China
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner’s
Tiny Men and Women Dwarfs in History Exhibition
Pall Mall Gazette notes a history of dwarfs exhibited in England led by Borul born 1739 died 1887 who reached thirty nine inches at age thirty. It recalls Tom Thumb Charles Stratton, Don Francisco Hidalgo and others including McKinley brothers and Mary Jane Youngman with heights ranging from twenty eight to thirty five inches.
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England
Pole
Boruls
Bornlwaski
Europe
Durham
Charles Stratton
Peral Tom
Enghind
McKinley
Don Francisco Hidalgo
Jan Hannema
Mary Jane Youngman
Pall Mall Gazette
A Good Laugh and Its Benefits
Laughter shakes the diaphragm and heart, quickens pulses, enlivens the brain, and refreshes like a sea breeze. It boosts mood, spreads contagiously, and dispels gloom through honest merriment. Indulge in laughter now and then, for a man who laughs never kills himself.
The Sun Stealers Turn Away From World Felicitous Bonds
A reflective line attributed to Cicera contemplates those who seize the sun from the world and betray friendship, withdrawing life’s warmth and ties, provoking a somber meditation on loyalty and loss.
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Cicera
Caught by His White Hair On a Trip Abroad I Meet a Wig Revealing Love
A young woman recalls a voyage from Naples to Switzerland with her father and a pale, prematurely gray haired man named George Caruthers. Their close companionship blooms into romance, sparked when he reveals his wig hides his blond hair beneath. The twist is his confession of hair loss due to fever and a stubborn attachment to the wig.
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Naples
Switzerland
Custom House
George Caruthers
Mr. Caruthers
Milan
Dixin
Oll
Italy
Lake Leman
Geneva
Hin
America
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P. A. Edmond
Wormhoudt
DR. Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
Falt
W. F. Crew
J.J. Sybenga
Leighton, Iowa
H. F. Keables
M. D
Office
E. A. Cantonwine
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Onice
Mahasia County
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmers& Merchants Bank
Pella
E. T. Warren
Good. Thomassén Orney
LAW
Owa
S. G. Vander Zyl
William A. Vriezelaar
Otley
Red
P. Dingaman
Moods OF the Rhino
Bears
Castoria
Minneapolis —St. Paul
Des Moines
Kansas City
Rock Island
Twin Cities
St. Kansas City
P. m. Am
California
Golden State Limited
Des Moine
St. Paul
Minneapoli
Bal. S. Ray
A. B. Shubert, Inc
Rogers Bros
Rogers
International Silver CO
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