The Miserly Peasant and the Dwarf Kingdom Tale
A 60 year old miser hoards wealth and eats once weekly, locking himself away to listen to gold. His daughter Adele endures hunger as winter ends, hoping for rescue. After the man dies on the road, dwarfs bury him under snow with his gold. Adele, hungry and lonely, plans to leave, then is drawn into a hall by mysterious music and singing.
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Adele
Moner
Hherself
Courace
Knippe
Knipys
Knipps
Eewatlu
Adele and the Dwarfs Reward a Kind Peasant
A tale recounts a princess stricken by illness and a dwarfs quest for milk at midnight. Adele helps by sharing a milk flask, lifting the princess’s illness, while a greedy peasant is taught a lesson as snow turns to ash and dwarfs reward kindness with wealth and a royal marriage.
1565-A School of Celepties
Puzzle note from a Maine publication invites readers to solve a weekly enigma. Elusive title hints at a children’s puzzle page with home amusements and a correspondence address for E. KR. Deannovan of Lewistown.
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E. KR
Deannovan
Lewistown
Maine
Curious World School Lesson With Historical Figures
In a playful scene a visitor meets a classroom filled with personified figures such as the author of Hail Columbia the King-maker and the Father of History. The teacher the United States Government orchestrates quizzes on discovery and history while characters from many eras act out clues and songs.
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Columbia
United States
America
Davy Crockett
Grand Army of the Republic
George Washington
Annie Rooney
Lucknow
Monticello
New End Union
Ole Ae Able
Mas
Camper's Paradise and Miscellany in 17th Century Verse
A garbled historical page mixes poems and brief prose noting a mountain camping cluster with handy makeshift civilization items and a critique of dreamers. It includes verses like Sambo's Conundrum and Mutations, plus a puzzle list titled Diamond with scattered wordplay and letters.
Poets Who Delight in All S and the Subtle Human Heart
Poets who savor nature and gentle scenes, including streams and lovers, dwellers of fields or cities. The present shuns tales of chivalry and wild conquests for a rarer art that reveals the subtle human heart in everyday life.
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Secon
Southerner Quietly Walks Village Street Amid Curiosity
A nameless southern man walks through a small village street drawing wide curiosity from residents. Exclamations and jokes echo as townsfolk speculate about his identity and purpose, while one woman privately admits he is her lover traveling from a distant place to see her.
Manhattan Island Love and Infelicity Rhyme
A fragmented verse discusses hairstyle types and dignified attire as a poised image. It juxtaposes modest dress with fair curls and waves, comparing it to a bird on a nest under a hat or toque. Title and alignment hint at the puzzle style of numbers 154 and 161 with Felicity and Infelicity.
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Manhattan Island
Felicity
How the Tube Known as Fulgurite Is Made
A geologist explains fulgurite formed when lightning strikes sand turning silica to glass. A glass tube of the bolt size is created in seconds, with examples found buried up to 30 feet and in surface beds. Fulgurites occur in sand and porous rock, with notable finds near Armenia's Mount Ararat and Nevada Toluca.
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New York Journal
Little Ararat
Armenia
Humboldt
Nevada de Toluca
Loegoa
La Grippe Prevented by Han Rachel's Herb Pads
An advertisement claims La Grippe prevention and relief through Aunt Rachel's Herb pads. It asserts thousands wore the pads during the last flu prevalence with universal satisfaction and urges postal orders to Speer, President, Passaic.
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Aunt Rachel
Ant
Speer
Passaic
A Ride with Ruskin and a Gipsy Camp Visit
The article recounts a journey with John Ruskin on a train to Ulverston and Brantwood, Ruskin’s troubled state and a late invitation to visit his home. It then describes arriving at a large English Gipsy camp near Esthwaite Water with 16 tents, noting families of notable Gipsy lineages, their trades, and the authentic camp belongings and scenes around the fires.
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Mr. Ruskin
Ulverston
Ireland
Brantwood
Englisman
John Ruskin
Lancashire
Americansg
Adermere
Furness Fells
Dingle
Dalepark
Iorches
Patterdale
Falls
Westmoreland
Cumberland
Liverpool
Birmingham
Lancaster
Manchester
Glen
Encar L. Wakeman
Honest Medicine and a Milliner’s Fire Escape
A New York physician warns against quack cures and urges rational medical practice, noting patients demand imagination over science. In Brooklyn a milliner trapped by a locked bonnet case during a mill fire escapes when firemen move the case, the crowd cheering as she breaks the glass to freedom.
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Asician
New York Telegram
Brooklyn
Peruna touted as remedy for rheumatism in old ad copy
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy for rheumatism. It claims the product neutralizes blood acidity, reduces fever and thirst, and that hot applications ease pain. The notice offers a free copy of The Physician No 3 and mentions a sample at a local residence.
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Peruna Medicine
Columbus, C
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Whittier
King Pes Cenn Avenue
Poatier
Wild Goats on Catalina Island Captivate Southern Sailors
A vivid account describes Catalina Island off Los Angeles as a rugged paradise where wild goats, once placed for wrecked seamen, now attract hunters. The writer details dramatic shorelines, cliffs, and canyon scenes while recalling a close onshore shot at a roaming herd and the island’s growing appeal to regional residents and visitors.
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Catalina
Middle Ranch
Frank Whitley
Los Angeles
California
Avnion
Southern California
Charles Frederick Holder
What is milling on a dollar and why rim is raised
An article recounts how a blank silver round is milled to raise its rim before stamping into a dollar. The process protects surfaces and produces a raised edge, later becoming the familiar corrugated collar as the coin is formed.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
C. M. Gorham
Mint
Seaine
A Watch Bet That Cured a Jester for Life
A Cincinnati tale recalls a friend who bought a watch with a one year guarantee. He returned when the guarantee expired and offered to pay for the watch’s timekeeping. The jeweler kept the $50 and sold the watch for $100, explaining a timepiece that gains only half a minute in a year is worth more than $50. The joke ended with the man never joking again.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Squire Johnson
Fourth Street
Europe
Cincinnati
The Beauties And The Button
Two young visitors from the northern district sought the President in Seattle and caused laughter at the Hinckley block. They attempted to summon an elevator by pressing a button, then awkwardly blew on it after failing to trigger the mechanism. A bystander explained the correct method, and the women eventually rode the elevator.
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Seattle
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Medical
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