Usury Shylocks Honored by London Backers in Power
Chicago Record notes how Sam Lewis, a famed money lender, faced praise and protection due to titled and royal connections during a promissory note trial. It contrasts his respectability with harsher treatment of lesser usurers and highlights the legal risk of usury despite high society’s backing.
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London
England
William Neville
Marquis of
Sam Lewis
Lord William
Clar
Prince of Wales
Frederick Johnstone
Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry
Chicago
Age Gap Patterns in European Marriages Report
A statistician reports on husband wife age gaps across European capitals. He finds marriages common when the husband is two or three years older, with many under twenty marrying men six or seven years older. The smallest sample shows extreme gaps, including one case where the wife was thirty four years older.
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Europe
Mascots and Dogs In Camp Reflect Human Patriotism
Human nature and pets in military life are explored through stories of camp mascots including a rabbit from Athens passed to a Missouri volunteer at Cant o Alger and a loyal foxhound. The piece notes dogs and other animals embrace camp life, following soldiers on leave and back to bases, illustrating bond between troops and their animal companions. Golf’s origins in Scotland traced to 1457 or earlier.
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Chia Ie
Athens
Canto
Washington
Georgetown
Falls Church
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Iceland spar mineral linked to Iceland mine and optics
A translucent crystal called Iceland spar from an Iceland coast mine, controlled by Denmark, yields two images of a single object when viewed through it. Highly valued for science uses in optical instruments and polarization experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeland
Iceland
The Oldest Volunteer Doctor Joins Army Service at 109
A New York site doctor aged 109 volunteered as an army surgeon to assist the Vice President recently. He reads without glasses and walks ten miles daily. He cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and constipation. Hannah More is quoted on life and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tice
Allen's Foot-Ease and Seed Co Catalog Ad Fragments
An uneven OCR sample blends an ad for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising foot relief and easy shoe wear with references to a seed catalog by Salzer Seed Co and a wheat growing guide. It includes a quotation about hearing terrible things, a note about fruit digestion, and scattered product mentions. The readable items suggest marketing notes rather than cohesive news.
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Allen
Alen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Permanently Carat a Fs of Bervons Classified Ad
An unclear ad fragment offers a sample bottle for Great Nerve and mentions Dr. RLins 931 Arch St Philadelphia. It cites a claim about muscle counts and medicines for wind colic, with a testimonial request and a health ad for Avians Chemical Co New York. Nine percent of amputations are said to be fatal.
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Grst Gay
Rlins
Arch St
Philadelphia
Bel Pa-Nswit
Benefic
Avians Chemical Ca
New York
Had Been Against It Tom Is It Welsh Rabbit
Dick and Tom debate the correct name for a dish, wondering whether Welsh rabbit or Welsh rarbit is proper and joking that the fashionable term should be Welsh nightmare.
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Tom
Quotations From Historical Figures On Health And Virtue
A collection of brief miscopied quotes includes Reverend W S Cassmore on a closed heaven and misery, Mrs J Nichols claiming Piso’s Cure cured her lung trouble, and Joseph Gurney urging wholeness in study work and play.
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Rev. W. S. Cassmore
Joseph Gurney
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Walter Baker
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Luttrell
Tenn
Candy Uly
Remedy Company
Chicara
Montreal
Ug Bir
Boston
Hannah More
Les
W.G. Clarke
Salzer
Red Cross i
John A. Salzer
George Herbert
Sapolio
Hall
Asae
ST. Syste
Moville
Hood
Denver
Colorado
Eaxe Wary
Hen Weiting
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A.worrissey
C.S
W. Morris
Moe
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