Pellagra Panic Over Corn Draws Scientist Ire
Dr C H Lavinder claims 1000 pellagra cases in the United States as he argues corn is to blame. The piece mocks scientists and argues against corn avoidance while recalling a midwestern community suffering fever bellyache insanity and death from spoiled corn as foreign and local researchers weigh corn's role.
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C. H. Lavinder
Washington
United States Marine Hospital Service
United States
Middle West
British Tax Reform Debate and Prejudice in Politics
A critique of British taxation and the House of Lords blocking reform, highlighting landed elites and Ireland, with parallels to U.S. politics and warnings about prejudice guiding votes. Mentions T P OConnor, Erin emancipation, and the era’s political attitudes in a pointed, editorial tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
House of Lords
Ireland
South
Republican
T. P. O'Connor
Erin
House of Jords
Pointed Paragraphs and Plausible Stories Note
A garbled digest quotes a Chicago News line about martyrs, truthfulness, magnets, weddings, gifts, and public trust. It jumbles phrases and mentions Herberto Bate running for president of Moxico, with a nod to Tammany’s influence in New York.
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Herberto Bate Runnin
Moxico
Tammany
Reflections of a Bachelor and Debt Dreams
A brittle musing on bachelor life and debt shows, noting that those who incur borrowings seek relief only to relapse. It jokes that running for office reveals public opinion, while flight and cars elicit cheap thrills. The piece hints at domestic power and spending on a necklace with a three year weekly payment plan.
Texas Midland heir eyes first Texas aeroplane
Er R Green famed Hetty Green's son and Texas railroad magnate aims to bring the first aeroplane to Texas. He ordered a Wright brothers machine but canceled when unavailable. Glenn Curtiss is now building a plane expected at his Dallas home in mid January.
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ER. H.R. Green
Hetty Green
Texas
Texas Midlands
United States
Green
Wright Brothers
Glenn Curtiss
Dallas
It's Morgans After reading the star editorial on The King Business
The piece recalls J Pierpont Morgan and his methods as a striking figure. An old clipping is shared, depicting Morgan as dominating industry, transport, and national pride. The poem-style text celebrates Morgan's power and ends with a note on private ownership.
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Star
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. T. Davison
N. 45Th St
Ink stain magic saves girl bookkeeper from dirty fingers
A girl bookkeeper displays a method to remove ink stains with a simple rubbing action. She explains a hero taught it and claims she never has to go home with ink on her fingers again.
Denver Past
A puzzled exchange recalls a physician and a father discussing a child’s illness and a doctor’s telephone call. The fragment hints at a Denver setting with a family and medical concern.
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Wethescoe
Denver
Little Boy Refuses Country Holiday Offer
A young boy was offered a week in the country but declined. Despite coaxing and pleading, he remained firm saying No country for me.
Fragmentary Star Dust Musings and Domestic Snippets
A collage of garbled quotes and stray remarks from multiple papers and voices. The fragmentary chatter touches on politics, marriage, and public figures with incomplete dialogue and jumbled names.
Impatient Salesman Quips On Speech Impediment
A traveling man tries to sell a grouchy business man four bills of goods and fails. The buyer mocks his stutter. the salesman answers that everyone has a peculiarity. He cites stammering as his own and quips about stirring coffee with the right hand as another peculiarity.
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Success Magazine
Fragmented Interrogation Exchange Baffles Witness
A garbled excerpt shows a back and forth with ellipses and misread names. The dialogue hints at a claim about a person named Johanne and a statement about twenty or more, but the text is incomplete and not clearly attributable to a broader event.
Laughing Stock Note on Lineaments Of Man And Beast
A humorous exchange mocks a caller who disputes being seen as animal like, with playful quips about lineaments and a mistaken resemblance to livestock. The cartoonish dialogue highlights social satire in a light tone.
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Beattie
Wash
Halley
Cannon
Chicago News
New York
MR. Skygack
Mars
Earth
H.R. Green
Morgan
Morgan's
Pasnen
Acarce
Ore
Joan
Akimbo Lega
Ita Morgan's
Ste Morgan's
Kia
Josh Whee
Robin
Mise Cayenne
Air Conan
Washington Herald
Enouia
Wille
Wunat Johanie
Triomphantiy
Breok
O& Match
Sear
Chaefer
Adolf
Ongar
Baillargeon
GALE
Axminster
Wea
Nainsock
Lonsdale
Baillargeon’s
I. N. Bt
Seth Oir
Gale Price
Roger Bros
S—S—A
Everett & Edmonds
Eaton
Hunsate Mati
Central Coal Co
Aye
Robinon
Robinson
Bartell
KING
Bell
Waterbury’s
Parke Davis
Dupont
King's
Yukon
Goodyear
Second Avenue
Yester Way
First Ave
Pike St
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