Giant man eating shark captured in Florida waters
A prominent official recounts a colossal eighteen foot man eating shark captured near Palm Beach. The shark bore a steel jaw, swallowed a whole porpoise, and even contained an ostrich head in its stomach, suggesting a rapid African origin after a perilous voyage.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Elle
New York Tribune
Florida
Anhorman
Jule
Africa
African
Atlantic
Men in an Emergency Woman Revived by Calm Helper
A Baltimore News report describes a woman collapsing with a group of about six men present. Their frantic actions include fetching water and whisky, fanning and comforting, while one man sloshed gas to extinguish a flame. A decisive woman arrives, orders calm, removes alcohol, and the woman recovers. The piece notes men are more emotional than women.
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Baltimore News
How Gold Nuggets Grow From Water to Treasure
An early 20th century note explains gold nugget formation as a slow growth from dust particles in water through natural chemical and mechanical processes. It cites percolating waters, earth currents, and iron sand grains as key factors, suggesting placers may form from these waters rather than decomposed quartz, with nuggets growing over long ages to larger, purer states.
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California State Tining Bureau
Tmuseume
Rleke
Velng
Placore
Placers
Chicego Chrantebe
Fragments of a Rural Church Service In Rust Belt Parish
A Western church scene shows Dr David quiet during a sermon while Sister Sarah, an elderly parishioner, exhorts afterward. The service disrupts as Dr David gently admonishes and Sister Sarah retorts, leading to a brief, tense exchange amid a distracted congregation. The second vignette features a dialogue about a jacket, with a playful jab from Annette towards Cannella.
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David
Sarah
David Alee
Lergyman
Hedging
Man’s vow of sobriety broken in a dream
Mr Swiggard confesses to a doctor and Rev Dr Soow that he swore off alcohol last January yet dreamed of visiting saloons and drinking champagne. He woke before tasting a drop, but the temptation caused deep remorse. The scene ends with a twist: the episode was only a dream.
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Ted
Aewell
Mr. Swiggard
Utica Globe
Bluebeard Discusses Divorce Reform with Country Lawyer
A country lawyer meets Bluebeard and proposes a divorce court plan to end the marriage game. He imagines divorces by application with publicity or mail, alimony paid by wives, and the lawyer as permanent counsel for the husband in Bluebeard v Bluebeard cases. Bluebeard rebuffs the idea, noting his own methods and leaving the proposal undecided. The anecdote is cited to The New York Times.
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Bluebeard
Willam E. McKenna
New York Times
Greater New York Surpasses Ancient Cities in Size
An essay argues that modern New York City vastly exceeds ancient capitals in population. It notes Babylon Rome Constantinople Athens Jerusalem Thebes Memphis and Jeru salem would be small by comparison, with New York now surpassing many nations and regions in inhabitants. It claims New York holds about 1,000,000 more people than Greece and Serbia combined and is nearly as large as Portugal and Holland.
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New York City
New York
Babylon
Rome
Gibbon
Milman
Constantinople
Manhattan
Athens
Xerxes
Herodotus
Jerusalem
Solomon
Thebes
Memphis
Kingdom of
Greece
Servia
Portugal
Holland
Brazil
Republc
Denmark
Norway
The Seeker After Trouble and the Chip on the Shoulder
A San Francisco Post piece warns about chronically quarrelsome people who carry a “chip on their shoulder.” It describes their constant causes of trouble in theaters, trains, and daily life, and suggests that harsh discipline or spanking can curb such behavior in children.
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San Francisco Post
Shirt Making at Troy A Unen Shirt Production Time
In Troy a Unen shirt is manufactured in one and a half minutes with buttonholes taking one quarter of a minute of work.
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Troy
Irrigated LANDS Open for Settlement in Idaho
The American Falls Canal and Power Company offers a fertile irrigated tract between Blackfoot and American Falls Idaho. Climate soil and water are favorable with low prices and easy terms. For full information contact Bryans Curtis and Sweet Co in Salt Lake City Utah.
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American Falls Canal & Power Company
Blackfoot
American Falls
Idaho
Bryans, Curtis & Sweet Co
D. F. Walker Block
Balt Lake City
Utah
Perfumes Harmful to Singers Warned by Stage Manager
A stage manager recalls a singer named Jean Donopte refusing a white rose, noting singers avoid perfumed flowers as inhaling their scent harms vocal chords. He cites that perfumed flowers can cause hoarseness and even the violet especially feared by professionals.
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Jean Doneopte
Hall's Catarsh Cure and Catarrh Remedy Ad
The notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for a constitutional disease, claiming it cures all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors pledge $100 for any uncured case, with testimonials available and sales through druggists at 75 cents, plus Hall's Family Pills.
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Hat Science
Mall
Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Sugar A Timber Preserver In New Wood Treatment
Sugar is used to treat timber by saturating at boiling point with a sugar solution and then evaporating water. The wood pores fill with solid matter, producing a vulcanised, tougher, harder timber that resists brittleness and splitting. An asylum inmate, a German musician, is described as insane after hearing imaginary notes formed by mosquitoes on a music sheet, seeking the lost chord.
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Hackensack
Quit Coffee and Get Well Report
A woman credits leaving coffee for Postum with dramatic health gains. She describes relief from gas pressure, heart palpitations, nervousness, and headaches after switching to Postum, noting refreshed digestion and regular bowels. She claims no medicines were used and emphasizes the coffee to Postum shift as the cause. Postum Co, Battle Creek, advertises the product and a related contest.
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Chilhood
Postum Co
Battle Bend
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Galveston
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Caniella
Metropolis
Peone
Jong
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