Comforte of Travel and Other Oddities in 20th Century Notices
A collage of travel comforts on the California Limited porters pressing trousers while passengers rest. Also notes on fish skin leather tanning in Gloucester and ornamental fashions in Europe. Adverts claim Mother Grays Sweet Powders cure ailments in children. Mentions cider storage and home cures from the Southern Farm Magazine.
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California
Santa Fe
Gloucester
Misa
Europe
Mother
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Mint Mercury Containing Preparations
This excerpt warns against catarrh remedies that contain mercury and related substances. It notes toxic effects and advises caution with product ingredients. An unrelated line mentions a Japanese audience turning away to express disapproval of a play.
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Cheney
Roof Gardens Rise in Southern California Buildings
In the southern part of California roof gardens are becoming features of all the few buildings. The article notes educational emphasis among Spanish women and mentions various misrendered phrases about knowledge hooks and fencing, reflecting fragmented OCR text.
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California
Puzzling Travel Note Across India's Divisions
A fragmented travel fragment describes a journey from India's northern extremity to the south passing through many political divisions, with a mix of misused phrases and unclear references to climates and customs. The writing threads together commerce, knowledge and distant places in a hazy, observational tone.
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India
Europe
Moneyback Business Boosts Seiling Doe Enterprise
A local firm touts its moneyback guarantee helping Seiling Doe and partners. The message, though fragmented, emphasizes reliability and the promise of value while noting a challenge in overcoming indolence or hesitancy.
Helibang’s Best Waste Leather Used to Make Erg Wheels
The text notes that although there is other good tea, finding it is a big job. It claims your money is returned if you tame Helibang's Best. Waste leather, once discarded, is repurposed by manufacturers into a compressed form used to create erg-wheels instead of iron.
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Allmenia
Fakir
Danny 108
Shoren
M iLohur
Ofce
Tricky Banker Scam Told In Nevada Tales
Chicago Chronicle recounts a late 19th century Nevada heist tale told by Jim Edoff about a banker in Rosebud Nevada and a staged exchange scheme. A $500 fee secured Roberts a fake quartz of mines via a candle box with sawdust, shipped aboard a stage to Howling Hill Bank.
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James Exloff
San Francisco
Auditorium Hotel
Tella
Nevada
Rosebud
Howlin Mill
United States
R. D. Roberta
Howling Hill
Roberts
Jim
Howling Min Bank
Eat Roberts
Howling
Mr. Edoff
California
Chicago Chronicle
Scottish pioneer made monarch of Tierra del Fuego
John Farquharson Macrae, once of Scotland, now a landowner in Tierra del Fuego, earned the nickname Sorto meaning the devil after defending his fortress against native tribes. He crossed Patagonia with 500 horses and thousands of sheep, building a vast 80,000 acre holding before moving to Tierra del Fuego where his bagpipes and prowess as a rider kept him supreme for years.
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John Farquharson Macrae
Scotland
Tierra del Fuego
Liverpool
South America
Macrae
Magellan Strait
Argentina
Patagonia
Tierre del Fuego
Jewelry Trade in London Proclaims Excellence and Wealth
London’s jewelry scene is described as the world’s greatest market for precious stones. C B E Newbegin of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company notes that wealthy buyers come from around the globe to London, with Paris used as a design influence. He estimates Regent and Bond Street stocks near £6,000,000, with stones costing £2,000 to £7,000. British labor benefits as foreign jewelers operate abroad, importing finished pieces untaxed and sending profits home.
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London
South Africa
Ceylon
Burma
Britain
Paria
C. BE. Newbegin
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths’ Company
Kent Street
Mr. Newbegin
Paris
Channel
Newbegin
Regent Street
Bond Street
Dally Express
Obstinacy as a Learning Challenge in Child Guidance
The text treats obstinacy as a misdirected energy that requires redirecting rather than suppressing. A wise teacher should shift plans, divert thoughts, and offer a new aim, since obstinacy thrives on attention and dissipates with neglect. highlighting it as a form of mental disorder in the pupil-teacher exchange.
Not Like Mother's Make spake in rough memory
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a line about not like mothers make and plain days. The text mentions William Jo Lamptons in Chicago and Resoné Merald Magenine as potential names, but context is unclear. The piece reads as a fragment from a poetic or musical reminiscence.
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Rem
Haie
Wiliam Jo Lamptons
Chicago
Resoné
Merald
Magenine
Peruna praised by medical examiner and doctors
Medical Examiner Llewellyn Jordan of the U S Treasury speaks highly of Peruna, claiming a month brings vast improvement and urging fellow sufferers to try the remedy. Doctors increasingly prescribe Peruna, asserting it treats catarrh as a systemic disease by energizing nerve centers and mucous membranes.
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Llewellyn Jordan
Medi Cal Examiner
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
United States
Robert KR. Roberts
M. D
Washlingtown
D. C
Robert R. Rober
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Franciona
Tutare
Jewelry of the World
Hale
Fonsorm
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Treasury
Ru-Na
Hartmann
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Medical Examiner
United States Treasury
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Aopress
Sears, Roe
Buck & Gco
Cuicaco
Thompson
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