California and Return and Other Low Rates Offer
To California and Return Still lower rates June 25th to July 7th inclusive with $12.50 extra for Shasta Route and Puget Sound. To Colorado and Return daily after June 1st with about half rates. Elks meeting at Denver offers lower rates. Tickets sold July 10th–11th. To Eastern Resorts daily summer rates from June 1st to major cities and resorts. Homeseekers Rates on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays for North Platte Valley and Frontier territory. Personal excursions on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays for free homesteads of 6 310 acres. Write D Clem Deuver, Agent, 1004 Farnam St., Omaha. Describe trip and get cost advice.
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California
Shasta
Paget Sound
Colorado
Denver
North Platte Valley
Big Horn Basin
Frontier
D. Clem Deuaver
Homeseekers’ Information Bureau
Farnam
Omaha
Nebraska
Fountain Pen Offer From The Kansas City Journal
An advertisement offers a free fine fountain pen with a yearly prepaid subscription to The Kansas City Journal. The deal requires four dollars for one year and expires July 1, 1906, with the pen described as 14 karat gold plated and rubber handled.
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Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
Daily
Sunday Journal
The Pre Adamites and the Two Creations Theory
In the mid seventeenth century Isaac de la Peyrere argued there were two creations of humans. He claimed an early race united both sexes in one being before Adam, who was the second creation. His followers, the Pre-Adamit es, grew in number until he recanted at Pope Alexander VII’s court in Rome.
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Isaac de la Peyrere
de la Peyrere
Adam
Alexander VII
Snuff Use and Adornments Among South African Tribes
The article notes widespread snuff taking among Swazis Basutos and Matibeles in South Africa. It describes Aulu wearing a neck suspension box with a sheep horn snuff spoon, often ear suspended, and the umfuan house boy collecting safety pins hung from the ears.
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South Africa
Matibeles
Umfuan
Fu Natal
Red neckties as safety signals on railways abroad
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt explains red neckties worn by foreign railroad workers as danger signals. The color flags emergencies, allowing conductors to wave them to guide trains when accidents occur, signaling caution rather than fashion.
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Italy
France
Germany
England
Minneapolis Journal
Kentucky Names And Nicknames Through The Ages
The piece traces Kentucky as the Corn Cracker State known for its game birds, the Blue Grass State named for the fertile belt, and historic references to Dark and Bloody Ground as contested territory between tribes before white settlement. It notes how these names reflect geography and early history.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
Gamma world inhabitants live under triple suns
In Gamma the planets experience continuous daylight with three suns in different colors red yellow and blue. As one sun begins to decline another rises in sight ensuring perpetual illumination. The inhabitants have no need for artificial light or energy sources.
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Gamma
Quality of groceries judged by price paid
A grocer narrates that customers valued quality by cost. He describes selling one flour quality at the price of the other, causing high price buyers of poor flour to claim satisfaction while buyers of fine flour at a low price complained and some returned the product as unfit.
Wasted Affection Not Wasted Say Longfellow
A line from Longfellow argues affection never truly wasted as it nourishes hearts and returns like rain to refresh the giver. The fountain metaphor suggests emotional generosity enriches both giver and receiver.
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Longfellow
Genealogist Quoted At One Thousand Pounds
Jones asks about tracing ancestors and a genealogist quotes a fee of one thousand pounds for secrecy. The London Tit-Bits dialogue frames a sharp price for uncovering family history.
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Jones
London
It Hurt and a Splinter Tell Neighbor History
A fragment-like reflection contrasts rough family memory with the idea that true heroes in history may resemble ordinary neighbors. A brief exchange mentions a father being whipped for a splintered thumb and a question of who hurt more. The quote juxtaposes poetry with plain truth.
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G. W. Curtis
Royal Epicures Among Historic European Rulers
A review of regal dining habits highlights Henry II and Catherine de Medici shaping sauces and ices, Louis XIV funding liquors, Charles V and Frederick the Great savoring spiced meats, and Stanislaus Leszczynski elevating dessert with innovative dishes and fruit substitutes born from a failed harvest.
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Ilenry de Valos
Catherine de’ Medici
France
Italy
Louis XIV
Charles V
Spain
Frederick the Great
Duc d’Escars
Louis XVII
Louis XVIII
Stanislaus Leszinski
Franklin moral on honesty and frugality
An 18th century-sounding proverb urges honesty and penny counting to reach happiness and independence. It warns against bowing to the rich and accepting abuse, noting virtue as shield and crown and condemning vanity and greed.
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Franklin
Prisoner Voices Frustration Over Creditors and Justice
A prisoner argues that creditors forced him to raise money and sent him to jail when he bounced a check. The visitor counters with a blunt reminder that he is there to satisfy the demands of justice, while the prisoner laments the system.
Two Kinds of Speakers Crowd Speech Ends
A London NewsIllustrated quip notes two types of speakers. The first gives a long talk and fails to finish. The second makes a poor speech and likewise cannot complete. The joke underlines rhetorical pitfalls.
The Original Lobbyist in Eden’s First Government
The piece likens a lobbyist to the serpent in the garden, describing him as a conspicuous part of the first government established by Adam and Eve. Washington GC. TW. Record.
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Adam and Eve
Garden of Eden
Washington
GC. TW. Record
How to Use Brains in a Factory Misstep
A Baltimore Sun overseer attempted to show a drayman how brains aid muscle but misjudged the task. He pulled a heavy case’s handle, toppled into the gutter, and admitted his brain failed him when the handle came off.
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Dragaian
Humorous House of Commons Moment Sparks Laughter
In the House of Commons an Irish member humorously notes a maiden speaker sat on his hat causing laughter. The remark about the hat and head height upsets dignity as the Speaker calls for order amid roars of laughter.
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House of Commons
Safe For a Short Distance and a Scotch Kinship
A young man Witherby asks his Scotch kinsman Robert Donaldson about his plan to study law. Donaldson mocks the idea as a harmless amusement unless carried too far, judging by the young man’s fatuous face and gay attire.
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Young Witherby
Robert Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Paso Ointment Promise From Druggists
Druggists offer a refund if Paso Ointment fails to cure piles in 6 to 14 days. The product is priced at 50 cents and promises relief from itching bleeding and protruding piles.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Ends in Refund Claim
An old advertisement promises a refund if Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets fail to cure. It notes E W. Grove’s signature on each box and is priced at 2 cents.
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E W. Grove
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