Summer resort encounters and village humor in anecdotes
A Massachusetts resort veranda meeting yields playful exchanges between a new arrival and a couple attempting to judge his marital status. Buffalo Bill riffs on shooting prowess at a cavalry reunion. A mother probes a newlywed about her husband’s billiards, and a landlady quashes a mackerel complaint. A Virginia fruit grower’s visit ends with a child mishearing “angles” for “apples,” while the owner notes a banner year.
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Massachusetts
Buffalo Bill
Kansas
Ge Bairds
Washington
Virginia
Washingtonian
The Coward Among the Girls in the School
A harsh social dynamics tale unfolds at a girls' school where Peggy Carew, delicate and cowed by fears of cows and spiders, is teased by Harriet Warriot Davenport who gains influence through sarcasm. Peggy's roommate Tony Vanderwater counsels courage, while Harriet hosts a champagne spread that tests loyalties and reveals true bravado amid peer pressure.
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Peggy Carew
Peggy
Tony” Vanderwater
Tony
Warriot Davenport
Ywarriet
Slarriet
Ilarriet
Peegy
Carew
Harriet
Bealde
Kingdom Collapses As Roomer Rebellion Rages
In a dramatic scene Harriet leads mockery and Peggy balks as friends desert in a rush. The group abandons Harriet's party plan, leaving Peggy to be embraced by Tony who laments calling her a coward and vows forgiveness.
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Harriet
Peggy
Tony
Art by the Square Inch in Carroll Illustration Dispute
The article details Lewis Carroll and his rival, illustrator Starry Furniss. Dodgson challenged Furniss with a minute square inch critique and proposed a print debate over Alice images. Furniss refused further collaboration, prompting Dodgson to claim a mathematical settlement was near.
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Lewis Carroll
G Dodgson
Noral
Starry Furniss
Sir John Tenniel
Don
Alice
Tenniel
Dodgson
Sylvie
Furniss
New Kind of High School Washington Excursion
The New York Sun notes a growing trend where graduating high school classes from New England take a week long spring trip to Washington during vacations. Teachers, parents, and students visit the president, tour sites, and stay in one hotel while the group travels together. About forty students per class from towns like New Bedford and Fall River participate, choosing the trip over costly clothes.
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Washington
Oating
New Bedford
Fall River
New England
Doubly Useful Muncilage For First Aid
A source notes homemade mucilage using guin arabic boosts first aid readiness and may replace costly plasters. It claims ordinary cuts can be treated with this mix and antiseptics only when needed, offering a cheaper option though warnings on cleanliness.
Measuring the Trince. Bill-L visits old friend today
A Yonkers Statesman exchange recalls a casual chat about meters and energy usage. The dialogue shifts between playful banter about watts and a note that one speaker used to be a circus press agent.
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Bill—L
Yonkers Statesman
Dividend Paying Grape Fruit and Orange Grove Stock Offering
Florida based Lane company offers shares at par with a $100 cash payment and a fixed ld percent dividend in February. Investors may expect an average annual return of about 20 percent for five years with potential increases, as shares are issued to raise needed funds. The offering, tied to a Georgia real estate and trust arrangement, is managed by Aiden, Qwaar, Lock Box in Leesburg Florida and includes a plan to limit further offerings after the target is reached.
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Lane
Florida
Ate
Aiden
Qwaar
Lock Box
Leesburg
Truth and Quality Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna
The advertisement claims truth and quality in a family laxative. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a mild, pleasant, and effective cleansing remedy with no debilitating after effects. It emphasizes legitimate manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Co. and urges buying only genuine products from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Health Advice and Historical Grooming Tips
The excerpt offers assorted guidance on rest and recuperation, hydrogen peroxide for hair, long-term use recommendations, fruit acids for rheumatic relief, personal guidance not to argue with disagreements, a note on side saddle riding attributed to Anne of Bohemia, and daily washing with water at various temperatures based on health.
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Anne of Bohemia
Richard II
England
Mrs Stary Hears Cure From Dean's Kidney Pills
An elderly Cambridge resident recalls years of kidney pain and weakness after a fall. She credits quick relief and full recovery to Dean's Kidney Pills, stating she is now in excellent health. The testimonial notes the product cost fifty cents a box and is sold by all dealers.
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Stary
Rouse
Cambridge
Saya
Dean
Fester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Lloward Bros
Shy General Custer Massacre and Navy Fuel Debate
The text notes the Little Big Horn battle on June 25, 1876, referencing General Custer and a Navy inquiry into using oil for surface torpedo boats. It mentions experiments to extend torpedo boat range by replacing coal, and adds various quotes about dissolving india-rubber and social observations about labor.
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Custer
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Rhe Agées Ddis
Metcalf
Navy Department
Insect Preventive Care and Domestic Dispute in Omaha
A household article urges weekly closet checks to prevent pests and grease buildup on skillets. In Omaha a married couple argued, the husband banished his wife, who then hid in a tied sheet and whipped him with a rawhide as four onlookers watched.
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Omaha
Acre measures and sea weeds cited in Hawaii fauna
A colonial era note lists the English statute acre as 43 560 square feet and the US acre as the same plus comparisons to city lots. It cites 70 edible sea weed species along Hawaii’s coast, 40 commonly used by natives. A captured swallow traveled 145 miles from Chetwyn to London in 80 minutes at nearly two miles per minute.
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United States
Hawaii
London
Chetwyn
What the Trade Mark Means to the Buyer
The article explains that a trade mark signals the full responsibility for product merit by the manufacturer and protects buyers from inferior goods. It cites National Lead Company's Dutch Boy White Lead as an example, offering a free blow-pipe test kit to verify purity with instructions from its New York office.
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National
New York
Woodbridge Building
Laws on debt and property rights in Turkey
The article notes that in Turkey a man’s residence cannot be seized for debt and means to support him with sufficient land is exempt. It cites 1907 US pig iron production at 25 781 361 tons. It mentions electric meat saws in modern butcher shops and shelf design ideas to save space. It also advises rinsing tender gums with warm water containing Asterine.
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Turkey
United States
Pacific Coast fishing industry tops twenty-six million in 1907
The 1907 Pacific Coast fishing industry revenue surpassed 26 million dollars with the coast packing 4,591,169 cases of canned salmon, up from 3,817,316 in 1906. Alaska's pack remained exceeded only by the 1902 record. A housekeeping recipe notes corn husk handling and oven may be included alongside a Pettitts Salve ad line.
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Pacific Coast
Alaska
Crown Prince Enrolled as Officer in Regiment
The year 1907 saw Germany publish 30 073 new books. Wild Southeast Asian ginger is cultivated widely in South America and the West Indies. The text notes medicinal uses and a variety of unrelated details about plants, ages of married men, and other curiosities from the era.
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Germany
Southeast Asia
South America
Jamaica
Cured Her Children with Cuticura Remedies
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal recalls how her three daughters suffered eczema headaches from itching eruptions. She washed with Cuticura Soap then used Cuticura Ointment four to five times and claims full cure. She notes a plump baby with neck skin folds healed next morning. dated May 21, 1907.
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Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duluth St
Montreal
Crude Crystals and Daily Chores Across Eras
Americans struggle with cheaper German labor in crystal watch manufacture while 679 bridges and 49 tunnels adorn a 30 mile North Adriatic railroad. Household tips urge tidy kitchens, proper sugar storage, tight lids, quick mosquito bites care, eye relief, and foot soaks. Danish Denmark Norway corncob bricks, canal zone mosquitoes, and 400 million Chinese firecrackers noted.
We Sell Guns and Traps Cheap and Fur Buy Offers
Classified style notice offering guns and traps at low prices and fur buying. Claims start in World Chance of a lifetime and promotes real estate parcels in Texas with monthly payments, taxes, and free details. Mentions life insurance case, farming profits per acre, and a California climate pitch with live agent recruitment.
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W. Hide.& Fur Co
Minneapolis
Dimi County
Texas
Sears
Dentom /Colony.Co
Sani
Matonto, Texas
Dew and Teething Syrup Noted in York Notice
Fragmentary ad style notice mentions dew color influence and the soothing syrup for teething children. Also includes prices and a botched line about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with stray references to Allius panicures and sale terms.
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Winslow
Tyeyis
York, Neg
How to Keep Water Cold in a Pitcher
A 19th century tip suggests placing a thick cotton batting layer between two brown paper sheets around a pitcher. Form a crown cover over one end to create a stovepipe hat shaped wrap that encloses the ice water. This insulation allegedly keeps water cold long after the ice melts.
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Bigs
Women's Stone Companion
Berries Canned Without Cooking Method
Preserve berries by mixing fresh berries with equal sugar in a dish, mashing, then packing into clean dry jars and sealing. No heat is used, jars inverted briefly to seal. Keeps flavor through winter with no cooking required.
Delicate gooseberry custard dessert recipe
A simple cold dessert uses one quart green gooseberries two ounces sugar four yolks and light cream. Simmer gooseberries until soft then rub through a sieve fold in sugar and yolks cook gently not to boil, cool, spoon into custard glasses and top with whipped cream.
Apricots Dried in Sugar and Other Household Tips
A circa article provides step by step methods for drying apricots with sugar, repairing broken pottery with putty and ashes, and a tomato butter custard bake. It includes quantities and instructions for sugar syrup, drying in a cool oven, and a baked egg tomato dish with breadcrumbs.
Canned Plum and Spiced Pie Filling Recipe Notes
A mumble of kitchen instructions describes making a fruit filling by combining seven pounds of fruit with three hundred forty six pounds of brown sugar and a pint of vinegar. Add one ounce each cinnamon cloves and allspice, scald three times and jar for storage.
Short Suggestions for Household Care and Maintenance
A garbled collection of domestic tips covers varnishing floors to extend life, using celery seed in place of salt for salads, preserving plates, removing skin from winter tins, cleaning gilt picture frames with sparing wine and a sponge, adding glycerin to starch for linens to prevent sticking, and proper ironing and fronting techniques.
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Ween
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Nereus Monaner
Ubertar
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Fulladelphia
Tennessee
Norte
Granaias
North Adriatic Sea
Denmark
Norway
Canal Zone
China
Stone ‘Street
Dni
Polar
Putnam Faceless
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