Short Stories and Toasts Across a London Dinner Table
A London dinner tale features Marlon Crawford debating literary immortality with a loquacious guest. Other anecdotes include a quarrelsome marriage case, Senator Fulton’s salmon dinner humor, Sir John Millais’ photography quip, and a Hotchkiss automobile joke about assembling a runabout with spare parts.
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Marlon Crawford
London
Platner
Frouble
Senator Fulton
Oregon
Washington
Astoria
John Millais
The
Tay
Millais
Ayl
William H. Hotchkiss
American Automobile Association
PROUT ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES FOR HIGH SPEED TRAINS
A high speed electric locomotive replaces steam engines with a 2000 horsepower motor later up to 3000. The Schenectady trial by General Electric uses a third rail system with an overhead supply at crossings. The steel frame doubles as part of the magnetic circuit while instruments record speed voltage and current. Two crew members operate the locomotive under existing safety rules.
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Review of Reviews
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Sprague General Electric system enables linked locomotives
The article explains how electric drive eliminates gears and bearings losses to yield high efficiency. Combined with a motive force in control, the system reduces rail and roadbed wear. The Sprague GE multiple unit setup allows two or more locomotives to couple and operate from the leading cab as one unit.
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Sprague
General Electric
Papuan Belief in Fifi Spirit Guides Firefly Omens
A Detroit News-Tribune report describes Papua New Guinea tribes believing in Fifi, an invisible spirit that sometimes is heard, and used to predict luck or danger. A chosen priestess whistling near a fire signals Fifi’s presence, with omens judged by the gathering, despite potential deception.
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Papua
New Guinea
Detroit News-Tribune
Hang
Fifi
Nkinga
Christmas Jokelets From Wifey Revealed In Club Talk
A Baltimore American recounts clubmen joking about gifts from their wives. The tale highlights ties cigars slippers and a humorous line about a tobacco plantation wife who judges cigars as the best in town. The pleasantries end with a boast about the cigar quality and a playful jab at a rival.
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Baltimore American
Bought His Own Work
A Washington scientist, preparing a monograph on electromagnetism, discovers a Berils journal paper translated for him. The English version mirrors his own English article from the previous year, and he has paid double the translation fee versus the original payment.
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Washington
Am Ormament. Miss Cutting Comment
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press records a playful exchange about Am Ormament and a clumsy suitor. Miss Slangay jokes about the man and his antics, noting he sat on her hat during the meeting last night.
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Miss Cutting
Miss Slangay
Philadelphia Press
Lightning strikes mother-in-law during storm under tree
A report from the Atlanta Constitution notes a thunderstorm where Jack's mother-in-law sheltered under a tree. the lightning did not hit the tree and no harm is described.
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Jack
Atlanta Constitution
EYESIGHT WAS IN DANGER AS ECZEMA HEALED BY CUTIURA
A LeSueur Minnesota mother recalls her two month old daughter’s terrible facial rash turning into widespread sores. After failing with doctors she used Cutiura Remedies and within two months the baby’s skin cleared completely and remained healthy.
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Daby
Cutieura
F Dudke
LeSueur
Minun
Farmers seek buyers for Dimmit County land parcels
Denton Colony Co offers farm and two town lots in Howingwells district Dimmit county Texas at 210 dollars with 10 dollars monthly payments no interest taxes or payments when sick free deed on death and profits claimed per acre. touts choice land sweet water California climate and illustrated book. live agents wanted.
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Howingwells
Dimmit County
Texas
California
Denton Colony Co
San Antonio
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup promotes teething relief for children. It claims gums soften, inflammation reduces, colic cured, with a price of 0 cents per bottle.
Rhubarb Pie Baking Tip and Fatting Ewes Advice
The note recommends turning ewes lean by feeding turnips oil meal ground corn and oats. It also suggests adding a pinch of baking soda to rhubarb pie or pudding to improve flavor and reduce sugar, as the soda reacts with the acid during cooking.
Sensitive Bank Scale Responds To Stamp Drop
A Bank of England gold weighing machine is described as ultra sensitive with a postage stamp dropped on the scale causing the dial index to move two inches, illustrating precision in the facility's measuring instrument.
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Bank of England
Catalog note from Minneapolis hide and fur firm
The ad text promotes guns fur and hides for sale by Chis & buy and references Minneapolis firm 14 N W Hide and Fur Co. It also suggests turning a patch of turnips for sheep, notes a one acre plot can feed 25 to 30 sheep for three months, and includes humorous social commentary on wealth and life balance.
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N.W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Min
Peruna Aids Man In Curing Severe Catarrh and Cough
Night sweats and deep seated coughs from catarrh plagued W. Walton of San Antonio in 1912. After a thorough Peruna course the patient reports disappearance of alarming symptoms and improved health, with occasional use for colds thereafter. Ida Albright of Nebraska City was thrown from a horse and injured while visiting Wyoming precinct.
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BE. W. Walton
Condr
P. Ry
van Ness St
San Antonio
Tex
Peruna
Ida Albright
Nebraska City
For Sale or Trade Land Listings in Lincoln and Garfield Counties
For sale or trade notices list 63 and 8% acres in Lincoln County Nebraska four acres in Maries County Missouri priced at 15 dollars per acre and 4008 dollars cash for choice 160 in Garfield County Oklahoma. c T Austin Lawrence Nebraska contact details.
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Lincoln Co
Wink Eye Salve Ad and Horse Care Note
Quick on Wink eye salve advertised for eye pain burning sensation and dizziness. Warns against stuffing horses with hay hindering travel. Mentions a Western paper praise for Dr Hinton treating a well known citizen after a serious accident, with the patient Billy dying two hours later.
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Doc Hinton
Billy
Optimist Needed Sermon Sparks Engagement Breaks
The pastor preached on marriage last Sunday and reportedly caused two engagements to break off. Ostend notes a women’s club trip with fifty members, while Pa explains “all told” as revealing what was known about those who did not attend.
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Mae
Ostend
Suburban talk and domestic gibes in a humorous vignette
A string of lighthearted exchanges features neighbors and families discussing visitors, fashion, and plans while a milkman jokes about supplying pure milk with distilled water. A child asks why Congress exists, prompting a moment of parental uncertainty.
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Thoms
Thomas
Trust in an Era of Trusts Hard to Earn
A dialogue contrasts modern skepticism with business power, asking why trust remains scarce in an era dominated by powerful trusts and questioned ethics. The speakers explore how credibility, reputation, and reliability shape dealings today.
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Ardupp
Norcross
Notable Fragments of Domestic Comedy and Irony
A string of humorous vignettes features mismatched exchanges between townsfolk and lodgers over trivial quarrels. In one scene a lodger negotiates belongings with a icy landlady, while others lampoon social pretensions, family dynamics, and the murmur of everyday miscommunications.
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