Butler's Payoff to Boy for Beating Rival Teacher
A Massachusetts man recalls Gen Benjamin F. Butler rebuking a yelling boy in Lowell after the Civil War. The boy was offered a coin and a quarter if he thrashed Butler while another motive prompted calmer discipline amid the station crowd.
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Lowell
Massachusetts
Washington Post
Benjamin F. Butter
Ben Butler
Sockeye Butler
Furth
Ettore
Bart Biel
Asdt Mayer
The Literary Revulsion Tale from a Faded Page
A fragmented excerpt mentions Miss Reider and lingering fatigue with misread terms and garbled phrases. The text hints at a literary critique or mock dialogue about Erbsen and sterigs with merals, interspersed with nonsensical placeholders and broken names.
Rubber Stamps and Ink Products Offered in Fort Wayne
Advertises rubber stamps of all kinds made to order and new gell-inking waters. Also lists ink, inking pads, and a catalogue request address in Fort Wayne with a lock box number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Unclear Neighbors and Odd Phrases In Article Fragment
The readable text is garbled with many invented terms and miswritten names. It mentions neighbors using something, a Cure of Kheumatisar, and a Powel reference but names and places are largely unreadable. The piece appears as a distorted OCR fragment with no coherent event.
A Dublin Love Triangle Ends in Hidden Wills and Escape
In a village drama, Miss Matilda Prendergast plans marriage with Dr Mahoney while Miss Dorothy Denyer receives an annuity from a will that favors medical charities. Tensions rise as lawyers reveal the will and money shifts, leading to a quiet separation and a physician’s departure from town.
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Mr. Denyer
Miss Prendergast
Ife
Dorothy
Denger
Quentus
Harry
Dsonv
Polada Renadiy
Diadiv
Larry
Matilda
Dr. Mahoney
Ostlenee
Phen
Tay Aden
Denver
Joe
Mateney
Praisien
Pak Pag
Feess
Louing
Lawrenece
Malones
If a girl is pretty enough, she hardly ever has to pay fare
A light social reflection notes that beauty affords advantages such as not paying streetcar fares, implying social assumptions about charm and cost of travel.
Peruna Credited In Longstanding Catarrh Recoveries
Letters from readers in Missouri and Ontario praise Peruna for curing decades of catarrh and urge others to seek Dr Hartman’s free guidance. The ad also contains motivational reflections on seizing opportunities to become heroes through prompt action and steadfast loyalty.
Bright lad starts fire after misplacing dime
A boy shown as the family pride lost a dime and started a fire while searching with a lit candle. He claimed he closed his door and there could be no escape. The fire department arrived in time to save the house.
Doan's Pills Restore Health Says Nor mal Tih Stock Dealer
A. C. Sprague of Normal This week writes of two years of kidney illness and total relief after using three boxes of Doan's Pills. He claims the product cured his pain, allowed him to ride and sleep without discomfort, and notes a trial free offer from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York with price five dollars.
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Doan
A. C. Sprague
Amy Joan
Leoun
Widney
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hair Dye Ad From Berlin Described as Natural Yet Hurtful
A London editor receives a Berlin printed notice touting a new hair dye. It promises to deliver color from fair to deepest dark and claims a natural look, yet admits the product is thoroughly injurious.
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London
Berlin
Take a Sunday Trip Via the Nickel Plate Road
One round trip fare every Sunday. For full information see Agent or address C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind. (515)
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
The Feeble Lad and an Indulgent Mother
A Baltimore American note describes a weak boy kept busy by his mother sending him on errands to athletic club practice meets amid concern for his health.
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John
Baltimore American
Self Inking Dating Stamp Offer Available
A prompt advertisement offers a self inking dating stamp for 75 cents. The snippet lists the address Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiarna as the contact location.
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Lock Box
Fort Wayne
Indiarna
Notre Dame Woman Promises Home Cure Instructions
An offer from Mrs. M. Samurers of Notre Dame Indiana advertises free guidance and full instructions for treating leucorrhoea ulcers displacements and other female troubles. It claims a cure with weekly cost of about 12 cents and asks readers to share with other sufferers.
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Dauysh Tars
Wind and Penny Plea From a Peer of Women
An odd woman approached a well-to-do man and asked for a penny for a breathless peer. The Irishman replied with a sharp quip about class and fortune, noting the speaker is short of breath yet rich in what she has, in the Space Moments tone.
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Gam
Homeseekers Rates via Nickel Plate Road
Northwest Southwest and South routes listed with monthly Tuesday runs through April 1st inclusive. Details on fares and terms available from local agent. Fort Wayne Indiana contact C A Aster lin T P A. (527)
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Nickel Plate Road
Callon
C. A. Asterlin
T. P.A
Fort Wayne
Ind
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A short dialogue exchanges a claim of fault acknowledgement between two speakers with a humorous remark about neighbors observing faults. The Philadelphia Press quote frames a tenant of honesty and pride in admitting errors only when visible to others.
Cures and Medical Remedies on a Vintage Box Label
An 1890s advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for curing colds with a money back promise by E W Grove on each box. It notes Captain Leonard of the Indian medical staff inventing a smoke bite instrument with a sun lancet and permanganate of potash. Also mentions Mrs. Austin's Quick Raising Buckwheat for tender brown cakes and urges grocers to provide details.
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E W. Grove
Capt. Leonard
Indian Medical Staff
India
English driver heads for southern drive after Arctic crossing
Charles J. Glidden of England, famed for driving a motor car across the Arctic circle, is now en route toward the Antipodes. He aims to reach and push beyond the most southerly point ever attained by a motor car.
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Charles J. Glidden
England
Arctic Circle
Antipodes
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