Bohemian Boy Wins Office Boy Position
A fragmentary dialogue shows a late applicant told he could read write and type, then interrupted with a claim that EF could do those tasks, before the boy is awarded the office boy job. The passage mentions struggles and a boastful claim amid admissions of ability.
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Elzen
Seeds and talk in the garden fence quarrel
A fragment shows farmer Nubbins arguing with his neighbor about buried seeds and replanting while a London Mail line hints at a thriving Irish industry boosted by rising exports to the United States, reflecting trade growth.
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Nubbins
Barden
Tia
London Mail
Relief from Eczema Thanks to Guticura Remedies
A San Francisco reader recounts a long battle with eczema ending in recovery after using Guticura Soap and Ointment and the full Guticura Remedies. The letter praises dramatic improvement and urges others in the parish to try the products. It notes dates from 1906 and mentions hydropolis Louisiana.
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Guticura
T. M.robert
Hydropolis
Paper Yarn Gains Ground in Textile Industry Inventor Emil Cla Nez
Frank N. Biuskett reports in Technical World Magazine on Emil Cla Nez’s invention of a paper yarn termed Zyloling. The material, made from paper wood fiber, is woven into many fabrics with remarkable wearing properties, marking a major commercial achievement and potential future uses.
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Heer Emil Cla- Nez
Haseen
Frank N. Biuskett
TechnicalWorld
Mixed Messages Over Hair Lock Trade
In a Sowmerville Journal notice Alice complains of an attempted exchange of a hair lock. Alice accuses Rate and Kate Weil of asking for a lock, with Alice demanding its return after Ihe provided a lock of the wrong color. The item reads as a dramatic social exchange.
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Kate—Weil
Kate
Sowmerville Journal
Grape Nuts Credited With Family Health Boost
A mother recounts how Grape Nuts improved her Charlotte visit and helped her family. She notes weight gain for herself, rapid recovery in a teething infant, and relief during grip illness when other foods failed. The letter ends urging readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Charlotte
Iis
Landic
Wellville
Olga
Our Refuge and Strength by Rev William Preas Jr
The sermon portrays God as a refuge and strength during life’s storms, urging self denial and cross bearing. It emphasizes weakness as the moment to seek divine help, citing Paul’s weakness and Christ’s power, and calls the faithful to trust God in sorrow, danger, and daily burdens.
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William Preas, Jr
God
Dory
Minther
Apostle Paul
Paul
Christ
Lie
Happiness Sermon by Rev Henry F Cope Focuses On Cheerful Heart
The sermon explores happiness as the highest aim of life, arguing a merry heart sustains a continual feast. It contrasts Puritan restraint with genuine joy and notes that a simple childlike happiness pleases God more than learned theology.
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Henry F. Cope
The Secret of Happiness in Hard Times
The text argues happiness stems from learning life’s lesson of sorrow and service. It champions endurance, purpose beyond fleeting pleasures, and aligning the heart with higher aims. True joy grows from bearing burdens, mastering life, and remaining hopeful amid pain.
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Imen
Xoanan
Paul
Ian Nero
Sense of the Unseen by Rev Harris on inner wealth and vision
A sermon extols unseen realities over visible wealth. It argues true riches lie within soul and faith, not material holdings, and that spiritual sight sustains value and fellowship beyond earthly loss. The speaker praises visionaries who advance unseen truths and endure, guiding later worldly recognition.
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Rev
H. W. Harris
Fair Land
Short Meter Sermons on Suspicion and Love
A compact reflection on how rumor fuels suspicion and how true work can heal a broken heart. It contrasts forged honesty with real effort, urging the diving love of the work as a cure for destructive passions.
Feeding farm life and forestry in Pennsylvania
A long excerpt discusses practical farming: soil fertility through proper management, timely cattle and sheep care, and the value of training horses. It cites the Pennsylvania forestry law offering tax reductions for forest land, highlighting farmer Verner of Leet township who saved 22.50 on taxes. It surveys digestion tests from Storrs Station, compares corn meal to hay for maintenance, and notes dairy trusts in Nebraska. It covers hog feeding, young stock nutrition, sunflower oil production, and uses of sunflower stalks as fuel and fiber.
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Allegheny County
Tenner
Storrs Station
Connecticut
Warn
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Ttig
Great Plains
Dearfless
Madrid
Spain
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Catunny
Champlain
Georgian Bay
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Russia
America
al Drial
Empire
parlSel Samdower
China
Izem
Branding Rules for Army Public Animals Include U S Mark
The Washington Post notes army regulations require branding public animals with U S on the left shoulder and unit marks. Horses assigned to organizations receive hoof brands with size specs and numbering. The article cites October Cuba pacification ships and describes how brands identify the organization and unit, with examples from Troop A and Engineer battalions.
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Army
Washington Post
Quartermaster’s Department
U.S. A
Army of Cuban Pacification
Newport News
U. S
Company 4
Battalion of Engineers
BEA
WORN TO A SKELETON A Sensation in a Passionate Town
Mrs Charles N Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania describes relief after using Deans Kidney Pills for a long term kidney trouble and sugar illness. The testimonial claims weight gain and overall wellbeing following the treatment. An advertisement notes Monaco’s small army of 75 guards and 75 carbines.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Miburn Co
Buffalo
Catalog of products and odd anecdotes from a damaged page
An assortment of fragmented items appears, including a quack patent medicine notice for Hails Catarrh Cure by J Chesney & Co of Toledo, personal testimonials, and stray anecdotes about a minister's children, a farmer, a ram, a child’s prayer, voting rights, and a traveling dog rehomed after licensing issues.
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J. Chesney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
Walding
Hail
All hail Peru-Na Stomach Catarrh
A fragmentary testimonial notes H J Henne claiming long illness improved after using Peru-Na, stating the remedy cured stomach catarrh and general health, with remarks on gain and strength and a claim that Peru-Na will be their house medicine hereafter.
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Peru
Peruana
Peruna
Correcting Geography in a Muddled News Question
A reader inquiry questions a misprinted geography item and asks who wrote a piece titled How Wig Was Alexander. The note references a town, a misspelled name, and unclear dating, suggesting errors in the periodical’s circulation record.
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Raestic
Mann the Countrs
Alexander
Mii
Werorngfer
Peno
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