Teaching and manners mix in odd old time tales
A girl in Cowrade teaches forty scholars in grammar history physics geography mathematics and daily civility. A Chicago belle and a shy suitor joke about marriage while a barber’s mishap prompts a quip on liquor. A nurse teases Sir Spencer St John and a Rock Island train finds a single overshoe provoking laughter.
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Cowrade
Chicago
Spencer St. John
Spencer
Sir Spencer
Rock Island
Eugle Wood
Hte
Jimming
Has Woman a Sense of Humor?
Inez Baynes tiltimore in Success Magazine notes a wife must navigate her husband’s view of himself as monarch of the home while the hidden underling runs the wheels. The piece questions whether men really protest when women joke about their self importance and humor in relationships.
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Adams
Inez Baynes Tiltimore
Success Magazine
Fragmentary vow and deceit in a troubled encounter
A man asks for a drink and signs an exchange while expelling the speaker. He excuses a second woman and doubts the truth of claims, suggesting a tense personal encounter and possible infidelity.
Cure for Aches and Eruptions with Cuticura Remedies
A Chicago man narrates relief from a severe skin eruption after trying multiple doctors and preparations. He attributes the cure to Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills, noting itching ceased in days and eruptions disappeared in weeks. The ad also touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and general musings on effort and contentment.
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Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drag & Chem Corp
Boston
German hospital count and independence taxation quip
A Western school journal reports a history class statement claiming the American War of Independence arose because the colonies refused taxation without temptation. The piece also notes German healthcare figures and private sanatoriums with home care, estimating one in sixty population seriously ill at any time.
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Western School Journal
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Catarrh Remedy
An advertisement claims deafness from ear inflammation and blocked Eustachian tubes can be cured by constitutional remedies. It states nine of ten cases are caused by catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case proved cured, urging readers to send for circulars about Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Ae & CO
Toledo
C. F
Damaged Text Prompting Historic Tram and Magna Charta Site
A fragment notes Damascus has an electric tram with daily receipts about 176 dollars. It mentions Magna Charta Island in England, famed Runny-Mede containing the table said to have hosted King John signing the historic charter nearly 700 years ago.
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Damascus
England
Eale
Magna Charta Island
Runpy-Mede
John
Electric Laundries Expanded on Ocean Liners
The article notes electric laundry facilities on large ocean liners handling washing drying and ironing by electricity. It mentions a public health token about lungs and rubbing and references a political figure and an inflammation. It also states Russia has 90 convents with 65,240 inmates including 47,429 nuns and 17,811 monks.
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Russia
New York City Inhabitants Average 218 Car Rides Announced
Statistics show the average New Yorker takes 218 car rides per year. The data reflects per capita transportation behavior across the city.
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New York City
Vitalizer Promises Restored Powers Amid Odd Claims
An odd remedy advertisement touts Vitalizer as restoring lost powers and boosting confidence. The text mixes medical claims with quirky lines and mentions societal issues alongside notes on mica production and the number of telephones in London.
Beefs On Ice From Argentina Headed For New York
A fragment notes refrigerated beef grown and killed in Argentina, likely soon to be shipped to New York. It mentions deaths from hydrophobia in Europe and cites a dragon fly fact about catching insects at 40 to 56 miles per hour. Buenos Aires allegedly has the western hemisphere's finest opera house costing $10,000,000.
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Argentina
New York
Buenos Ayers
Nurse's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mrs Judson Ellis
A nurse cites Mrs Judson Ellis of Jackson Michigan as a long time admirer of Doan's Kidney Pills. Ellis says the remedy relieved her backache and weakness, enabling her to resume normal work. The ad notes Doan's costs 50 cents a box and is sold by dealers.
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Judson Ellis
Francis
Jackson
Mich
Baker
Dean
Toan’s
Foeter-Milburn, Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Os Oy
London
Unclear OCR item about Texas land figures and New York offices
Fragmentary note mentions five largest office buildings in New York with thousands of telephones and wires. References a Barn Cash Commission and a request for names of men interested in Texas land. Includes a confidential address on Convent St St Louis.
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New York
Hevine
Texas
Maerte
Convent
St. St Louis
Fashion Hints From Various Sources Spark Odd Trends
A jumble of fashion notes cites Coschman fur muffs, brown velvet toques with white bows, and avant garde walking styles. Other items touch on Mont Blanc observatories closed due to storms, lamp safety tips for new turgeten lampa, a dramatic sale of Adelia Pattitae’s throat for 108000 pounds, and global submarine cable mileage. Additionally reports mention Filipino prisoners smoking allowances, voltage perception at 25 volts, Rhoge Island naming, cooks earning more than teachers, brain food, tuberculosis link to tobacco, seven large locomotives for Harriman lines, and Brooklyn’s last cable road due for electrification.
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Adelina Pattitae
Rhoge Island
Rhoades
Mediterranean
Mary Walker
Daxat
Utica
N. Y
Philadelphia
Harriman Lines
Brooklyn
Secret Coffee Change Promises Health Benefit
A Memphis wife recounts her husband’s illness and recovery after stopping coffee and starting Postum. The doctor suspected coffee as the cause. after a year on Postum, stomach and heart issues disappeared. She praises the product and notes a change in taste with proper boiling for fifteen minutes. Look for The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Memphis
Wellville
Rhee
Vanilla Nut Caramels Misspelled Recipe
A short, imperfect cooking note describes making vanilla nut caramels with granulated sugar and milk or water. It calls for dissolving sugar, adding cream of tartar, boiling to hardness, then mixing in water, butter, and minced nut meats before setting in greased pans to cool and cut into squares.
Chicken in Regal Sauce with Toast Squares
Recipe reads like a home cooking note for a chicken sauce. It instructs heating milk and beer to thicken, seasoning, and adding finely chopped mushrooms ham and chicken, with parsley and green pepper. Finish by serving over buttered toast squares.
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Regal
Simple Cream Butter Pastry For Quick Griddle Bakes
Lift one and a half cupfuls into a basin add one teaspoon sugar and one teaspoon baking powder. Rub in one heaping tablespoon butter then mix to a soft paste with cream. Divide into two pieces roll one very thin round roll the other and cut into eight pieces. Bake on a hot griddle five minutes turning once.
Abbreviated Tomato Relish Recipe Note
Peet chop and drain a peck of half ripe tomatoes. Add shopped celery six onions and six mango peppers with seeds removed. Stir in brown sugar two quarts vinegar one cup salt two ounces mustard seed and a pinch of nutmeg. Mix and store as jam relish. Keeps indefinitely without cooking.
Classic chocolate drink and fruit dessert with salmon soup
Instructions describe making a chocolate beverage with grated chocolate and cream, a fruit dish with oranges and bananas topped by whipped cream, a salmon soup from canned salmon, a pea and beef soup, a rice and milk dessert bake, Italian tomato sauce, and a cream icing.
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Steele City Press
Barris, Posner
Steele City
Nebraska
Piaos
Gucasw
Castoria
Goripbushman
Idumpson
Western
Canada
Europe
Perseus
Greece
Mire
Wiesiow
Aleve
Coschman
Mont Blanc
Secret
Ates
Cream of Rice
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