Deaf asylum note ends a secret admirer tale
An elderly man visits a hall bedroom where a voice culture student sings. He declines entry but mentions a friend who would pay well to hear her. She receives a slip reading John W. Jones, Asylum for the Deaf, prompting a dramatic, ironic twist.
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Asylum For the Deaf
Cleveland Pisin Dealer Opinion Cited Amid Doubts
A fragment quotes a Cleveland dealer expressing a pessimistic view on inflation and market conditions, noting concern over future price trends and consumer demand.
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Cleveland
Noting a Housekeeper’s Fly Denial in a Family Tale
A guest questions flies in the dining room, but Aunt Augusta insists any flies are the neighbors. She maintains they never have any of their own, a quip echoed in a dated domestic vignette from Youth’s Companion.
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Feathered Girl
A brief caption notes a bird themed display with plain appearance and mention of feathers and a servers base context.
Antarctic Blizzard Claims Captain Scott and Party
Oamaru reports Captain Robert F. Scott and four companions died after a blizzard on their return from the south pole. London confirms the disaster and the Terra Nova signaled the loss. The exact death toll remains uncertain but includes scientists and sailors.
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Robert F. Scott
South Pole
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Oamaru
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Antarctic
Riots Rock Tokio as Six Die and Premier Is Targeted
Political rioting in Tokio leaves six dead and sixty-five seriously hurt. Prince Katsura is stoned by a mob amid calls for his resignation. Rioters attack bureaucratic newspaper offices and threaten ministerial homes. Troops patrol the streets as police stations and trams are burned.
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Tokio
Japan
Prince Katsura
Madero Returns to National Palace After Brief Absence
President Francisco I. Madero regains residence in the national palace in Mexico City while Senora Madero stays at Chapultepec castle. A short absence caused a mob scare, but he has since been conferring with General Huerta Ernesto Madero the finance minister and other ministers.
Building for Nebraska state fair hall proposed at fairgrounds
Nebraska board of agriculture seeks a 100000 appropriation for a permanent brick cement and iron agricultural and horticultural hall at the southeast corner of the state fair grounds, following the general plan adopted last year. Former Nebraska man Poissoned case reports Caldwell and Blanchard arrested in Pueblo on a murder by poison charge involving Clyde Blanchard and to be arraigned in Fowler before county jail transfer. Turales defectors join rebels. a dispatch from Laredo says 1000 Turales have defected to the rebel forces in Mexico City with Diaz and Mondragon entrenched in La Ciudad.
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Agricultural and Horticultural Hall
State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
la Junta
Colo
Frank E. Caldwell
Eva Blanchard
Pueblo
Clyde Blanchard
Fowler
Blanchard
Trenton
Neb
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Diaz
General Mondragon
la Ciudad
Netione
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills Offer Gentle Liver Help
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills claim to be unlike other laxatives by gentle action that weakens yet starts the liver and stomach secretions to health, correcting constipation. They are tonic for stomach liver and nerves and enrich the blood while powering digestion. Price 25 cents. All Druggists.
One Ray of Sunshine in a Yacht Conversation
A dialogue from the Louisville Courier Journal shows John assuring his partner the yacht is safe and they will cross in about two weeks. The woman worries, but the cook cannot leave until they reach Liverpool.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Red Hands Restored by One Night Cuticura Cure
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for dry rough and chapped hands. It claims a single night treatment softens and whitens hands, advising hot water soak, drying, ointment, and night gloves. It notes worldwide sales and offers a free sample with a 32-page Skin Book from Cuticura, Dept L Boston.
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At the Studio and a Portrait Row
A photographer faces a difficult client after she rejects proofs saying none resemble her. He defends his work with a witty exchange about the sign outside his studio. The clip also includes a sequence of brief humor lines and aphorisms about vanity and habit.
A Difference It Paid This Man to Change Food
Fragmentary caption references a man paid to alter food quality or standards tied to a “cood living” event. The readable bits suggest a satirical or editorial note on food policy or lifestyle reform in a historical newspaper context.
Notable 1912 Nebraska notices and incidents
A survey of local events includes deaths in Atlanta and Lincoln thefts, farm losses from arthrax, high school and college activities, courthouse openings, a G A R encampment prep in Fremont, and civic projects. Fire, floods and road traffic incidents are noted along with fundraisers, lectures, and a skating pond plan in Wahoo.
Have You Tried Ed Fins Simple Prescription for Rheumatism
An ad style item promotes Ed Fins as a simple prescription claimed to cure rheumatism. The piece mentions a sealed yellow package and a Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago attribution. It is embedded among other household and conversation snippets in a newspaper page context.
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Globe
Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago
Free biscuit sample offer from Omaha company ad
A newspaper note describes an offer from the Loose-Wilet Biscuit Co of Omaha Nebraska to send readers a box of assorted biscuits free. The reader is urged to cut out the coupon and mail it today.
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Omaha
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Nebraska House Approves Amendment On Ballot Voting Change
The Nebraska house, without debate, passes a proposed constitutional amendment to remove party designations from amendments, require a simple majority, and require pamphlet publication to voters thirty days before elections. Governor Morehead appoints a long list of colonels to his staff.
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J. J. O'Brien
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A. D. Fetterman
Thomas Quinlan
Adolph Storz
C. E. Fanning
George Rogers
J. A.C Kennedy
L. J. Piatti
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C. C. Allison
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Arthur Metz
Everett Buckingham
A.V. Dresher
Sophus Nebie
Thomas Byrne
J. W. Woodrough
Herbert Daniel
Henderson
Omaha
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W. F E. Straub
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Lincoln
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Kearney
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South Omaha
George Gillen
Lexington
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Sidney
William Maatty
Brady
John Moran
Callaway
A. D. Cameron
C. G. Barnes
Albion
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Grand Island
O. Bartle
David City
John C. Hartigan
Fairbury
J. R. Golden
Nebraska Chip
Rettsy
Cothenders
Pred Valpp
Scribner
A. P. Fitzsimmons
Tecumseh
Jacob Klein, Jr
Beatrice
Co. F. Tierney
Broken Bow
E. J. Shinn
George A. Towle
Wabash
One at a Time in a Humorous Exchange
A light caption from the St. Louis Post presents a joke exchange where a bride demands three servants after marriage and a husband agrees to keep each as long as possible.
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Undying love joke and stage fright in old sketch
A sharp quip defines undying love as the man who shoots himself after rejection. An old bachelor faces stage fright whenever the topic of marriage arises, delivered in a wry, humorous tone.
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