Jace Rowdy Tales and Wit From British Gossip Columns
A miscellaneous collection of humorous anecdotes and sketches features two men named Jace strolling home at dawn and telling of hungry near death experiences. Other pieces include a preacher’s pulpit practice, a bishop-ambassador quip, a Duke of Wellington funeral anecdote, Lady de Bathe Langtry memoir chatter, a quip about stomach ailments and a note on monorail success in India.
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Duke of
Geren Brunn
Ileague
Lady de Bathe
Michigan
Seat of the Nature Reformer
A nature doctor speaks of reforming a limb using a cane and simples. The text describes steps, tasting and cleansing, a hopeful tone about natural therapy and triumph in nature’s plain.
Bursting Steam Pipe Ends Play at London Stage
Fragmentary report notes a steam pipe burst during a performance in London causing stage disruption and prompting concern about safety. No further details on injuries or exact time are available in the readable text.
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Bob Footie
Aftor
Ruthel
Bob Pootiite
Benetian Letters Reported From Oak of 1358
A charity association received 1,358 letters in a year with many believed to be from London and other regions. Only a fraction were found at specific locations, while most were considered lost or unclaimed. A quiet postal effort aimed to reveal the secrets within the correspondence.
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Athens
Greece
Trial Kidney Remedy Free Offers Coupon Based Trial
Proprietors of Dean's Kidney Remedy advertise a free trial by coupon to readers. Send to Foster Milburn Buffalo New York for a trial sample at no charge, illustrating their confidence in remedy efficacy. Alaska salmon outputs and BC US Japan combined catch cited as major crops and trade notes. Some Japanese shopkeepers offer tea and cake to customers before showing goods.
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Soannia
Foster Milburn
Buffalo
N.Y
Alaska
British Columbia
United States
Japan
Fashion Hints and Eye Remedy Ads for Spring
Fashion notes describe two popular small bat types with velvet and silk beaver materials and crossquill designs. An eye remedy ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co offering illustrated 48 page guide and suggested eye care products through local druggists.
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Dell Gold Rose
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chlea Ao
Mabon
Fresh 18 months eggs for cheap barrel profits
An advertisement from Prof. J. B. McKenna of Pine Bluff Arkansas offers a book of instructions at 20 cents. It claims eggs can be preserved at three cents per dozen for 18 months and suggests distributing as a money making venture.
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J. B.mckenna
Pine Blut
Ark
Texas Ranches Offer Lands At Two Dollars An Acre
Real estate notice advertises JFexas Ranches and Farms offering lands from $2.00 per acre with mild climate and good crops. Easy terms promise value enhancement. Contact Ganabl Walker at 228 W Commerce St, San Antonio, Texas for the list.
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Ganabl Walker
Commerce St
San Antonio
Texas
Fragmented Historical Advertorial Texts On Tobacco And Medicines
Miscellaneous old advertisements and stray notices mention tobacco effects and patent medicines. References include Dr Pierce’s pellets, Antifive, Sterifix syrup, Winslow’s teething syrup, Allen’s products, and weather laments, plus a Swiss electric road note and distant subway ideas.
Remarkable Miscellany of 19th Century Odds and Ends
A wide collection notes billiards origins in France, Siberian crown lands, New York militia, Dutch cooperation, oil depths, Salvation Army roots, Italian rental signals, and upcoming Greece tuberculosis congress. It also sketches Corsican Napoleonic birth sites, private schools growth, White Star liner cabins with showers, London land ownership, Tauden’s land value, Austrian genealogy zeal, theatre life in Drury Lane, Ragconigi palace in Italy, and a famed Maryland passenger line operated by Uncle Billy with a mail-carrying car.
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Ajaccio
Corsica
Napoleon I
America
Belfast
London County’ Council
London
Crown
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
London County Council
City” Corporation
Tauden
Austria
W Worfolk
Hereward
Globe
John Palmer
Drury Lane
Palmer
Haymarket
Saseaatty
London Chronicle
Ragconigi
Italy
Aly. A
Putlibert
Savoy
le Notre
Versailles
Kink Corberto
Carl Alberto
Oporto
Estiminator Gazette
New York Rival Claims Oldest Four Horse Car Route
A fragment notes Buena Vista Springs in Washington County near the Pennsylvania line boasting a four horse car service. The write up compares it to New York and mentions the United States Interstate Commerce Commission overseeing the line.
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New York
Buena Vista Springs
Washington County
Peninsylvania State Line
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Advertising Men Convention Fosters East West Ties
A convention of advertising men drew attendees from across the United States. The main benefit is networking rubbing elbows and exchanging views, helping to dissolve regional divides as marketers share experiences. An West Coast advertiser cites travels from Los Angeles to Cleveland and Pittsburgh showing how connectedness broadens perspectives.
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United States
Thwest
New York
Ftrom
New Yorker
Los Angeles
California
Empire State
Weat
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Play runs long as maid shirks chores in Loulaville
Six months have elapsed since the play started and the housemaid hasn’t done any housework yet. The Loulaville Courier Journal notes the production appears unusually natural and drew mixed reactions from the audience.
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Fiow
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Sport Notes on the Down-and-Out Club Bluff
Eben dismisses a rival as overconfident while remarking that many men mistake sport for real effort. The exchange frames the Down-and-Out Club as the source of the taunt and a lesson on genuine competition.
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Eben
A Misfortune Mine Reflected in a Quip
Short Baltimore American joke where a speaker laments that his funny lot prevents selling items. The quip contrasts a cheerful claim with a gloomy look, ending in a pun about inability to sell.
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Baltimore American
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Steele City Press
Jace
Sadie
Brooks
India
Ge Anelout
Moderna
Aonean
Childres
NEW_ YORK
Bears
Bbacco
SOLCOM - PUBLISHING _ COMPANY
Toledo
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
Dovalildes
Antifive
Pane Lee
Antifive Co
West
Sterifix * Electric Company of
Sterling
Ilorado
Allen's
Lang Malean
ATS Pote
Wi Griggims, Deo, We
Switzerland
Sonsent
Chicago
Cane Iderm
Korea
Dodds
York
France
Siberia
Holland
Union Oil Company
Rosemary
Cal
Salvation Army
Booth
Billy” Hovisj
Buena Vista
Maryland
Pensylvania
Billy
Bill
Nick
Washington
F Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Uncle Billy
Sam
Hilly
Ine
NEW York's
Anene Vista Springs
Sport
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