Great Northern 40 Round Trip to Eastern Canada Ads
Christmas travel offer from the Great Northern Railway sets a 40 round trip to eastern Canadian points with sale dates December 4 to 11 and three month ticket validity. Stopover privileges apply. local agent details needed for full information. A second item promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments citing a Harpersville NY preacher testifying to its cure.
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Great Northern Railway
Montreal
Ontario
O. D. Movie
The
Baptist Church
Harpersville
N. Y
Dr. Kings
Envoy From Menelik To Forge Abyssinian Trade Pact
Sadik Pacha arrives as Abyssinian envoy to negotiate a commercial treaty with the United States and to establish permanent diplomatic relations. The envoy, described with a grand repertoire of titles, will also oversee Abyssinian military and religious leadership roles during negotiations.
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United States
Menelik
Sadik Pacha
Abyssiania
Sadik Pasha
El-Hagg- Abudullah
al- Sadir Pacha
Minis
Abyssinian Pacha Sadik Visits New York on State Mission
Sadik Pacha, head of Abyssinia's Muslims, travels to New York with a large retinue to study trade links with the United States and Europe. He observes American sights, seeks commercial avenues, and discusses debt conceptions while His entourage handles lost baggage and diplomatic errands.
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Sadik Pacha
New York
Mecca
Central Park
Sadik Pachag
Abyssinia
J. P. Morgan
Sadik
England
London
Liverpool
America
Menelik
Manchester
France
Germany
Italy
Sedik Pacha
Europe
Berlin
Paris
United Tes
Legation Coun
Hunting for Jones in Wales the many Joneses joke
A writer notes the frequency of the name Jones in Wales and recalls a university anecdote. When a foreman shouts Jones many workers respond, echoing an Oxford college tale where a visitor asks for John Jones and only one window stays open for a specific Jones. The piece relies on a humorous, anecdotal tradition without naming individuals.
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Jones
Wales
Oxford College
John Jones
Kentucky Sport Scene Features Rabbit Race And Barbecue
A Kentucky crowd recounts a lively Saturday with Raz Barlow chasing a rabbit atop Muskit ridge. The chase ends with the rabbit treed near the Post office after the grocery stock is moved and the floor torn up. Barbecue and a barn dance follow as Hogwallow Kentuckian notes. The czar and czarina are described in a separate household vignette about monarchs and private work spaces.
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Kentucky
Raz Barlow
Muskit Ridge
Utah pioneers sail west to Los Angeles via railroad
About 30 Utah pioneers who survived the 1851 journey over the Old Trail depart Salt Lake for Los Angeles as guests of Senator William A. Clark. The party travels in special Pullmans, retracing the original wagon and foot route.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
William A. Clark
Widower seeks housekeeper near Kingsbridge
A Devonshire advertisement notes a widower with no family renting a small farm near Kingsbridge seeks a chapel going, charitable housekeeper. The notice, hinting at marriage if providence allows, invites applications from interested women.
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Devonshire
Kingsbridge
Chinese census taxed by ten-house groups
In China an odd census tax is collected by organizing cities and towns into groups of ten houses. The oldest man in each group visits the nine other houses plus his own to count every family member and then submits the report to the imperial census bureau.
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China
Imperial Census Bureau
Encouraging Her Miss Thuttyfore Auntie and reform marriage
A humorous dialogue from the Chicago Tribune questions whether marrying a man can reform him. An elderly spinster voices doubt while Arabella counters that if one must marry, it may be as good an excuse as any.
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Arabella
Chicago Tribune
Great German Hospital Cornerstone Lays in San Francisco
The cornerstone of a new German hospital was laid in San Francisco. The $400,000 facility aims to be among the world’s best equipped and organized. It is a project of the German Generals Benevolent Society.
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Great
San Francisco
Lucky Passenger Saves Handbag With $90,000 After Liner Sinks
A wealthy Brazilian banker aboard the Booth liner Cyril managed to save his personal handbag containing $90,000 in banknotes when the ship sank in the River Amazon. The incident highlights his quick action and the value of the salvaged property amidst the disaster.
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Booth
Cyril
Amazon
Chauffeurs Pay Fines Says Practice Universal
A chauffeur fined in Kingston England stated he had agreed with his employer that the chauffeur would pay all fines. He added the practice was almost universal in motoring circles.
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Kensington
England
Motors Ing
Death Bird of New Guinea Feared Venomous Creature
The so called death bird of New Guinea is the only venomous bird known. Its bite brings intense pain to the body, blindness, convulsions, and ultimately death according to reports.
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New Guinea
New science in Paris records child growth simultaneously
Pediometry, the weighing of children, is the new science of Dr Variot of Paris. By an ingenious mechanism he records simultaneously both increase of height and of weight.
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Paris
Variot
Mrs Willits Leaves for St Louis in Society Note
The Pee Dee Patriot reports society news that Mrs Willits wife of the mayor departed for St Louis yesterday for a week long visit.
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Pee Dee
Bread Rise Request Beside Spur Clew
A quirky exchange from a floorwalker directing a reader toward the third counter to the right at N Y Mail, as a note hints at a recipe or bread rise request. The fragment hints at a daytime shop or transit setting with concise instruction and street context.
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N. Y
Not Right Away Prof Smith Predicts Negro Race Extinction
Professor William Benjamin Smith of New Orleans forecasts the utter extinction of the negro race in the United States, stating the race may disappear within the nation. The claim appears in a controversial historical discourse challenging racial persistence and societal structure.
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William Benjamin Smith
New Orleans
United States
Wall Street Axiom Sees Oregon Pig Find and Costs of Revenge
A fragment cites a Wall Street adage about bearing versus revenge and reports Fosell pigs the size of cows found in Oregon, hinting at a sensational mix of quotes and oddities in a historical clipping.
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Oregon
Tristan Da Chuna Desolate Isle With Rich Guano Deposits
Tristan Da Chuna, an isolated island seven miles across, lies amid cliffs up to 3,000 feet high and a volcanic peak at 7,680 feet. It offers rich guano deposits and vast pasturage on a northwest plateau, with historical intrigue over gifts said to be intended for inhabitants.
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Tristan da Chuna
England
America
Lambert
Napoleon
St. Helena
Inaccessible
Nightingale
Cape
Island Ceyemtery History and Sea Romance The Queen Who Loves the Sea
A long Victorian sketch describes the Island Cemetery and island life including fuel shortages and native governance on Tristan da Cunha while noting ships, livestock, and guano belts. It then shifts to Queen Olga of Greece, her sea devotion, and King George’s naval past, highlighting a royal love of the ocean and admiralty honor.
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Greece
George
Czar
Russia
Not a Good Chauffeur in Ally Sloper
A dialogue from Ally Sloper features Bhe reproaching Bo for lateness as he explains he arrived by motor car and passed her three times before he could stop.
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Ally Sloper
Penurious. Stells-is Mabel stingy in town tale
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mabel and stinginess across thirty blocks with a cat, unclear timeline and context. No clear event or identifiable public figure is readable.
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Mabel
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