Cause on the Level Dinner Conspiracy Revealed at Home
Mr Hopkins grows nervous returning late as his wife feigns a plain dinner plan. The couple’s game stays on the level with apologies and a calm meal. A charity expert and a joke about calendars close the tale.
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Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins
Mrs. Hopkins
The Stock Tea of Providence and Thieving Financiers
Mrs Hardapple discovers the banked money has risen sharply while the old stocking fund was devoured by rats. The exchange prompts Mr Hardapple to rail at high financiers as Providence is called into question by the couple.
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Mr. Hardapple
Hiram
Turtles Off Queensland Coast Promising Export Flesh and Shells
Reports from Queensland describe offshore green turtles as abundant with edible meat and tortoise shell from hawksbill. Aborigines are said to scorch shells to strip plates, but experts note flesh decomposition aids shell removal. large green turtles remain most valuable for food.
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Queensland
Australia
Ond
World’s Largest Clock at St Rombold’s Cathedral Mechlin
Description notes the giant clock proclaimed as the world’s largest located at St Rombold’s Cathedral in Mechlin Belgium. The piece highlights the dial size as the criterion for greatness.
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St. Rombold's Cathedral
Mechlin
Belgium
Seed Catalog Offer Postpaid for 12 Cents
A 12 cent per year seed offer from John Salter Seed Co at La Crosse Wisconsin promises a full seed and plant catalog mailed postpaid. The notice lists items including Earliest Ripe Carrage Earliest Emerald Cucumber Market Lettuce and various vegetables with prices and quantities.
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Typois
Garret
la Crosse
John Salter Seed Co
Wis. K.&w
Belshazzar Boasts as Banquet Ends in Mysterious Writing
At Belshazzar’s feast the wine flowed freely and he boasted that no proclamation could stop the affair at any hour. Moments later the handwriting appeared on the wall signaling a divinely inspired omen and the peril of excess.
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Belshazzar
Hall's Catarrh Cure and other 1900s remedies advertised
A collection of old ads touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal blood purifier for catarrh, with testimonials and a Toledo address. Other promotions include Peruna Almanac free in millions of homes, Castoria for infants with signature claim, and a German tourist remark about Koreans.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Lemon Pie Power and Self Knowledge Advertising
An ad touts OUR-PIE lemon pie preparation and QUB-PIE as a tastier, easier option. It notes grocers sell it for 10 cents and urges readers to try it. The rest of the fragment promotes self-knowledge and cites Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer, with a Philadelphia address for free trials.
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St. Vitus
Quirky Juarez Visit Sparks Old-World Admiration
Tourists tour Ciudad Juarez across the Rio Grande and admire adobe houses and a sign that reads BIGGEST BEER IN TOWN 5c. A 17-year-old high school captain and his 20-year-old sister spark mild intrigue as a skating rink season pass becomes a postponed vanity lesson.
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Ciudad Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
United States
New York
Frank
Brother
Sister
Principal defends Dennis over classroom incident
The principal was called before the school board to address Miss Squirming's complaint that Mr. Dennis insulted her in class last Friday. He notes Dennis is poor and raises a wayward son, saying the remark about pants was a misinterpretation of protest.
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Squirming
Dennis
Fragmented Advice and Patent Medicine Claims
A block ofdated style quotes and product pitches battles for attention. Mentions Goodart Brewder, Garfield Tea, Brown's Bronchial Trache s, Brom Quin ine, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup with various health claims and aphorisms from Seneca to Mann. The text reads as a jumble of ad copy and motivational snippets.
Best Wishes From Clergy Promote Peruna Remedy
Rev Geo A E Troutman and Rev H W Tate from Cincinnati and Missouri praise Peruna for curing catarrh and throat spasms. Swanstrom of Wisconsin reports relief from chronic diarrhea and catarrh. Dr Hartman and associates announce Peruna tablets equal a dose of liquid Peruna.
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Peruna
Catarrh
la Grippe
A. E. Troutman
Mt. Washington, Mo
H. W. Tate
Lincoln Artenue
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Seeger
E. Swanstrom
Strantsburg
Wis
Hartman
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