The Wooin g of Little Toes in Paleolithic Tale
In a Paleolithic clan by a White Tarn Little Toes attracts two suitors Big Bow and Cross Eyes. Big Bow offers a bear skin and a fawn while Cross Eyes creates a beaded necklace from shells and elk tendon. Little Toes chooses Cross Eyes and they flee to his cave with the necklace and bearskin.
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President Deliberates Panama Canal Plans and Cuba Exclusions
Washington reports the president holds long cabinet conferences on his annual message to Congress, with Panama work the focus. He will tour the canal zone in November to assess ditch construction, sanitation, depots, housing, and other needs, while supporting candidate Hughes and the Republican ticket.
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Army Officers Witness Gunners In Hidden Target Test
Majs C J Bailey and L M Fuller of the Artillery and Ordnance Corps joined Rear Admiral Evans’s Maine fleet in deep water to observe gunnery. The men, with cotton in ears, watched a 1600 yard hit as midshipmen stressed timing and safety before firing. The officers praised the gun crews and await the majors’ report.
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Booze Experts Seek Government Jobs In Prohibition Era
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the Agriculture Department, is flooded with letters from would be alcohol testers seeking government posts. A Boston writer calls himself a leading booze expert and asks when to report for duty. Wiley worries over saltpeter experiments and potential tobacco tests if subjects and funds align. President Roosevelt plans to force couples where both spouses work for the government to choose which remains. In Washington at least 100 dual salary couples are noted, sometimes with spouses using maiden names.
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Stairs Dispute Sparks Courtroom Quips in Scotland
A Scottish police court heard a marital dispute over stairs between a married woman and a spinster living in the same building. The magistrate presided as the two clashed with the bailie, and the spinster commented on the woman's husband saying he is perhaps not a very quiet man but better than none.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars at Your Dealer
Text fragment notes a factory in Peoria Illinois and mentions a cigar brand, Single Binder straight So. The reading implies availability through dealers but provides limited concrete details about products or events.
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New Hampshire Adopts Ten Hour Workday Law
Early 1847 law in New Hampshire establishes ten hours as a legal workday, reflecting 19th century labor regulation trends. The move signals growing legislative interest in limiting working hours and shaping industrial labor practices in the state.
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They Cure Rheumatism with Dr Williams Pink Pills
An 1904 testimonial from Mrs. Thomas Bresneban of Watertown New York claims sciatic rheumatism ended after six weeks of taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad states the medicine purifies blood and prevents rheumatism and notes druggists stock the pills or they can be mailed for 50 cents per box six for 2 50.
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