Effects of Typographical Errors in Hand Set Type
A St. Louis Republic article recalls days before machines, describing how copy was read by printers. It lists humorous misreadings from a proofreader’s collection, noting many were corrected or altered, preserving history of early printing errors and their quirky outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
House of Correction
Diadnetion
Enoch
Shin Town
Land of the Shamrock
Ireh
Firat
Frank Gecks
Cape
The Hero of Petticoat Pass
An African tale recounts the Petticoat Pass war between Boers and Kafirs aided by a band of clever baboons led by Stoffel. After using cunning traps and rock missiles, the baboons force a retreat, and Stoffel returns to his store wounded and dies while awaiting his beloved foster mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rho
Veidt
Leydenburg Guld
Klnés
Steelpoort
Leydenburg
Kloof
Max Pincus
Max
Pincus
Stoffel
Hnstory Dlub
Co Sorina
Bia
Ptaffel
Szore
Hinao
Petticoat Pasa
Out for a Drink in the Post Office
A witty Irish clerk in a government post office dodges a drink break as he fumbles with broken spectacles and feigns illness to slip out. He returns within a half hour, reeking of alcohol yet acting innocent, while supervisors track every minute of absence.
Pertinent Query and the Clergyman’s Study Question
A story recounts Effie asking her father the pastor if God tells him what to write and why he erases so much. The piece shifts to comments on telegraph wires’ musical quality. It notes wind sounds on wires and ends with a brief Market Reports reference to Chinese hand labor in muted factories and Hsieh Chang with 600 workers including 100 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eile
Gentle Tian
Effie
China
Hsieh Chang
Ten Years of Backache Relief Claim Ad
A Columbus woman describes decade long backache and fatigue improving after using Dean’s Kidney Pills, claiming quick relief and permanent cure. Advertisement notes 50 cents a box sold by Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.Y. She provides address at 152 Vine St, Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Vine St
Columbus
Oia
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
One Guess About Venus Of Melos Proved Wrong
Fragmentary notes recount a discussion before a reproduction of the Venus of Melos with questions about her hands and possible toilet scene. A few lines consider a mirror and powder, while a remark argues an alternate theory would fail if the mouth showed hatred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melos
Louisville
Painters Safe White Lead Dutch Boy Brand Promise
An advertisement warns property owners about paint adulteration and promotes White Lead from National Lead Company as a safe pure option with a test kit and free paint hawk. It mentions Corot and his sister as unlikely benefactors and includes assorted consumer tips, joke lines, and miscellaneous household remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Senite & Aimple
Sure Tittle
Corot
Faubourg Pote Sounlere
Fan
Besause
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Safer Than Surgery
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised by women from Gardiner Maine and Chicago for curing female troubles without operations. The letters claim relief from tumors inflammation and other conditions after three months of use, with Mrs Pinkham inviting women to write for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EB
Pinkhham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Lydia B. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Sign of Power and Calm Strength Paradox
The passage contrasts a horse versus motor car and links calmness with superior strength. It argues that letting reins go invites danger while restraining shows power, and distinguishes calm from dullness. A quoted exchange cites a death from lead poisoning, reflecting harsh urban commentary. The tone resembles a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper insert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swami Vireksonande
Syrup of Figs and Senna Laxative Endorsed by Well Informed World
An unclearly written ad extols a health product as vital for happiness and wellbeing. It promotes Syrup of Senna and Elixir of Senna as the genuine laxative, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, and available through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
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Dore
Notre
Gors
Gamze
Petticoat Pass
J. O. Fagan
Roki
Market Reports
Cincinnati
ANOLE
Cutiura
H. FP. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Karl—Papa
Louis
Bavaria
Wis Mach
Chinney & CO
Folede
Hiefem, Waldind
Crusce
Hulda B. White
Philadelphia
Alexander Selkirk
Defoe
Juan Fernandez
Edinburgh
Selkirk
Fifeshire
Scotland
SPOIN
Ao.ono
Spohn Medical Co
Goalien
Lad
Cylne
Seaman
Mr. Hardup
Henry
Slit
Agabe
Winslow
Tau OF Allens
Elves
Ilfon
Carters
Casey
Bill
St. Louis Times
Dodds
Thompson
Auburndale Goldfish Company
North Peoria Street
Ill
Rosebud
Dallas
Gregory
S. D
Chicago& North Western Railway
Roosevelt
Ron
Dakota
North Western Ry
Great
Missouri Valley Corn Belt
Dewaile
W. d. Kniskern
N. W. Ry
Ghicago
Roy
Uta Vio Ery
Aye
STUUR
Elas
Old Virginia
Virginia
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