Odd Bits and Anecdotes From History and Inventions
Uneven miscellany recalls early Rome legends with momulus and Remus, notes a rubber tree yield, and tells anecdotes about Lord Kelvin and Nasmyth. It blends historical lore with science curiosities and a caution about electrical demonstrations in class.
Fragmentary Classroom Exchange With Misspelled Dialogue
A professor asks a boy if he has the measles and the boy replies sarcastically claiming he has the measle, noting there is only one of them. The dialogue contains misspellings and playful phrases.
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Promises Comfort for Feet
Advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease as a clean antiseptic powder for shoes that cures while you walk. Claims over 80 000 testimonies of foot cures and savings on stockings, warns against imitations and notes average lifespan of accident victims as 35 44 years.
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Allen
Cure of severe facial eczema with Cuticura remedies
Mrs Linzle B Sledge of Selma Alabama describes a four year struggle with black patches and intense itching. After two doctors failed she used Cuticura Remedies for six months and the eruptions vanished completely with no symptoms for three years.
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Linzle B. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma, Ala
Wycherly tutor offered post at estate in March
Lionel Leigh is invited to become private tutor for a nine year old at Wycherly Hall to secure Ella Wycherly’s companionship and a steady income. Dr. Dundas explains the arrangement includes duties teaching a boy English German and French plus a room and 200 a year.
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Lionel
Calthorpe
Leila
Miss Leigh
Ella Watson
Everson
Sir George Power
Highlands
Euravon
St. Swithin’s Inn
Ellen
Arthur Calthorpe
Mr. Leigh
Lionel Leigh
Ella Wycherly
Miss Worthington
Ycherly
Rich
Chateau Moreauville
Mr. Calthorpe
Nellie Watson
Arthur
Nellie
Old Watson
Scotland
Wycherly Park
Ella
Dr. Dundas
Wycherly
Rila
Ela
Hella
Wyocherly
Lucifer
Momtals
As the Years Go By and a Suit for a Heiress
The count files his appeal for the multimillionaire’s daughter’s hand. The old man laments changing times as the notion of a golden wedding shifts from fifty years to the start of a union. A childlike exchange follows about a brother learning to walk and speak.
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India
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Kansas City Star
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Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
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Dakota
Lippincott
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Lippincott’s Magazine
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Toronto
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Quebec
Royal Muskoka
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Lake of Bays
Niagara Falls
Portland
Old Orchard
New England
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Geo. W. Vaux
Adams Street
Chicago
Ireland
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Abbotshold
St. Martha's
Marryat
Singleton
Philadelphia Press
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