Heroic collie saves girl from speeding trolley
Buster a handsome collie known to Miss Lilian Matteer saves eight year old Jennie Cockburn from death on a track as an electric car bears down. Jennie steps into danger, Mrs. Lizzie Cockburn and neighbors witness the dog seize her dress and pull her clear before the trolley stops.
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Buster
Lilian Matteer
Boston Post
Lizzie Cockburn
Jennie Cockburn
Miss Matteer
Cockburns
Jennie
Miss Matteers
Cockburn House
War talk and a bonnet purchase brinkmanship
A playful exchange between Mrs Styles and Mr Styles about a new military bonnet. She insists on buying it to avoid not fighting, while he questions the price and the necessity, noting the cost of nineteen dollars. The dialogue captures wartime consumption tensions in a domestic vignette.
Indians in Texas Lose Traditions and Speech
Egbert notes Choctaw and Creek residents in Texas have little left of tradition, many cannot speak English. He claims many women can guide them to paint and feather supplies.
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Texas
Egbert
Flying Men of Royal Flying Corps Strike Deep into Enemy Air
British airmen patrol over Prussian lines during the Somme, directing artillery fire with direct observation. They range to Martinpuich, Courcelette, and Mons, bomb rail yards, and silence enemy batteries, while pilots and observers, often 19 or 20, combine fearless combat with musical talents, turning flight into a new form of life and art amid the war.
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London
Philip Gibbs
Daily Chronicle
Somme
Picardy
Black Knights
Bapaume
Martinpuich
Courcelette
Flers
Mons
Ourir
Royal Flying Corps
Covent Garden
Frail Jaws Healed by Paris American Dental Work
Americans in Paris built a military hospital at the Lycee Pasteur and treated jaw and dental injuries for war victims. Dentists like Doctor Hayes faced broken jaws, missing tooth sockets, and infection risks, yet methods to keep fragments aligned and allow natural bridging proved effective. French specialists at Val-de-Grace also contributed, with Plates and dentures shown by the Royal Society of Medicine offering striking before and after comparisons.
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Lonéion
Paris
Lycee Pasteur
Hayes
Frey
Val-de- Grace
Royal Society of Medicine
Queer Result Of Paralysis In Newbern Child
Four year old Charlie Edwards son of Mr and Mrs E Z Edwards recovering from infantile paralysis in Greenville North Carolina has developed a peculiar craving for tobacco. Baffling doctors in New Bern could not explain the strange taste until the child fully recovers from the paralysis. He insisted on smoking a cigar during a recent outing with his parents.
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North Carolina
Greenville
N. C
Charlie _ Edwards
E. Z. Edwards
Thei Boy
Newbern
Charlie
Quack Pills and Patent Remedies in Ad Fragments
A jumble of old advertisements and quack claims appears with Mother’s Joy Salve for colds and pneumonia, Goose Grease Liniment, Wright's Indian Penetratee Pills, and sample offers. The text also includes chatter about pessimism, gendered comments, farm talk, and a farmer’s retort about hens in cornfields, all in a stray OCR fragment.
Elixir Babek Cure Claim From Washington Ad
An old testimonial from Mon Osius Helms of Washington DC touts Elixir Babek as a cure for chills and fever in a child, claiming “never had a chill since” after use. The ad lists a 50 cent price and references Parcels Postepec from Bleczewski & Co. Washington DC.
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Osius Helms
N. E
Washington
D. C
Bleczewski & Co
Washington, D. Co
Save the Babies Castoria warning claims safety and harms
A fragmentary warning text discusses infant mortality and criticizes narcotic tonics and sedatives in child medicines. It argues many infants die before age five and fifteen and alleges Castoria harms by clogging blood flow and skin pores while claiming genuine Castoria bears a signature.
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Fletcher
Transmutation of common life through spiritual alchemy
A review extols characters who turn ordinary things into gold by the spirit. It argues the era's problem spans religion to politics, urging a finer life beyond materialism. The day moves toward sanctifying daily experience and infusing heroism into routine life, despite a long path ahead.
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Emerson
Old Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician s prescription with curative value for kidney liver and bladder issues and uric acid related rheumatism It urges readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample while noting to mention the paper.
Largest Fountain Pen Reaches New Orleans Record
A silver fountain pen finished recently in New Orleans is believed to be the largest ever made for practical use. It measures ten inches with the cap and eight inches without, holds two ounces of ink, and weighs about four ounces.
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New Orleans
Complexion Improvement Offer Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement pledges to transform blotched dull complexions into a healthful appearance with free particulars. It urges readers to request details by mail and notes a claimed method for quicker, more efficient work as a path to success.
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N. Y
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Hunt
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