Americans Enter Paris-Vienna Race Behind New Car
Albert Bostwick plans to compete in the July Paris Vienna motor vehicle race under a joint national association banner of France, Germany and Austria. His current American built car exceeds the weight limit, prompting a purchase of a new machine from a foreign manufacturer.
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National Automobile Associations
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Germany
Austria
Saskatchewan
Canada
Putnam Faceless Dyes Promote Faster Coloring Prices
A fragmented clipping notes the Sultan of Morocco spending 410,000 on a camera and setting 1,600 for a set of gold-mounted pens. It also advertises PUTNAM FACELESS DYES as faster to use and capable of coloring more goods than rival brands, priced at 10 cents per package.
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Putnam
Aster Language and the Antec Script’s Wound Markers
Aster Language notes that Antec script used in Mexico during the discovery of America did not bear the wounds implied by the letters b 4 47 4 J and v, suggesting a unique orthography different from later Latin alphabet conventions.
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Mexico
Discovery of
America
Miss Bonnie Delano Testimony for Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A Chicago reader from 248 Indiana Ave. credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of painful irregular menses and general ill health. She recalls consulting a family physician who recommended the remedy, noting significant relief within four months and no pain since.
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Tydia Pinkham
Thisia
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Lydia
Pinkham
Odd Corner Willow Fire Shapes Cambridge Tale
A fragmentary essay notes a curious phenomenon where young willows along a river burst into flames and burn, leaving charred remains. The piece links this odd event to the willow’s pliant boughs and drooping leaves, with no clear cause evident.
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Cambridge
Water pressure bursts cask and rocks from depth
A discussion explains how adding a small amount of water to a full cask can burst its staves by increasing internal depth and pressure. The piece then compares this to natural rocks breaking apart when deep water in underground cavities raises pressure, causing seismic-like fracturing.
Declaring Independence Fading Under Acid Damage
A Washington observer notes reports that the original Declaration of Independence is fading due to acid on the ink from an earlier reproduction process. The document now rests in a protected case behind a newer reproduction while a rough draft copy remains accessible in a smaller case.
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Prensa
Washington
Eaid R. T. Smythe
Department of State
Jefferson
Acds
New York Tribune
Spontaneous Combustion Gains Notoriety Along River Cam Banks
Spontaneous combustion, a longstanding mystery with inanimate objects, appears to be affecting trees along the banks of the River Cam in Cambridge. The phenomenon has grown more noticeable, drawing curiosity about its reach and implications for the local landscape and timber.
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Cambridgeatire
England
Transposition in Poetry Producing Many Readings
A note on grammatical transposition shows how Gray's Elegy line can yield at least twenty distinct readings without altering sense. It lists varied word orders like the ploughman plods his weary homeward way and ends with a brief sign off.
Giant snow mushrooms observed in Selkirk valleys
Vaughan Cornish writes in Pearson's Magazine about large snow mushrooms formed by sticky snow on tree stumps in the Selkirk mountains. Mushrooms vary in shape with stems on tall trunks and caps projecting beyond trunks, some caps reaching several feet across and weighing up to two tons during heavy snow years like 1898-9.
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Canada
British Columbia
Pearson's
Selkirk Mountains
Detroit Free Press
First West Auto Stage Runs Shari dan to Buffalo Route
An automobile stage coach claimed as the west’s first travels a ninety mile round trip daily between Shari dan, Wyoming, and Buffalo. Powered by a ten horsepower gasoline engine, it weighs 1,600 pounds and carries ten passengers. The operator conducted a trial run in the evening hours.
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Sharidan
Wyo
Buffalo
Heiress to millions seeks Dumfries title in Scotland
New York socialite Norma L. Munro travels to England to press a vast inheritance claim tied to the Hume estate in Dumfries and the local title Lady of Dumfries. Her father Norman L. Munro, a New York publisher, pursued the estate after a family dispute separated heirs. The fortune is reported around 200 million dollars, potentially making her the wealthiest woman alive.
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Norma L. Munro
England
Beotland
Norman L. Munro
Hume
Dumfries
Solway Firth
Scotland
George
Norman Munro
Edinburgh
Norma Munro
House of Hume
Lady of
Butter Supplants Cod Liver Oil In Diet Advice
A column argues fresh unsalted butter is more digestible and nourishing than cod liver oil for sickness recovery and children's growth, claiming up to four ounces daily is safe. It praises cream and milk as strong supplements and cautions against relying on fish oil. The piece cites the Pittsburgh Dispatch and notes butter’s cost effectiveness.
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Pitteburg Dispatch
Do not Read Great Authors Solely for Their Ideas
A cautionary note urges readers to avoid absorbing authors’ ideas passively. Instead analyze the argument, weigh evidence, and form independent conclusions based on reasoned judgment.
Thanksgiving Relics and Curious Quips Echo in 19th Century Notes
A collage of odd items and advertisements appears, noting a 400 year old turkey platter from St Louis and Plymouth era lineage, military cautions in Mexico, Parthenon foundation progress, and a cheap health tonic. It mentions toothbrush plants in Jamaica, catarrh cures, and ads for Allen’s Foot-Ease with Yale references and generic endorsements.
Remarkable Record on Steamship Travel and Safety
A concise phrase hints at remarkable records in modern steamship travel with English government oversight reporting no losses or injuries among 250 000 sent to South Africa. The ad style line urges using Wizard Off for pain and doubt, claiming doctors and druggists approve its efficacy.
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South Africa
Fragmentary 1900s OCR Record of Health Ads and Politic Claims
Disjointed text cites historical claims on Boxers in China and includes cosmetic patent medicine lines. Mentions Cure for a Cold in One Day and Laxative Bromo Quinine. References a Panama company offer and Mrs Winslow’s baby syrup. Ends with a note on a model city at a St Louis exposition.
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