The Plot That Failed in Canada Are You Going
A New York business traveler recalls a summer in Canada with a flirtatious woman and a failed canoe rescue. He aims to impress her during a moonlit outing but tips the canoe, is upstaged by a bank clerk, and leaves with dignity damaged as she becomes engaged to the clerk.
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Canada
New York
Muskoks Lakes
Mel
Lake Rouveau
Fisk
Sam
Pet Os
Sur
Farryboat
Airl
N. ¥. Tribune
Bread mixed with senna for dyspepsia fad
A Philadelphia Record clipping describes a baker selling bread made with tea water instead of fresh water. The baker claims it aids dyspepsia and tastes better, noting a physician advised him to prepare it for patients and that his sea water supply arrives from Atlantic City thrice weekly.
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Hla
Atlantic City
Philadelphia Record
Noisy Old Bachelors On Courtship Roles
In a Smart Set passage, old bachelors claim they know women. They say during courting the man talks while the woman listens, but after marriage the roles reverse or both talk, prompting neighbors to listen in as patterns of domestic chatter emerge.
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Alameda
Timber Line on Northern Limits of Timber and Beach
The journal argues that British North America is not rich in timber north of Toronto. Black walnut red cedar and white oak are scarce north of it. A line from Quebec to Sault Ste Marie would mark the northern limit of beach elm and willow. The north shore of Lake Superior would define the boundary for sugar maple and lumber.
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Forthern
British North America
Toronto
Quebec
Sault Sta. Marie
Lake Stperlor
Lumbor Journal
Birthdays in Japan and the emperor’s general celebration
The text explains Japan’s general birthday customs aside from the emperor. It notes two national holidays for males and females on the third of March and the fifth of May, when people give presents by station. The emperor’s birthday, Ten o, is a nationwide holiday with decorations and lanterns. Authorities visit the palace while others convey congratulations to their superiors. All Japanese celebrate the monarch aging another year.
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Japan
Vast Gulf Coast Scene Described in Poetic Seascape
A lyrical描绘 of the Texas coast and the northwestern gulf near St. Joseph Island. The passage paints placid channels, pink purple skies, and a lively morning with fishing boats, porpoises, and flocks of sea birds feeding along the shore.
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Texas
Gulf Line
St. Joseph Island
Saya
Gulf
NASA
Bookless age predicted by professor at Cobb hall
Chicago Post reports Professor Marion foresees a bookless era where talking disks replace texts and printed books fade. He cites Yale Casacks Harvard De Sumichrast and other scholars backing a language teaching method demonstrated at the naval academy and Cobbs Hall.
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Marion
Chicago Post
Naval Academy
Irving
Pickle Eaters and Mars Hope Fractions of News
A Chicago Chronicle yarn alleges women eat twice as many pickles as men in a restaurant setting with separate dining areas. Also a Mars inhabited projection debate pits Percival Lowell’s claim against Sorviss and Fiammarion’s cloud illumination argument. Pittsburg mills add on site hospital annexes to treat injured workers quickly to avoid death en route to distant hospitals.
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Chicago Chronicle
Walter
Fianet Mare
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Ariz
Mara
Garrett P. Sorviss
Fiammarion
Paris
Fimerkeney
Wotal
Pittsburg
Casien
Wine of Cardui promises cure for female weakness
A testimonial claims Wine of Cardui relieves menstrual pain and female weakness. It asserts dramatic improvements within days, including cessation of headaches and normalization of menstruation after nineteen days, urging purchase of a 1.00 bottle.
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Cardus
Boyd Hotel Opens In Town With First Class Service
Boyd has reopened the old hotel announcing first class service with top market meals at all hours. The manager invites public patronage and promises a pleasant experience for strangers arriving in town, hoping for a strong local reception.
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Boyd
City Bakery Delights with Bread Pies Cakes and Ice Cream
City Bakery offers fresh bread pies and cakes along with delicious ice cream and lunch options. G Dornay proprietor. Idaho.
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City Bakery
G. Dornay
Stage Line Seeks Passengers on Challis Mackay Route
Four horse Concord coaches offer first class daily stage service between Challis and Mackay and on to Three Forks via the Thunder Mountain route. Stages arrive Challis at noon and depart at 1 pm carrying passengers mail and express with connections to Custer and Lemhi counties. G V Hansen manager and F Nickerson agent present Challis.
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Concord
Challis
Mackay
Three Forks
Thunder Mountain
Custer
Lemhi
Custer County Idaho A rich mining and farming district
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers and capitalists. Its mining districts Mackay Bayhorse and Yankee Fork plus extensive agricultural lands promise growth. With 5000 residents Challis as county seat, multiple mills and a dredge at Stanley, the region seeks better transportation and irrigation to unlock its mineral and farming potential.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamaroi
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Plat
Centennial Flat
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Pisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Loon Creek
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lucky Boy
Yankee Park
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Mr. Lewis
Houston Post
Saveiar
Ivery Boy
Chicago University
Sayn
Aean
Portland Wear
eGch
Immak
Etek Exch
Mavagir
Caxton
G. V. Hansen
Mgr
F. Nickerson
Agt
C. V. Hanson
Ipaho
E. W. Grove
U. S
Washington D.C
Eee
Neap
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Salmon
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