Peculiar Italian Boy Tales Stir South Village
A family in a southern village, the Piwinis, reports two boys who vanish and reappear miles away within minutes. They claim to be carried by the Holy Ghost, while households are haunted by spirits and objects break, beds are showered with sweets, and one boy enters trances speaking Latin and Greek and quoting Dante. Doctors and priests remain unable to find a natural cause, with a Jesuit priest being cursed during examination.
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Tiely
Pi Wini
Don’t Wait Hanna Wye Jan 15 Kidney Cure Ad
Delays dangerous and warn readers to seek Dodd’s Kidney Pills for possible Bright’s Disease or Dropsy. Dr. W H Jeffries testifies to relief after two boxes, noting morning fatigue, back pain, and improved health. Also mentions growing use of American planes in Japan.
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Hanna
Wye
Jan
Lin
Dodd
Bright
W. H. Jeffries
Scotty and His Record Breaking Ride on Santa Fe Express
The Wal er Boott a Los Angeles to Chicago journey on a special Santa Fe train in under 46 hours cost more than $6,000. The feat showcases Santa Fe equipment and staff as exceptionally capable though readers may prefer slower, more luxurious services. Includes commentary from G F Warren Salt Lake City Utah and a reflection on youth and dance from the Portland Oregonian.
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Waler Boott
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Chicago
Sante Po
Santa Fe
Utah
Baat
Shanna
Round trip to California on new Halt Lake Route
Winter round trip rate of 50 dollars to California via the Halt Lake Route. Dearest agent J L Moore D P A Salt Lake City invites inquiries for information and tickets.
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California
J. L. Moore
D. PA
Salt Lake City
Vitality of the Ants and Their Surprising Longevity
The article notes ants can survive long after body parts are removed or submerged. Under favorable conditions ants may live more than a month after the head or abdomen is cut off. One record shows an ant moving about forty one days after decapitation, and they often appear dead when submerged for days but recover soon after.
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Denny
Wrong Time of Year to Die in West Gloucester
A fragment recalls Maia and the Ged family from West Gloucester decades ago. After pressure, a son moved his father to a palatial home while the father refused to leave his own. July brought news of the old lady Ged’s death and the husband’s reaction to losing her.
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West Gloucester
Maia
Boston
Jowbiry
Ged
Life Lessons From a Fragmented Text Analysis
A compact excerpt shows garbled phrases and uncertain names. The piece hints at youthful learning themes and a reflective tone about daily routines, hidden meaning, and possible generational insight related to values and growth.
Private Secretary Loyalty and a Moral Dilemma
In 1905 a senior law partner contemplates trimming costs and quietly replaces his overburdened secretary Susie with a cheaper hire. After a tense, revealing scene, he ultimately learns she has accepted a better offer.
Treating Wrong Disease and Women’s Suffering in Ad Text
An advertisement argues that many women’s pains stem from uterine disease and are mistreated by indifferent physicians. It touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Favorite Prescription as cures, claiming strength, sleep, and calmer nerves, plus Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion. It also notes popular songs like Violet and Oh Dry Those Tears and references publishing trials for a London edition of a manuscript.
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Pierce
Hieree
Wotiah
de. Pieres
St. Vitus
Ubu
Plorow
London
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Cautionary ad warns against ointments for catarrh that include mercury as it damages bodily fluids and mucous membranes. Promoted by Cheney & Co with claims of internal use and blood purification. Mentions price and a parallel product for constipation sold in Toledo Ohio.
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D. Cheney & Lociry
le Saken
Chenny & Go
Fialt
Great Poet's One Witticism and Tar Colors to Germany
A 19th century anecdote about Wordsworth claiming his only wit was a joke at his cottage door. The quip involves a passerby asking to see his wife, and Wordsworth replying he did not know until then that the man had a wife. A second note states about 5 million dollars of tar colors are shipped from Germany to the United States annually.
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Chaiers
Susie
Billy
Chamera
Sun Bend
Chamois
Cham
Alon
Leworth
Living Authors of
England
Wordsworth
Thomas Moore
Sheridan
Rydal Mount
Germany
United States
Grant
Appo Plattex
Garfield
Unconscious poisoning from coffee blamed by Duluth man
A Duluth man attributes longstanding headaches stomach distress and nervousness to coffee, claims his health improved after switching to Postum. He says symptoms faded within days, enabling stronger work and better sleep, and credits Postum alone for the change. He endorses the product and points readers to the Road to Wellville book.
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Duluth
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Wellvilla
Zulus and Witchcraft Tie to Crimes in Boma Tales
Report notes superstitions among Zulu descent crowds at an indaba last Friday, including fears of witchcraft and bewitchment of meat, with chiefs resisting meat to avoid loss of influence. A Lilongwe court case shows a native woman killed by Hon and partially eaten by another who claimed medicine from a witch doctor to turn into a lion and cannibalize the dead.
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H.C. MacDonald
Tis
Hon
London Daily
Golf Weather Vane at Handsworth Club Honors Edward Blackwell
A Handsworth Golf Club sculpture reproduces Edward Blackwell, runner up to Walter J. Travis in the 1904 British amateur championship, as a weather vane. The feature memorializes a famed sportsman with late drawings captured in metal.
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Handsworth Golf Club
England
Edward Blackwell
Walter J. Travis
Antediluvian Monster in Canadian Canyon Found
H A Crofton of Calgary Alberta while hunting in Dead Lodge canyon discovers fossilized remains of a huge antediluvian animal. The backbone measures as large as a man, seven feet excavated, eight enormous ribs three to four feet long, some over a foot wide. Bones are dry, broken but fit together. classification not yet possible.
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Dead Lodge Canyon
Canadian Northwest
H. A. Crofton
Calgary
Alberta
Tree House Idea Stems From Springtown Maple Shade
A Summer boarder in Springtown conceives a tree house from an old maple. A door opens to a room beneath with steps up to the house. The shade from the maple provides a roomy resting place, appealing to romantically inclined visitors.
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Springtown
Thevn
Kidney pills bring relief to Mrs Wright in Haverhill
An everyday struggle is described by Mrs Wright of 172 Main Street Haverhill Massachusetts who reports four years of back pain dizziness irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods. After starting Dean’s Kidney Pills she improved within weeks and credits three boxes with permanent relief sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. Nicknames of Presidents are noted with various epithets attributed to Grant Garfield and others, reflecting a period trend.
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Mra. Bow
Wright
Main Street
Haverhill
Maas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Four Years of Agony to Healing by Cuticura Remedies
The account describes a man who lost most of his right foot and endured four years of agony from proud flesh. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for seven months his limb healed fully. he notes high medical costs prior and praises Cuticura as the best on God’s earth. Also included is a brief success philosophy about ambition and character from O S Marden.
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God's Earth
John M. Lloyd
Arch Ave
Alliance
Ohio
Fragmented penny dreadful ad notes and advice bits
A jumble of historical ad copy and short anecdotes mentions Red Cross Ball Blue, pacifying a male brute, mind cure, Ocean Grove cures, education of Chinese girls, moral exhortations, and Pitlabury’s Vitos breakfast dish. The readable text presents scattered product names, social views, and daily life snippets from turn of the century order.
Spinach Cultivation Note From Arable
A fragment notes spinach was first cultivated in Arable and mentions growing patterns at home and varying use of materials. The text shows odd phrases about leather and tinny references to tanning, with unclear dates or places.
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Mikudo
Scotty
G F. Warren
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Carly Levene
Caleb Hartung
Angela
Robert Chamers
Bob
Hartung
Chamers
Robert
Bob Chamers
Polly Atory
Lawson & Grabbs
Coniinental
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O. S. Marden
Success Magazine
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New York
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Ocean Grove
Pitlabury
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