Fragmented Advertisements and Notices Blend of Names
A scrambled 19th or early 20th century collage of product pitches, medical cures, and public notices. The text mentions Allens Foot-Ease, Castoria, and Teas from Seattle police actions against pugilists while noting an itinerary for Jualuh Miles Freeman to travel to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Seas for leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jualuh Miles Frreman
Han Tert
New York
Australia
New Zealand
South Sea
Worn to a Skeleton In a Pennsylvania Town
Mrs Charles N Preston of Elkland Pa recalls health decline three years ago with fatigue weight loss and sugar in urine. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered weight improved and sugar vanished. Pills sold 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Atmospheric poisoning critique of London motor buses and vans by Sir James Dewar warns combustion produces harmful gases carbonic oxide and sulfurous fumes endangering air quality and argues new motive power needed.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cimnibises
London
James Dewar
Othe
Sir James Dewar
Cuti cura Remedy Ad Compares Itself To Cure For Skin Eruption
A testimonial for Cuticura products from Claude N. Johnson of Walnut, Kansas, details relief after two years of skin eruption. He bought Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills from a drug store, used the first set, then extra soap, and was cured. The letter accompanies an advertisement. Also includes a note on labor and a New York Cathedral construction update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Kan
Autocrat Doctor With Curative Methods Slays Ills
A tale recalls a country physician famed for strict obedience and bold cures. He used a red hot poker to extract life saving relief for a swollen throat and smashed windows to test airflow, actions that ended with the patient’s recovery and the doctor’s firm authority over his patients and methods.
Railroad Influence Echoed in Senate Remarks
A Baltimore American snippet recalls a spring legislature adjournment where a state senator asks bluntly if railroads influenced lawmakers. The reply admits no overt betrayals, only a “little feeling” and a cautious claim that railroads power in Washington rivals the cabinet, sparking debate on cash tax attitudes.
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Europe
Foada
Washington
Baltimore American
Woman forgives killer in Paris as she dies
A Parisian woman named Molle, M. Gouvier, was stabbed and mortally wounded in the street. She died in a hospital without naming her assailant, declaring that he acted in jealousy and that she pardons him, shielding him from justice.
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Amandérer
Paris
Molle
M. Gouvier
Remarkable crocodile escape on Usutu river drift scene
A native washing his head at the Sido godo drift of the Usutu river in Swasiland was seized by a crocodile. He woke to find his throat lacerated and the back of his scalp torn, and natives carried him to a kraal to recover.
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Usutu
Swasiland
South Africa
Mage Wagons of Argentina on the pampas
On the Argentine pampas where men are scarce and roads are poor enormous wagons are used. Some have hind wheels 12 to 14 feet high and the driver’s seat may be 20 feet from the ground. Wagons are built up to 60 feet in strength and 12 to 15 feet wide with as many as 460 horses on one wagon on La Plata’s dusty plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Pampas
la Plata
North Dakota Defeats Adulteration in Paint Label Law
North Dakota enacted a law to curb fraud in manufactured pigments by requiring truthful labeling. The rule allows mixtures if buyers know what they are getting, but guarantees genuine white lead and linseed oil only when labeled pure. Proponents say the system could extend to food and other goods to prevent unintentional purchases of unwanted products.
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North Dakota
Cruising for Derelicts and Their Dangers
The New York Tribune notes that a joint naval effort by Tacoma and Columbia to destroy a derelict demonstrates how fleets could hunt abandoned hulks. Derelicts carry no lights or signals, lie low in the water, and pose grave collision risks to navigation.
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Tacoma
Columbia
New York Tribune
Beyond a Doubt and the Coat Card
Two workmen with solid reputations faced a magistrate for a street quarrel over a coat claim. A dare to prove theft failed until one man produced two dried peas as a self written card proving ownership. Police inspected the coat but found nothing, and the man reclaimed his garment.
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Peter Powell
Woman credits Postum coffee substitute for health recovery
A mid word-of-mouth testimonial describes a woman who suffered bilious colic, headaches, catarrh, and dyspepsia from coffee for eight years. After switching to Postum Food Coffee she reports relief, improved health, and urges others to quit coffee and tea, citing doctors' misdiagnoses and the promotional booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Perilous early life of young birds and nest threats
A historical note discusses dangers to nestlings from predators such as white footed mice gray and red squirrels and domestic cats. It explains incubation concealment feeding and parental stress during the fledgling period, highlighting cats as a major ongoing threat to bird populations.
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Linda
Caes
Brought Back the Old Days and School Desk Memories
A man recalling 1970s geography class muses on a cyclopedia map of Central America and the gulf of Campen chy. He wanders through old place names from Bab el Mandeb to Tierra del Fuego, lamenting modern detours from classic map study and wishing for his old green desk.
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Cyclopedia
Central America
Gulf of Campenchy
Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
Cape Malabar
Punta Arenas
Gulf of Carpentaria
Papua
New Guinea
Terra del Fuego
Beluchistan
Mitchell
Life in Argentina Says New York Capitalist
W L Blackburn of New York recently returned from Argentina and shared observations on Buenos Aires climate resembling Charleston South Carolina. He notes four months of racing, decent horse stock, strong cricket interest taught by English, similar work hours, high quality meat, and stylish attire among Spanish women.
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Argentina
W. 5. Blackburn
New York
United States
Buenos Ayrea
Charleston
8. C
Mr. Blackburn
Washington
Had Servants Guessing in London Lady’s Note
A London lady on holiday wrote to a servant that she would be home next evening at 6 30 and asked that dinner be ready. She apologized and asked what D V meant. The housemaid Sarah suggested it stood for Due at Victoria, so an hour was allowed to reach home from the station.
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London
D. V
Sarah
Victoria
Her Charm and the Comic View of a Charmer
A compact exchange quotes a hostess praised for charm and wit. One line extols a woman as all things to many men, while a counterline attributes her appeal to exclusive attachment to a single man, reflecting satirical tone from Puck.
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Puck
Courage of Lower Animals and Fearlessness Among Creatures
The text discusses the bulldog as a fearless, devoted companion prone to gripping foes until released. It compares this trait to the pike, king crab, cuttlefish, eagle, and gamecock, noting their bold or combative nature. It also notes a gorilla’s courage, and African travelers’ view of the lion as cowardly, contrasting with a tiger’s boldness.
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Baring-Gould the English novelist faced misreported obituaries and a joke about his feelings at reading he was dead. An American editor recalled a London dinner where they joked about premature notices. A parrot tale ends with the bird learning words and saying to the East Ham lady, Shut up you old fool.
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Baring-Gould
London
East Ham
Indy
Woman solves forgetful husband mail problem with lapel trick
A matron claims a cure for absent minded husbands who forget to mail letters. She pinned the letter to her husband’s coat lapel before he left for work and observed his reaction as passersby stared. The plan, she says, ensured the letter reached its destination on time.
Big Peanuts This Year and Other Items
Peanut buyers note larger nuts and better flavor this season with growth due to improved cultivation methods. A Philadelphia Market report cites big, fat nuts crowding out smaller ones while more fruit is available than usual. The Opinion She Sought recalls a witty hat exchange. Not the Limit of Trouble depicts a breakfast scene with bells and a joke about Tom Johnson.
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Philadelphia Record
Job
Tom Johnson
Made Her Feel at Home at a Man's Club Dinner
A visiting woman dines with a man at a male club. She sighs lamenting unhappiness at men’s clubs, noting her home cannot compete with club service. A waiter brings soup as she thanks him, in a Minneapolis newspaper anecdote.
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Minneapolis Tethiyne
Priscilla and the Stocking Stitching Lesson
A Puritan daughter Priscilla is warned by her stern father after dropping a stocking stitch. She questions gossip about his fashion, then contemplates unraveling the whole stocking, revealing a moment of social tension and misunderstanding.
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Priscilla
We Make Travel Easy via AT S F five daily trains
Travel ad offers five daily trains on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe routes from Colorado to Kansas City St. Joseph Chicago Galveston El Paso City of Mexico with reduced rates advertised by C F Warren GA AT SP Ry Salt Lake City Utah.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Colorado
Kane Eas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
C. F. Warren
AT. & SP Ry
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Chewing Tobacco Use Rises, Tied to Automobiles
A leading U S tobacco sealer reports chewing tobacco consumption up about 50 percent. The vendor links the rise to cars, noting cigars or pipes are hard to enjoy while driving. Sparks or ash from a lit cigar or pipe risk eye injury.
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United States
Housework a Means of Grace in French Women
The article notes French women retain graceful figures post middle age by eating little and staying indoors. It claims limited outdoor exercise, a preference for home duties, and economic prudence. It adds a noted horror of adipose desue, reflecting a cultural emphasis on domestic activity.
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Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Page
Seattle
Belering
Hae
Ring T
Pennsylvania
Huakin
St. John the Diving
Morningside Heights
America
Holland
Right
Jeff
United States Army
Parrot
Hubby
Mit
Giaces
Stewart
Kauffman
Rambler
Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company
Geo. T. Odell
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Idaho Falls
Montpelier
Salt Lake City, Utah
Hanaver
de. Sadler
Rowe, Morris, Summerhays Co
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