The Sam Struck Oil Tale Ends With a Town Frenzy
In a small town Starbottle and Jenkins strike oil from a neighbor’s well showing a huge fortune and a vanished duo. Speculators flock as oil flows and land prices surge until the two men disappear after a wild night of revelry. The river chase ends with a boat ride toward new owners of Sam's well and a lesson on division.
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Starbottle
P Starbatin
Habakkuk Jiekine
Burbottle
Herlett
Jenkin
Jenking
Hiarbottle
Jenkins
Gtarbottie
Courtoyelty
Starbottin
Sam
Apollo
Sammy
Flatbottle
Polite Refusal and Comic Panels Across Papers
A collage of micro-satirical exchanges from Chicago Daily News Baltimore American and Milwaukee Sentinel. Dialogues touch on love loss art money and daily life with quips about husbands wit and social scenes. Includes brief gibes at color schemes and a playful postal postcard exchange.
Her Pointed Retort in a London Tit Bits Snippet
A London Tit Bits comedy fragment shows an amused railway porter joking that the engine is out late and the train drinks wine. An elderly passenger corrects him, clarifying the engine drinks water, while the porter muses about port wine as they travel.
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Indy
Mavan
London
New York Life Insurance Half Year Totals Over Seventy Million
The New York Life Insurance Company reports paid business for the half year ending June 30 surpassed seventy million dollars while the law caps annual new writing at one hundred fifty million. The company notes 21.66 million paid to policyholders in the period, split nearly evenly between death claims and living-maturity payments. Also mentions Armstrong Investigation impact and that the firm remains a preferred company.
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New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Armstrong
Ife
Grape-Nuts Nutrition Debate Promotes Digestive Health
The article argues against vegetarian denial and endorses starchy foods like Grape-Nuts as essential for digestion and energy. It claims pre digested starch aids quick blood and tissue nourishment and credits phosphate of potash from grain for brain cell rebuilding. It urges ten days of use to prove benefits.
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Wellville
How to Set a Hay Stack by a Wisconsin Farmer
A Wisconsin farmer explains a practical hay stacking method to resist rain. He describes carrying hay to the incipient stack with two light poles, making corner cocks, layering from outside toward the center, and gradually drawing in the sides to form an oblong stack with a higher center and sloping sides to shed water. He notes dampness risk from top and center collapse if the center is too low or loose.
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Athck
Wisconsin
Farmers’ Review
Good Weed Cutter For Sled Use
Instructions describe a handmade weed cutter for sled use using two 2x8 by 6 foot boards a wagon tire under runners and an arch from a buggy axle. Three foot knives mounted between runners and tires angled to reach between rows. operation involves a niche catch and removable knives for weeds that start large.
Gardener’s hints on manure and ventilation in farms
The article offers farm care tips on using strong manure and ample irrigation for squashes and cabbage, emphasizes good ventilation in houses with night airflow and screens, and suggests increasing fertility by feeding hay to stock and returning manure to land. It ends noting Alsike clover for wet ground and a claim about Luther Burbank grafted apples.
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Luther Burbank
CULPA INCIDENT ON A STATE CRUISER IN LUNCHEON SHOT
A tenant aboard a state cruiser invited two Indies ashore for luncheon. After touring the ship, one lady allegedly removed buttons from a coat. The buttons were found to be corsage decorations. The culprit was led to the bunk where a used thread was found. The door was locked and later opened to reveal the coat repaired. The woman was not invited to dine aboard again.
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States
Hamping
Washington
Gered Long
Grest Jantry
A Fashion From War and Mirage Photographs
A collage of wartime fashion notes describes how soldiers and civilians adapted timepieces to army life, with Parisian banter about turning to flat watches and the Palais Royal Bometer fix. A Mirage photo scene and travel anecdote follow, then a missionary letter about rice, taxes, and daily needs, and finally a health note praising martial music for liver vigor.
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Paria
Palais Royal
Mila
London Standard
All in a Name. Justice, Colored, No Trial Mentioned
A fragment reports a formal name dispute involving a colored individual and a judge, noting no trial occurred and invoking the Land and Constitution. The text shows garbled phrasing and unclear context, with hints of a legal or constitutional claim.
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Thomas Justice
Mister Edge
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