Telepathy Through Histories and Highland Tales
The piece traces telepathy as an old idea in new form, citing Bacon and Walton and describing a Highland woman’s letter to her son in Glasgow. It recalls Andrew Lang’s tale of a father who saw a servant girl’s agony in a mirror and found her suffering downstairs.
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Bacon
Isaak Walton
Dr. Dunne
Paris
Andrew Lang
Glasgow
Byre
Sympathetic Tommy Refuses Nightgown Request
A mother asks Tommy to fetch his sister's nightgown and warns her sister will "fly back to heaven" if he is unkind. Tommy retorts that she should fly upstairs for her nightgown herself, revealing a tense family moment.
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Tommy
Queer telephone call at hotel causes momentary confusion
A caller phoned the Such-and-Such hotel by mistake and asked for the So-and-So hotel. The hotel girl corrected him and he explained he had just woken and did not know his location. The brief mix up occurred around 11 o'clock in the morning.
Dr Chase's Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Ointment for skin diseases. It claims rapid, remarkable cures for eczema salt rheum and skin ulcers with external application. Internal medicines are said to be slow. the ointment allegedly restores the skin to normal and offers immediate relief with continued use.
Pompons with Beads for Slippers
Make a decorative rosette from a three inch chiffon strip folded into a rosette and add a satin rose in the same color. Create two rosettes if satin roses are unfamiliar, one larger, one smaller, and join them. Center with bright crystal beads and edge with dot beads. clear glass beads look best, with gold or silver also pretty.
Whistling for Health and Domestic Strains
A medical note claims whistling improves health by filling the lungs with oxygen and lifting spirits. It cites boys as more suited to deep tones due to lung exercise. The text also mentions Hollo way's Corn Cure for warts or corns and raises a question about divorce and financial support.
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Holloway
Household Hints in a Bum Recipe Book
A militant suffragette ridicules a recipe book calling it a bum collection. She notes no actual Lombs recipes appear, suggesting the volume lacks practical cooking instructions.
Politician Denies Peanut Politics Amid Mockery
A humorous exchange features Jim denying any involvement with peanut politics while another speaker quips about his nutty stance. The light banter centers on political labels and personal branding.
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Jim
Hadn't Altered That Young Rawlings Stays Late
Dialogue suggests a family scene with Nora and her mother discussing a young Rawlings staying out late and a father's remark about men's unchanged nature. No clear dates or locations.
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Rawlings
Nora
Minard's Liniment Promoted Amid Odd Boston Talk
A garbled column suggests claims that Minard's Liniment cures distemper and mentions highbrow doctors and barbers focusing on prize fights. The quirky text hints at Boston debates and public interest in cures and ethics without clear facts.
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Boston
Barbers
Broom Hook Extension Prolongs Useful Life
A simple brass hook screwed into the broom handle end provides a hanging point for storage. This makes it easier to keep the broom off the floor and ready for use, prolonging its practicality and life.
Minard's Patent Remedy Cited in Odd Collage of Writings
Fragmentary notes mention Minard's remedy for colds and a windy lid for the Great Lake. The text blends stray quotes about money and marriage, with uncertain references to MW and protective gear, creating a quizzical, unnamed item in a periodical page.
Estate of Adolphus Busch Is Valued at 50 Million
The Busch estate, recently deceased in St. Louis, totals 50 million with bequests to the widow, August Busch and brother, five daughters, Altenheim, a stenographer, a wife's companion, twelve charities, and estates in Pasadena Cooperstown and St. Louis. All brewery stock goes to son August. German estate jewels and household effects to widow.
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Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
August Busch
Altenheim
Loca
Pasadena
Cal
Cooperstown
N.Y
August
Shilohb Smily Remedy For Coughs And Colds
A rural Missouri book salesman pressurizes a farmer to buy a book the farmer cannot read. The farmer cites his daughter can read but lacks books at home. The tale includes a quip about family readers and a humorous exchange about reading ability.
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Missouri
Deceived What’s the matter, little boy
A scrambled fragment notes a drowning incident and mentions a child and sweet sandwiches. The text reads like a misread OCR with stray phrases about jam cream cheese and white panes, lacking clear names or a coherent event.
Negotiation Over Accounts Prompted by Firm Collector
A collector notes in a memorandum that settlement is expected next week. Lee challenges the hedged language, preferring possibly over probably as the decisive term in the settlement discussion.
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Lee
Unusual Wedding Fees and Union Rates In Question
Inquiries arise about union rates and wedding costs. The speaker notes men with small jobs fear earning more elsewhere, implying concerns over wages and benefits in modest employment.
Family Tree Jibe Sparks Lighthearted Barbs
In a playful exchange, Mr. Muchgold critiques a family tree as potentially fruitful yet yielding a failed crop, while Baron Sans Dough questions the tree's robustness, underscoring humor in genealogy banter.
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Baron Sans Dough
Mr. Muchgold
Scant Encouragement and a Harsh Exchange
A distressed young woman laments a sunburn as her brother dismisses her plight. He derisively mocks her, while a harsh critique of hypocritical charity condemns a religion that visits only for dinners and coldly ignores suffering neighbors. The dialogue ends with a jab at a man who argues.
The Acid Test of a Friend and Aid Provided
A poet asks whether a friend who barks to your behest and lends aid passes the acid test of true friendship and remains a genuine ally. The verse weighs loyalty and reliability in close bonds.
Miller’s Worm Powders Promote Child Health
In infantile complaints from stomach and intestinal worms Millers Worm Powders are presented as an effective remedy. The product claims to expel worms, restore orderly system function, and support a child's strength and growth. Equal rights note emphasizes parental involvement in child training. Information bureaus demand exceeds supply.
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