The Boodleopolis Rail Conflict and the Irony of Power
In Boodleopolia a car railroad president endures endless troubles as payroll woes and unfit applicants mount. A driver, moved by a noble motive, bonds with a city official’s daughter and sparks a labor dispute. After a year of strikes and concessions the company concedes, the driver becomes president, marries, and abandons workers, raising a satire on selfishness and mass improvement in a rising metropolis.
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Tia
Boodleopolla
Hs Telephione
Deak
Boodleonols Horse
Beadlenolls Horse Car Railroad
House of Labor
Boodieopolia Horse Cay
Joon
Avery
Union
Boodleypolis
Venetian Glass and Its Distinctive Artistry Through Ages
An excerpt from Orlean L. Shackleford in the Woman's Home Companion surveys Venetian glassmakers claims to premier art status. It details thinness from low lead, skillful blowing, and prized features like vitro-ditrina lace glass in two forms reticelli and ritorto, Aventurine, marbled varieties, frosted and gilded pieces, and Damascene patterns.
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Woman's Home Companion
Orlean L. Shackleford
Damascus
How They Aid Fronton by Miss Gould and Rockefellers
The piece profiles Helen Gould and the Rockefeller brothers and their handling of charitable mail. It notes Gould reads most donor letters daily with her secretary, distinguishes genuine needs from fakes, and gives largely in secrecy. It contrasts Rockefeller family letter habits with Goulds, detailing breakfast-time review and publicized generosity versus selective discretion.
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Fronton
Helen
Gonte
Helen Gould
New York
Otters
Miss Gould
Alma
Mixy Gould
George
Fow
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Dei
Hockefeller Jakers
Monument to Jean Francois Milet in Normandy Featured
Le Temps shows a Cherbourg sculptor Marcel Jacques’ statue of Jean Francois Millet at Grenville Normandy. The bronze work portrays Millet in a woolen shirt and wooden shoes seated in meditation with palette and sketchbook nearby. Grenville is Millet’s birthplace.
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Milles
le Temps
Jean Francois Milet
Grenville
Normandy
Cherbourg
Marcel Jacques
Millet
Millat
Children Teeth Care for Young Patients
The article emphasizes early dental hygiene for children with gentle handling. It advises using a small soft brush or cloth for reluctant youngsters and stresses regular cleansing as essential. When cavities appear they should be filled with plastic material and treated promptly.
Bright Face and Powder Spark Comment in New York Sun
A quoted New York Sun remark questions a subject's brightness with a vivid phrase about complexion and makeup, noting excessive powder used to dull shine.
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New York Sun
Miss Flora Shaw Sails From London To Dawson In Six Weeks
Aided by no companion Miss Flora Shaw journeys from London to Dawson and back through the Yukon six weeks, braving dangers to report for the Lindoff Times. Her lone trek highlights courage and the resilience of the human spirit amid imperial questions and distant embassies.
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Sonteiblag
London'a
Thunderex
Miga
Tord Shaw
Lindoff’ Times
London
Dawson
Montreal Herald
Skaguay
Yukon
Misa Shaw
Miss Shaw
Times
Gaiel
England
The Camel's Revenge in a Victorian Tale
Palgrave recounts a camel's calculated vengeance after abuse by a boy. A laden camel, later unladen, attacked the boy mid-journey, killing him by tearing off the upper skull and brain before calmly resuming its path toward the village. Saint Paul’s records provide the anecdote.
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Ely
Palgrave
Ind
Tps
St. Paul's
Apology over sobriety remark at temperance meeting
Two Kirkaldy temperance men argued after a meeting and a local paper joked that both were sober at the time. They protested, the editor printed an apology, and the two called for an apology for the remark.
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Kirkaldy
Scotland
Mosersa
Prize catalogue items and oddities from a crude ad sample
A fragmentary catalogue showcases 100 prizes for a drawing with items like Coving mond Soap wrappers from Cudaby Soap Works in South Nebraska. It mentions Dr Seth Arnold’s Court Killer Compound and a Columbus Kansas producer. The piece veers into unrelated observations about wealth, route ads, and strange animals, with musings on funerals and a Minnesota rail line.
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Cudaby Soap Works
South Nebraska
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Polices
Hey
America
Hood
Dice
Satan
Seth Arnold
MM Frogue
Columbus
Kan
Tiga
Minneapolis & St.Louis RR
Madison
Lac Qui Parle
Ceylon
Guare Fintegi Mare Wind
Akn
Areca
Onou
Mtaneapalla
Lendo Vor
Ripo Gabbago
Lou
Marlieat Red Boot
Cugambos
Galifornia
Aya Elifinnk
Western
Canada
Department Interior
Ottawa
N. Bartholomew
Fifth Street
Des Moin
Kira Udeie Isie
Tonthneatinly
Kay
Pearl St
Anita Fuijermualione
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