Bank security vault caper ends in plain daylight
Flatdweller attempts to retrieve a wife’s safety deposit box by bluffing access. Bank staff quiz him with personal history questions, two keys are used, contents revealed, and a detective confirms identity. He leaves with the box intact, praising the bank’s vigilant handling.
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Flatdweller
Agalpet
Dliver
Mrs. Flatdweller
Millie
Brown
Mintéweller
Matcweller
Stoni
Platdweller
Mr. Flatdweller
Mr. Flathiwelter
Fragmentary Note on Mental Seclusion and Study
A fragmented excerpt discusses the effect of mental seclusion on ministry, labeling it an intellectual misdirection. It mentions living apart from study and a drift away from guidance, suggesting a thematic concern with isolation affecting growth and life paths.
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Ray
Tested by Time Mrs Crumlish Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs Mary Crumlish of 1130 West Erd Street Wilmington Cal recalls years of weakness back pain swelling and dizziness. After using Dean's Kidney Pills four years ago she says she has been well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary Crumlish
West Erd Street
Wimington
Cal
Dean
Foster-Milbury Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Wild Tribe of Poets in the Philippines
The Bogotos, a tribespeople in the Philippines, are described as the most venturesome yet origins unclear. A tale says their ancestors were poets and musicians and that practicality is disliked. Miss Benedict of Chicago University studies Bogobo culture at Santa Cruz Dayan district.
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Philippines
Tropics
Watts
Santa Cruz
Dayan
Miss Benedict
Chicago University
Mansfield Rebuke Reveals Silent Dignity at Party
A New York anecdote about Richard Mansfield depicts him as a witty yet dignified figure who resented familiar jokes about his baldness. At a party a man teased him, shouting “Hen, Dick, how are you?” Mansfield replied with a sharp retort about the caller’s ignorance.
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Mansfield
New York
Richard Mansfield
Mansfeld
Signs of Long Life from Bacon Adage
A Minneapolis Journal quotation notes Bacon’s signs of longevity and vitality. It lists features linked to longer life such as fine hair and skin, quick growth, and separated teeth, while cautioning that slow growth, coarse hair, deep wrinkles, and strong jaw features may indicate a shorter life.
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Bacon
G.garmarkes
Minneapolis Journal
Postum Coffee Substitute Promises Greater Health
A reader warns that coffee is a harsh foe in disguise and praises Postum Food Coffee as a safer alternative. The letter cites heart palpitations and nervousness from coffee, claims weight gain and improved wellbeing after switching, and notes children also prefer Postum when prepared correctly.
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Coffe
Postum
Praigi
Postam
Wallville
Rhere
Home Remedy For A Cold Long Before Modern Medicine
A 19th or early 20th century household guide urges quick action when a cold starts with hot baths warm drinks and rest. It recommends camphor cream applied to the lungs and throat gargling for relief and warns that neglect can lead to pneumonia or an untimely grave, noting the remedy costs twenty five cents.
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Ben
A Prayer for Rain and a Patchwork of Teasers
A fragment from a newspaper page mixes comic dialogue about rain prayers with fashion tips on laundering and starching, a syrupy sales pitch for Castoria, and jumbled notices. It mentions a minister at dinner, a dandy new umbrella, pre laundered whites, Defiance Starch, and line items about remedies and clothing goods.
First Borns and Legacy From History to Humor
A collage of quotes and anecdotes discusses the law of entailment favoring the eldest, famed firstborns in history, aging, and love. testimonials praise Sloan's Liniment from Rutherford College, plus humorous vignettes about family candy sharing and a rattling lemonade joke. Defiance Starch ads conclude the page.
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Mra
Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Marie Cbreill
Richard Mansfield
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Kitchener
Max Buller
Henry Irving
George Meredith
Mohammed
Confucius
Raphael
Milton
Dante
Goethe
Byron
Shelly
Heine
Sloan
James F. Abernethy
Rutherford College
N. C
Golf Club Dues Highlight Prominent Member Pays Up
In a humorous exchange Pays Duca tells Janes that the most prominent club member cannot play golf because he always pays his dues. The quip underscores the member’s financial commitment over athletic participation within the club.
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Duca
Janes
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Thousand Islands
Denny
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Bedad
Omaney & CO
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Zoara
Mie Deus
Han Manvir
Drncelars
Caesar
Brutus
Mav
Hide & Kur Co
Minneapolis
Mins
Sammy
Harper's Weekly
Hiram
Grasshoppers
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Kate A
HEARN
Kate A. Hearn
West 7Th Street
Lydia B. Pinkham
W. L.douglas
AML
Mary Wu
Aboo
Frockton
Mana
Pal
W. L. Douglas
Nail Catalog Ree
W.l.douglas
Bencktop
Des Moines
Greater
Suugiugs Bun Yee
Greater Des Moines Committee
Fuchus E. Wilson
Iles 3 de Sas
Feck
Chicago, Uh
Eckloce
ST Jacobs
Atkinson
Philadelphia
Eta Co
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DES Mgines
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Chas
Cardus
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