Frances Storey Finds Joy in Cedar Hill Holidays
Frances Storey travels to Cedar Hill to spend Christmas with Aunt Caroline. She befriends Horace Devon and Nellie and Ruth Devon, helps with dolls and charity at the mission, and enjoys a bustling town transformed since childhood. A homeward wish and a warm church scene cap the season as Frances embraces a possible future in Cedar Hill.
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Caroline
Mrs. Storey
Margaret
Frances
Kate
Mission
Carrie
Oregon
Sarah
Cedar Hill
Fanny Storey
Devon
Nellie
Ruth
Horace
Cidar Hill
Mr. Devon
Third Street Church
Fanny
Nellie Devon
Mrs Howard
Francesa
Hanet
Artin Architecture Designed for HB five room residence
Advertisement details a $1 900 five room house designed for this paper with 28 by 30 feet ground plan, cedar shingles, olive green accents, cinnamon first story, white trim, and art glass. Features include a large half round veranda, French window, beamed reception hall, gas and furnace piping, up to date plumbing, cement basement, colonial hardware, and Georgia pine finishing. Builder GhO A W KINTZ.
Sleeping sickness traced to tsetse fly in Uganda study
A government commission finds sleeping sickness in Uganda is linked to the glossina palpal is tsetse fly. It notes large depopulation in Buvema island and Busoga, weaves in discovery of trypanosomes in cerebrospinal fluid and blood, and suggests eradication through fly control and trypanosomacide serum.
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Uganda
Buvema
Busoga
South Africa
Siemens Exhibits New Telegraphic Apparatus in Berlin
Wilhelm Von Siemens of the Siemens Aalske company in Berlin displayed a telegraphic device after years of work with Dr. Franke, Dr. Thomas, and Dr. Ehrhart. Perforated paper ribbon carries 2000 words per minute over long distances, with the received message printed on sensitized paper. Post office authorities tested Poulsen’s telegraphone, integrating telephone and telegraph functions.
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Wilhelm von Siemens
Siemens- Aalske Company
Berlin
Franke
Thomas
Ehrhart
Poulsen
Spanking Machinery Active at State Training School
A fragment notes a spanking device described as in active operation at the state training school, with unclear surrounding context and a garbled caption referencing Wing. No further verifiable details are readable.
Weight Of The Brain By Occupation Study
Anthropologist M Mathiega of Prague reports brain weight differences across occupations. He finds average brain weights for men 1 400 grammes and women 1 200 grammes among 235 brains, with mechanics 1 460 and business men 1 420 nearby, while brewers and waiters average 1 419. Cabinetmakers stand at 1 442, shoemakers 1 446, and iron and steel workers 1 447.
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M. Mathiega
Prague
Silk from Wood Puts Imitation Silk to Test
Scientific American reports a British patent for wood silk imitation. A German plant near Sydowsau produces 50 pounds daily, potentially rising to 2000 pounds. Threads are 18 strands thick, barely visible, creamy and soft, with real silk two thirds stronger. Wear and price comparisons to real silk remain uncertain as process details stay undisclosed.
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Scientific American
Sydowsaue
Germany
It Sometimes Happens in a Shoe Store Tale
A shoe dealer explains why stretching the truth can be necessary. The head salesman agrees and cites a humorous example about fitting a woman with a No 3 shoe to match her No 6 foot by overnight stretcher use. The quip ends with a wry note on taller insteps and exaggeration.
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N. Y
Dodd's Kidney Pills Featured in Valley City Health Tale
In Valley City North Dakota Mrs Matilda M Boucher recounts long relief from dizziness through Dodd's Kidney Pills and later complete cure after a bilious attack and Beiatica with Diamond Dinner Pills. She praises the medicines for Sciatica Rheumatism and kidney troubles and notes wide use in Barnes County. A closing comic line from the Columbia Jester appears.
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Valley City
N. Dak
Matilda M. Boucher
Dodd
Barnes County
California Limited Reverie Through Siding Daydreams
Johnny Drummer recalls watching the California Limited pass at Prairie Junction and contrasts modern palace cars with the hardships of 1849 travel. He dreams of someday riding to California on the Santa Fe line, savoring plush parlor cars, diner meals, and velvet sleeping quarters.
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Joy Supreme
George Ade
Peggy
Paris
Prairie Junction
Santa Fe
Golden West
California
Johnny Drummer
Mrs Womeleigh Groaning About Husband at His Club
A Punch cartoon caption hints at domestic tension as Mrs Womeleigh remarks her husband spent much time at his club. The Gadabout replies that he dislikes being home alone, revealing a light social satire about marital life and leisure.
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Converts a Buffalo Woman
Mrs Weisslitz of Buffalo New York credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing kidney trouble after three months of use and a failed course from a physician. The testimonial asserts dramatic relief, clearer complexion, brighter eyes, and overall well being.
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Weisslitz
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paula Wrrsstirz
Seneca St
Buffalo, N.Y
Two Prayers and a Quip About Clerical Eloquence
A New Yorker recounts two humorous prayer gaffes by pastors. One young clergyman asks God to water “the spark of grace” in believers, while another minister in a rural church ends prayers with a pacific liberty slogan and a Latin motto, provoking laughter among friends.
Infomercial Snippets and Slogans From An Old Page
A collage of quotations and product pitches appears, featuring remedies for coughs and colds, an old advertising line for laxatives, a curt remark on noble character, a literary citation by Mary J. Wilkins, and a 2000 date from Ocean Grove New Jersey, plus a Ram's Horn ad and a note about dye packages.
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Irances Storey
Hilda Richmond
Artin Architecture
Georgia
Gho. A. W. Kintz
Eeereceenseenes
Rand Hd
Columbia Jester
Johnny
Peachked
Mary J. Wilkins
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Putnam
Gream
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