Travel and Traine The Mobile & Ohio Limited boosts speed
The St Louis to Mobile and New Orleans service introduces a faster schedule under the Mobile and Ohio Limited. The south bound train now departs St Louis at 11 am and reaches Gulf terminals earlier, with vestibuled cars, diner, and electric light, claiming superior comfort and service.
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Mobile & Ohio Limited
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Terminals
Ae. Oer
Geist of Grins and Odds in Everyday Dialogues
A quirky collection of humorous vignettes and quips. Exchanges range from Eddie Geist jokes about radium to a talking old lady on a hotel floor and a couple discussing marriage rules. The snippets touch on teeth, fire precautions, starch ads, and social observations with a light, ironic tone.
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Eddie
Willie
Porter
Wes
Lambkin
Mra. Nibs
Bibbs
Nibbs
The Duty of Forgiveness Sunday School Lesson 1906
The lesson centers on Matthew 18:21-35 and Luke 17:3-4, urging private correction of a wrong, then involving others if needed, and finally restoring the offender. It emphasizes prayer together, the aim of saving the offender, and practical steps for forgiveness, with examples from biblical figures and Beecher’s teaching.
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Bummer
Acta
Joseph
Moses
David
Christ
Jephan
Acts
Paul
Bruce
Lfe
Henry Ward Beecher
Jesus
Warren
Peter
Asnaril
Moth Balls Sellery Sparks Caution in Down‑Town Shop
A storekeeper recalls a curious customer who bought moth balls, insisting they would kill moths. The man later returned with a few crushed balls and demanded to know who sold him the remedy. He vowed to expose any seller of such items, claiming the products are useless and danger to customers.
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Yes
Chas. H. Fletcher
Various Curiosities and Notices from a Period Paper
A collection of curious facts and notices including royal marriage figures, infant birth rate, stellar counts, London Times pay rates, abstainers in America, a parrot’s music sense, historical leech usage, a prune orchard in Los Gatos California, and a Toledo business oath. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Fall's Pills with testimonials and availability notes.
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Ashanti
Jones Ia
London Times
Los Gatos
Cal
Suit Wearer Hides Watch In Robbery Case
Philadelphia Press notes a second-hand suit linked to a swimmer and a gaffer mentions clothing sellers rarely part with watches. The dialogue suggests a suspect used attire to conceal a watch in a local incident.
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Philadelphia Press
Fishtery and the Sex. A puzzling exchange in a comic page.
A collage of humor lines discusses mail soft soap and social satire. Bits reference a Baltimore American quip about capacity for soft soap and a Judge Defiance line. The text includes garbled captions and stray ad fragments about ironing, social climbers, and a hero father.
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Baltimore American
Great Britain's April public revenue and deficits abroad
Britain's April revenue totaled £418,895 with expenditures at £21,360,361 for the new fiscal year. London new capital from Jan 1 to May 5 reached $288,788,615, down from $434,216,505 in 1905. Bank of Japan 1905 operations stood at $14,578,127,060, up $5,744,106,420 from 1904. Banque de Paris 1905 net profits were 10,804,883 francs versus 19,411,421 in 1904. A 100,000,000 franc loan will soon be issued for French colonies in West Africa to aid Genmi and the Upper Niger navigation.
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Great Britain
London
Bank of Japan
Banque Ds Paris
Paris
West Africa
Genmi
Upper
Niger
Take and Give in a Society Conversation
A Philadelphia Ledger item quotes a society scene where a Belle mocks age while another insists she looks younger. The dialogue highlights vanity and social tone, set against a domestic product plug for Defiance Starch claiming home laundering equalizes results with steam laundries.
Meekly-Yes Plans Move to Bwamphurat
In a clipped exchange from the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Se Buch and Temerity discuss moving to Bwamphurat despite concerns from a doctor about the climate. The wife retorts that it would not dare, underscoring domestic hesitation and cultural stakes in the migration mood.
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Bwamphurat
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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