A Cutting Rejoinder In A Conversation
A cutting rejoinder unfolds as a traveling salesman recalls past conduct and comments on customer classes. The exchange contrasts a cigar in the office with perceived better customers, reflecting social nuances of business etiquette.
Leaves as Early Paper Material in Ancient Civilizations
The text traces the use of tree leaves for writing by the Egyptians and likely the Greeks, notes their continuation by the Uin doos, and observes modern remnants in southern India and Ceylon. It highlights Asiatic tree leaves valued for book making and suggests the term Jeaf as a remnant name for leaf based paper.
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India
Ceylon
Declining health noted for editor and poet
The Philadelphia Record reports the editor shows declining health while the poet’s condition has also worsened over the past five years. The brief item notes a concern about creative figures and their wellbeing.
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Philadelphia Record
Bitter's Appetite Stimulating Bitters
An old warning style ad touts Bitters as a cure to appetite loss and fatigue. It claims the product stirs the stomach and liver and makes the user feel better after taking a few doses.
Bright Pupils and Smoking Warnings Across Readings
A Brooklyn teacher notes how some bright students misinterpret grammar and sentences through three anecdotes from a language exam. The piece, echoed by the Baltimore Sun, warns that excessive smoking harms health, citing nicotine and empyreumatic oil as deadly poisons affecting the nervous system and heart.
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Brooklyn
Hudson River
New York Tribune
Baltimore Sun
Differences in British and American railroading terms
The article contrasts railroading vocabulary across England and America, noting terms like shunting versus switching and goods trains versus freight trains, plus depot versus station and booking office versus ticket office. It also recounts a naturalist's anecdote about a bite from a chameleon and ends with a workplace note urging workers to excel, as employers know their staff.
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England
America
The Same Air and Wit Across Papers
Short humor snippets from Ohio State Journal Boston Transcript and Chicago Record Herald feature a deacon’s quip about a sermon and a mother daughter exchange about fresh air. A wife of a genius provides a bite sized joke on managing a brilliant husband.
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Yaas
Ohio State Journal
Chicago Record-Herald
Oysters and Dress Goods Promoted in Local Ads
The notice advertises oysters for 25 cents at Cafe Goldtree in Eczema offering instant relief cures for skin ailments with Dean's Ointment. It also invites readers to see new dress patterns at W. E. Felix's Department Store.
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Cafe Goldtree
Dean
W. E. Felix
Doctor’s Voice Lost to Severe Cold Then Restored by Discovery
A Heborn Ohio physician Dr M L Scarborough recalls losing his voice after a severe cold and an obstinate cough. After 35 years as a practicing doctor all remedies failed until Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds gave quick relief. Trial bottles free and bottles priced 50c and 1.00. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a remedy for a lazy liver.
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M. L. Scarbrough
Heborn
Ohio
Stomach trouble remedy praised by Erie man
Edw Mehler of Union Bottling Works Erie Pa touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it cured his lifelong stomach troubles and digests what you eat. Bell & Son advertise for watch repairs at E G Capps with guaranteed first class work. Byron W King can recite ten Shakespeare plays from memory.
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Edw. Mehler
Union Bottling Works
Erie Pa
S. D. Bell & Son
Byron W. King
Shapespeare
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