Fortune Fabled Pirate Boy Becomes Boston’s Sir William Phipps
A New York Tribune tale recounts William Phips born February 2 1651 in Maine. He rises from sheep herder to shipbuilder, discovers Spanish wreck riches with the Rose Algier, returns to Boston as Sir William Phips, and serves Massachusetts as governor before dying at forty four.
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Perfect Confidence. Doctor’s grave pronouncement misreads patient
A physician arrives to a dying man and misreads signs every movement signals an end. He declares the patient is in the last throes, but the moment the head sinks the doctor blurts that “the id has come, your husband is dead.” The patient protests, and the wife shrugs off the alarm as the doctor’s warning, Harper's Monthly.
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Cure For Love
A Tatler quotation features Professor Grange recalling two ordinary men debating love in a smoking car. The bricklayer suggests escaping to cure love, while the plumber countered that running away with the girl would do so.
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Life on the Farm Urges Abundant Livestock and Crops
Houston Post describes real farm life with corn in abundance for hogs and cattle, milk from cows for every family member, horses for all, plus chickens turkeys geese ducks and year round fruit and good cheer in a thriving rural setting.
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The Salt Pass Incident Among Travelers
A Brantford Kerby House dining hall tale follows three travelers at a table as one asks for the salt. A confrontation erupts when another man misreads politeness as provocation, prompting insults before the table breaks into uneasy politeness and the trio depart. The scene ends with the two travelers sharing laughter at the cigar stand, leaving spectators amused by the exchange.
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Kerby House
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Capturing Live Hippos Impresses Hunters in Sudan
The Wide World Magazine describes live hippo capture methods used by Hayrats in the Sudan. Hunters harpoon sleeping hippos by day to pull them ashore with cords, then secure them. Hippo hunting also uses land pits triggered by a mother hippo leading her young, forcing her to flee and abandon the calf.
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Tetterine cures worm and skin diseases, claims ad text
An old advertisement promotes Tetterine as a cure for worm infections, sore heads, sores, and various skin conditions. It includes testimonials from residents like Clem Kinard and Pat Boaly and notes a price of 56c for Tetterine. The copy also oddly mentions aniline dye mixed with glycerine for rubber stamp ink.
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Relieve Itching With A Bath Adjunct Claim
Fragmentary ad copy urges immediate eczema relief and skin cure by a bath additive. It touts benefits and claims without clear proof, juxtaposed with a proverb about hunger and overeating to emphasize moderation. The text is an advertisement fragment with spelling errors and unclear product name.
British colonial waters first scenes of artificial fish propagation
The Fishing Gazette notes that British colonizing waters pioneered artificial propagation of fish, with experiments reported in Kashmir, the Nilgiris, Ceylon, and New Zealand as the first scenes of such efforts.
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Cure for skin eruption by Cuticura products
A testimonial from H Krutskoff of Chicago describes severe skin eruption drying, itching and tearing his skin. After trying doctors and various ointments, he reports relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with the eruption leaving traces and resolved after about three weeks. The note ends with a joke about marrying a dressmaker.
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Operation Her Only Chance Adv: Woman Health Miracle Promises Cure
Adrian Ga report touts a patent remedy for female weakness and disease. A claimant describes severe suffering and says the operation is the only chance, citing widespread cures and claims thousands relieved. The ad promotes a compound advertised as a standard remedy for female illnesses, urging readers to seek relief.
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Well Read Man Quips On Adjectives In Divorce Talk
A humorous New York Times quote features the Well Read Man complaining about overused adjectives like drawn and haggard when describing people in distress. He wishes to divorce them from the language, noting how such words trail after both adjectives and nouns.
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New York Times
What the Professor Wanted in a Barbershop Visit
A professor enters a barbershop seeking a simple razor honing but receives a full service of hair shampoo shave and massage. He calls it a wonderful example of philosophical phenomena while the barber and partner react to the surreal exchange. The piece, attributed to Puck, playfully explores expectations versus reality in a humorous vignette.
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Cleaning Tips in The Louisville Post Cited Against Crime
A brief note in the Louisville Post suggests soap and water as a practical measure to curb crime by reducing grime and aiding detection. It frames hygiene and public safety as interconnected, urging readers to maintain clean environments to deter criminal activity.
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Louisville Post
Meet the man who can face himself without blushing
Fragmented clippings mix old ads and quotes. A skeptical blurb notes a man who can meet himself without blushing, then references Procrustes and distant fashion jabs. An advertisement touts Dr. Bigzsrs Haskle Cor and Dr. Dean's Kidney Pills, with patient testimonials.
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Student guesses President's salary in Kansas City class
A third grade pupil in Kansas City Kansas tells her teacher she knows the president earns sixty thousand dollars a year plus a parsonage. The anecdote highlights classroom curiosity about government pay.
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