Remarkable Recovery of Post Master Woodson at Panama Mo
A Kansas City Times inspired tale tells how Mark M. Woodson, longtime Bates and Vernon counties resident and postmaster at Panama, rose from a decade of crippling rheumatism and paralysis to full health after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Affidavits confirm the cure, with warnings against fake sellers. Additional notes offer baking tips and advertise Southern Shorthand University in Atlanta and a South recipes book.
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Woodson
Panums
Kansas City Times
Rith Hill
Bates
Vernon Counties
Mark M. Woodson
Panama
C. C. Woodson
Rich Bill
Tea Times
Tam
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dr. Mudd
Kale
City Hospital
Williams
Far East
Williame
Missovati
I. M. M. Woodson
M. M. Woodson
Jonyx D. Moore
Dr. Williams
Schenectady
N. Y
The Sheik's Daughter and the Tiger Hunt
A Russian general in 1890 joins Arab ally Sidi Mustapha on a tiger hunt near Beni Gallah. Fatme, the sheik's daughter, aids in the pursuit saving a horse and the hunter's pride, while tension over the prized tiger skin tests honor and gallantry amid desert peril.
Revenge and a Viper in the Desert Tent
In a desert tale the narrator wakes to a tiny Algerian snake under his quilt and a swift sabre slaying it. He notes Fatme’s fiendish face at the tent door as he departs with a tiger skin after a tense farewell to the sheik. The incident follows the deadly pursuit of risk and unveiled danger.
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Schsihi
Bu-Raskul
Bu-Raskal
Sidi Mustapha
Fatme
Ba-Raskul
Sida Mustapha
Diana
Allah
Faime
Bu- Raskul
Sidi “Mustapha
Shaihi
Song of a Heart Dear Heart I Love You
Poetic verse by Frank D. Stanton published in Atlanta Constitution expresses affection for a beloved, contrasting daily weather with emotional skies and imagining a single perfect blossom shared with the beloved. The voice contemplates God’s lights, longing, and devotion through tender imagery.
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Frank D. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Scientific Scraps From An Era Of Curiosities And Inventions
A collage of notes on global climate figures oddly phrased by era science. Mean world temperature fifty degrees and Boston rainfall forty six inches while New York reports forty five. Diphtheria concerns in Indianapolis via circulating library. Global birth rates include thirteen twins per thousand and a handful of triplets and quadruplets. Utilities advance with Philadelphia’s Broad Street Station wiring. Submarine masonry gains water resistance with coal tar. Jablochkoff candle inventor M Jablochkoff dies in Saratoff. A model heart demonstrates histologic detail with red fluid flow. Eggs of the great auk dwindle to sixty eight. nations hold most of the remaining birds. Britannic completes her 200th round voyage and 400th Atlantic passage. Mechanization promises cows in dairies to match field harvesting. Mosquito Coast island hosts a gorilla-like ape, puzzling biogeography.
The Women Question and Quips From Various Columns
A collage of light quips and exchanges from early 20th century papers. Jokes about dental truth, renais sance corned beef, engagements, and witty exchanges between characters such as a reluctant suitor, a four year old Mary, and a professor. The items mix social banter with brief humor at social settings and domestic scenes.
Rules for Children Do Not Shout Run Or Jump Inside
Prompt at every meal and shut doors gently. Let mother be your first and last friend. Clean boots before entering the house and wait your turn to speak. Do not sit with dirty hands or hair. Speak kindly to servants and never ask why when told to obey. Tell of your own faults, not those of others.
Synonyms and Crime Metaphors in 19th Century Finance Satire
The excerpt contrasts petty theft with grand embezzlement and financial plunder, labeling schemes as wizardry and diplomacy. It then shifts to advertisements urging Southern engraving work in Atlanta, followed by teething remedies and eye care products, reflecting period consumer ads.
The Guinea Worm Described By A Quincy Doctor
A Quincy physician describes the Guinea worm as a tropical parasite in Asia and Africa that enters the skin without discomfort. It grows to twelve feet or more, wrapping around limbs beneath the skin, and can cause mortification when it bursts. Extraction is performed by threading the worm out gradually around a small stick.
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Quincy
Asia
Africa
St. Louis Republic
The Maelstrom and Its Fury Across the Sea
The author recalls dramatic tales of the Maelstrom from upbringing and a graphic description by Peter Dass. He notes calm crossing despite warnings, then explains the Maelstrom’s danger as a whirlpool created by opposing currents, wind, and tides, with depths changing from twenty to two hundred fathoms outside the strait.
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Peter Dass
Nordland
Cyclopaedia
Scribner
An Experienced Salesman
A dog store manager shows twenty breeds to a indecisive customer seeking a dog for his wife. After the man mentions the wife, the clerk selects a shapeless yellow pug with a squashed nose and bow legs, delivering a humorous payoff in a Chicago Record style.
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Chicago
Confederate generals list death toll and survivors
The Memphis Appeal Avalanche notes that among nineteen Confederate Lieutenant- Generals all are dead except four Wade Hampton Joseph Wheeler James Longstreet and John B Gordon. Of eight full Generals Albert Sidney Johnston Leonidas Polk and Stonewall Jackson were killed in battle while Robert E Lee Braxton Bragg E Kirby Smith Beauregard and Samuel Cooper died after the war.
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Wade Hampton
Joseph Wheeler
James Longstreet
John B. Gordon
Albert Sidney Johnston
Leonidas Polk
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Braxton Bragg
E. Kirby Smith
Beauregard
Samuel Cooper
Memphis
Avalanche
Trials and Convictions Echo In A Home Missionary Talk
The home missionary confronts a crook and asks about life trials. The reply notes many trials, yet convictions troubled him more, a tension highlighted by the New York Press in a sharp, moral exchange.
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New York Press
Explosion near Del Norte shakes earth for miles
The report recalls a 2,000 pound powder blast near Del Norte Colorado. The South Sea Islander speaks softly to his beloved with playful banter. The scene blends racy dialogue with a dramatic blast that rips through the area.
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del Norte
Col
Farmer Solves Wallet Test For Nails
A farmer visits a merchant and asks for nails priced by weight and penny value. The merchant offers forty pounds at twenty pennies to the dollar, thirty-five at twelve pennies, and thirty at ten pennies. The farmer seeks a dollar’s worth of all three, with twice as many tens as twelves and twice as many twelves as twenties. He solves the arithmetic, weighs the nails, pays with a dollar, and leaves laughing.
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Missouri
A Fine Business University
The
Southern Shorthand and Business University of Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta
America
B.W. Wresy
Knoxville
Tenn
Eansy
Beer
Makegg
Bier
Shiloh
C. B. Curlee Rienzi
A. M. Priest
Shelbyville
Hall
Tee
London
Willsboro
Parilla
Hood’s Mills
Schofield's Iron Works
Macen Ja
the Sheik’s
Butulin
Algeria
Elidah
Europe
El-Gattar
Arabian Foreign Office
Sheik Sidi Mustapha
Ain-Chehra
Rocky Mountain
Beni Gallah
Bureau Arabe
Raskul
Constantine
Sid-Ab-Allah
Heaysus
Thigistis
Schathi
Mr. Tiger
Caucasus
Thad
Globe
Indianapolis
Ind
Boston
New York City
England
France
Germany
Philadelphia
New Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
M. Jablochkoff
Jablochkoff
Saratoff
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Denmark
Portugal
Spain
Britannic
Mosquito Coast
Nicaraagua
Central America
Texas Siftings
Ethel
Charles
Maud
Raymond’s Monthly
Todignant
Indianapolis Journal
Mr. Blunt
Boston Transcript
Mary
Philadelphia Times
Gertrude
Brash
Carrie
Gertrude Crandall
Brooklyn
Professor Tinkins
Washington Star
Wiggley
Brooklyn Eagle
Hose
Royal
Wall ST
Rules
Stock Exchange
Religious Herald
Kilmer
Binghamton
South
Atlanta Engraving Co
Broad St
Isaac Thomp
Son
California Fig Syrup Co
Thomas Toirtewel
Robertsdale
Cardus
Tveghe
W.L. Douglas
Deloach Manufacturing CO
Mer’s
Sannitarium
Salt Springs
Antell
Austell
Mallary Bros. & CO
Macon
MEAS
New Yorks City
Gures
Druggs
Lovell
Maine
EARCE
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Mass
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