Homeseekers Excursion and Ads in One Page
The notice advertises the Minneapolis G and Kt. Louis Railroad selling round trip excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays, with broad state reach and favorable terms. Also promotes McClure’s Magazine agents, a laxative product, and home cisterns and stock tanks from BruRBeck Lumber Co with suppliers and managers named.
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Minneapolis G& Kt. Louis
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Northwest
South
Southest
Southeast
Minnesota
Dakota
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
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Kansas
Mexico
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Constipation Ad Promotes Health Remedies Declares Cure
An old notice touts Doan's Regulets as a gentle cure for constipation. It claims the remedy eases headaches dizziness and heart palpitations and encourages a wholesome bowels. The ad directs readers to ask their druggist for the 25 cent product.
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Doun
Jay Johnston and Co. Services and Paper Delivery
Local advert describes Jay Johnston and Co offering paper sales and same day delivery. It mentions phone contact and urges customers to arrange purchases. The text includes garbled placeholders about heavy work horses and unrelated phrases. The meaningful content centers on delivery of paper and phone contact for orders.
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Jay Johnston and Co
Meaning of a Homestead and 160 Acres in Law
A reader recalls a friend asking how to file a homestead claim under a 160 acre grant, noting a government rule that one cannot live on the land five years without hardship. The dialogue references the 19th century legal framing and mentions an April publication discussing homesteads in detail.
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Listiman
Lin
Dennis
Farmers Offer High Butter Fat Prices at Estuerville
Farmers are urged to bring cream for the highest market price paid for butter fat. A square deal is promised with a fair trial, with the business located at Route 6th Street Estuerville, under manager Harry Dalziel.
Hotel guest misreads ice water mistake at Shirley
A Kansas farm man staying at the Shirley hotel complains to C. T. Newton that a morning drink query led to a full pitcher of ice water, arguing the clerk thought he was drunk. The guest says he only wanted a glass and jokes about wrong assumptions, as reported by the Denver Post.
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Beth Bruit
Kansas
C. T. Newton
Shirley Hotel
Newton
Jer
Thia
Logka
Denver Post
An Old Time Alderman and the Broadway Bend
Patrons in a Broadway and Tenth Street restaurant view the bend in Broadway, noted to exist to spare a tree. The tale recalls Hendrik Brevoort, an alderman who saved the tree shielding his Dutch tavern from 1849 plans that would have opened Eleventh Street, altering the tavern’s fate.
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Broadway
Tenth Street
Hendrik Brevoort
The Madrigal Explains a Classical Vocal Form
The article defines madrigal as an elaborate three to six part vocal work sung in chorus with dispersed melody across voices. It notes its conversational style from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English reception, possible Netherlandish origins, and uncertain word derivation with early morning and devotional roots.
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Netherlands
Virgin
Circle Magazine
Practical Christianity Ends With Locking Up Pantos
A benevolent Iowa farmer known for sheltering hoboes argues that practical Christianity means securing guests. Friends worry about theft, but he replies by locking up visitors' pants at night to prove his faith through action.
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Iowa
Poll Parrot as a Game Bird
Field and Stream excerpt recalls Arthur D. Temple recounting a novice’s misadventure with parrot meat. He notes vivid plumage but warns against eating parrots, describing a failed preparation after boiling that left a rubber boot like impression on the eater’s sole, reflecting amusing nautical field notes.
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Arthur D. Temple
The Tip Randolph Wanted
A fragment from John Randolph of Roanoke to Dr. John Brock Enbrugh discusses how to appear dignified while attempting a rogue act and divert public attention from the offense to the monetary sum. The letter frames a plan to obscure wrongdoing by focusing on the financial amount rather than the crime.
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Randolph
John Randolph
Roanoke
John Brockenbrough
A Fighting State Scratched From Kannas History
Outing Magazine notes that Kannas history is filled with repeated fights over territory and power. It highlights Indian conflicts, gambler clashes, outlaw struggles, town-site disputes and political battles as defining features of the region’s turbulent past.
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Alze
Outing Magazine
Wonders of Chess Highlight First Ten-Move Combinations
Edwin Anthony estimates the number of possible first ten moves by both sides at about 1.695e41 in the Chess Players Chronicle. The article also notes the Meta of Hagish authors and their works listing over 800 prema and equaye of fode.
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Wondere
Edwin Anthony
Chess Players’ Chronicle
Ground Alive Life Beneath Our Feet
London Answers notes that soil is a living ecosystem rich with mites fungi worms bacteria and decaying matter. The piece argues that plant life and all earthly life depend on the vibrant activity within the soil rather than sterile mineral earth.
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London
Elephant Life In the Jungles
A vivid description explains why elephants are essential in jungles, where paths are narrow and mud deep after rain. Elephants labor through tracks, lifting and placing feet deep into slush, moving like cork pops, and resisting stoppage as if halted by a locomotive.
The Questions They Ask Aboard The Steamer
A boy questions his father during a steamer trip about water wetness size of tides and the authority of a stern man. The fragment showcases curious inquiries ranging from weather to speed and origins of the boat’s crew as chronicled in Chums.
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Thay
Atlantic Ocean
Rabies and the danger of mad dogs explained
A physician clarifies rabid dogs lose body control and bite instinctively rather than hunting victims. He notes adults can generally avoid them, while young children remain at risk due to limited dodging ability.
Sawing Segment Rule for a Curved Edge Piece
A woodworking rule converts a segment into a straight and curved edge piece. For a 48 inch long segment 4 inches wide at the center, half the length is 24 inches. The area 576 square inches times width 4 gives 2304. then add 576 and 16 to get 2696. Divide 502 by twice the width 8 to obtain 74 inches as radius.
Stevenson’s Early Struggles in San Francisco
The piece recalls Robert Louis Stevenson’s poverty in San Francisco before his success. He wandered penniless on a lawn later commemorated by a bronze and marble statue, helped by a few quarters he earned acting as a super in the California theater on Bush Street.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
California Theater
Bush Street
Had Rather Stay Here, Says Quick-Witted Fair Maid
A witty exchange features a fair maid with a lofty forehead asking which form is correct. The man replies in pidgin style falsely asserting Ei much rather atay there. The quip illustrates playful dialogue on grammar.
Little Boy Describes A Burnt Hot Cross Bun
In a morning breakfast scene on Good Friday Wilfred receives a hot cross bun that is small and over burnt. He laments to his mother that the bun is not proper hot cross fare calling it bunko.
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Wilfred
Bunko
Liberty
M. Quad
Retort by a dull student in Chambers' Journal
The dialogue features a professor taunting a dull student about Alexander the Great conquering the world by the student’s age. The student replies that Aristotle was his teacher, underscoring wit over boastful claims in a classic Chamber’s Journal retort.
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Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Chambers’ Journal
Pilgrim Joe’s Jail Spell Ends After Mushroom Death Claim
A humorous 1907 tale describes Pilgrim Joe jailed then freed after authorities determine deaths were caused by poisonous mushrooms. He touts a “Pain Alleviator” scheme, dodges arrest with witty quips, and recounts a comic chase across the countryside before returning home with a wary eye on integrity.
Preventive Talk Sparks Cigarette Headache Debate
A brief exchange shows Smith asking if smoking prevents headaches while Brown notes his mother-in-law leaves the room when he lights a cigar. The dialogue hints at personal views on smoking and headaches without medical claims.
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Smith
Brown
Secret Confession of a Hidden Love
Fragmentary lyric style text presents a speaker confessing love with phrases like bend your head lift your bonny eyes and I love you. The passage repeats assurances of secrecy and memory, with broken lines and unclear attribution. The readable portion centers on a romantic confession conveyed in a songlike format.
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