Abdul the Timid and the Haunted Sultan of Yildiz
The article portrays Abdul Hamid II as a ruler tormented by deathly fears, living in a labyrinthine Yildiz palace linked to the harem and theater. He obsessively surveils ministers, guards alarms, and uses a telescope for espionage rather than astronomy, fearful of assassination and conspiracies.
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Abdul Hamid
Curkey
Yadir
Yildiz
Adiz
Prince of
Samag
Imperial Theater
Paris
Nalaca
Imperial Apartments
Patistan
Yusuf Izzedin
Abdul Aziz
Prince Yusuf
Ali Souavl
Theragan
Alf Fuad Bey
Sublime Porte
Philadelphia Ledger
Expert Pitchers The Curious Bread Toss In Yucatan
An observer recalls bread throwing in Yucatan meals where tortillas fly across the table like boomerangs. A host and kindly Indian maid keep the ritual lively as guests debate Mayan origins while pork stew steams nearby. The scene blends culture, humor, and genteel dining in a vivid tableau.
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Yucatan
Egypt
London
Made Them Remember Customs of Old English Forest Regarders
A fragment discusses royal forests in England, the role of warders and regarders, and the survey method used by regarders. It recounts a Yorkshire anecdote where boys chosen for memory were paddled to recall boundary lines, including a river boundary, illustrating enforcement practices of ancient forest law.
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England
Norway
Yorkshire
Sherwood Forest
Willy Uilly
When Not to Smoke
Excerpts advise against smoking before meals and before bed due to saliva's effect on sticky foods and gastric irritation. Smoking at bedtime can cause insomnia from unneutralized stomach juice triggering hunger. suggests light food or bicarbonate of soda before retiring to neutralize secretions. London Lancet
Justification quoted in Harper's Weekly style
The exchange shows the defendant OShaughnessy admitting to assault on a friend after the judge questions whether calling him a fool was an insult. He insists he meant no insult, only a breach of confidence, asking humorously if that counts as a betrayal.
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Harper's Weekly
Duty as a guiding power in life and action
The quotation frames duty as a constant force accompanying each person from morning to night. It defines duty as inseparable from intelligence and the inner shadow that stays with us until life ends.
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Gladstone
Predestination Dialogue Between Ted Ned Judge
A brief stage dialogue notes Ted and Ned discussing money as a friend. Ned agrees money has value while Ted cautions about its parting, with a judge delivering a closing line. The exchange centers on money's role and the inevitability of separation.
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Ted
Ned
Taming a Shrew on the Albatross Captain and Crew
Sailors aboard the Albatross endure a marital mutiny as Emily Gunter Stoughton travels with Jack Stoughton to Japan. Her harsh discipline unsettles Captain Larkins and the crew until mutiny, then a long voyage where Mrs. Stoughton proves unexpectedly agreeable after she gains freedom aboard.
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Jack Stoughton
Emily Gunter
Jack
Emily
Billy
Vera Cruz
Tetruchio
Petruchio
Eamily
Japan
Larkins
Billy Anderson
Kinlly
Anderson
Mrs. Stoughton
Leen Downell
Ile
Jack Stemzhton
Dhuself
Stoughton
Billings
Lfe
Dick Smalls
Tom Billings
Quieting title notice in Emmet County Iowa suit
Charlottie Fr Kesler files in district court of Emmet County an action to quiet title to Lot 7 in Motty sub division section 10 township 99 range 34 west, naming Henry Jenking Calvary Stinson Mary Davis Mary Wilbur Andrew Olson Hapgood Young & Company and others as defendants. Plaintiff claims twenty two years adverse possession and seeks decree that she is absolute owner free of all claims. Defendants warned to appear by noon April 1 to avoid default judgment.
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Gyof Motts
Lon
Ith Prin
Rlames County
Iowa
Henry Jenking
Galvary Stinson
Calvary Bungon
Hla
Mary
Davis
Mary Bodevin
Mary Ant Wilburi
Wilbur
Mary Ann Wilbur
Andrew Olson
Shapgood Young and Company
Hapgood and
Comany
Hapgood Young and Company
Hapgood and Comprany
Devicees
Trrmand
Charlottie Fr. Kesler
Twistter
Emiet
Lowa
Ubsolite Awain
Emmiet
Motty
Recorders Office
Marmot County
Benj. G. Davis
Calvary Alinson
Calvary Stinson
Mary Wilbur
Maury Eb
Mortguay
Mary Is. Davis
Tenry Jonking
Mary EB
Alfred Wilbur
Mary Av Wilbur
God Andrew Quon
Hapgood Young & Company
Plaintif
Pranson
Auto
Ctier
Eathervile
Mimtinet County
A. D. WU
Dutad
W. A. App
Platnut
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Endorsed by Citizen
J W Skulin of Princeton Nebraska praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough remedy for long standing coughs, colds and grippe. The ad urges refusing substitutes and notes sponsor Jay Johnson & Co Citizens at Faust. The clipping ends with a garbled line about a city disgrace and a fire.
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Faust
Mederm
Poley’s Kidney Remedy Offers Relief for Elderly Ailments
Elderly patients report quick relief and lasting benefits from kidney and bladder issues after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. A user in Trance, Repan, Missouri, testifies that it effected a complete cure and urges others to know of it. Jay Johnson & Co.
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Poley
Trance
Repan
Farmer
Foley
Jay Johnson& Co
Attorney Byron mM and Knecht Bros. Parent Lawyery ad
Washington and New York offices in Coon Block advertise attorney services by Byron mM and Knecht Bros. Parent Lawyery. Specializing in probate patents trademarks and department business with emphasis on protection before courts in Washington. Iowa representative for Knecht Bros. Parent Lawyery, established 1818.
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Byron mM
Coon
Prtetive
Town
Nainder
Washington
Mink Lede Marks
Atl Departmenta
Iowa
Knecht Bros. Parent Lawyery
New York
Coon Block
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Abdul the Timid
Yvildiz
American Press Association
DR. King’s
Ss. H. Williams
District Court of Town
Withhia
Koarnot County
Chartotte
Keoter
Prdintutt
Rock Island Depot
Till O. Braalys
Estherville
Tacitus
G. (. Davis
Soper
E. Allen Cb
R. Alexander
Allen & Alexander
Emmet
Eathergile
A. H. Nash
Estherville, Iowa
Estherville State Bank
N. F. Hawk
M. D. Wilson
Miles Oyer Taylor's Hardware
W. Bachman
First, National Bank
North Seventh Street
Saytugs Bank
Neceusery
Hirem Purdy
Cenem
Logisiapa
L. Richardson
Teco
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