Million-Point Cribbage Duel Nearing Finish in 1916
Des Moines players Col. John C. Lopez and Milo Ward extend the world’s longest cribbage match to seven years. With 460,254 to 455,204, they expect to end in 1655, each over fifty, weekly sessions from 7:30 to 11, using 100000 point series. They have worn out boards and cards, planning a final gathering eight years hence to showcase the historic contest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John C. Lopez
Milo Ward
Clinton
Herald
Loper
Polk County
The
Commercial Exchange
Pure White Lead and Painting: Manufacturer’s Tester Offer
A historical ad quality dispute describes white lead paint mixing as essential for safety and accuracy. National Lead Company claims proper pigment oil incorporation occurs in factory paste, potential buyers urged to request a free tester, with address in New York. The text also includes miscellaneous ads and a domestic scene line about dinner and plates.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
N.Y
Night Stories and Money Tales From A Wandering Page
A mosaic of snippets from old papers blends fairy tale like night scenes with sharp anecdotes. It recalls a Cleveland inspection of insurance schemes and a Wall Street scramble, interwoven with a comic dentist tale and a clerkly debt recall, all framed in a sleepy print of yesteryear.
Truth and Quality Laxative Claim of Fig Syrup Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reliable family laxative. It emphasizes purity, natural action, and absence of debility, urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product and noting wide availability through leading drugstores.
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Hysaians
California
Witey's Easter Bonnet
A playful verse from a poet who rejects Kipling yet vows to toil to fashion his hat making a quirky, literary hatter’s note on Easter humor. The speaker humorously blends self reference with crafts and identity in a light poetic line.
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Witey
Kipling
Patent Notice From Edwin J. Yewell Bureau
Fragmentary ad style notice mentions patent applications and a stamp enclose request to Edwin J. Yewell Patent Counsel Washington DC. Phrases about money, the mare, and a cryptic line about self respect appear, with scattered proper nouns and erroneous OCR text.
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Edwin J. Yewell
Meath
Washington, D.C
JOMBALLUS ANTE mu Fron Boece eatimaiate
InCo cAlien Square LePaul, a fragmentary note mentions births and greatness amid an unclear scene. The readable text hints at origins and ambition in a historical locality, without providing clear names or events.
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Co.cAlien Square
LePaul
WEW ARRIVALS IN CANADA NEARLY 800000 IN 1807
This piece surveys why thousands from the United States moved to Canada in the year just closed and previous years. It cites climate, productive land at low prices, government land grants, and favorable social conditions. Winnipeg and Edmonton are used as comparisons to Chicago and Omaha, with notes on schools, agriculture, and markets.
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United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Yankee Drum
Chicago
Edmonton
Omaha
Calgary
No Causigue Mind On Trial Says Judge Sworn Testimony
The judge sternly warns Yefid that truth is required and mockery of the oath will lead to prison. The man swears, then evasively hedges about the haze, refusing to answer directly.
Parle Styles Sought by Fashionable Milliner
Fragmentary quotation shows a fashionable milliner asking about Parle as a source for styles and noting she has previously relied on other methods. The speaker mentions getting fine results from studying an ash barrel in their alley.
The Way of It Pa Tell Me How You First Met Me
Gi l didn't son asked to recount their meeting as Gunson, St. She overtook me. The fragment hints at a memory exchange between a father and child, set in a rural, oral storytelling frame with regional speech.
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Strong Insurance
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Javice
Utr
Perkins
Morgan Banking House
Sub- Treasury
Wall Street
Mr. Perkins
Gil
Gunson
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
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Caney
Eugene Fi Zaney
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Bloom
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Puta
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Paes
Jud & Company
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Leite
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Pete Weslete
Marcel
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