Assists at a Buffalo Hunt Across Africa
An African buffalo hunting expedition led by Pa ends with live captures and a dramatic airship drive. The narrator details dangerous encounters, the capture plan, and the crew including Mr. Hagenbach as they corral, ship, and feed the animals while toying with frontier bravado and comic misadventure.
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Cowboy
Hagenbach
Cairo
Egypt
Mr. Hagenbach
Broadway
Buck
Stanley
Up-State Visitor Foiled by Grand Central Wax Exhibit
A wary up-stater visiting New York from the country aims to see the Eden Musee wax figures. A policeman stops him for smoking and the visitor responds with a look of rare wisdom before the tale ends with his reaction.
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New York
Grand Central
Eden Musee
Not Many Men Regard Wives With Marital Attentiveness
A light Exchange quip notes some men show unusual attentiveness to their wives, suggesting at times they appear as if not married.
Wax Figure Sparks Chiding Reply in Public Display
A onlooker remarks to a wax figure as it smokes in a public display, saying “Tut tut. Go away.” The figure’s statement provokes the remark about being made of wax.
Punches Catalogue of Verse Highlights Across Eras
A compact note on Punch featuring world famous poems from light witty pieces like W. S. Gilbert's Bad Ballads to serious tributes such as Tom Taylor's Lincoln memory and Hood's Song of the Shirt, highlighting Punch as the first publication for these works.
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W. S. Gilbert
Tom Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Hood
London
Pension guidance for veterans and widows from 1908 column
A veterans affairs column addresses claims for disability pensions and widows pensions. It advises filing a new increase application with physician affidavits, explains age and disability limits, and outlines payment to wives of insane pensioners and widow eligibility under 1908 acts with divorce proofs and court transcripts.
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Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Philip L. Mc. D
Pension Bureau
Susan H. D
Saint Barbara Named Patron of Artillery and Miners
The Saint Barbara festival in Europe recalls how Barbara, daughter of Dioscurus, was beheaded for Christian faith. Her father died as he was struck by lightning, and the tale led to Barbara becoming patron against storms and fire, then of artillerymen and miners.
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Barbara
Europe
Dioscurus
Song and Sentiment. When the Wind Blows
A nostalgic poem from St. Nicholas celebrates seasonal winds. It notes spring’s new growth, summer ease, and fall leaf ripples. The speaker cherishes autumn breezes and winter’s approach, envisioning dancing streets and fulfilled wishes as the wind moves through the year.
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St. Nicholas
Linger Not Yet as Summer Blooms in My Garden
A poem by Ethel Allen Murphy in Smart Set expresses longing and steadfast waiting. The speaker sits at the gate watching for a loved one as a garden fills with pansies roses and hidden buds. Each day ends with patient hope and unnamed yearning, awaiting the beloved’s arrival.
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Ethel Allen Murphy
If I Can Live to Brighten a Pale Face
The verse expresses a desire to ease pain and aid others, hoping to offer comfort, defend the right, and help the fallen. The speaker vows that if their life serves even one of God's, the best effort will be a blessing, with heavenly praise awaited on the day of judgment.
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Earth
Helen Hunt Jackson
Poor Love and Life Debate Wealth and Worth
The poem presents Life scolding Love for seeking gold lands and shelter, while Love claims riches in vision and wisdom. Life insists only Love’s sacrifices and trials can be atone, and Love ultimately answers softly with the claim that Love knows. Florence Earle Coates.
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Life
Love
Florence Earle Coates
Greek heritage survives in Attic beauty across memory
The poem recalls ancient Greek kings and Salamis battles as dust, yet asserts enduring Grecian spirit. It imagines ruined Mycenae and shattered columns open to wind and sky, while Attic beauty remains alive in every rain crowned hill and vine clad shore.
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Mycenae
Tere
Charlotte Becker
New York
My Love and the Rogue and the Honest Man
A verse excerpt contrasts romantic imagery with musing on moral choice. The poem, attributed to Armin Trebor in Appleton's, presents lovers and idealized nature before shifting to a reflection on class and virtue with a paired line about rogue or honest man.
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John Randolph Stidman
Appleton’s
Time’s Book of Days Foresees a New Year
The verse reflects onTime gathering a year as seasons fade and a New Year approaches with joy and grief. It speaks of Time turning another snowy page and the balance weighing deeds, awaiting the next chapter in the Book of Days.
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New York Sun
Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Sufferers
Camden New Jersey testimonial from Mrs W P Valentine claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured headaches back and right side pain fatigue and weakness. Gardiner Maine resident H A Williams says it cured a female disease after doctors advised hospital. Ad promotes the remedy for inflammation ulcers displacements fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
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Camden
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Avenue
N. J
A Running Broad Jump Tale From the Shore
Denny recalls a tale of inland wandering and a pursuer with a knife. After 50 miles of running, 120 more through woods, he leaps a lake to safety. Jerry quips that the leap was small given the long pursuit. Read in Everybody's Magazine style.
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Denny
Jerry
Castoria Safety Reminder for Mothers
Important notice urging mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children to ensure a safe and reliable remedy.
Vain Longings in a Theatre Exchange
A fragment shows two characters labeled First Barn Stormer and Second Ditto in dialogue with Hamlet and Shylock. The exchange toys with appetite and social banter about eating roasts, reflecting a playful theatrical moment.
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Hamlet
Shylock
Hair Science and Care advert offers dandruff remedy guide
An advertisement urges readers to learn causes of dandruff gray or falling hair and promises a remedy. It promotes a book titled Hair Science and Care by Prof. Frederic Goujon and directs readers to send ten cents to Du pues & Cie., 723 Lexington Ave., New York.
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Prof
Frederic Goujon
Dupues & Cie
Lexington Ave
New York
Between Authors Quotation on Northern Scenes
A terse literary exchange sees one author explain the impulse to write distant northern landscapes. The companion notes that the author’s knowledge comes from unique familiarity rather than wider exposure. The dialogue emphasizes solitary insight into Arctic settings.
Pettit's Eye Salve and Garfield Tea Ad Claims
An old ad touts Pettit's Eye Salve for congested inflamed eyes and a scum free surface, offered by Howard Bros. druggists of Buffalo New York. It also promotes Garfield Tea as a herbal laxative improving liver kidneys stomach and bowels while noting recovery can lag even for a fast man.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
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Salamis
Armin Trebor
Appleton
Pinkham
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Kidn
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Salzer Seed CO
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