Colorado Health Resorts and Scenic Folders Ad
An old advertisement promotes a handsome Colorado folder describing health resorts and scenery with low summer excursion rates. It claims educational value for students and urges requests with paper mention. Also notes various travel tours and products including tobacco substitutes and medical cures with customer testimonials from 1900 era papers.
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Colorado
L. W. Wakeley
Barlington
Pine Street
Mrs Pinkham Advised For Women Health
Mrs Chappell of Grant Park, Illinois, endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after her recovery from ovarian and womb inflammation. The piece emphasizes that many women seek Mrs Pinkham’s free advice from Lynn Mass and credit her guidance for improved health.
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Sician
Pinkham
United States
Chappell
Grant Parl, II
P Pinkham
Lydia Eiinham
Nine room residence illustrated with detailed construction costs
An illustrated description outlines a nine room residence priced at $1,900 with a stone foundation. It lists room sizes from parlor to pantry, details on doors, floors, siding, plumbing, and heating readiness, plus design notes for a city, suburb, or country setting.
Ancient Egyptian timber ties in temple stonework
The oldest known timber, likely 4000 years old, was used in an Egyptian temple's stone construction. Tam arisk or Shittim wood ties shaped like hour glasses were driven into inch deep carvings to join blocks, making stone removal difficult.
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Temple
Egypt
Ideal Motor Vehicle Emphasizes Simplicity and Durability
The article argues the ideal motor vehicle should be simple, durable, light, and cheap. It asserts public preference favors machines unlikely to break and affordable enough for common buyers, noting Americans want reliability over heavy, complex designs.
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Horge
Bucey
Ants as Mushroom Growers Surveyed by Wheeler
A Scientific note describes how ants cultivate fungi underground. Leaves are shredded, carried to chambers, pulped, and inoculated by a fungal mycelium forming edible mushrooms. The phenomenon details a social insect farming method and its role as the colony’s main food. A separate item reports a boom in railroad construction with over 6,100 miles planned in the United States, including Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
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W. M. Wheeler
United States
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
The Travels of a Pen Essay Noted Writer Pace
A fast penman writes at 40 words per minute. In an hour of steady writing he covers about 300 yards with his pen. The article highlights rapid writing speed and extended penmanship distance as a curious measure of output.
Pope's Silver Chair Said To Be Most Expensive
A recent report asserts the pope owns a silver chair valued at $9,000, described as the most costly chair in existence. The chair's provenance links to a wealthy donor, highlighting its rarity and ceremonial significance.
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Pope
Useful Bird Sparrows Cheer Kitchen Door Guests
The English sparrow is praised as useful and cheerful in cold weather, a model of nature’s protection for humble creatures. It features unobtrusive coloring, allows visitors like knight sparrows and golden-crowned birds, and may be trained to sing as a remarkable mimic.
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N. Y. Tribune
Grace and gratitude clash with Sunday dinner clash
A father urges his children to heartfelt thanks before meals while a five year old questions the price paid for the family dinner. The exchange underscores themes of gratitude, scarcity, and daily life during a Sunday meal.
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Chaorges
Catholic Standard and ‘Times
The Cheerful Idiot Questions Alto Horn Second Wind
A witty exchange from the Indianapolis Journal imagines a scene with a cheerful idiot asking if the alto horn player is second chair. The musical boarder responds that the phrasing may vary for lay readers and notes curiosity about whether the player must catch a second wind to perform.
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Indianapolis Journal
A School Joke on Biped and Quadruped Difference
A Cincinnati Enquirer item recounts a pupil’s written answer: a biped has two legs and a quadruped has four legs, so the difference between them is two legs. The note reflects lighthearted classroom humor from the period.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer
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