Soak! Whisky Judge and Other Bits Satire
A garbled collage of humorous lines from Punch and similar items includes a mock judge scene with a bar advocate, a quip about a mother a medium and a father a tippler, a motor car joke, and a cartoon caption about stockings for ten cents. It also notes a cat story from Hiorbling and a Buenos Aires Herald piece praising a white police helmet, plus fashion tweaks for tropical uniforms and a critique of collars, cuffs, and heavy clothing.
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Buenos Ayres Herald
Robertus
Bobby
South America
Francis Heney's career and graft crusade noted
The text traces Francis J. Heney as a city special counsel famed for pursuing San Francisco grafters. It recalls his earlier roles as a machinist helper cowboy ranch worker and Oregon US attorney who declined a federal judgeship to continue fighting graft. It includes a humorous exchange from the Washington Star and light banter from the Yonk ers Statesman.
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Francis J. Heney
Speci
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
Armies Build War Supremacy With Airships And Deckguns
The piece surveys Japan's naval modernization through rearma ment of existing ships to match modern ideas. It notes Russia and Britain in naval budgets, Roosevelt’s push for new ships, and a trend toward air power and armored turrets as future warfare shifts. It weighs the potential for a world with stronger navies, possible peace drives, and the limits of industrial rivals.
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APAN
Oriental Kingdom
Mikado
Japan
William
Germany
Lord Tweedmouth
England
Britain
Kaiser
Giermany
Roosevelt
Far East
Pacific
Japanese Admiralty Bureau
Tokyo
Russia
Kure
Norve
Mother Earth
Hague Tribunal
Isky
Gen. Sherman
One Excption in Police Court Thoughtfulness
A witty exchange notes that frail human nature seeks more wealth, but remarks imply this won’t help in a police court. The dialogue features Easy Edmund and a thoughtful remark about desires, implying courtroom reality.
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Edmund
Drather
Cure for Eczema Offers Relief After Long Suffering
Tipton Iowa resident Hale Bordwell describes years of severe eczema with red and white boils as large as walnuts. After eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills, he reports complete relief and praises the treatment. Nelson R. Burnett of Tipton endorses Bordwell’s account as truthful.
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Tom
Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Mr. Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Sporting Offer at Restaurant Ends in Bragging Bet
A man in sport circles enters a restaurant and orders oyster stew. He examines the dish with a frown and bets the landlord a dollar he can swim from one oyster to another, prompting a curious challenge in a brief, humorous incident.
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Nitae
Indian Savings Banks Growth Note from 1882 to 1907
The New York World discusses the Postal Savings Bank of India established in 1882, noting deposits rising from 922,243 in 1882 with 29,121 depositors to 49,223,283 and 1,190,220 depositors in 1907. It argues many Indians, especially laboring classes, avoid banking and store money at home.
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India
Postal Savings Bank of India
New York World
Global Newspaper Landscape and Honest Fortune Claim
The piece notes 12 500 U S newspapers with about 1 000 daily and 120 led by African Americans. Asia hosts 3 000 periodicals, mainly in British India and Japan, with Japan publishing 1 500. Africa has 200 papers, 20 in Egypt, others in colonies. It quotes Dr Madison C Peters on honest wealth and toil.
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United Stat
Asia
British India
Japan
Africa
Egypt
Madison C. Peters
Restored Hope After Indigestion My Letter Says So
A reader recounts years of indigestion from peritonitis, nerv ousness, and weak heart. After trying medicine without relief she stopped, then used Grape Nuts and Postum. She reports improved sleep appetite and health and notes ongoing use with her husband. The Postum Co. tease invites reading The Road to Wellville.
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Esson
Postum Co
Hattie Creek
Mich
Wellville
Appuns
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John
Chicago Record-Herald
Griggs
Exchan
Ike Reynolds
Brooklyn
Hiorbling
Bilkingsborough
Yeast
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Brigze
Evergreen Place Hospital and Sanitarium CO
Worth
Kansas
Leaven
Kansas City Directory
F.F.C
Tale Acerca - Grogery CO
Velie
Newt John
Eer
Dogs of War
By Russell Woodard
Horther
Ericsson
America
Santos Dumont
Carl Meyers
Baldwin
Cuthura
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