High Cost of Living Cookbook Ad Offers Cheap Macaroni
An Omaha advertisement urges housekeepers to cut high priced meat and serve Skinner's Macaroni to save money. It promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. in Omaha Nebraska detailing a hundred ways to prepare it for homemakers.
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Douglas
Sientin
W. L. Douglas
WY L Douglas
San Francisco
New York
Athe
Asec Teas
Brockton
Mass
Skil Hoemaken
Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Ady
Efficacious Way of a Peewee Sprawl in Kansas City
The narrator recalls a cousin in Kansas City dining habits with six forks at each plate and six o clock dinners. A younger brother gasps at the scene while the narrator explains choosing a knife to begin eating. The vignette captures a regional dining custom observed by a child and reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Surely an Antique
A second hand dealer touts an antique phonograph as a rare bargain while a skeptical customer questions its antique furniture status. The dealer notes the prior owner kept it long enough to have fully paid for it.
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Kansas City Star
Doctor Pierce Golden Benical Discovery Ad Declares Remedy
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Golden Benical Discovery for pimples boils carbuncles and dry skin claiming fast relief. It promotes tablets or liquid form as a universal remedy.
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Doctor Pierce
Senator Sorghum on Keeping Promises Before Elections
The dialogue features Senator Sorghum answering a question about vow keeping. He says he does his best to honor promises and is willing to renew them as needed if he cannot keep them initially.
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Senator Sorghum
Man in Ohio Lives on Onions Alone
Local report notes a Ohio resident subsists on onions single handedly. The piece highlights unusual diet and lifestyle choice drawing curiosity from neighbors.
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Ohio
Huh—Weilil
Tone River Length and Course Noted as Japan's Longest
The article states that the Tone River is the longest in Japan with a main course of about 200 miles. It highlights Tone as the principal river and implies its prominence in the nation's river system.
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Japan
Tone
Pickwick tale of hem lock seed hedge harvest scam
A London Garden tale retold by Samuel Weller describes a drug merchant selling hem lock seeds cheap. The plan: sow seeds along hedges each spring and let the weeds flourish. In autumn he offers to cut the hedge for a shilling per hedge, profiting from the harvest without farmer effort.
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Mr. Pickwick
Samuel Weller
London
Hard Hit by Davis on a Snobbish Guest
The late Richard Harding Davis, at Crossroads Farm near New York, confronted a guest who mocked a Revolution son who married a chorus girl. Davis, famed for blunt honesty, declared the snob’s belief in social rank as life’s only measure.
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Davis
Richard Harding Davis
Crossroads Farm
New York
Mr. Davis
Globe
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
A classic 19th century health ad touts Mother Gray's Powder as a remedy for delicate fevers cross children and stomach cleansing with liver action. Claimed relief for worms and 29 years of use by mothers. Available from druggists 25 cents with free sample from Mother Gray Co Le Roy NY.
Up-to-Date Diagnosis and Foreboding Note
A Dallas News item reports a doctor’s reply after examining Jones. The physician touched Jones’ purse and indicated no hope, signaling a bleak prognosis or outlook. The brief exchange underscores a grim mood in the piece.
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Jones
Dallas News
New York Receives Weekly Chicken Shipments
New York receives weekly carloads of chickens ranging from 125 to 175. The shipments average about 20 000 pounds per car, reflecting steady poultry transport for the city.
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New York
Moonlight Schools and Industry Cutting Feuds in Kentucky
In Jackson Kentucky a U S Marshal killed Mose Feltner during an arrest but was exonerated in Hazard. The piece notes feuds in Breathitt County and the 1905 Hargiss Crookrell feud, with Feltner a key witness. It credits moonlight schools led by Cora Wilson Stewart and coal and timber development as factors reducing violence. It mentions Judge James M Benson’s justice enforcement at Winchester and a conspiracy indictment of fourteen men.
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Jackson
Kentucky
Mose Feltner
George Sizemore
Hazard
Feltner
Ed Callahan
Hargisses
James B. Marcum
Mountain
Marcum
Cora Wilson Stewart
Moorehead
James M. Benson
IE. Callahan
Winchester
Benton
Brains of His Clan and Feud Figures Mark Long-Dead Feuds
The article recalls Sheriff Ed Callahan known as Deacon shot in 1912 and four murder convictions tied to a special grand jury that indicted 23 for perjury and defense attorney for subordination. It notes Fulton B French and Bob Profit dying in Winchester retirement and Feltner's death, with calls of feud-era violence and natural causes.
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Ed Callahan
Callahan
Fulton B. French
Winchester
Bluegrass
Bob Profit
French
Feltner
Rattlesnake Under Chair Endangers Chico Woman
Mrs. Guy Hume found a rattlesnake beneath her chair at Dix's camp near Paradise and alerted her husband who killed it. A second snake prompted a rifle shot. a pet dog was bitten in the ear. The woman killed the second snake and amputated the dog's ear to save its life.
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Chico
Cal
Guy Hume
Dix
Paradise
Witness Confesses After Hall Noise Alarm
A lawyer questions the principal witness about hearing a noise in the hall and lighting a candle before seeing a burglar at the foot of the stairs. The witness blushes while insisting on telling the truth and finally reveals his wife was in front of him.
Cuticura Comforts Baby in Sleep
Advertisement claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment provide instant relief for a baby after a bath with hot water and soap. Promises a refreshed sleep and no more discomfort. Free sample by mail with book. address Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Phoney Fortune Joke From Youngstown Telegram
A fat plumber recounts a prank where his wife deceives a Gypsy fortune teller by using coffee grounds as a prop. The Gypsy claims the grounds predict fortune, but the wife refuses payment after learning the sediment was not coffee grounds.
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Youngstown Telegram
Umbrella Feet
A railroad station scene among Black waiters in a Southern town depicts a discussion of a colleague named Henry whose rapid footwork is described with pancake imagery. The exchange humorously exaggerates the dancer's movements and uses racial stereotypes common to the period.
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Henry
Polar
Government Protects Siam Rosewood Forests From Overexploitation
Siam's rosewood forests face heavy overuse and depletion as authorities enact measures to shield them. The government steps in to conserve remaining stands and curb illegal logging activity.
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Siam
Man Lives Righteously and World Changes Slowly Quote
A concise aphorism states that a man who lives rightly will not significantly improve the world by leaving it, implying personal virtue matters more than escape or escape from society.
Inventions and notices from a distant era
A survey of early innovations mentions a small magnifying tool for threading needles along with a spool mounted device. Other items include interchangeable engraved blocks for stationery, a New Jersey wallpaper-hanging machine, color blind safety signals, and Chinese jade imitation. China studies foreign tech for home manufacture.
Jacksonville philosophy on fashion and marriage
The Florida Times-Union discusses stylish women and dating culture with wry humor. It contrasts pre and post marriage perceptions of men and shirts, and notes how beauty is displayed as a public show rather than private worth.
Ocean wave depth relation and health pay limits
A U S hydrographic study finds wave disturbance depth is 350 times height. A new airtight sec ker adds buoyancy and dry storage. European geese are fattened in dark rooms with light breaks to induce multiple meals. Argentina bans longer working hours for telephone operators to boost pay.
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United States Hydrographic Office
Europe
Sentence Sermons on deeds and daily living
A collection of aphorisms urging practical kindness and humble action. It emphasizes making daily deeds count, appreciating home, shaping the world by what one does, and valuing restraint over words.
Odds and Ends on Marriage and Perception
A quirky observation notes women enjoy pity and men’s knowledge wanes with certainty. It claims marriage acts as an eye opener, helping a man view his wife as others do, highlighting perception and social insight.
Caproni Pilot's Worn Trousers Bring Laughter At Isonzo
On the Isonzo front a Caproni aircraft was shot down in Austrian lines. The Italian captain Amegliano mourned his dead comrade and received only a pair of ripped trousers as a poignant comic twist. An Austrian officer then arranged delivery of new trousers and a laurel-wreath tribute.
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Isonzo
Caproni
Amepliano
Amegliano
Hoodoo Formations in Wyoming Basin Display Curious Shapes
In western Wyoming Hoodoo basin strange rock formations resemble Punch and Judy heads and various figures. About 50 head shapes and over 40 animal and human forms have been observed. The hoodoos are carved from volcanic breccia according to Popular Science Monthly.
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Hoodoo
Wyoming
Dante
Popular Science Monthly
Audience chat prompts marriage idea about Julian Eltinge impersonator
A Woman in the crowd quips to her husband that marrying a man like Julian Eltinge would be fun. She jokes about him wearing Paris gowns her husband uses for work, while noting men often appear absent minded when their wives are away.
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Julian Eltinge
Paris
Youngstown
Telegram
To Live Long Eluding Poison and Uric Acid Remedies
An old newspaper item promotes a Dr. Pierce eliminator for uric acid and kidney cleansing. It urges keeping kidneys in order, reducing meat salt and alcohol, drinking water, and claims Anuric eases backache and rheumatic symptoms. Readers are asked to send 10 cents to Dr. Pierce for the total package.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. E. Pierce
Chicago reader touts Anure cure for chronic back pain
A Chicago reader claims four years of back pain ended after using two boxes of Anure. The testimonial notes severe pain when bending and asserts dramatic relief, urging others with similar suffering to try the product for results.
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Chicago
Worthy Nabobs and the Credit of Circulation
A tale contrasts three nabobs wealth and deeds. One wastes lavishly, another fights wars, the third gives alms. The world condemns each, yet the recording angel writes credit: he kept his money in circulation.
Understanding Stepmothers Through a Child’s Analogy
A child explains stepmothers after a simple dialogue about family change. The mother asks about a stepmother, and the child replies that a stepmother is someone who replaces a parent when a father remarries.
His satanic majesty doesn't waste time on a busy man
A concise wry line remarks that even the devil gives little time to those who are already occupied, reflecting a sardonic view of fate and priorities.
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