Mississippi Flood Rescue at Dawn Reunites Lovers
A Mississippi flood reaches the house as the levee bursts. Drusilla Blake and her mother endure isolation with dwindling supplies while Arthur Dennison, warned by Michael's rowing, arrives on the moonlit veranda to rescue them and declare renewed commitment amid rising waters.
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Dennison
Thad
Spirea
Wistaria
Drusilla
Wight
Michael
Arthur Donnlson
Marin
Rin
Minny
Arthur Dennison
Pupin Plan for Trans Atlantic Telephony Stirs Debate
A discussion of Pupin’s submarine telephony concept notes limits of underwater lines. Dr Jentsch questions practical use while Pupin argues mechanical issues can be solved. If viable the system could boost telegraph speed from 20 30 words a minute to 300 400, with limited commercial demand.
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New York
New York Tribune
Michael J. Papio
Columbia University
Bell Company
Messange
Berlin
Jentsch
Germany
Pupin
Europe
America
London
Paris
How old before a woman is an old maid says 25 or 99
A Ludlow youth asks how old a single woman must be to be an old maid. The Cummins-ville edge replies that if homely and poor she joins at 25, while if handsome and rich the limit is 99 years.
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Ludlow
Cumminsville
Cincinnati Enquirer
Not the Same Glummer Transcript Insight
A reflective line contrasts self perception with others view, noting how awareness would alter our sense of identity and flattery, with a playful Shakespearean style and a hint of wit from a dialogue fragment.
Expensive Ancestors and a Lawyer's Fee Tale
Anecdotes recall Col Joe Rickey hiring a lawyer to collect 276 from a business associate. The lawyer offered to take 200 as fee and return 76, quipping about Rickey’s ancestors. The piece then shifts to stock exchange visitors and jokes about barber shops and shaving. Includes miscellaneous quips from various papers.
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Col
Joe Rickey
Young Rickey
Philadelphia Ledger
Joseph
Rickey
Finding a Way to Guide Papa Home
A poem by Frank Walcott Hutt in Youth's Companion describes a child leading a parent through meadows and woods to safe paths. The speaker muses on returning home and fearing they might not recall the safest route as well as the father.
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Papa
Frank Walcott Hutt
Home fountain and circus from egg shells and straws
An 19th century experiment uses goose eggs and paper straws to create a two shell fountain and rotating circus apparatus. Water pressure drives a fountain from one straw while a second arrangement powers moving tubes and a corked float, with added figures for display. A note cites Dr. Gould linking eye strain to historical ailments and suggests white ink on black paper as a remedy.
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Brooklyn Engle
Reaper
George M. Gould
Ife
de Quincy
Carlyle
Browning
Italian woodcutter jailed for life after dog reveals murder
Cassinelli was found guilty of premeditated murder in Bonati’s forest killing. A Frenchman’s dispute over wages led to the assault, with Bonati’s dog guiding searchers to the victim. The dog’s behavior exposed the crime, and the court imposed life imprisonment.
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Cassinelli
Jean Bonati
Bonati
Mme. Bonati
Tris
Simple Leaf Printing Demonstration
A brief guide shows how boys and girls can make a perfect leaf impression similar to an engraving. Oil a sheet of writing paper with lard or sweet oil, wipe excess oil, let it dry, then pass the oiled paper slowly over a lighted candle to touch the flame.
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Brooklin Eagle
Leaf Printing by Rubbing and Silk From a Pinna
Describes a method to transfer images using blackened paper and impressions from leaves. Also reports on silk spun by the Mediterranean shell fish pinna, detailing extraction, processing, and the resulting thread qualities and colors.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
E Pinkham’s V table Restores Strength For Ms Joseph
A reader from 1007 Miles Ave writes that life seemed dark during months of illness until E Pinkham’s V table served as an elixir of life. It restored lost forces and health, allowing the writer to recover after prolonged weakness and regain strength week by week.
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E. Pinkham
Cuticura Soap and Pills Promoted for Skin Ailment Care
Advertises Cuticura Soap ointment and Resolvent as a complete treatment for inherited or early skin conditions in children. Recommends warm baths with Soap to cleanse crusts and inflammation, gentle applications of Ointment, and Resolvent to cool the blood in severe cases, claiming steady relief and cure.
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Dally Mary Kah Co
Drusilla Blake
Mason Hills
New Stock Exchange
Sifkins
Doolittle
Bifkins
Pike —Cincta Enquirer
Don
Clara
Chive
Fido
Detroit
Free Presa
Hagedens Animal Guides
Beene
Danforth
St. Joseph, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
UALC
The
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport
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