The Dividing Fence Heals With Sweet Peas
Two elderly neighbors Joshua Long and Abner Walluiggzton feud over a boundary fence but chaos ends when Joshua returns from the city and discovers Abner laid up. Their grandaughter Bessie tending Abner’s garden helps them see common ground as Joshua shifts plans to a shared flower bed along the former line and the feud dissolves.
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Joshua Long
Abner
Joshua
Sim
Alonzo Reed
Aloun
Bessie
Ben’s
Bess
Jim
Joelua
Sta Gon
Corfettis
Mr. Long
Stan
Joahua
Turpentine Found as Antidote to Carbolic Acid Poisoning
A Dublin veterinary surgeon named Allen reports turpentine as an antidote after trials on poisoned horses and a blacksmith. The oil quickly revived the animals and a man, with experts calling for further experiments to verify the treatment. If confirmed, carbolic acid bottles should note this antidote.
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Dublin
Allen
London News
Dredging Kalamazoo River Sought to Ease Floods
Kalamazoo council weighs a dredging plan for Kalama zoo river from Cooper to deepen the bed and remove sandbars at an estimated cost of 30000 dollars or half that amount. The Detroit Tribune notes flooding damage could be reduced and recalls hooped skirts era debris clogging the channel.
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Kalamazoo
Kalamazooloos
Druggist’s Error Costs Paris Doctor Dear Penalties
Carelessness in writing a prescription sent a Paris doctor to a month in jail and a $20 fine while the chemist an assistant received six days in prison and a $20 fine. The victim gained $100 in compensation after claiming $6,000 reported by N Y World.
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Paris
N. Y. World
Fish Survive Extreme Cold Then Splinter Under Strain
A Berlin professor studies extreme cold effects on fish life. He finds fish endure 45 degrees below freezing before becoming so hard they shatter like ice when struck against a hard surface.
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Berlin
Longest Day Recalled In June Call Times-Democrat
A reader recalls the longest day of the year mentioning June with calls made both in the morning and afternoon. The memory is reported in the Times-Democrat.
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Ber
Times-Democrat
His Tenth Birthday In Farm Journal Poem
A mother mourns as her son turns ten, the toy organ and toy drum fade in memory. The boy who sat on her lap yesterday now stands with feet on the floor, and earthly gold cannot restore his curls or the child who was ten.
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Pitman
Farm Journal
Little Girl's Ready Wit and Bishop Burt Story
A humorous exchange describes Dr. William Burt of Rome as cheerfully placid. A clergyman praises his calm temperament and good-natured tolerance, recounting a child named Nancy who quips about a father's fondness for whatever is not available.
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William Burt
Rome
Burt
Dr. Burt
Wilbraham Academy
Nancy
Canine School of Etiquette A Paris Pet School
A dog etiquette school in Paris trains animals to greet visitors with bows and wagging tails and to accompany guests to the door. Pupils are taught to fetch items dropped by owners and return them, showcasing polite behavior and obedience.
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Paris
Strange Native Healers and Their Ceremonial Costumes
An old People’s Home Journal piece describes Apache and Sioux medicine men using spiritual influence, bear skin costumes, rattles, spears, and totemic parts to charm away illness. It details ritual acts like singing, crawling, feigning sickness, and drawing out imagined evil spirits via bark figures and symbolic images.
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Dinede
People’s Home Journal
Sad End of Faithful Dog in Parla Cemetery
A dog cemetery in Parla marks a St Bernard tombstone reading to the memory of a brave St Bernard. The inscription notes the dog “waved the lives of 40 and was killed by the forty” conveying a noble death in defense or service.
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Parla
How Squaws Cook Their Food in Early Times
The Chicago Tribune describes how Indian squaws cooked by using spark from flint to light fires, gathering dry leaves and stones, and boiling food in stone-lined baskets with hot stones. Children stacked stones and managed heat to boil water before cooking corn or nuts.
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Chicago Tribune
Crabs of Enormous Size on Ascension Island
Enormous crabs on Ascension Island measure about a foot long and have been observed stealing rabbits from their burrows and devouring them.
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Ascension Island
Claffion Knight Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
A Chicago resident testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved severe kidney and pelvic pains after costly ineffective medicines. He notes a rapid improvement within a week and full recovery after seven weeks, endorsing the product and its 50 cent price as sold by dealers via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N. Y. The ad also mentions Windsor Delft blue, shirt waists, and fashion notes.
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Ashland Ave
Chicago
Weaet Sides
Dean
Dann
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Diverse 1900s News Snippets Span Industry and Travel
The electric motor is replacing belts in factories. The palais de Castile in Paris, home of the late Queen Isabsila, was bought by the French government. A bread ad notes a Europe Asia link across the Bosporus with 1,250 yards of cotton. Rear Admiral Robley D Evans, a baseball fan, visited Mrs Evans in Poughkeepsie and watched a Hudson River league game, cheering for the home team.
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Palais de Castile
Isabsila
Paris
Ts Bread
Europe
Asia
Bosporus
London Financial Times
Robley D. Evans
Mrs. Evans
Poughkeepsie
Hudson River League
U Proaroualy
Racial Peculiarities in Military Traits and Diets
The excerpt notes minimum heights for Hussian and French conscripts at five feet, average Japanese soldiers under four feet four inches, and low rheumatism in Japan. It claims Japanese avoid alcohol and tobacco, and mentions fasting practices of the Jajaos in India, with 30 to 40 day fasts and a yearly 75 day abstinence.
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Japan
India
Coffee to Postum Cure Featured in Iowa Woman’s Testimony
An Iowa woman recounts years of nervous spells headaches stomach and kidney trouble linked to coffee. After swapping to Postum and hot water, spells faded sleep improved and weight gain noted. Her husband also reports relief from headaches. Brand and location noted. book promotion included.
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Iowa
Tam
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Ite
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