Jokes and Quips Share Snappy Schoolhouse Wit
A collection of short classroom and family quips. Teachers tease students with math humor while elders trade wry one liners about money, minds, and manners. The snippets include exchanges on candy costs shall and will usage and a line about a shirt hanging on the line.
Vitality Restored, Captain Hogan Credits Kidney Pills
Capt J W Hogan former Indianola post master now in Austin Texas describes years of kidney trouble with pains across loins hips and shoulders headaches neuralgia and night chills. After seven climates and various medicines he found Dean s Kidney Pills which cured him and left his eyesight perfect. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Indianola
Austin
Texas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Frightened Club Women Debate Child Brutality Statistics
A mothers group questions a test on child brutality noting the claim American children are 40 percent more brutal than foreign children. The piece critiques the question's validity, cites a pacific seven year old answer, and urges calm, work, and restraint instead of worry.
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Verdieta
Solomon
Wordsworth
Embroidery fashion and health tips for girls
The article discusses embroidery patterns on gowns and velvet ribbons with Valenciennes frills, noting they require dry cleaning. It advises girls under 18 to avoid wearing rings, explains how rings can hinder finger growth, and suggests removing rings nightly to restore circulation. It also covers foot mechanics, breakfast choices, and the benefits of cocoa and milk, ending with a note on fresh air and breathing.
Velvet Ribbon Fashion in Spring and Summer Styles
Velvet ribbon dominates upcoming fashion in Paris with sheer white organdy gowns decorated in black velvet. Designers use ribbons of all widths to create striking contrasts, including transparent yokes and sleeves where the black trim enhances the delicate fabric.
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Paris
Notable figures plan summer travels and public routines
Miss Helen Gould plans a European summer, her first abroad in years. Mme Bernhardt recalls L Aiglon as her career peak in Paris. Mrs William McKinley maintains daily drives to her husband's tomb, always bearing flowers. She remains steadfast in public rituals.
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Helen Gould
Europe
Mme. Bernhardt
L’aiglon
Paris
William McKinley
Summer Fancies In Dress And Odd Facts
A collage of fashion notes and curious trivia including how properly shaped shoes prevent toeing in children, insights on foot arches, and several cultural tidbits about women across the world. Also includes a recipe for a ham and cheese entrée and short literary quotes.
Granite powder may serve as fertilizer, says Agriculture
New England farmers know granite boulders harm tilled soil but Department of Agriculture experiments suggest powdered granite could become a valuable fertilizer. Granite carries potash, a key soil nutrient, and imported potash costs about a hundred dollars a ton while some ground granite could be cheaper. Research not conclusive yet, but mills are rising to produce rock fertilizer.
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New England
Department of Agriculture
America
Germany
Kitchener's Soup Recipe Step by Step
The recipe uses four ounces barley two ounces oatmeal three onions one tablespoon ful dripping two ounces bacon and three quarts stock from bones. Soak barley then boil in stock with onions. Fry bacon in dripping add oatmeal fry to crisp then mix with soup and simmer with salt and pepper.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advised Over Mercury Risks
An ad warns against mercury based remedies for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims the product contains no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The text urges readers to buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials available and notes druggists sell it at 75 cents per bottle. Mall's Family Pills are endorsed as the best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Yoledo
Ohio
Druggista
Mall’s
Royal jest on eggs and scarcity in distant realm
A fragmentary tale recounts a royal audience where the sovereign, after tasting eggs among other delicacies, is told the eggs are not scarce but the supplies are. The humor centers on shortages and royal perception in a distant village setting.
Mrs Winslow Seething Syrup Teething Remedy
Teething period guidance praises Mrs Winslow Seething Syrup as the best remedy for children. The ad tone emphasizes soothing and comfort for infants during tooth eruption.
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Mrs. Winslow
San Francisco bachelor offers outfits for 500 women
A San Francisco bachelor proposes to furnish clothes for 500 women. He notes that if he had ever been forced to clothe one woman, around the time she prepared to go to a fashionable venue during a heat spell, he would likely have disappointed about 499 of them.
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San Francisco
The Strenuous Life Debate On End Of Life Choices
Dr. Woods Hutchinson argues for a strenuous life for the elderly when longer life offers meaningful care, insisting self destruction is wrong. He cites Cicero, warns against hastening death, and urges maintaining purpose and usefulness even late in life.
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Woods Hutchinson
American Medical Association
Achilles
Cicero
Mary and Jane Wedding Invitations Issue Question
A reader asks if Mary issued one hundred fifty wedding invitations and whether Jane received many valuable unreserved items. The note presents a brief inquiry about the couple's wedding plans and guest responses.
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Mary
Jane
The Little Doctor in your Vest Pocket Cascarets Ad
A vintage advertisement for Cascarets by Sterling Remedy Company promotes a pocket health aid. It claims Cascarets stimulate bowel activity like exercise, avoid purging, and reduce future dosing. Readers are offered a free gold plated bonbon box for 10 cents in stamps.
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Flaee
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Howard E Burton Assayer and Chemist Listing
Howard E Burton of Leadville Colorado lists specimen prices for gold silver lead at 1.00 and 0.75 dollars with cyanide tests and copper zinc prices. Full price list and mailing envelopes available on application. He solicits control and umpire work and cites Carbonate National Bank as a reference.
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Howard E. Burton
Leadville
Colorado
Carbonate National Bank
No. 29-1906 Hen Writing to Advertisers Mention Paper
A short notice requests advertisers to mention the paper in correspondence. It appears as a classified style guidance item, likely from an internal publication or editorial page. The fragment notes no dates or names beyond the generic instruction.
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