Peruna Endorsed by Assemblyman Tighe as Restorative Tonic
Assemblyman John Tighe of Cohoes New York writes Peruna has my hearty endorsement as a superior tonic. He says it restored him when exhausted from work and helped his mind and body regain energy. He recommends Peruna to those tired in mind and body and notes its supposed cure for nerves and catarrh.
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Tighe
John Tighe
Remeen
Cohoes
N. Y
Albany County
Peruna
J. Tighe
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
SWIFT
Atlanta
Foreign book imports and literary gossip from 1903
A Harmand report notes 1903 foreign books imported into Japan valued at 496185 yen. Largest imports came from Great Britain, then Germany, with the United States third. The piece profiles Perceval Landon, his Tibet book and travels, plus piracy allegations around Thompson Buchanan. It also mentions Empress Eugenie, Robert Hichens, and reflections on worldly prosperity through anecdote about Bill Gassett.
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M. Harmand
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Perceval Landon
Tibet
Landon
Younghusband
Thompson Buchanan
Mr. Buchanan
Eugenie
Mr. Orcutt
McClurg
Robert Hichens
Garden of Allah
Clifton College
Bristol
London
America
Felx
Hichens
Algeria
Lighthouse Job Ads Spark Light Housekeeping Jokes
Washington officials debated lighthouse keeper recruitment and a Civil Service exam after a stenographer called for light housekeepers creating humor about applicant weight limits and a mock department of domestic economy. Readers discussed siblings and conscience in brief humor and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil and Domestic Service
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Plants Take Winter Rest and Sleep Like Animals
A discussion on plant dormancy contrasts the winter rest of bulbs and tubers with animal hibernation. It notes how crocuses, hyacinths, and lilies hide underground, reemerge with spring, and uses examples like the squirting cucumber and the deceptive Par nassus grass to illustrate plant defenses and pollination tricks.
Dishonesty Alleged After Kiss Incident at Office
A bookkeeper recalls being confronted by the boss for taking a kiss from the stenographer. The boss accuses him of dishonesty over taking something that belonged to him. In a separate exchange a curious woman asks a seamstress about her husband’s kindness during illness, receiving a cautious reply.
Opaque says ideas come thick when he writes
The Houston Post reports he states that when he sits down to write his ideas arrive thick and fast, and a witty reply comments that they come thick indeed.
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Houston Post
Not an Ornament Inheritance and marriage market quips from era papers
A collage of humorous lines from a newspaper page noting Miss Olden inheriting a large sum and seeking a husband, jokes about health and seashore trips, ad lines for Mrs Winslow’s Soothie Syrup, Dr Kline’s nerve restore, a Cleveland Leader quip, and Piso’s Cure for Coughs.
No Lack of Variety and the Simple Life in Maine
A Boston Record anecdote recalls a Maine fisherman who spends evenings in quiet routine. He says he sometimes sits and thinks, and other times he just sits. The traveler also asks about strawberries with skim milk, noting the odd question as a humor nugget.
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Maine
Boston Record
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease by Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy New York offering a free sample. Claims to cure sweating and swollen feet and make tight shoes easy, with benefits for corns ingrowing nails and bunions. Sold by all druggists 25 cents and no substitutes.
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Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Allen
Time has come for poor and rich to brush elbows
An agitator proclaims that the poor tramp will soon mingle with millionaires. Dusty Dennis agrees from a back bench and recalls being jailed in the same cell as a millionaire chauffeur in a Kansas town.
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Dusty Dennis
Kansas Town
Fixing Railroad Rates and the Game of Commerce
The article compares railroad rate setting to checkers and chess, noting railroads adjust freight charges to aid communities and shippers. It argues rate making relies on mutual concessions, with U S lines offering lower prices than government-owned European and Australian railways, creating world leading transport affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Australia
Canada Adopts Signal Bells for St Lawrence Navigation
The Canadian government will install thirty submarine bells in the St Lawrence River and off maritime provinces in agreement with a Boston company. Twenty six stations will be shore based and four on lightships, with ships destined to carry receivers to hear the bells, improving safety and aiding position finding in fog or storms.
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St. Lawrence
Ottawa
Boston
St. Lawrence River
Maritime Provinces
Boston Transcript
Canadian
Dominion
Canada
United States
Navy Department
Lighthouse Board
Pollock Rip Shoals
Vineyard Sound
New York
Metropolitan
Rockland
Remark on a Boy Guest and Lamb Dish
The speaker compares a guest to a boy and likens the mutton to the spring lamb he had requested, noting the guest comes near that youthful image while the meat resembles the offhand quality of the order.
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Bill Gassett
Sands
Mr. Sands
Lewis & Clark Exposition
Portland
Department 1
Exposition Accommodation Bureau
Lewis & Clark Farr Goodnough Building
Oregon
Tommy
Pat
Mike
Hogan
Shure
New York Times
God
J. S. Key
Methodist
Shernar
Texas
Ayer
Penfield
Canyon City
J.C. Ayerleo Manuf
Ayers
Ere Eee Or Co., Lowell, Masfacturers of
Parnassus
Illinois State Journal
Miss Dolly
Boston Post
Nothers
Mrs. Winslow
Cleveland
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
W. S. Kirk
1St Ave
Seattle
Seni
C. C. Filson
Seattle, Wash
Ée Jae
Netotonck
Farnsworth
Rockfe Wash
Portland Seed CO
Portland. Or
Stewart & Holmes
Union
S.S. S
C. B. Williams
Sena
Wholepole
Third Avenue
Wash
Northwest
Ss. N. Y
Wes
Piso
E. C. Byers & CO
Arcade
W. Brown
Barber College
Washington St
A. L. Hall
R. L. Beatty
Carter Tor
Kone
Woodard, Clarke & CO
Stover
Idaho
Portland, Oregon
Spokane, Wash
Boise, Idaho
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