Startling But True Pneumonia Cure Warns of Danger
A historical notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia after colds. It cites a Chicago theater fire deaths and pneumonia toll, urging readers to use the remedy. The testimonial from W D Wilcox of Logan New York claims it saved his daughter Laura from pneumonia. Sold by Joseph Bros.
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Chicago
Chamberlain
Christaberlain
Laura
W. D. Wilcox
Logan
New York
Joseph Bros
Scientific cures promoted for women’s pains and nervous symptoms
An advertisement touts Wine of Cairdeb and Thedford's Slack-Draught as remedies for monthly pains nervousness dizziness indigestion and related ailments in women. The copy stresses their value reliability and scientific standing and urges purchase at all dry stores for every home.
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Cairdeb
Thedford
Scott's Emulsion Featured For Fatty Babies
An ad extols Scott's Emulsion as the remedy for scrawny infants. It claims fat stores benefit bone and muscle, soothe nerves, and calm babies, presenting fat babies as content and well protected.
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Scott
Free Sample Request Reveals Emulsion Bottle Label Claim
A consumer note requests a free sample and mentions a label on the wrapper of every Emulsion bottle. The message emphasizes Essure as part of the described label, suggesting a packaging claim or promotional offer.
Local Hints and Notes From Sullivan’s Store and River Life
Local items report Sullivan’s promotions on hominy sauerkraut and dried fruit, a new coal haul by Irank Gregory, and remarks on a new dray. Lively notes include a Pocahontas lodge gathering, an editor's debate over a spider omen, and a cigarette law critique. The piece ends with a Livingstone dispatch on hippos in the Zambesi and transport perils, urging caution.
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J. R. Sullivan
Irank Gregory
Franke
Walnut Grove Socials and Visits Plot Week
Robt Billingsly and family Opal Wall and Gladis Kincaid visited Benjamin McClaine and family Sunday night. Ella and Jessie McClaine Jennie Erskine and Mattie Hamilton visited R D Billingsly and family Monday night. Jennie Erskine attended Ruth Voorhis funeral Saturday. Jacob McClaine of Johnson county visiting relatives. George Kincaid and wife visited Rebecca Jaques Sunday. Milton Smith and wife attended wedding Simon Bush and Mabel Sutton Sunday evening. Lon Bratton and wife at Advance meeting Sunday night. Ed Proffitt and wife and Maude Proflitt visited George Proflitt and family Sunday.
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Robt. Billingsly
Opal Wall
Gladis Kincaid
Benjamin McClaine
Ella and
Jessie McClaine
Jennie Erskine
Mattie Hamilton
R. D. Billingsly and
Family
Ruth Voorhis
Jacob McClaine
Johnson County
Milton Smith
Simon Bush
Mabel Sutton
Lon Bratton
Advance
Ed Proffitt
Maude Proflitt
George Proflitt
Arkan sas Man Credits Dr King’s New Discovery
H L Stanley of Bruno credits his wife’s recovery from five years of coughing and lung bleeding to Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. He says the first bottle improved her and twelve bottles cured her. Trial bottle free at Joseph Bros with money back guarantee.
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Arkansas
H. L. Stanley
Bruno
Dr. King
Joseph Bros
Japan's Hired Girl and The Yellow Fever Warning
Supreme Court Justice Brewer comments on Japan’s Image of Liberty. A note on yellow fever germs resembling malaria, with Dr. King’s New Life Pills promoted as a cure. Zac at Joseph Bros.
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Japan
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Goddess of Liberty
Dr. King
Zac
Joseph Bros
Kedol Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Reverend Hocutt
An advertisement features Rev W E Hocutt of S Mills North Carolina praising Kedol Dyspepsia Cure for chronic indigestion and heartburn. The copy claims Kodol digests what you eat and leaves the stomach sweet, with rapid relief and palatability. Sold by Joseph Bros.
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W. E Hocutt
S. Mills
N.C
Joseph Bros
When Hadley's Reign Began at Yale
A rain soaked Yale transfer of power saw President Timothy Dwight and Professor Arthur Hadley lead a parade. Dwight, aged and stooped, offered to hold an umbrella for Hadley, quipping that Hadley’s reign would begin tomorrow, a moment marked by humor and tradition.
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Hadley
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
Dwight
Pain Balm Cures Eight Year Rheumatic Hip Case
Reverend Amos Parker of Magnola North Carolina suffered eight years with a lame hip from rheumatic pains and was permanently cured by applying Chamberlains Pain Balm. The balm provides quick relief without internal medicine and is sold by Joseph Bros.
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Amos Parker
Magnola
North Carolina
Joseph Bros
Misunderstood Passenger on Washington Streetcar
On a Washington streetcar a conductor and a woman argued after she muttered Go tohill. The exchange centered on misheard words about Hill Street, with the conductor asking clarifying questions and the woman insisting on what she thought she heard. The episode left both parties to reflect on the encounter.
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Washington Street
Los Angeles News
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Health Claims
A vintage promotional note touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a universal remedy that never gripe or sicken and cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims relief from headache constipation biliousness jaunice torpid liver and sallow complexion based on thousands of users.
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DeWitt
Bushtown Glen Denny Visits Carl Whitley Friday Night
Ed and Grace Maddox spent Sunday with home folks while Bushtown Glen Denny visited Carl Whitley Friday night.
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Glen Denny
Carl Whitley
Grace Maddox
Three Coveys In One Quail Season Told By Cypress Resident
Horston Post reports a Cypress area observer found an old quail hen nesting in a yard and raising three coveys in one breeding season. The first covey had twenty birds, sixteen in a second brood, and eighteen in a late third batch, totaling fifty four offspring. The tale supports a close breeding season and criticizes September October quail hunting as harmful to hens and their young.
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Cypress
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Mothers
The soothing remedy comforts families with colds croup and whooping cough. It is noted for quick relief and contains no opium or harmful drugs, making it safe for babies and adults alike.
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Joseph Bros
Silver Coins in 1781 Musket a Witches Tale Unearthed
A Pennsylvania farmer, Vedderman, found a rusted colonial musket loaded with silver shillings dated 1781, leaves from a Bible, a hair lock, and a difficult quote, suggesting a charm against witches. The discovery relays old witchcraft lore with a colonial twist and a Philadelphia Record note.
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Pennsylvania
Vedderman
Philadelphia Record
She Knew Her Grammar
A young girl calls her father by telephone for the first time and responds Singular when asked for a number. Central guides her to the proper procedure as she learns basic grammar through a family moment.
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Papa
Central
One Minute Cough Cure Sold By Joseph Bros
An old advertisement claims One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs colds croup and whooping cough without harmful drugs. It promotes safety for children and urges purchase from Joseph Bros.
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Joseph Bros
Congressman Candler Pushes Tupelo Public Building Bill
After taking the oath Congressman Candler of Mississippi submitted a bill for a Tupelo public building. This repeats a long effort begun by former representative Private John Allen who started the campaign twenty years ago and kept pressing for the monument to his city with wit argument and plea, though without success.
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Indianapolis
Lafayette Frankfort
David Star Jordan
Indiana University
Stanford
Congressman Candler
Mississippi
Publc
Tupelo
Miss
John Allen
Congress
Allen
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