Premature Repentance and a Doctor's Assurance
A distressed husband pleads for full disclosure as his wife informs him recovery is in sight after a night of inebriety. He asks her to telephone his partner to foreclose a mortgage, claiming he was out of his head. Also notes estimated annual smoke damage across large U.S. cities at $6 per person.
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Tommy
William
Herbert M. Wilson
United States Geological Survey
United States
Mabel
Swedish Lutheran conference to oppose liquor licenses
Westberg elected hospital board president as Rev P A Westerberg leads Iowa church plan. Delegates pledge to refuse liquor consent petitions and oppose temperance opponents. Women's Missionary Society names officers led by Mrs E V Hanson and Miss Alida Lundquist. society raised $1 240 47 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Swedish Lutheran Churches of
P. A. Westerberg
A. P. Westerberg
C. A. Henry
Clinton
John A. Benson
C. O. Marland
Madrid
Alida Lundquist
Ottumwa
Anna Anderson
Dr Crofford Pardoned After Six Months Fight
Des Moines reports Dr J W Crofford granted absolute pardon by Governor Carroll ending a six months struggle. Crofford, once convict in a fatal criminal operation at a Leon sanitarium, had his fate debated after a 1910 trial. The pardon followed a board of parole recommendation and years of legal dispute.
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Des Moines
J. W. Crofford
B. I. Carroll
State Board of Parole
Crofford
Leon
Fort Madison
Artemus Brown
United States
Pure Food Inspector
Board of Parole
Crofford Sanitarium
Brown
Carroll Grant Crofford
Crafford
Turkeys Shipped to Chicago At 24 Cents Per Pound
George G. Calkina shipped thirty two turkeys to Chicago, estimated 500 pounds total, at 24 cents per pound. The average per bird was about $3.70. In New York on February 28, a local paper notes William C. McAdoo, builder of the Hudson tunnels, has been offered the presidency of the Interborough Metropolitan Company.
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Kirksville
Adair County
Alma Proctor Vaughn
James R. Hull
Monroe City
John T. Vaughn
Vaughn
Hull
Chicago
Corning
George G. Calkina
New York
William C. McAdoo
Hudson
Interborough-Metropolitan Company
Picimure
Nighttime Devotion Sparks Fatherly Reproof In Satirical Exchange
A scene in a home shows Mabel praying in her nightgown when father interrupts to scold, prompting her sharp quip about saying prayers. The snippet, via a New York Sun quote, shifts to a Wagner opera moment where a woman jokes about her butcher as a frequent opera-goer. The clippings mix comic lines and ad snippets from early 20th century culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Spinster of To Day and the New Independent Woman
A shift from comic old maid stereotypes to the modern independent woman is noted. Spinsterhood is no longer a reproach as many engage in charity work and community boards. In Brooklyn a church promotes its Sunday school with in-window placards inviting boys and girls to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumphant
Brooklyn
Quack Cure Ads and Moral Snippets From Old Ledger
A pasted page item mix cites Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a reward offer and testimonials, Cheney credit lines, and wholesale druggists notices. It also contains product pitches for Pettit's Eye Salve and Howard Bros. remedies, plus moral quips about reputations and discipline, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century advertorial style.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
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Westerberg
Women’s Home and
Foreign Missionary Society
Carter
Carters
Wrigley’s
John, Brown & Son
Boston
Mena
Des Moines Directory
Bollera
American Yon Works
First Bt
Dea Molags
Pisity Te
DR. Crofford
Decatur County
Burlington
Charles R. Chamberlain
Iowa
Washington
Taft
Senate
Martindale
Lucy
Smith
Sioux Rapids
Doan
Williams M. Sears
Cherry Street
Nevada
Sears
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
W.M
Mra
TL. L. Babers
Terry Bt
Houston
Texas
Dean
Thera
Foster-Mitevi Co
Buffaloxnw
Patti
Wriglywy
Father
Perry Davia Prinkisler
Lee
Ake Fran Ivy
Luspeure
Beayeieey Yeerbg
Monroe Grug CO
Guincy
Alinote
Tiger Chewing Tobacco
Tiger
T. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Hia Orr
Walving
Innand& Mairyin
Wholedale Drogelats
Hall
Hin
Resinol Chemical Company
Mrs. Geo. A. Laney
Baltimore, MD
Outreal
Canada
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