Deranged nerves cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills tale
A Mattoon Illinois woman recounts a long battle with nervous disorders including Vitus dance like spasms. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her after a rapid initial improvement and eventual full recovery except for a two week grip episode. She notes lasting health since then.
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Mia
Tda L. Brown
Aloot
Sol
Williama
Pink Milly
Mrs. Brown
DeWitt Street
Mattoon
Earliest Green Onions Offer New Money Making Vege Pie
La Crosse Wis Earliest Green Onions from Salter Seed Co highlight a new money making vegetable pie. Isa winner Mr Parmer and Gardener promote Earliest Green Eating Onion varieties with fresh offerings and novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobn A
Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Isa
Mr. Parmer
Just Send This Notice and 16 Cents Offer
An odd promotional notice promises warranted vegetable seeds and a 10 day earlier July corn offer. It urges sending the notice with 16 cents by return mail, claiming a large stock and test seeds for 160 postage. The teaser ends with a quip about a dreamy religion not disturbing the devil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabeer
Cory
W.N.U
Yellow crust on baby cured by Cuticura
A mother describes a persistent yellow crust on her baby's head that cracked and itched until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used. After a few treatments the scalp was cured and she recommended Cuticura to other mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
John Boyce
Pine Bush
Imperial Hernia Cure by Dr O Wood
Advertisement for a new rupture cure by Dr O Wood promising cure in weeks without time loss. Claims include rectal diseases cured without the knife and offers a circular from 621 N Life Building Omaha. Includes slogan No man climbs to heaven by tall talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
M. B
Life
Omaha
Defiance Starch Offers 16 Ounce Pack For Same Price
Some grocers do not carry Defiance Starch because they hold 4 stock of rival brands in 12 ounce packages. They claim customers prefer 16 ounce Defiance for the same money since it requires no cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
The World Will Not Be Saved by Stained Glass Saints
A cryptic remark frames a broader critique of sanitizing religious imagery while urging practical action. The line contrasts sacred symbols with real-world responsibility, hinting at social or moral commentary in a contemporary or literary context.
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Advertisement
Promotes Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by Mother Gray at the Children’s Home in New York to cure constipation feverishness and bad stomach and to move and regulate the bowels and expel worms. Claims over 30,000 persons used it at Le Roy with a 25 cent price and free sample. Also quotes a saying about hypocrisy and indolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
Inaugural Address of President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt delivers his inaugural speech at Washington on March 4. He speaks of national responsibility under a free government, the duties to others and self, and the perils and opportunities of modern democracy amid rapid industrial and social change.
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President Roosevelt
Eiy Allen
Call for steadfast unity and justice in ongoing national growth
A speech urges cordial friendship and firm strength in pursuing peaceful relations with other powers while upholding justice and rights. It emphasizes self government, civic virtue, and continuity of the republic's heritage from Washington to Lincoln, with devotion to lofty ideals.
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Republic
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Egyptian physician seeks Arabic Ben-Hur translation
Ayad A Ghaguli an Egyptian medical department affiliate at the University of Cincinnati applies to publishers to translate Ben-Hur into Arabic He notes his translations of Spencer's History of Philosophy and calls Ben-Hur one of the most instructive and interesting books of this age He remains a member of his Egyptian church.
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Ayad A. Ghaguli
University of Cincinnati
Arabia
Ghazuli
Spencer
Practical signs in West Philadelphia barbers
A West Philadelphia resident discusses local signs advertising practical horse showing and a Woodland Avenue barber describing himself as a practical half-cutter. The speaker muses on prudence and suggests the era lacks truly practical men, while noting a future sign for a practical whip puller.
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West
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Kansas City Club Woman
Prominent Kansas City club woman Nellie Davis writes in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills claiming a complete cure for kidney troubles triggered by a cold. She describes back pain headaches and overall misery before using the remedy and notes she is now well. Free trial offer and Buffalo address provided for Foster Milburn Co. Dealers carry the product at a stated price.
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Kansas City
Doan
Nellie Davia
Michigan Avenue
Dean
Nelile Davis
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Adulteration of Coffee In German Review
A German article by Bertarelli discusses a coffee adulteration method using a five percent borax solution to weight and shine roasted beans. It warns that coffee swollen beyond four percent after drying signals fraudulent water absorption.
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Bertarelli
London Globe
Believed Smallest Shetland Pony in England
A Mackburn man owns a four year old Shetland pony believed to be the smallest in the United Kingdom. The pony is fully grown, jet black with a long shaggy coat and stands twenty seven and a half inches high, or seven hands.
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Mackburn
England
United Kingdom
Tobacco effect on the auditory nerve noted
The article states tobacco has a selective effect on the auditory nerve and advises moderation or avoidance, especially where deafness has begun or a family history of ear trouble exists.
Curiosity Weather Vane Erected Near Westerham
An Englishman builds a weather vane by the roadside at Westerham showing a motor car running over a pedestrian with a policeman figure at the arrow end, raised arm as the avenger.
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Westerham
Avenger
London Cab Fares Show Big Spend and Tips
A statistician puts London cab expenditures at 25 million pounds yearly with about 7.5 million pounds lost to tips and overcharges. At Lulea Sweden officials test frost resistant plant varieties. The strongest horse attracts the most pulling, unlike humans.
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London
Coffee Turns to Postum in a Woman’s Health Turnaround
A woman recounts coffee causing stomach and nervous heart trouble and credits Postum with restoring her health. After trying coffee again during a meal, she suffers severe symptoms until switching to Postum, which improves her and her husband’s well being. the testimonial is attributed to Postum Co. Battie Creek, Michigan.
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Postum
Baby
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Words Which Frare Lies In French Language Absorption
A Paris daily features examples of English words now used in French writing. The editor notes terms such as Interview meeting dockers steeplechase handicap editorial wagon clown tramway showing English influence on contemporary French.
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Paris
Tramway
Work as though you would live forever live as though you would die today
A passerby speaks a brief, reflective line about living fully and diligently, naming St. Edmund of Canterbury and a maxim about work and mortality, captured in a casual exchange. The remark stands as a momentary spark amid the surrounding scene.
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Tom
St. Edmund of Canterbury
Prisoner Confined for 21 Years by German Peasant
A 90-year-old man, his 86-year-old wife, and their 46-year-old son survived after the son was walled up in a small building in Juennersdorf near Ost phegnity. Food and light entered through a tiny opening, ending a 21 year confinement.
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Juennersdorf
Ostphegnity
Promptly Fixing the Blame
A three year old, confined by a cold, watches a boy play with another girl. She tells her mother she never liked that girl, expressing a moment of childish emotion during a snowy day. The scene captures early social friction and family observation with a quiet domestic tone.
How to extinguish burning oil safely
Do not pour water on burning oil as it will spread the flames. Throw on flour, earth, or sand to soak up the oil and rapidly extinguish the fire, as paraffin from an overturned lamp is the usual cause.
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Time and Money Savings
A housekeeper's note promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming each 16 oz package offers a full pound at the same price as rival 12 oz and 6 oz sizes. It emphasizes non staining, chemical free formula, and warns grocers may push smaller stock to clear it before Defiance.
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Defiance
Barker Prayer Forgives Debts and Forgives Fellow
A fragment quotes a religious exhortation urging followers to forgive debts and extend forgiveness to peers. The line frames forgiveness as a communal moral duty within a worship setting.
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Russii
Curious Weather Vane
Sweden
Beare
Ie Thompson
Giese
St.Jacobs Oil
Etrone
Price
J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S. A
Tower Canadian Coo., Limited
Torono
Canada
Ee Aeure
COS
Cremo
Hocky Mountains
Ncumator Lobrary
Ludianapolis
Ind
Westers
Novbuber
Imm Fun
Ottawa
W. V. Bennet
New Yorke
Maha
Nebraska
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
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