Political muse and figures shape early state politics in 1900s era
The piece surveys candidates and issues in several states. It notes E J Hill's unlikely senate bid, James Hamilton Lewis exiting Chicago mayoral race, and Robert C Davey's death. It covers prohibition efforts in Kentucky and Texas, Maine governor Fernald as a farmer executive, Bynum's tariff role in Oklahoma, La Follette's editor prospect, South Dakota legislature’s winter agenda, and George T Oliver of Pittsburgh eyeing Senate bid with a $250,000 GOP fundraise.
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South Dakota
Crawford
United States Senate
Advertising drives quick reader response and sales gains
The piece argues that newspapers must persuade readers to respond to ads. It states advertising now proves itself by immediate action, with more readers influenced and bargains delivering rapid, decisive returns. Adequate ads will boost business growth quickly.
The Fatted Calf Proverb Echoes in Atchison Globe
An Italian proverb quoted by the Atchison Globe laments the unfair killing of the fatted calf for the prodigal, noting it stirs family vows and sparks strife over the father’s money, yet hints a possible great good emerging from a great evil.
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Atchison Globe
Scott's Emulsion Power Description
A promotional piece extols Scott's Emulsion as deriving its effect from power to create power. It likens its action to fire turning water into steam and claims the product purifies thin blood supplying nourishment and energy to all organs tissues and muscles.
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Scott
Advertisement for Mandy Ruins of the World offer
An old advertisement offers to send the book Complete Mandy Ruins of the World in exchange for four cents and the reader’s adireat aunt name and paper along with payment to Scott & Downe at 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott & Downe
Pearl Street
New Yor
Backache Signals Kidney Trouble and Home Remedy
Backache is a danger signal for kidney trouble. The article warns to seek a first class physician and describes home remedies using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing guidance. It claims these solve many forms of rheumatism by cleansing kidneys and blood.
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Bright
Nature
Floral cross posy causes wedding confusion
A passenger recounts a floral four foot cross of white and red roses laid in a car. The centerpiece reads Peace in rosebuds, provoking laughter as travelers mistake it for a funeral item rather than a wedding decoration.
Margaret Wilson of Westminster Demands Snuff Funerary Arrangements
The London Globe reports Margaret Wilson of Westminster ordered a Scotch snuff laden funeral. She wished six bearers and six maidens to bear the pall, all snuff lovers, with snuff colored hats and snuff boxes for the procession. Snuff to be thrown at the threshold and every twenty yards ahead, and the clergyman paid by the amount of snuff he used.
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Margaret Wilson
Westminster
St. James
London Globe
What the Peruvians Believed
The piece describes an ancient Peruvians belief about the afterlife. A disembodied soul faces two rocks in eternity. Resting on the left rock leads to oblivion similar to Nirvana. On the right, the soul endures a purgatorial process where fiends dismember the flesh for about ten thousand years before returning to earth.
Naval Discipline and Liberty Under Two Officers
Walter M. McFarland discusses two naval cases of how shore leave tied to conduct grades. One executive officer granted more liberty to lower conduct grades due to conflicting systems, pushing most men into the second grade. A later ship, with a stricter commander, rewarded high conduct with unusually generous liberty, creating a large portion of the crew in the so called special first class.
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Walter M. McFarland
Engineering Magazine
Expert Players at Cards End in Women Only Fun
A Waiter overhears a ladies club card game described by Jane Maria Ida Susan and Marta. Hearts are trump and high cards lead but banter about who has the lead or takes tricks continues until Maria sighs that there are no men to tell them how to play.
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Jane
Maria
Ida
Susan
Marta
Pearson's Weekly
Cure cold in one day claim with laxative Bromide tablets
An old health ad promises to cure a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It offers a money back guarantee if it fails and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
The Way to His Vote and Beaconsfield’s Tactics
Lord Beaconsfield’s skill in securing votes is illustrated by Henry W. Lucy’s book. In the lobby he cornered a pompous Irishman Dr. O’Leary and compared him to his old friend Tom Moore, exposing the man’s vanity as he was captured.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Henry W. Lucy
Dr. O'Leary
Disraeli
Tom Moore
Domestic spat at breakfast ends with warning and rolling pin
A Chicago News item recalls a domestic spat at breakfast. The matron berates a meek man, calling him a monster while contrasting him with her two former husbands. He quips about their tenderness as she pursues him to the porch with a rolling pin.
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Maria
Chicago News
Pat's Services Raise Funds for Church Roof Patch
A cleric asks for contributions to repair a church roof with a rainstorm looming next Sunday. Pat responds that, though not a carpenter, rain will sit over the hole if not fixed. Pearson's describes the exchange as a humorous plea for help.
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Pat
Pearson
Milk Toast and Cheese Rich Bake
A recipe note from Harper's Bazaar describing making milk toast on a flat dish then covering with a thick layer of grated cheese and baking until melted and browned. The method emphasizes a rich cheese topping and oven finish.
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Harper'’s Bazar
Sponger Dispute Bubbles Between Grabbles and Hicks
In a sharp exchange Grabbles calls a Sponger the worst for never paying. Hicks retorts inviting him to settle the matter in person, underscoring ongoing tensions over debts and accountability.
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Grabbles
Hicks
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