Color and Light and a Mississippi Post Office Tale
A short magazine anecdote contrasts racial stereotypes with a Mississippi post office scene where a sender asks if another stamp will lighten a heavy letter. The tale, attributed to Harper's Weekly, is followed by a collegial quip about a minister's graduation sermon and a white clad class, described as a crow on a snowdrift.
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South
Mississippi
Darky
Harper's Weekly
Ike
Progress and Purpose Quote by Johinson
A reflective note on life urging continuous improvement and rational living, attributed to Johinson. The message emphasizes always striving to do more or better than in the past.
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Johinson
How to Avoid Pneumonia With Foley’s Honey and Tar Claim
Advice endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar to prevent pneumonia from a cold by stopping the cough and expelling the cold, noting it is mildly laxative. Urges buyers to refuse imitators and seek the genuine product in the yellow package from Elam Ordway and Houser.
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Foley
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Polite Star Singers in Detroit Exchange Calls
In Detroit the Polite Star Singers Patti Nicolini Albani and Ernest Gye stayed at the same hotel. Patti and Nicolini drove out while Albani called Ernest to leave formal cards. Patti later learned Albani and Gye planned a return visit after theater rehearsal.
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Detroit
Patti
Nicolini
Albani
Ernest Gye
Ernest
Patt
Gye
Insidious Kidney Trouble Warns of Fatal Malady
An insidious danger of kidney trouble is its stealthy progression to a fatal malady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble as it restores regularities and prevents Bright's disease and diabetes. Elam Ordway and Houser.
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Foley
Bright
Elam, Ordway & Houser
First class cleaning and dyeing service advertised
Herbert Breedlovr offers cleaning repairing pressing and dyeing for ladies and gentlemen at 12th and Gurnee. He will call for and deliver and guarantees work. Phone 575.
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Herbert Breedlovr
Mgr
12Th
Gurnee
Dreadnought to cross Atlantic on first voyage
The battleship Dreadnought sails tomorrow from Gibraltar on its first Atlantic crossing bound for Trinidad. It will spend about eight days to reach the Caribbean and two months in West Indian waters conducting gun practice and tests, offering American officers a first view of the famed vessel.
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Gibraltar
Admiralty
Atlantic
Trinidad
West Indian
Orangutans Trapped by Tree Felling and Nets
Hunters lure orangutans to favored trees then cut surrounding trunks to topple the sanctuary. The collapsing trees drive the animals to the ground where nets are thrown over them, entangling the primates as beaters create noise to prevent escape.
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Lts
Simian
Special Announcement on Foley's Honey and Tar Safety
A special notice declares Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is free of opiates or harmful drugs under the National Pure Food and Drug Law. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by Elam Ordway and Houser.
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Foley
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Educated Gaps and Gender Jokes in Mixed Panels
A humorous collage of character sketches and quick quips. Edgy exchanges probe manners and parliamentary rules with lines about education, marriage proposals, and broken engagements among a cast including Mies Screecher Collier Downe Jigson and Mrs n. The snippets capture social foibles in witty vignettes.
Great Irish Fair Nearing Completion in Dublin
Dublin reports the great international fair on 62 acres at Pembroke, close to city center, with two months to finish construction and install exhibits. The event aims to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors, including Irish Americans returning home for the summer.
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Dublin
Pembroke
Ireland
The Strangling Fig Its Growth and Deadly Embrace
Visitors to tropical regions encounter the strangling fig a parasitic tree that begins as an epiphyte high in a host tree. Roots descend to the ground form a tubelike mass around the trunk. upon reaching maturity they smother or starve the host, especially palms and oxygen-rich wood, until death occurs. The thick roots resemble slow flowing material running down the tree.
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Mexico
St. Nicholas
No Opium in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
An advertisement states Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy contains no opium or harmful drugs and has a 30 year reputation for colds croup and whooping cough. It claims it always cures and is pleasant to take, suitable for children, sold by S J L Wikle.
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S J. L. Wikle
Married couple credits Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for youth
Mr and Mrs F A Weiblen of 567 Forest Street Saint Paul Minnesota celebrate 51 years of marriage. He is 71 she is 73 and both remain vigorous thanks to Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. Mr Weiblen served in the U S Navy in the War of the Rebellion and later ran a business in Cumberland Wisconsin before moving to Saint Paul.
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F. A. Weiblen
Forest Street
St. Paul
Minn
Hale
Weiblen
Duffy
United States Navy
Cumberland
Wis
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Health Tonic
An advertisement extols Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as an absolutely pure tonic and medicine boosting digestion circulation and vitality. It claims benefits for workers women and the ill and warns against imitations while noting a one dollar bottle price and a free medical booklet from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co Rochester NY.
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Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
New York
Minnesota to Enter Commission Soon
The 16,000 ton battleship Minnesota built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company will be placed in commission within two weeks. Fire in the shipyard late December delayed the launch but most damaged equipment was replaced and the ship will join Uncle Sam’s fleet before the first of the month.
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Star
Newpord News
Minnesota
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dev. Dock Company
Uncle Sam
Dr Thomas Celege Oil Heals Wounds Fast
An old style health claim promotes Dr Thomas Celege Oil as a quick pain reliever and wound healer for cuts burns and minor injuries. The ad urges readers to be prepared for accidents with this remedy.
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Thomas’ Celege
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