Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Female Health Fix
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for a range of female ailments including headaches backaches irregular periods and pelvic discomfort. It claims strong endorsements and no alcohol or habit forming drugs while promising to strengthen regulate and invigorate the female system and avoid surgery though it warns miracles are unlikely. It invites letters for confidential consultations and offers a free medical adviser with mailed copies.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Affaio
N. Y
Lena Nagel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Morgan St
Buffalo
Lydia KE. Pinkhan
Lydia BE
Local Short Stories and Community Notes Across Town
Short items describe Sabbath school picnics at Oxford lake park and social events at Piedmont Springs. Rev J M Solley travels to Anniston for a prohibition sting. Nine defendants face $72 in fines in police court. Globe Tonic advertised with samples at 123 West 10th St. Local residents attend balls, updates on hotel staff, and a new cotton mill project in Jacksonville progresses. Clifford Davis of Anniston moves to Birmingham after law school.
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Globe
West 10Th St
Clifford Davis
Anniston
Birmingham
W. A. Davis
Davis
Law School
University of Alabama
Princeton
Birmingham Age Herald
Coal Trade Ad Promotes Empire Montevallo Jellico Brands
Telephone FE. M. Lewis advertises Empire coal from Montevallo or Jellico as the best in the South. The short notice urges customers to call for service and details.
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M. Lewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico
Giolitti Cabinet Loses Another Member to Ill Health
In Italy Signor Majorana the treasury minister and Giolitti's young successor has fallen ill and traveled to Sicily leaving his resignation with the premier. Within eleven months four of eleven ministers have died or resigned from illness, a fact stirring superstitious belief of an evil omen.
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Giolitti
Italy
Signor Majorana
Treasury
Signor Giolitti
Sicily
Eve
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Restore Comfort
Advertisement touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as effective for constipation. Claims a pleasant bowel movement with no disagreeable effects. Price 25 cents. Samples free. J. L. Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Popular Postal Telegraph Operator Plans Return to City
Mr Winfield Hunter, long time operator at the Postal Telegraph office, informed Manager Barnett he will return to fill a vacancy. He left for Mobile but friends are glad he will be back.
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Winfield Hunter
Barnett
Mobile
Postmaster Endorses Chamberlain's Remedy in Cherryvale
Cherryvale postmaster F. M. Hamilton also sells general goods and patent medicines. He states Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard in his line and never fails to give satisfaction. Sold by J L Wikle.
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F. M. Hamilton
Cherryvale
Ind
Unwritten law urged against wedding day mischief
The Kansas City Journal scolds wedding pranksters who mock brides and grooms as a social nuisance. The editorial argues such barbaric behavior mars a day of supposed civility and questions why this custom persists.
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Kansas City
Serpent in the Railwayside Journey Inspires a Verse
T A Daly laments a dumbfounded travel companion who questions his plans and spending as he composes poetry on a train. The piece, published in Catholic Standard and Times, captures a muse thwarted by a cheery passenger who asks about expenses and trade.
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T. A. Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
The Needy One and The Other One Sketch
A humorous exchange shows one man asking for five for a day or two while the lender explains the loan is currently out and he has several names down for it when it returns. The dialogue captures a light social vignette on lending and trust.
Farmhouse Bedtime Laughs Say It Tickles to Sleep
A rustic exchange in a rural breakfast scene features a city visitor and an old farmer. The farmer teases about sleeping on straw filled mattress and a pie and coffee offer. The piece blends light humor with a nod to simple country life.
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Eity
Waal
St Louis Post-Dispatch
From Ha Ha Town A Fine Idea
A humorous vignette features I M P Cantus Robinson Crusoe and Fri nate Noe with suggestions of a daily payday. The playful wordplay centers on imagined people and comic misunderstandings in a quirky town setting.
Punishment at bath time in Chicago News
A brief dialogue joke from the Chicago News: Peter asks if his mother punished him for swimming yesterday and Tim says yes, she made me take a bath.
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Small Peter
Small Timothy
Chicago News
Unhealthy. Man Refuses Doctors and Loses Gold Watch
A man tells a friend he rejects doctors and slept with windows open on a suggestion. He wakes to find his gold watch missing from a bureau, reported in Pliegende Blatter.
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