Health of Our Women Promotes Peruna Cure Claims
A letter from Mrs. Alvina Hanenkrat of Rich Falls Wisconsin praises Dr S B Hartman and his Peruna medicine for curing chronic catarrh and enabling her to teach again. The ad states Hartman will personally handle fifty thousand health letters this year and offers a free book Health and Beauty from the Peruna Medicine Co. All druggists sell Pe ru na.
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S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Oal
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Alvina Hanenkrat
Rich Falls
Wis
Bathing an Elephant and Blond Hair Wonder Tales
A collection of varied anecdotes describes elephants in India enjoying baths and attendants scrubbing them with stones. It then shifts to a Chicago hairdressing display and a reader’s wart cure tale claiming a willow-branch charm removed 40 warts in six weeks, with doctors perplexed by the result.
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India
New York Sun
Central of Georgia Extends Tracks with New Spur in Athens
The Central of Georgia railroad completes a new spur up to Webb & Crawford's rear, creating two side tracks into Spring Street. The improved yard allows handling more cars, easing winter operations for merchants. City paving along Thomas Street ties into Spring and South streets for a continuous route.
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Central of Georgia Railroad
Webb & Crawford’s
Springstreet
Athens
Thomas Street
Central Railroad
Spring Street
Gov Atkinson Attends Southern Industrial Convention
West Virginia Governor G W Atkinson accepted an invitation to attend the southern industrial convention in Hanteville Alabama on July 12. In a letter he expressed support for southern manufacturing, noting raw materials lie in the south and urging transfer of industry to southern states. He urged broad participation by southern leaders.
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Hanteville
Ala
N. F. Thompson
Chamber of Ssommerce
G. W. Atkinson
West Virginia
Atkinson
South
Great
Republic
Wholesale Grocers Adjourn Ashevilles Meeting Ends
The Southern Wholesale Grocers Association adjourned after its annual session in Asheville. J. N. Webb attended as a delegate from the city and reported a great time. Delegates were more numerous than in past years and the group is growing in strength through closer cooperation with manufacturers.
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Southern
J. N. Webb
Rnion
Asheville
Paris Salvage Effort Advances After Rock Run
Salvage crew towed the American line steamer Paris astern for about 150 yards and shifted her position eastward. They aim to relight the after stokehold fires as the ship clears the rocks. The sea is smooth but dense fog covers the area tonight.
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London
Eeval
Paris
Roundlap Cotton Bale Gains Favor In New England Mills
The Roundlap bale from the American Cotton Company shows stronger yarn with an average breaking strain about 25 percent higher than from the old bale, pleasing New England manufacturers and European spinners after a thorough mill study. A separate Argentine note recounts a comic opera like prison tale from El Diario.
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New England
Lovering
American Cotton Company
Europe
Admitted to the Bar After Quick Constitutional Answer
Thomas B. Reed was admitted to the California bar after confidently answering a constitutional question about the legal tender act. The judge praised Reed for his offhand clarity on a issue that had divided the U S Supreme Court, deeming him eminently qualified to practice before the court.
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Thomas B. Reed
California
Reed
Supreme Court
Mr. Reed
Miscellany of Humorous anecdotes and oddities
A colonial era style collection of sketches and quips features a schoolmaster buying pork from pupils’ families, a Scottish examiner’s Horace joke, a Perth elder’s market day banter, Washington’s dental history, an Oxford Episcopal joke about an occasional monitor, and a light exchange about a deaf and dumb man.
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Isis
Oxford
Senator Helps Stranger and Child Share a Seat in Transit
A weary man at the Fifteenth Street transfer station receives a seat offer from a senator who insists the man sit. A nearby child offers her seat, but the senator declines, citing not giving up his seat to a man sets a bad example.
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Fifteenth Street
Chicago Tribune
Lord Chief Justice and Subaltern Spar Over Rubber
Lord Russell of Killowen, England's chief justice, lunches with friends in London. A fourhand rubber sorrows as a Guards subaltern, who claims poor play, clashed with the lord chief justice who retorts that the officer forgot who he is. The soldier snaps back, prompting the witty remark about not being in the police court.
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Lord Russell of
Killowen
England
London
Guards
Lord Russell
Deriving Ostracite From Roman Shell Oaths
A Brooklyn Times item recounts a Latin professor explaining ostracite’s origin from Roman shell ballots. He notes how Romans banished rivals by inscribing names on oyster shells and cites the joke answer about Coney Island shell games as a costly sport.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn Times
Ambitious Toads and Humorous Clippings from Papers
A collage of satirical exchanges about ambition from newspaper snips. Quotes contrast a big toad in a small puddle with a little toad in a big one, followed by brief wry lines about a ten day sentence for stealing a clock and a joke on labor in Ireland.
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Astair
Chicago Times- Herald
Trained Show Dogs A profitable vaudeville act
An old time showman discusses trained dogs as a key vaudeville attraction. He notes 12 to 15 troupes nationwide, five performers per dog group, a star costing about 150 dollars and others around 50 each, with dogs selected for quick learning and reliable replacement.
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Rlarna Ory
New York
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Noted oddities and tales from a bustling city page
A collection of humorous vignettes and anecdotes from city life. Stories include a Basswood hotel proprietor claiming decades of experience and a quirky method for judging newlyweds through water in a glass. Other items recount a minister and a dapper stranger meeting on a streetcar, tenor Brignoli’s costly champagne supper, and a clarification about Victoria's dressing gown during a historic night.
Saving Silver at the Mint
Description of a minting scheme for reclaiming waste silver. Iron stirring rods dippers and ladles are coated with oxidized silver, then immersed in sulfuric acid which corrodes the iron but spares the silver, gradually creating hollow delicate silver counterparts.
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Cat
Mint
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