Perfect Health Remedy Backed by Northwood Woman
Mrs R C Richmond of Northwood Iowa reports years of kidney trouble backache and dizziness ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills. After three boxes she claims no sign of trouble and full health. Sold by all dealers at 500 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Richmond
Northwood
Iowa
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Expressman Confusion Over Mail and Wardrobe
A conversation reveals uncertainty about a delivery address and the purpose of the package. The expressman questions the address while the housemaid jokes that the parcel could be a new tire for the auto or a new hat for the missus.
Clergyman’s Dowry Tale Shocks Interior Town
A pastor, married to a woman who gave him a ten thousand dollar dowry and a promise of more, paused during a hymn reading to note the choir would omit the fifth verse. Congregants, reading aloud, finished the verse itself and smiled at the surprising moment.
Ruth McEnery Stuart’s bilingual charm shines in stories
The maternal reader Mrs Ruth McEnery Stuart, famed for negro dialect tales, read aloud for charity and church events enhancing her fame. Her young son boasted that his mother speaks two languages, white and colored, reflecting playful pride in her dialect skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
McEnery Stuart
Uncle Zebulon and nephew discuss meningitis over dinner
In a city restaurant a nephew asks his Uncle Zebulon if he ever had cerebro spinal meningitis. The uncle, after a moment's pause, replies that he would rather have fried liver and bacon, declining the question.
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Zebulon
EAGER TO WORK WITH Grape-Nuts POSTUM TESTIMONIAL
A Michigan woman describes a year of dyspepsia and nerve trouble after an operation. After two months on Grape-Nuts her appetite returned, stomach pain diminished, nerves steadied, and she regained energy to work. The letter promotes the Postum Company slogan and product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Saving of Blossop from the Scribblers Club
Blossop, a boisterous member, becomes blind after a sudden illness and retreats from the Scribblers club. His friends rally, hiring help and guiding him back into social life, where the shy Chaffinch provokes a moment of rage that turns to laughter and renewal as Blossop forgives him and the group supports him.
Eternal Truth Trifles Make Perfection Motto
A compact reflection on perfection and restraint quotes Michael Angelo about trifles shaping great works. The line suggests that even small details matter, while acknowledging perfection as a demanding standard.
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Michael Angelo
The General Demand for a Gentle Laxative
The Well-Informed World seeks a simple pleasant laxative of known value. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, mild, effective remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists, fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Too Much For Yankee On The Train From Liverpool
A Cape Cod man and a Londoner share a foggy train journey from Liverpool to London. They compare thick fogs and soot piled coal, noting Americans ladling fog as a substitute for egg in a float and Londoners using soot fog for fuel. A small American flag in the Yankee's buttonhole is tucked away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Liverpool
Capital
London
Eczema Relief With Cuticura Heals Boy's Skin
Mrs John G Klumpp reports her seven year old son suffered a severe facial eruption starting at six weeks causing crusting sores and sleepless months. After trying specialists with little help, Cuticura Remedies eased symptoms and fully healed the eczema, never to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Klumpp
Niagara St
Newark
N. J
Might Be. A Hand Request From Your Father
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes a conversation about a marriage proposal. One speaker says they wrote to the father for the partner's hand and notes the father has been lovely since learning of the match, though another character suspects the father is amused because he dislikes the suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blossop
Bunter
Blosgop
Gorham
Millan
Robinson
Boswar Db
Littleford
Critchett
Houston Post
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement testimonial note
An old time advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for cured catarrh. F J Cheney Co Toledo is cited with testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and claims it acts on the blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials sent free. A stray moral line about politeness appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Eye salve soothes in sand storm winds and eye irritation
Strong winds and sand storms granulate eyelids and Petti ts Eye Salve relieves quickly. Howard Bros Buffalo N Y sells the remedy across druggists. Also notes on corporal punishment and Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething. A quip about a short man with a long face.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
Magnificent Western Canada wheat yields attract investors
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent reports exceptional fall wheat production in the Pincher Creek district of Southern Alberta. Yields of 40 to 60 bushels per acre with No. 1 Northern quality are common, and profits per acre are high while land remains cheap. The region, rich in crops, stock, dairying, and nearby markets, is set to expand with new rail lines and land programs offering 160 additional acres at $3.00 per acre. The Marshall News Messenger editor tour described Western Canada as vast, fertile, and open to farming immigration, with room for millions more acres under cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Free Press
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Crows Nest Pass
British Columbia
Jim Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Canada
Marshall
Minn
News-Messenger
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
A Piercing Motive and Furs and Firearms Ad
A Baltimore American quote questions a farmer's wife and her boarders as a possible motive for crime or cunning. An unrelated ad promotes gun and trap sales and fur buying with a mail catalog from 105 N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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le Roy
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Lillian Ross
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New York
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Col
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Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
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Guart
Parker
Thos. Jefferson
White House
Buster Brown
Brown Shoe C.O
ST. Louis
Iver
Carters Attleiver
Correspondence National Editorial Association
Ottawa
T. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
W. Bennett
New York Life Bidg
Omaha
Neb
Polytechnic Business College
Oakland
Cal
United States
Ree
W. Ei. Gibson
12Th Street
Cad
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Des Moines
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Prem Mpson
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Putnam
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