Quotations and Teething Remedy Note
A dated snippet offers a moral line about forgiveness and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for mothers to use during teething. The fragment lacks full context or dates but centers on parental guidance and a product claim.
Daniel Webster Quote About Vacations and Duty
A brief historical quotation notes that many take vacations while true business lies in improvement, attributed to Daniel Webster. The line emphasizes prioritizing progress over leisure in public service.
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Beef Pile Leftover Roast Converted to Stew Pie
Remove one inch beef cubes from cold roast, simmer in water with onion, then thicken gravy. Add quarter inch potato slices after parboiling eight minutes, layer in buttered dish, top with baking powder biscuit mix or pie crust, bake hot. Use leftovers or stew meat as option.
Leadville Ad Lists Specimen Prices and Mail Order
Howard and Ayrton ASBAY and Chemist advertise from Leadville Colorado offering specimen prices for gold silver lead and zinc or copper with mail order envelopes and full price on application. Control and Um pire Work solicited referenced to Carbo nate National Bank.
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Military Wedding Tale Across the Door Musket Moment
An Exchange note questions a man’s military record saying his name is absent from pension rolls. It suggests his only presumed service was when he wed, describing the bride’s father blocking the doorway with a large army musket during the ceremony.
Hammer Handles Tape Prevents Slipping Use
Electricians wrap part of hammer and hatchet handles with tape to stop slipping during use.
Still Admired the Ring in a Jealous Dilemma
A short dialogue from a National Monthly notes Maud’s jealousy over Ethel and Jack’s broken engagement. Ethel defends her attachment to the diamond ring, saying her feelings for the ring persist even if she no longer cares for Jack. An advertisement for LEWIS' Single Binder cigars accompanies the clipping.
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Ethel
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Teddy’s classroom quip about Jerusalem as a proper noun
In a playful exchange, the teacher asks Teddy if Jerusalem is a proper noun or common noun. Teddy answers quickly that it isn’t either, calling it an ejaculation. The moment frames a humorous twist on grammar in a school setting.
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Gunmen Informer Returns Amid Becker-Rosenthal Case
Bridgey Webber, one of four informers, returns to Havana with his wife after a boat trip. He reportedly cleared a large sum in a yard room poker game. An ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue for double value.
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Effective Personalities and Hall's Remedy Ad
When you realize how many kinds of effective personalities exist you will have your troubles. Ingrowing toenails destroyed. Hall's remedy guaranteed mailed HALF DOLLAR. Local druggists order direct if requested Hall Drug Co Jackson Mississippi.
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Hall Drug Co
Jackson, Miss
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days promise from PAZO OINTMENT
An old advertisement notes PAZO OINTMENT can cure itching, bleeding, and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. The ad emphasizes quick relief and includes a quip about borrowing and security in a Myrtle Reed quote.
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Myrtle Reed
World’s Largest Bird of Prey Identified
The bearded vulture is described as the world’s largest bird of prey with a wingspan of about nine to ten feet.
New Dew Sparks Talk Of Radium Find
An Italian university professor claims to have found radium in ordinary dew. Public interest surges as scientists investigate this extraordinary claim. The note appears amid other advertisements inviting readers to try Mother Gray’s Aromatic Leaf for women’s ailments.
Habit and Will: A Wife’s Motive in Estate Case
A Houston Post quotation hints a wife’s aim to set aside her husband’s will. The line suggests repetition of a habit to override the spouse’s last wishes, reflecting questions about motive in estate decisions.
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Houston Post
Stick to the One Thing in Your Work Ethic Advice
A compact exhortation urges focus on a single job at a time to maximize productivity. It emphasizes dedicating all effort to one task, asserting better results and concentration than juggling multiple assignments.
Two Words Wisdom and Quick Cold Cure Ad
An old ad claims wisdom lies in wait and hope by Dumas and promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets as a one day cold cure. Druggists refund money if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box, price 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Health, the Greatest Thing in Life Lessons
Seven year old Bobbie brings home his first report and his mother scolds him. He bears up bravely and replies that the greatest thing in life is health, offering a cheerful perspective on a parental lecture.
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Bobbie
Be thrifty on little things like bluing ad
Advertising copy urges thrift with Bluing tips. It advises not to accept water for bluing and to request Red Cross Ball Blue as a higher value choice. The brief promotes a laundry additive framed as economical household advice.
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First Accurate Clock Set in England at Hampton Court
The hour glass succeeded by a clock, with the first accurate clock set up in England at Hampton Court in 1540. Before that, members of the royal suite used hour glasses in private rooms as timekeeping.
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Royal Suite
Legal Point of View
A joke dialog about two lawyers discussing a geometry proposition. The first imagines a scenario where a lawyer considers what a man could do if he had the other side of the case, reflecting on opposite perspectives. The humor hinges on the play between geometry and legal strategy.
Salad secret credited to Modern Priscilla contributor
A contributor to the Modern Priscilla claims a potato salad secret. Before dressing with vinegar or mayonnaise the cook makes a paste from one and a half tablespoons of flour and a cup of boiling water, spread over the potatoes to keep them smooth and solid.
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Priscilla
Woman complains as husband vanishes from Brentford home
In Brentford England a woman tells magistrate her husband has been away for days. The magistrate remarks he is not surprised and quips that if she talks as glibly to him as to the court he would want a week's rest occasionally.
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Brentford
England
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