Saved Old Lady's Hair With Cuticura Remedies
An elderly woman's scalp eczema and hair loss improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, with her niece suggesting the remedies. A separate testimonial notes feet eczema clearing in winter months after repeated use. The piece closes with a casual note about nickel cigars.
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S. Ellsworth Dun- Hum, Hiram, Me
Sept. 30
Watch Your Refrigerator Cleanliness Tips
A home care note promotes avoiding doctor bills by keeping refrigerators clean. It advises washing with hot water and Easy Task Soap to prevent odors and germs, praising the soap’s coconut oil borax naptha and tallow composition as septic and cleansing.
Milk and mischief mix in old time tales
A pasted collage of ad prose and anecdotes features Dr. Pierce's Pellets praised for stomach relief, a note on laundry bleach, and a fable from C. H. McCormick’s reaper era about a colonel overindulging in meals.
A Doctor’s Experience With Postum Over Coffee
A doctor argues coffee harms health and promotes Postum as a healthier substitute. A patient recounts nervous prostration relieved in weeks, weight gain, and better sleep after quitting coffee and using Postum, noting effects on his family and urging readers to try it for well being.
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Postum
AEA
Wellville
Impatience by John Nichol
Poem laments life spent on trivial routines and social constraints. The speaker seeks freedom from custom and narrow life, yearning for broader scope and inner liberty beyond inherited limits.
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John Nichol
Which Shall It Be Weighs a Village Heart and Love
Kitty Ross faces a broken engagement with John Weston after choosing a wealthy suitor Mr Thorne over her longtime friend. John’s virtues and Uncle’s kindness complicate the dilemma as Kitty grapples with loyalty, revenge, and a vow to reconsider her path. Kathleen Mavourneen echoes as a haunting backdrop to her night of contemplation and romance.
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John
Kitty
Mr. Thorne
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen
Mavo
Weston
John Weston
Fred
Jack
Boy
Ned
Lillian Wade
Kathleen Mavoureen
Kitty Ross
Which shall it be Kitty John asks in moonlit tale
A woman recounts a past romantic struggle in a moonlit village. She confesses she never loved Mr Thorne and chooses John after forgiveness and revelation. The piece ends with a playful moral about a man’s pressure on a woman to decide and a wife writing the tale for male readers.
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Hawthorne Hedges
John
Kitty
Chicago Ledger
Traps for the tongue and social misfires unfold
A humorous reminiscence on tongue twisters and public speaking woes. A professor of history struggles with "Obscure Heroes of the French Revolution" and mispronounces phrases amid audience laughter. Buckskin attire and a tall tale of a tenderfoot on Idaho rails close the piece.
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Peter Piper
Oliver Opdyke
Biddy Diddy
Hiddy Biddy
US Commander Responds to Rivas Threat at Bluefields Bluff
General Rivas of the Madrid force near Bluefields Bluff Nicaragua threatens to stop entering ships regardless of flag. Commander Harold K. Hines of the gunboat DuBuque responds that a first shot would level the bluff. The incident follows Washington's May 31 proclamation denying seizure of American vessels without compensation, and tensions rise over potential attacks on the American consul Thomas P. Offat.
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Harold K. Hines
Dubuque
General Rivas
Madrid
Bluefields Bluff
Nicaragua
Rivas
United States
Washington
Hines
Madriz
Thomas Poffat
Bluefields
Plorers in Close Race at Mount McKinley Event
Fragmentary report from Seward notes a Mount McKinley Chulitna Day event with Parker Brown involved. The Hulitna River is described as deep and the pursuit appears delayed by terrain and conditions.
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Mount McKinley
Italy Quake Devastates Avellino Region And Towns
A severe early dawn earthquake in Avellino province southern Italy leaves an estimated thirty five to fifty dead and many injured. Calitri San Sossio Chianca Castelbania Calabritto suffer graves damage as residents flee in terror awaiting aid. The king and queen rush to the scene by special train boosting public morale.
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Avellino
Italy
Calitri
San Sossio
Chianche
Castelbaonia
Calabritto
Avelline
Messina
Reggie
Halley
Chicago Trade Review Notes Easing Business Tone
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade reports overall improvement in business sentiment despite weak weekly payments. It cites reduced speculation, better money conditions, lower food costs, and shrinking retail stocks. Trade in dry goods and other lines shows cautious expansion while immediate orders stay limited. Bank clearings fall versus last year. Fourteen district failures are recorded, with six liabilities over five thousand dollars.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago Trade
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Trade Conditions Across Regions Report Quiet Retail Trade
New York notes irregular trade advices with prevailing quietness. Northern areas see unseasonably cool weather hindering retail expansion and restraining re orders and jobber activity. Northwest and Pacific coast show comparatively better reports. US business failures total 160 for the week ending June 2, down from prior weeks. Canada records 18 failures, up from 15.
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Northwest
Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
Grain and Livestock Prices by City and Item
A compiled snapshot shows varied prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across major markets including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and Chicago with figures for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and related products. The article notes the National Association of Manufacturers backed a plan in New York City to push for US government backing of a deep water canal through Canada to aid ore and grain transport from the lake regions.
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Indianapolis
C. St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Chicago
National Association of Manufacturers
New York City
Canada
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