Hazel Weir Finds Roaring Bill Wagstaff in the Woods
Hazel Weir, a Granville stenographer engaged to Jack Barrow, wanders alone in British Columbia and encounters Roaring Bill Wagstaff. He guides her through a dangerous night in the timber, ferries her to Cariboo Meadows, and protects her with practical frontier care as they ride and camp together.
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Hazel Weir
Harrington & Bush
Granville
Ontario
Jack Barrow
Bush
Hazel
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagstaff
Country
Bill
Jim Briggs
Miss Weir
Briggs
Bill Wagstaff
West
Andrew Bush
Soda Creek
Mike
Gariboo Meadows
Andazel
Miles
Silk
Brill
Cariboo
Fee
Hastel
Sleeping Beauty
Freezone promises painless corn removal
A short advertisement touts Freezone as painless for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle costs only a few cents at drug stores and claims to remove hard corn soft corn or corn between toes without soreness or irritation. It credits a Cincinnati inventor as the origin of the product.
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Cincinnati
Sunday School Lesson Turns On Suffering for Righteousness
A humorous exchange from the New Haven Register shows a Sunday school teacher asking what suffering for righteousness means and a child replying that it means having to attend Sunday school.
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New Haven Register
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim
An old newspaper advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney liver and bladder cure. It cites testimonials from a druggist and thousands of users and offers sample bottles by mail for ten cents with orders to the Kilmer company in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Engagement ring and jest in a ridiculous proposal
A man recalls a failed proposal and a joke about joining a society for the prevention of useless giving. The exchange mentions an engagement ring that apparently was never present.
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Society For the Prevention of
Red Cross Bag Blue Advertises White Clothes
A vintage advertisement promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as a treatment for keeping clothes bright white. It claims results at all good grocers and urges customers to buy for vivid laundry whiteness.
More barns hit by lightning due to more barns present
The Portland Oregonian notes that lightning strikes on barns have increased because there are more barns to be struck rather than an overall rise in lightning.
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Portland Oregonian
Cuticura Beauty Advertises Skin and Hair Cleansing
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are promoted for cleansing and beautifying the skin hands and hair. Free samples offered by mailing to Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Patch guidance demands symmetry in war waist patches
The Houston Post advises that men wearing pants on a win-the-war schedule should distribute attritive pressure so two rear patches may be needed at the same time. A new patch with a worn companion patch is unsightly and signals uneven war service.
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Houston Post
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claims Cure
An old newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for nasal catarrh and recurring colds. It promises system and blood cleansing effects, internal use, 75 cent price, free testimonials, and a $100 cure guarantee from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. Also mentions wartime austerity and possible taxes on mules and donkeys.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Sinclair Igit Oy Little, Brown & Co
Ing Bill
Chapter
Feller
Fuji
Gotemba
Tarobo
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Book of the Eye
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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