Startled Mother Recalls Beatrice’s Recovery with Pink Pills
Mrs. William Shay of Freeport Illinois recounts how her four year old daughter Beatrice afflicted with spinal meningitis and a paralytic stroke recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Beatrice learned to walk again and gained color and strength after nine boxes.
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Freeport
William Shay
Taylor and
Hancock Avenues
Ill
Beatrice
Shay
Williame
All Drug- 8
Difference in money gifting before and after marriage
A Washington Star cartoon dialogue contrasts a man’s lavish $3 flower gift before marriage with giving 75 percent of his salary after marriage, where the wife reacts with hurt and asks if that is all, highlighting shifting expectations about money in marriage.
COSMO BUTTERMILE SOAP Promises Clear Healthy Skin
For a perfect complexion COSMO BUTTERMILE SOAP is promoted as a clear healthy skin solution sold everywhere.
Incidentally Crusty Party Seeks Small Amount
A man with a bill eyes a crusty party. He asks to collect a small amount, while the incident is noted in a Chicago Tribune caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusty
Bill
Chicago Tribune
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents Guaranteed Cure Ad
Advertisement for No-To-Bac tobacco habit cure promising to make weak men strong and blood pure. Price listed as 50 cents, with note that it is available at all druggists.
His Soliloquy by Bennie on Baby Arrival
Bennie laments losing status as apple of mother’s eye after birth of his baby sister. He imagines being only the core now while the judge notes his mood and reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie
Mamma
Route B Crossing for Superior Poultry Fowl Breeding
The article urges planned crossing over random mixing to improve table quality and egg production. It details four crosses using Langshan Houdan Java and Wyandotte, and a Brown Leghorn Partridge Cochin plan, emphasizing purebred sires, uniformity, and targeted objectives for steady yearly flock improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Java
Houdan
Wyandotte
Turkeys as Sitters Train for Incubation Use
Colman's Rural World explains turkeys can be trained to sit on eggs for extended periods in dark nests. They incubate hens, geese, ducks, or turkey eggs reliably after a few days, with minimal feeding and care, and four turkeys can handle 100 or more hens eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colman
Lettuce in the Hen Yard Raises Garden Feeds Interest
A reader testifies to hens loving lettuce, noting daily free range to a lettuce bed. The writer describes hens flocking to the garden each evening and eagerly eating the tender greens. The brief letter adds a practical note on garden poultry feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Lettuce Bed Proposed to Protect Garden Crops
A writer notes a colony of children clustered in a lettuce patch munching the greens while other vegetables lie ignored. They suggest large lettuce beds could protect the garden by drawing away attention from the rest of the crops.
A Woman's Revenge at Judge B_s Dinner
A Philadelphia Times tale recalls Judge B of St. Landry and his brilliant wife. During a dinner for the St. Landry bar the hostess serves a silver urn soup and hints the recipe uses cowhide from the judge who whipped her that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Bench of
Louisiana
Judge B
Parish
St. Landry
Philadelphia Times
Judge
Parrots in Chicago Embrace Patriotism for War Effort
Parrot traders in Chicago now train birds to chant patriotic lines such as Remember the Maine and Hurrah for Dewey as public demand shifts away from multilingual tricks. Dealers report many parrots from Venezuela and Trinidad linked to phonographs, with cages fitted to repeat slogans in minutes. Some birds still utter Spanish words, but parrots speaking colonial or enemy languages risk rejection in the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Chicago Chronicle
Polly
North Clark Street
Venezuela
Trinidad
Maine
Weyler
Dewey
Jay
Alfonso
Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
Endless Affair Lunch Joke Between Smith and Jones
An exchange imagines a luncheon with Smith and Jones arguing about endless food. Smith mentions pretzels as the item, while Jones notes the lack of a beginning or end to the feast, framing a playful back and forth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Old Graspey
Jones
Patriot stock sales amid war flags and fireworks
In a wartime setting a vendor hopes the conflict endures a few weeks to profit. He has a large stock of flags and fireworks planned for sale with a 25 to 50 percent advance if conditions stay favorable.
Judge Questions Groom At Wedding In Candid Exchange
A Chicago Post excerpt shows a judge pressing a nervous groom about his obligations while the bride jests and shushes, arguing the judge should not scare him away. The scene highlights tension and solemnity in a marriage moment.
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Chicago Post
The Climate of Cuba Ailments and Remedy
The article notes frequent rains in Cuba bring malarial fevers similar to parts of the United States. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for malarial troubles and as a remedy for dyspepsia and constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Too Full for Utterance Stray Stories Quip
A humorous exchange quoted from Stray Stories where Spikes remarks that a woman could not reply because her heart was full, and then quips that her mouth was too full at the dinner table. The anecdote relies on a playful misread of emotion and appetite as a joking misunderstanding.
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Spikes
Spokes
Advertisers Deliver Reliable Bargains In This Publication
Read the advertisements for interesting study and excellent bargains. The paper notes advertisers are reliable and deliver what they advertise.
Exchange Quip Reveals Couple at Dance
A witty exchange hints at the couple’s relationship as a woman with side whiskers jokes about recognizing a wife. The man quips, Come on I ll dance this one with you, confirming a close pairing.
Cascarets Beauty Claims and Price Range
An advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a blood cleanser to improve skin. It promises purging impurities via liver stimulation and offers 10 cent to 50 cent sizes with satisfaction guaranteed through druggists.
Expert Advice About a Slow Horse
A New York World column humorously notes that feeding a slow horse is pointless and offers mock guidance. The exchange implies speed comes from unseen factors, not diet, and plays on sound bite wisdom from Wiggs and Waggs.
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Wiggs
Waggs
New York World
Cosmo Buttermilk Toilet Soap Promises Soft Skin
An advertisement touts Cosmo Buttermilk Toilet Soap as making the skin soft white and healthy and claims it is sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COSMO
Unclear fragment hints at deaths linked to Birkins
Fragmentary quotation mentions Birkins and a claim that his warm friends are all dead. Context and details are unreadable, making it impossible to determine who is involved or the event referenced.
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Birkins
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets
Candy cathartic ad promises constipation relief forever priced 10¢ or 25¢ with money back guarantee if Cascarets fail. Slogans urge gentlemen in pants to carry canes and walking sticks as a fashion note.
A Mysterious Visitor
A dramatic scene from New York Weekly describes a strange lady arrival with no card. She surveys the room, checks the window, and sniffs at dust as if royalty or wealth is lacking. The mistress attributes the visitor to unknown origins, noting her in law connections in Europe.
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Europe
New York Weekly
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
List of patents granted to inventors including Avon B. Dory Minneapolis for lawn mower attachment Wallace Grosvenor Casselton for transportation system Louie Dory Montpelier for feed water regulator Arthur O. Hubbard Minneapolis for folding box Nicols Lindberg Nelson for bottle stopper DeWitt A. Prescott Duluth for rolling apparatus John E. Rich East Chain scraper for road work or ditching William L. Williams Winona for Ice velocipede George W. Wooley St Paul bracket for planters design John A. Trimble Interior non refillable bottles Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys 910 Pioneer Press Building St Paul
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Northwestern
Avon B. Dory
Minneapolis
Minn
Wallace Grosvenor
Casselton
N. D
Louie Dory
Montpelier
Arthur O. Hubbard
Nicols Lindberg
Nelson
DeWitt A. Prescott
Duluth
Learn From Each Other’s Mistakes In Marriage
A short exchange on growth in marriage where one partner asks what can be learned from mistakes. The other answers that a personal misstep was made in the past, implying growth through truth.
No-To-Bac Endorsed as Cure in Selling Line
Quack advertising claims No-To-Bac banishes tobacco and makes “weak men strong.” Promises easy quitting with a 50c to 1 dollar price, free booklet, and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Don't Worry Club Girl Committed Death in Denver
A Denver man tells his companion that a theater patron who sat near them has died by her own hand. The cause cited is failure to pay dues in the Don't Worry Club. The dialogue is reported from the Denver Times.
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Denver
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialist Eye Ear Nose Throat
Fargo North Dakota announces Dr J H Rindlaub as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo
N. Dak
Lost in thought crew debates wire or bargain
A lookout cries a distant signal with a nautical air. The captain, distracted by thoughts of home and wife, asks whether the message is a wire or a bargain. The fragment hints at an underway voyage and possible trade or communication decision.
Cure for Consumption Promoted by Home Use
A reader from Miflinburg Pa notes Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the only cough medicine in his house. The brief letter dates to December 11, 95. The item also references a claim about gold’s malleability in a Chicago News style blurb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Cc. Albright
Miflinburg, Pa
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertisement
An old ad lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy that quiets children, eases inflammation, relieves pain, and cures wind colic. The notice prices a 25 cent bottle. It adds a moral line about heredity and fatherhood toward a bright son.
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Newell
H. Kentz
Jones St
Slouz City
Merling Remedy Company
Montreal
Binghamton
RIC
Washington
Plutck
N. H
Pension
H. M. Greks
sUante
N. U
Chicago Newe
J. J. Converse
St. Louis
J. C. Ayer
Dr. Ayer
Francis B. Harlowe
Atlanta, Ga
D.c.hubinger Bros
Keory Newhaven
Rewnaver
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