Weakness In Exercise Reveals Hidden Toll Of Strength
From Charles H. Cochranes Common Sense In Exercise figures Louis Cyr the Canadian giant who weighed 320 pounds and lifted huge weights yet died at 37. Oarsman Kennedy who lifted a thousand pounds wore out before 40. Dowd the strongman died at 47. The piece notes that high muscular development often shortens life and activity.
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Louis Cyr
Kennedy
Dowd
Charles H. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
The Judge and the Virago Ancient Joke
A magistrate questions a court clerk with facial wounds from a grape arbor accident. The clerk denies a fight, and the judge suspects a spousal quarrel. The judge plans to adjourn as his own wife reveals she would beat him. The court disperses amid the collapsing grape arbor.
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Cutter's Weekly
Hector
Ting Ch
The Quest of Beauty in Ancient Makeup Traditions
A historical overview notes makeup practices from Rome and Greece, including eyebrow dyeing, face painting, perfumes, wigs, and skin protection. It mentions Lucrezia Borgia’s dyed hair and eighteenth century English women such as Lady Coventry, who suffered deaths from beauty trends, citing Pearson's Weekly.
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Italy
Lucrezia Borgia
Eengland
Lady Coventry
Pearson’s Weekly
Nature Cures And Faith In Healing
The piece argues that nature cures illness more than medicine, with faith enhancing recovery. Medicine should create favorable conditions for nature to work, sometimes replacing drugs or even reducing the need for physicians. Surgeons merely remove debris and set the stage for nature to heal, while excessive drugs can hinder it.
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New Haven Register
Ordi
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Heaven as a Place of Pure Happiness, Hemmed by Suffering
A quotation from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in Harper's Bazaar frames heaven through voices of lifelong invalids workers and a mulatto girl, each seeking relief from pain fear and prejudice. They describe heaven as a realm free of death terror and social hardship, where conscience purpose and love define happiness.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Harper’s Bazar
Tennyson’s Terror Over Royal Marriage Rumor
The tale from Duke of Argyll’s book recounts Alfred Lord Tennyson’s uneasy humor at lunch with the Marquis of Lorne. He fears the queen’s family could marry into the royal line and worryingly imagines she might request new verse, adding a sly wink to the jest.
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Tennyson
Duke of Argyll
Marquis of Lorne
Princess Louise
Best Pills Ever Sold by Dr King’s New Life Pills
A reader from Ingleside North Carolina praises Dr King’s New Life pills after 15 years of indigestion and over two hundred dollars spent without relief. The testimonial claims the pills are the best ever sold and notes Saunders Drug Co. sells them for 25 cents under guarantee.
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Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
Ingleside
N. C
Saunders Drug Co
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Foot Sore Says Reader
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a bad instep sore healed after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He notes less than half a 25 cent box cured the condition and praises the product, sold under guarantee at Saunders Drug Co.
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Tom Moore
Cochran Ga
Bucklen
Saunders Drug Co
Roosevelt Creates About a Hundred Thousand Offices
The remark claims President Roosevelt created roughly 100000 offices, reflecting a criticism of expansive administrative growth. The figure attributed to the administration highlights concerns over government expansion and federal employment.
Electric Bitters Praised as Family Medicine
Mr. Frank Conlan of No 436 Houston St New York extols Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. The product is said to regulate digestion purify the blood and restore vigor, with Saunders Drug Co offering it at 60 cents under guarantee.
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Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
Saunders Drug Co
President Alexis of Hayti Aged Ninety Years
President Alexis of Hayti is reported as reaching the age of 90, described in the article with emphasis on his race as a black man. The piece notes his long leadership and continued presence in public life.
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Alexis of
Hayti
Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised as cure and comfort
The ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures incipient consumption and provides relief in advanced stages. Saunders Drug Co sells the genuine product and warns against imitations. A separate note mentions about 20,000 Japs in Hawaii, mostly soldiers, and a Bonham area orchard for sale at luc per gallon from D. E. Lovelace three miles north.
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Foley’s
Saunders Drug Co
Hawaii
D. E. Lovelace
Bonham
They Go Together
A humorous exchange shows a young wife and her husband discussing compliments and appearances. The wife asks how she is built and compares herself to a watch, joking about needing jewels, prompting a fumbled retort from Henry about praising a woman.
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Henry
Force Proportioned to Its Frame in Madison’s View
A brief quotation argues that the war of 1812 shows free governments grow stronger as they develop their structure. It cites James Madison and asserts the Union’s role as guardian of freedom and safety for all citizens, strengthening under tests.
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James Madison
Not In Her Class Few Thoughts On Dress From London Opinion
A witty exchange contrasts gender norms with fashion as Mrs Spenders contemplates wearing men's clothes and Mr Spenders jokes about the cost. The dialogue, printed in London Opinion, rails against rigidity in clothing expectations.
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Mrs. Spenders
Mr. Spenders
London
Honest answer in a commandment clash
A brief quote from the Cleveland Leader contrasts honesty with ownership of the commandments, featuring a quick exchange about who the commandments belong to and who keeps them. The item captures a wartime era sharp moral joke about integrity and propriety.
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Cleveland
Womanly widow recalls marriage proposal in court
A terse exchange unfolds as a dignified widow asserts that she did not seek marriage but was approached by her suitor who wished to wed her. The dialogue highlights a courtroom moment where personal agency and tradition clash.
Thick cloud then rainbow arc Bouar
A brief note cites Bouar observing a thick cloud followed by a rainbow arc suggesting atmospheric progression. The fragment hints at natural phenomena and local observation without further context or dates.
Hitting the Pipe and Eden Location Clash
A comic mishap ends with a flooded house due to a burst pipe and a gas pipe warning after a man hammers the supply. The Genesis Eden debate stirs theologians as the garden is linked to Mesopotamia and the Euphrates Tigris region.
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Jones
Garden of Eden
Asia
Eden
Mesopotamia
Great Rivers
Euphrates
Tigris
New York American
Not Really Necessary Weeping Relative in Chicago News
A vivid snippet from Chicago News shows a weeping relative lamenting a doctor’s bleak prognosis for a bedridden man. The exchange contrasts the relative’s plea to pause and reflect on years of marriage with the doctor’s stern expectations.
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Chicago News
Poor Food and Prudence Theme in Puck Sketch
A brief Puck quip satirizes the habit of youth overeating and unwise medicine use. A brusque old physician character quizzically notes the girl’s eating habits and the imprudent approach to health in a witty, cautionary tone.
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Puck
Let Everyone Look To Himself Proverb
A short proverb quotes a Dutch saying urging self reflection to prevent loss. The line emphasizes personal responsibility.
Japanese Tea by Philathea Class at Mrs Myers Home
The Philathea class of the First Baptist Sunday School will serve a Japanese tea at the home of Mrs George W Myers corner with and Beach streets on Tuesday June 2 from 3 to 5 in the afternoon and to 8 o clock in the evening. All are cordial invited to attend admission is mentioned.
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First Baptist Sunday School
George W. Myers
Vornerith
Beach Streets
Tuesda
Ologici
Cloen
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Fannin County National Bank
J. W.russell
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C. L. Bradford
Panama Canal
Congress
Arnica Salve
Roosevelt
ATY Dye Works
J. H. Trout
First Navi Bank
H. Evans & Co
J. Lee Tarpley
Undertakers
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Toby
Practical Business Colleges
New York City
Waco, Texas
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School of Corr
Fifth Ave
Rece
Puter Catstogne
Chorthand
the Garden of Eden
BFN
H. Denton
Paris
Earl McAlester
Bob Lattivore
Sam T. Rayburn
S. Bruce
H. A. Cunningham
W. A. Thomas
Chas. B. Bridge, Philip Wise
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W.C
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Sid Ridling
Virgie Milstead
Tom J. Cox Albert Roberson
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P. Keene
O. B. Fincher
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