Denton School Board approves high school building bid
Denton school board awards contract for a new high school building at 39 444 dollars. City projects include 28 800 dollars in Dallas sewer extensions funded from water department revenues. The Napierian steamship sails from Galveston to Liverpool with cargo valued at 626 992 dollars including 8 000 bales of cotton worth 350 000 dollars. Plans for Werkherger Polk mill reopening at Temple are nearing completion. Harrison county closes a gravel contract for road work totaling about 60 000 cubic yards.
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School Board of
Denton
Dallas
City Water Department
Galveston
Liverpool
Harrison County
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safer Calomel Alternative
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable based substitute for calomel. It claims it purges the liver and Bowels, relieves headaches and stomach distress, and guarantees a full refund if it fails to work, urging readers to buy across the South.
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Atore
Dodson
South
Young hopeful bragged about stolen bases
A boy boasts of stealing three bases and his mother retorts that he must return them, provoking laughter from the male family members. The scene ends with the mother’s firm stance and the family’s puzzled amusement.
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Willte
Pellagra Cure Advertised by American Compounding Co
A testimonial praises a Pellagra cure by Baugha with promises of heaven meeting and God’s reward. The ad urges readers to obtain Baughn's free Pellagra book from American Compounding Co in Jasper Alabama, offering refunds if the remedy fails to cure.
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Var
J. H. Satterwhite
Ala
Unlucky Henry faces hard luck tale from New England friend
An amused speaker recounts Henry’s misfortune after moving to Boston. Henry falls for a suburban girl, travels to visit, buys a trip ticket, and is turned down on the second call. The abandoned ticket becomes the punch line of the tale.
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Henry
Boston
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement
A vintage ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with quinine and iron. It claims malaria relief and system strengthening, emphasizing the label shows the formula and price of 50 cents.
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GROVE
Ron
Neutrale and Beulah-Oh discuss neutrality and data sources
A humorous dialogue riffs on neutrality with references to Paris data, German hair dye, and London accent. The exchange treats neutrality as a practical stance tied to cultural inputs and global sources.
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Beulah
Paris
Germany
London
Just the Same Patience Dialogue on Dancing
The exchange questions Patience about dancing ability and Patrice comments that health does not affect her dancing, asserting she dances regardless of being well or not.
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Patience
Patrice
Man's father's sword a musket likened to a library relic
A quip notes that if a father's weapon was a musket the scene would not yield a sword hanging on the walls of his library, implying a clash between tradition and modernity in display.
Embusques Sparks Clash With French Cooks in Soho
In Soho a street confrontation erupts when two French soldiers on leave taunt cooks at a well known restaurant. The cooks defend themselves as the clash escalates with pots and pans clattering and a heated exchange centered on the term embusque meaning a man who shuns army service.
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Soho
Manchester Guardian
Skin Itch Relief With Retinol Soap And Resinol Ointment
Do you suffer itching and burning from eczema or similar skin diseases? Wash the affected areas with retinol soap and hot water, dry, then apply resinol ointment. Immediate relief follows as the antiseptic resinol medication penetrates the skin, easing itch, improving sleep, and promoting healing at low cost. Prescribed by doctors for twenty years and sold by all druggists.
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Ady
The Sinecure Lunch Confession on Consulships
A Washington official says consulship requests are routinely refused as the consular service is now run free of politics. A traveler questions the value of a consul post and Smith replies that the job is not demanding once obtained.
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Washington
Smith
By-Products of War Cartoon Dialogue Quips About Cannon Fodder
A wartime cartoon caption contrasts Russian manpower with German artillery in a joke about cannons and fodder. The dialogue features humor on resource disparities and the absurdity of war logistics.
Prominent Legal Adage Placed With Cures By Hanford
A historical note depicts the idea that a picture may serve as prima facie evidence of guilt. It also mentions Hanford's Balsam as a remedy for wounds on man or beast and comments on frankness improved by conversational salve.
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Hanford
Esther the Cook Leaves for Wedding Day
A southern family loses their cook Esther after ten days on the job as she announces she will wed the gentleman she plans to marry. The mistress pleads to delay the wedding, but Esther explains she is not close enough to ask him to postpone.
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Esther
Capudine Advertisement Promises Quick Nervous Pain Relief
An old classified style ad touts Capudine for aches pains and nervousness claiming it gives quick relief and is not a narcotic or dope. The ad urges ladies to try Capudine as a remedy.
Some Wind Scots Talk Windiest Day in Banter
Two elderly Scots debate who remembered the windiest day. One recalls a crawl taking three hours to fly from the dominie field, about a mile. The other retorts that it was so windy the crown had to walk home.
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Crawa
Sprain Relief Note Encourages Prompt Use of Balsam
A brief guidance on applying Hanford's Balsam for sprains emphasizes thorough rubbing into the affected area. A proverb notes the fire bell surpasses the church bell for calls, and a remark about a late spring wastefully missing opportunities.
Woman Claims Counterfeit Dollar At Ticket Window
A woman confronts a Chicago ticket seller over a supposed counterfeit dollar. The exchange ends with the clerk offering nickel change while the woman insists on a valid dollar, noting she previously paid with a five dollar bill. The scene unfolds at a window dispute in Chicago.
Woman Recovers After Six Bottles of Pinkham’s Compound
A Providence reader reports relief from dispacement and inflammation after six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She describes improved sleep, appetite, and energy and praises the product for ovary related suffering. Other testimonials claim heart and back pain relief and renewed health, urging others to try the remedy.
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Renade Yin
Pinkham
Lydia
Harry PisuEe
Dounton Bt
Nicetown
Providence
R. L
Bparnesors
Abel Law
We Bon
Lippitt St
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