Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Mrs Waggoner’s Health
Mrs Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville Til suffered chronic backaches and kidney pains for over ten years. After a collapse she was diagnosed with paralysis by three doctors. She used Doan's Kidney Pills and was permanently cured, saying she is stronger than before. For sale by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Narcissa Waggoner
Carterville
Til
Doan
Desert Victim Dies in Extreme Desert Exhaustion Near Death Valley
Arch Campbell, manager of the Last Chance mining property near Death Valley, arrived in Goldfield to identify a desert victim found in a frightful state. The unknown man, naked, sunburned and delirious with a swollen tongue, died hours after receiving water.
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Archie Campbell
Death Valley
Goldfield
Campbell
I See Men as Trustees Walking
A late in life solicitor turned clergyman delivered a Bible passage with a slip of the tongue. While reading the lesson he uttered I see men as trustees walking. The humorous misreading stemmed from lawyers habitually abbreviating trustees as trustees to trees.
Reading Uncle Tom's Cabin Poses Mixed Expectations
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet notes a reader who recently saw the play may be disappointed by the novel. The column highlights the book’s limited cast, mentioning Eva and Lawyer Marks as the core figures.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man Will Have What He Desires Finds Best
The reflection notes that a person secures what they seek through honest effort and discovers what truly serves their good. It emphasizes personal agency and the alignment of desire with outcome.
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Froude
Statistics versus facts in stubborn inquiries
A terse musing contrasts statistics with facts, noting both can be unsatisfactory. The remark suggests skepticism about data precision and the limits of numerical certainty in truth seeking.
Lawyer Blakeley Delves Into Bronson Case In Pittsburg
Lawrence Blakeley travels to Pittsburg with forged notes to depose the chief prosecution witness John Gilmore a millionaire. In Gilmore's home Blakeley admires a picture of a gig who Gilmore calls his granddaughter Alison West whose father he describes as a rascal and ally of the forger.
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Lawrence Blakeley
Pittsburg
Bronson
John Gilmore
Gilmore
Alison West
Torn Telegram Leads to Evening of Ordinary Detours
The narrator spends a dull day in the city after leaving Gilmore House as memories of McKnight and John Gilmore's granddaughter intrude. A bored solitary supper, drifting thoughts on love and danger, and a strikingly despondent woman at a nearby table unfold before an impending, unseen turn.
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Gilmore House
M. Knight
Richmond
John Gilmore
McKnight
Africa
Haberdasher’s
Mission
Harrisburg
Alleghanies
A Sleepless Night on the Pullman Journey
The narrator recounts a tense journey on a Pullman car where a drunken man occupies his intended berth lower ten, a mysterious frightened woman appears, and a torn telegram fragment hints at further intrigue as the night stretches toward dawn.
Seven year skin ordeal cured by Cuticura remedies
W H White of Philadelphia recounts a long lasting leg eruption that resisted various doctors. After using Cuticura Resolvent with Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition vanished, with six months of no recurrence, and he urges friends to try the remedies.
Farmer Boy Presidents
Prof. W. J. Spillman claims farmers supplied 92 percent of presidents 91 percent of governors 83 percent of cabinet officers 70 percent of senators 64 percent of congressmen and 55 percent of railroad presidents in U S history.
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W. J. Spillman
The Chinese Day Division Into Thirteen Parts
The article explains how China divides a day into thirteen equal parts, each lasting two hours. It notes that each segment is distinct in character and purpose within this traditional timekeeping system.
Judge Longworth and the Owl Incident
A neighbor names a pet owl after Judge Nicholas Longworth amid a grave mood. The next day an excited maid disrupts his wife's garden party with a quip about the judge laying an egg.
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Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Supreme Bench
Longworth
Force of Habit. Little Girl Mummy and Swallows
A Punch caption notes a child asking about swallows and a mother absorbed in a book. It contrasts a child’s quick, curious questions with a businessman's leisure as time filled by indecision.
Red Cross Ball Blue and moral quips headline goods
An assortment of old time ads highlights household products like Red Cross Ball Blue at five cents and Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets for stomach and bowel regulation. The piece injects social maxims about gender roles and truth in advertising, reminding readers to avoid imitations and to seek trusted brands such as Lewis' Single Binder cigars.
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Sesase Ganen— Henderson
Benpeck
Postum Cereal Co., Lad, Battie Cresk, Mich
Kim
Roberts Rinehart
PI. G.kettner
Ty Lobbs - Merrill
Harrington
Pennsylvania Station
Pullman
Nine
Cresson
Althout
Red Cross
Dr. Pierce
Lewis
Hostetter
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