Teresa Velasquez Joins Manila Front as Scout and Hope
Teresa Velasquez, sister of a fallen officer, travels with Graydon Bansemer and a small patrol as insurgent forces press Pilar and Aguinaldo. Amid siege, rescue attempts, and a solemn march, she earns respect from soldiers while a Red Cross nurse arrives, stirring discussion of romance and duty.
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Graydon
Teresa Fortune Velasquez
William Fortune
Manila
Connell
Senorita
Bansemer
Jerry Connell
Graydon Bansemer
Sam
Velasquez
Diyss
Ransemer
Teresa
Grasdon
Marek
Teresa Velasquez
March
Aguinaldo
Pilargan
Pilar
Tono
Gregorio de Pilar
Tilad Pass
Red Cross
Sven
Bob Spurrier
Alfonso
Gregorijo del Pilar
Dolores Jose
Dagupan
Ohio State Blind Commission's Work Discussed
The Ohio State Blind Commission, created in 1908, operates with unpaid members to prevent infantile blindness, aid the aged and helpless blind, establish workshops, and maintain a state register. It conducts home teaching and embossing, seeks census data, and urges general assembly support to fund and expand its efforts.
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Ohio State Commission For
General Assembly
Commission
Humor at Funerals in Historical Anecdotes
William Winter recalls pallbearers including Joseph Jefferson at McCullough funeral in Philadelphia. He notes Jefferson’s quip about walking gentlemen in his profession and recounts a burial of John Brougham with Edwin Booth. Bramlet’s line, It’s the last recall, caps the scene.
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William Winter
Joseph Jefferson
McCullough
Philadelphia
Mr. Winter
John Brougham
Edwin Booth
Ork
Booth
Hamlet
Norato
Bramlet
Trouble Making Philosophies and the Real Article
The piece labels three kinds of trouble imaginary borrowed and real. Imaginary trouble includes disasters crises and market dips, borrowed trouble comes from relatives and expectations, while the real article urges endurance and following happiness, physical culture and diet advocates.
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Cain
Eve
Adam
Boilermakers’ Union
Puck
Teaching adult blind in their own homes
The Ohio Commission for the Blind aims to adopt home teaching for adult blinds, following the successful Massachusetts program. Home instruction keeps the visually impaired connected to their communities, preserves dignity, and provides productive activity without relocation.
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Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Ohio Commission For the
Massachusetts
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted As Kidney Health Aid
A vintage advertising piece extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache, dizziness, and general kidney trouble. It cites citizen Mrs. Gee of Carey Ohio praising the product after suffering kidney-related pain and fatigue before using the pills. Sold by The New Pharmacy with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents. The ad urges buyers to remember the name Dean's and avoid counterfeit products.
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Dean
Gee
Myers
Irvan Grove Street
Carey
Ohio
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Mrs McRaney's Experience With Foley Kidney Remedy
Mrs McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi suffers three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble despite two doctors. She begins Foley's Kidney Remedy and after two bottles feels like a new person and urges suffering women to try it.
Doyle Stance on Shaving Razors Prompts Safety Push
A fragment notes concerns about safety of available razors and mentions Dr Thomas Electric as a potential cure for throat issues. It references Foley's Liver Cure and other patent remedies, plus an old anecdote about holiday meals and a barber shop ad. The text also cites eczema treatment with Dean's Ointment and comments on marriage stereotypes.
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George Barr McCutcheon
Tim Ithoun
Krag
Banse
Grace
Fate Connell
Basasemer
God
Reat
Major March
Ohio State Blind Commission
Thomas
Sue
J, Pb. Ewing
Querion
Dante Claus
Vox
Wiscuna
Boarg
Settie
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