Ladies Auxiliary Endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
Mrs Laura L Barnes of Washington DC in Burnside Post No 4 G A R endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a peerless remedy for distressing ailments of women urging acceptance by all women as convincing evidence of its efficacy.
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Laura L
Barnes
Washington, D. C
Burnside Post
No. 4
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkjam
Laura Lancer
Second St
N. E
Washa
D. C
Opa
Never Again by W S Gilbert on early playwriting
Mr W S Gilbert recalls his first days as a playwright after finishing Dulcamara for T W Robertson’s brother. He sought thirty guineas but Emden offered pounds. Emden advised never sell such good work cheaply. Gilbert says he never did.
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Emden
Mr. Gilbert
Mr. Emden
Woman in Powersville Recovers After Four Months Bed
Mrs J J Monson of Powersville Kentucky says after eight years of kidney trouble and four months bedridden she improved after taking Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She describes smothering spells and pain easing, regaining strength and returning to work.
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Powersville
J. J. Monson
Dodd
Santos Dumont's air ship to carry fourteen passengers
Paris cablegram reports Santos Dumont plans a new air ship with fourteen passengers and a forty horsepower petroleum motor. The craft will place passengers below as ballast targets and the inventor expects it ready in about a month for short excursions, with Dumont aboard the upper section.
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Santos Dumont
Champs Elysees
Paris
Pittsburg Dispatch
Trained voice makes horrible noise between games
A Chicago Post quote recalls a performer whose voice, though well trained, emits a most horrible sound between football and baseball games, prompting astonishment at the contrast between polish and spectacle.
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Chicago Post
Predestination debate and Kool Kitchen stoves featured
Brindley claims destined marriage to Miss Bilguns but she rejects predestination. Philadelphia Press notes their views. A trade mark, Phe: Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind, advertises stoves that promise comfortable cooking in a cool kitchen.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertised in Detriot Free Press
An old Detroit Free Press notice touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and wind colic. The ad mentions a 25 cent bottle price and includes whimsical quips about investments and weariness with petty expenses.
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Detroit Free Press
Fragmented mining scheme and public notices in verse
A collection of pithy lines mentions a mining scheme and highway robbery remarks. It also advertises one way colonist tickets to California and southwestern territories with specified dates. The piece closes with a moral about the difficulty of choosing the right over merely doing it.
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Parker
Kerwin
Vandalism at Windsor Castle Stirs Mystery Among Staff
Consternation grips Windsor Castle staff as three private royal portraits are found slashed, one priceless from an early era of Edward. Suspects likely among retained servants amid recent dismissals, with similar vandalism rumored at the British Museum and royal library.
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Windsor Castle
Edwards
Royal Library
British Museum
Beecher
Spurgeon
Stopford
Brooke
Parker
Color and society voyage fuels London fashion dreams
A London correspondent reports on passengers from the Grosvenor Square and Arabia returning with trunks of vibrant fabrics. Mortimer Menpes and others predict a color driven summer in London to banish gloom, usher in a glittering season, and challenge dull city shadows with bold styles from Worth, Paquin, and Redfern.
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Grosvenor Square
Arabia
London
Mortimer Menpes
England
Apollo
Elizabeth
Alfred Austin
Miss Corelli
Lord Lansdowne
Germany
Noah and the stock company joke at Monroe Society dinner
The Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler once posed a riddle at a Monroe Society dinner asking why Noah was the greatest financier of his time. He later sent the answer by telegraph: Noah could float a stock company while contemporaries faced involuntary liquidation.
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Theodore L. Cuyler
Monroe Society
Noah
New York Times
Noisy Tea Time at Princeton Seminary
Dr Patton addressed a noisy ethics class at Princeton Theological Seminary after persistent nut cracking disrupted his lecture. He urged restraint and joked that future teas should offer sponge cake only to avoid further disturbances.
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Dr. Patton
Public Ledger
Snow and Angels in a Brooklyn Snowfall Tale
A woman recounts a Brooklyn scene where a boy watches snow fall while angels are asked about snow. The tale, told by his aunt and observed by a fussy maid serving Mrs. S, ends with the boy fearing Mrs. S may not welcome snow on her steps.
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Little Jack
Jack
New York Times
Mean dering Mike and Plodding Pete in a Moral Tale
Two characters debate modern life versus earlier hardships. Mean dering Mike argues they are lucky to live in enlightened times while Plodding Pete doubts the claim. Mike imagines a past of nightly horseback chases for bread and no food handouts, highlighting societal progress in a folk tale tone.
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Landor
Gouraud
Mike
Pete
Lost fiancée Clarence sought by anxious Bristle family
Mrs Gusch pleads for news of Clarence who left for Boston two days ago and vanished. Mr Brutle suggests advertising a notice reading Lost a fiancé my high collar answers to name of Clarence. Philadelphia Press.
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Gusch
Clarence
Boston
Mr. Brutle
Count Roberts De Montesquiou Lectures Draw Big Offer
New York reports that Count Roberts De Montesquiou’s lecture series drew strong interest from a leading theatrical firm. The company offered a lecturing tour to major cities, but the count declined the proposal.
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Count Roberts—De Montesquiou
New York
Home Testimony in Sunday School Debate
A child challenges the idea that man is the noblest work of God. The Sunday school teacher asks what prompted the belief and the boy replies that his mother created him, sparking a quiet dispute quoted from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
politeness sparks a witty exchange in a crowded car
An exchange quoted by the Philadelphia Press features Boorisch asserting politeness never loses, while Miss Sharpe retorts that a little courtesy in a crowded car could have caused him to lose his seat.
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Boorisch
Miss Sharpe
Philadelphia Press
Not Prepared for It Quote Reveals Star Hitch Gone Awry
The Chicago Post quotes a speaker saying he chose a grand goal yet the launch failed comically, likening his effort to hitching a wagon to a star and being dumped out after a jerky start. The remark frames ambition against rough beginnings.
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Chicago Post
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Safe Kidney Relief
Thousands suffer back pain from disordered kidneys and are told Dean's Kidney Pills cure bladder troubles urinary derangements dropsy diabetes Bright's disease. Testimony from J W Walls of Lebanon Kentucky claims quick lasting relief after trying doctors failed. Free trial offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents per box at druggists.
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Dean
Bright
J. W. Walls
Lebanon
Kentucky
East Main Street
Hugh Murrey Drug Co
Mr. Walls
United States
Foster
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Ad Sparked by Hustler Auto Sales Pitch
A Baltimore American excerpt notes an automobile maker praising a new salesman who offered free use of any make of car for personal crisis purposes. The remark questions ad ethics and effectiveness, highlighting bold advertising tactics.
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Baltimore American
Patriotic Confidence in Nation's Future Questioned
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum assuring investors and trusts that they hold too much money in the country to fear serious harm. He dismisses apprehensions about the nation’s future as unfounded.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Auntie and Uncle Roles Prompt Quick Family Bond
A Little Chronicle anecdote has a mother explain to her daughter Lillian that a new baby makes the mother an aunt, the father an uncle, and Lillian a cousin. The child retorts with surprise at how swiftly the arrangement unfolded.
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Mamma
Lillian
Papa
Little Chronicle
Humorous Yonkers Joke on Hats and Dentists
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a milliner who visited a dentist to have a nerve killed. The joke hinges on hat prices, insinuating the dentist may have killed the wrong nerve given the high expense.
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Yonkers
Peruna Curing Catarrh Widely Endorsed by Physicians
The advert claims Hartman Peruna cures catarrh in all locations, citing endorsements from physicians including Dr. Robert R. Roberts of Washington DC and Dr. M C Gee of San Francisco. It asserts catarrh causes many illnesses, notes women’s pelvic catarrh, and urges readers to get Health and Beauty and Facts and Faces pamphlets while inviting case reports to Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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M. C. Gee
San Francisco
Robert R. Roberts
M. D
Washington, D. C
Hartman
United States
F. H. Brand
Mokena
R. Robbins
Muskogee, A
Maine
California
Peruna
Jones Street
Cal
Iap
The
Hartman Sanita
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana Special for AMA Meeting Travel
The Indiana Special offers through sleeping cars via Pennsylvania Lines for the American Medical Association annual meeting in New Orleans from May 5 to 8. Depart Indianapolis Sunday May 3 at 3 55 p m. Delegates and friends should assemble in time to depart. Ample accommodations available. Excursion tickets via regular trains sold May 1, 2, and 3. For reservations contact W W Richardson District Passenger Agent Indianapolis Ind.
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American Medical Association
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Indiana
Medical Association
W. W. Richardson
Ind
Progressive Euchre Sparks Mississippi Controversy
Local Mississippi chatter frames progressive euchre as a crime while noting unusually bright skies follow a shower. The remark reflects regional tension over social norms and weather mood.
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Mississippi
Putnam Faceless Dyes and Coal Strike Hearing Cost
Faced with a coal strike, Putnam dyes claim no staining on hands or kettles except green and purple. The hearing cost is estimated at 750000 dollars, a burden the public will bear.
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Putnam
New Banks Rise in Brazil to Aid Agriculture
Brazil faces a growing need for new banks to finance crops in fields or storage and to lend on real estate or chattels. Bahia state has acted, granting special privileges to establish such banking concerns to support agricultural states.
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Brazil
Bahia
Book Agent Promotes Helpful Volume to Businessmen
A businesslike exchange in a Philadelphia office centers on a diligent book agent praising a volume said to aid businessmen. A skeptical listener asks who benefited, and the agent replies that he himself has earned a large commission from sales.
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Philadelphia Press
Miss Gaussip Questions Lover Claim Amid Marriage
Miss Gaussip wonders if a supposed lover was meant in a remark about her being married. Miss Tees confirms a five year marriage, defining the situation as unusual rather than scandalous, noting the man as her husband.
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Miss Gaussip
Miss Tees
Mrs Austin Pan Cake Flour Promotion
An advertisement extols Mrs Austin's Pan cake flour as unmatched quality. It also promotes a home-seekers excursion with dates April 21 May 5 19 June 2 and 16 targeting travelers to the West Northwest and South.
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
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ELY Bros
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Presbyterian
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W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Agiber
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Awa
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Durbar
Dr. Cuyler
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Count
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Nature
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