Just in time kidney cure claims strong endorsements
A Davenport Washington ranchman C. C. Buck testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his severe lumbago after one box, praising their effect and urging others with back or kidney pain to use the same remedy. The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills at 60 cents and cites Foster Milburn Co. as the manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Dean
C. C. Buck
Seventh
St. Clair Sts
Davenport
Wash
Mr. Buck
Doan
Easy Lessons in French Soldier Boys Part Nine
A wartime language primer explains French currency and measurement. It provides names and pronunciations for kilo liter metre and centime plus common phrases for asking price distance and telegraph terms with phonetic guides.
Veterinary phrase list for horses and greetings
A compact guide with phrases in French and related pronunciations for a veterinarian and horse care. Includes terms for asking a vet for a horse, water needs, colors, pen and paper items, and common greetings with phonetic hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnais
Selle Veterinary
The Two Lives of Mr George Smith and Arietta Stacey
A fifty year old bachelor with a secret past and a wife with a hidden name find lifelong trust tested when both reveal their marriages. Arietta Stacey, once seventeen, is revealed as Mrs Stacey and the story ends with a startling dual marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Loneymoon
Mr. Smith
Smith
Pandora
Mrs. Smith
Smiths
Stacey
Arietta Stacey
Beauty In the Mexican Voice Described In Dana Memoir
Excerpt from Three Years Before the Mast notes the musical quality of Mexican speech. The observer admires voice and intonation across genders, notes creole drawl, rapid utterance, and vowel emphasis. A bullock driver delivering a message is likened to an ambassador, while the speaker imagines a people stripped to pride and voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dana
Golf stroke causes scandal on Edgbaston links
The London Mail recalls a Birmingham assizes moment where Lord Alverstone Phil al verstone then Sir Richard Webster struck a niblick shot that lofted a golf ball straight into his pocket. The tale frames a mischievous, almost conjurer like moment amid golf rounds with a local pro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Alverstone
Birmingham
London Mail
Asphalt Paving Milestones in 19th Century Roads
Asphalt as paving is the dominant commercial use of the mineral today yet its field in road making is comparatively new. The first compressed rock asphalt roadway appeared in Paris in 1854 and the first similar road on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, followed in 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
The Luxury of Disdain Quips from Washington Star
A Washington Star witty quip has Mr Growcher revealing his preference for a dog with no pedigree. He jokes he keeps the dog to indulge his own lack of distinguished ancestry and to feel superior by comparing himself to the pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Growcher
Washington Star
Unusual Mortgage Move Sparks Conversation
A Baltimore American quip notes Jones acts to be different by mortgaging his limousine to pay for house repairs. The remark highlights atypical financial choices and social perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Baltimore American
Dining quip on table shapes at boardinghouse
Mrs Hasher bought a round oak dining table and a star boarder quips that they should not expect square meals, reflecting a playful exchange in the Indianapolis Star.
Thaws and Cold Temperature Contrast
A brief explanation notes that a thaw feels warmer because freezing water releases heat to the air. In a thaw heat is absorbed from the air, making the air feel cooler in a frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
White’s Hotel and Restaurant
Cor
Stevens & Sprague
Joseph A. White
Diner Declines Pace for Chicken Silence in Boston
A diner in Boston quotes a waiter apologizing that chicken is sold out. The diner responds he will wait for its return, showing patient stance amid the restaurant delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Spokane Business Directory Listings Snapshot
A dense listing page shows Spokane businesses across services from accounting firms Kane & Eastern Trust Building to Schindler Artificial Limb Co and McGowan Hardware. It catalogs advertisers for signs and novelties, dressmaking, cleaners, chiropractors, electric supplies, radiator repair, cabinet work, and funeral taxidermy among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accountants and Auditors Commercial Accounting CO
Kane & Eastern Trust
A . Reinhard
Hutton
Ide Ave
National Brick Co
Peyton Bldg
Elizabeth Pruett
Kuhn Bide
A. Reimer
America
Colvin Agency, Inc
Des Moines
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Spokane
CAIUS
National Collection Agency
Mohawk Bik
Interstaty Mercantile Agency
U. S
Canada
Eagle
Butler
Riverside
Spokane School of Tailoring
Jamieson
McGowan Pros Hardware CO
Electrical Inland Electric Co
Sprague Furnac
McGowan Bros. Hardware Coo
Kuhn
Elec
Burera
Alexander Electric Co
Howard Everything Electrical Edison Farm
Pacific Northwest
Nixon-Kimmel Co
Main
Lincoln St
Michigan Auto Paint
TR Flower Service
Superior
Wail St
Variety retail and services ad items from Spokane area shops
An assorted page lists local businesses offering crafts sewing and hems stitching services, baby items and finished goods, monuments, musical instruments, optical goods, pianos, roofing, tires and tire services, luggage, trusses, furnaces, and trading company groceries. It mentions Washington monuments, Pacific Music Co, King Optical Co, Briggs Piano, Blair Business College, Vulcanizing, and Northwestern Trading Co among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon ‘Ton PL Co
Rookery CK Machines
Armstrong Machine Company
Infan
Needle Craft Shop
Post
Washington Monumental
Cut Stone
Ave
Briggs Piano
Sprague Ave
Spokane
Briggs
W. J. Snyder Rooping CO
Jamieson
Blair Business College
Tnele Sam
1St Ave
Surhae
Truss
Honest John Truss
Murgittroyd’s
Dept. A
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John P. Helphrey Curlew
Rehntetalhror
Northwest
Pereaerion
Corona Typewriter Sales Co
Howard
R Grill
Parkline Schooer
Ull S Gibbs
McRae
Aitne
eRae
Oweb Bey Pope
Spalding
Sporting Goods Inn
Ebanker Yan Er
WARE
Ware Bros
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Company
365 Market Street
San Francisco
Cal
France
Vétérin
de L'Av
Air Oine
Laywan
Blang
Vaud SC
Gris
Gree
Brun
Brune Brung
Bruin
Mehr
Goplunk
N. J
Cartoons Magazine
Ohio State Journal
Spokane Business
Americas
Merica
Stutz
Colember
Farniam
Motor Car Co
Firat Ave
Alis & Wells
HYDE
Hepperse
Auto Nadiator
Second Ave
Pransients
Seid
Sprague
WOME
G. Mo Myers, Inc
Monroe
N. Monroe
Kigatiga
Wetmore
Howard St
FOOT
A. A. Morse
W. P. Keeler Metal Works
First Ave
Harold Furna Mfg
3 _perlor Furnace Co
Howard At
McGowan Bros. Hardware CO
M. R. Mohr
Bernard
Zs & Lee
So. Howard
John T. Little Haw. Co
Withers Bros
Weree Rat Hair Co
Ponmciat Craft Teen Pree
Wm. Brown
Equiese Sales
Otis
W. Sprague
Blue Bird
Fliat
Ipire Harness Co
FE Aally Gibbs
Paulsen
Bernard Machinery
Western Mach'y & Eqpt
Chines
Stevens
N. Howard
Herbert Kk, Smith
Old National Bank
Washington, D. C
Carl H. Crawford
Pat
ATTY
Peyton
Ane
Duncan Electric Co
Keene & Patterson
Good Cook
Spokane Trunk and Grip CO
Alligator Corner
Purces
Northwestern Trading CO
DE Smet Ave
Nenmin & the
Fanmefi
Inesii Ts
Sera Pam
Cink A
Our Re Womaes World Farm & Fireside
Fear
Club
Mapesia
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