Votes and tariffs spark at Orange Heights packing house
In a town holiday lull, Mister Roberts at the Orange Heights Packing House confronts a directors’ meeting over a proposed tariff increase. He argues higher duties and salary raises, while the board raises his celery by 25 bones a month only in exchange for political support. Roberts’ wife enforces smoking limits at home.
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Earth
Mister Roberts
Sum Demokrats
Mister Earth
Mister Barth
Thare
Vacation Journeys Price Pack Preview
A compact list shows varied vacation related prices including 72.50 108.50 110.50 55.00 70.00 60.00 108.50 95.70 and 73.50. The figures suggest comparisons or discounts across multiple tour options.
Mister Stali Runs Daytime Office and Nighttime Hotel
Billie notes Mister Stali leads a daytime office and a hotel at night. He mentions a double life and plans to visit Doe Willards for a bath fix before quitting to go up to the place. The message ends with farewell from an old scout named Billie.
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Stali
Jonnie
Doe Willards
Impressions of the Onlooker Gas Companies
A satirical sketch criticizing gas companies as impersonal monopolies driven by profits. It likens meters to busy, unfeeling devices and suggests the industry pushes costs on customers through staged billing and coercive tactics. The piece portrays gas firms as causing poverty and social strain.
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Guinevere
Hills Due
Sister
Gas meters spark laughter in quirky consumer gag
A reader-sent piece mocks a gas company test offering a 25 cent meter. The gimmick promises 12 percent value of gas with a drop of a quarter, producing gas that runs out as biscuits finish and coffee cools. The spoof triggers loud laughter and mirth.
Bay City Prepares for Exposition
San Francisco July 13 In four days Pan American Exposition directors will likely select a world fair site and begin rapid construction. Delegates from the National Education Association boost advertising, with 20 000 postal cards sent to teachers inviting 1915 attendance. Merchants schedule Merchants Day and northern California counties push a unified state exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposition.
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San Francisco
Locke Slebrioce
National Educational Association
Exposition City
Palace
St. Francis
James E. Phelan
Edward R. Taylor
William C. Ralston
Rolla V. Watt
Sacramento
California
Parson's Poem Hails Dr King New Life Pills
A poem from Rev H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa praises Dr King's New Life Pills as a health essential. He urges households to rely on them, claiming other remedies fail and that these pills restore well being, with a note about availability at R F Billings.
Hezekiah’s Son Manasseh Aided by God’s Mercy
Commentary on II Chronicles 33 1 13 notes Manasseh's reign and sin in Judah his later repentance in prison and restoration to Jerusalem, the role of Hephzibah his mother, and the ultimate mercy of God as shown through Christ’s sacrifice foreshadowed in scripture The author contrasts pride and reform and cites Isaiah John and Revelation to underline divine mercy and the need for repentance
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Abang
Manassel
David
Manasseh
Babylon
Judah
Jerusalem
Israel
Jehovah
Hephzibah
Earth
Jacob
Rom
Amon
Saul of
Tarsus
Philippi
Tiny
No Rea For A Back Pain Cure From Dean's Pills
Corona resident L W Schinke testifies to relief from backache and kidney troubles after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports improvement after three boxes, with no recurrence since. Sold by Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents at 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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L. W. Schinke
Sheridan St
Cal
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United
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