Local Church Meetings and Health Tonic Ad
Evening clock time for a board meeting on the first Monday night each month. Ladies Aid Society gathers the first Wednesday and the Bend church Ladies Aid on the second Thursday. W F M S on the first Thursday. Frank K DouGHERTY, Pastor. Pinettes for the Kidney aid claims quick results with a 20 day trial for $1. Sold by Hedges Drug Co.
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Ladies Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society of the Bend
Frank K. Dougherty
Hedges Drag Co
Unique Will Contest In Williamsport Appeals Change Of Venue
A will dispute from Benton county arises in Williamsport alleging the mother Mrs Hawkins left real estate to favored children while restricting others to rents. Plaintiffs claim unsound mind and biased affection tainted the will and seek its set aside. Case unlikely to be heard this term. Also an advertisement for Woods Liver Medicine touts liver regulation and relief from ailments with a dollar bottle and HB price.
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Venus
Benton County
Hawkins
Beer
Batoi County
Street Vendor in Walla Walla Struggles with Harsh Life
T. A. Daly notes a vendor on Walla Walla Street who cannot make ends meet. The piece reflects poverty, daily grind, and social indifference as locals pass by without help while the vendor hopes for a meal and a moment of dignity.
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Waila
Rowan
Walla Street
T. A. Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
Eczema Cure Claim Promises Instant Relief
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a curative external medicine for eczema that stops itching and destroys germs. It claims rapid relief and urges readers to write for names and directions from Rae Medicine Co of St. Louis, bold by Hedge Drag Co.
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Namie
Rae Medicine Co
St. Louis
Bold
Hedge
Drag Co
A Knock For Papa and Suitor Discussion
A brief comedy scene shows a stern father challenging a suitor who admits intent to marry his daughter. The dialogue centers on parental approval and filial duty. An accompanying ad promotes Maniine Pile Remedy with immediate relief for piles, priced 50 cents and sold by a local drug company.
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Dedgea Drug Co
French duel ends with fear and faulty disguise
A comic scene in which a French duel is staged to the point of removing coats and shirts to show courage. Seconds coax, the principal trembles with fear as onlookers note the imprudent ploy before apologies and a friendly departure.
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Tney
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pink Pain Tablets from Dr Snoop Formula Sold by Hedges Drug
A damaged OCR advertises Pink Pain Tablets labeled Dr Snoop's formula promising instant relief for head and body pains. Sold in boxes of twenty by Hedges Drug Co with pharmacist guidance.
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Snoop
Sul By
Hedges Drug Co
Why She Couldn't Think of It and the Weight Issue
In a dialogue quoted from the Chicago Record-Herald an actress, famed for fifteen years as a beauty, declines a role insisting costumes would not reveal her recent weight loss of over forty pounds. The manager urges the part as a chance to showcase talent and emotion with the best lines read.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Itching Skin Diseases Advertised Cure
An advertisement promotes Zewa as a readily cured external remedy for itching skin diseases including eczema and scalp conditions. It claims Zico draws germs and destroys them, leaving the skin healthy and instantly refreshed. The claim mentions permanent cure and offers free samples from B. W. Boss Modising Us at 95 Louts, sold by Hedger Drug Co.
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Zewa
Zico
ZeMo
Eare
Semple
B.W. Boss
Hedger
Enormous Losses From Fire Insurance Myths Exposed
A columnist warns that large insured losses mask deeper risks from fires to complex plants. He cites a big factory with costly machinery and vast stock facing crippling post fire disruption beyond insured values. The piece highlights a bookbinder's liability when a fire ruins $5,000 of law books and insurers dispute who bears it.
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Blank & Co
Tre
Supreme Court
Whimsical Storage War Over Lost Items
Mrs. Q fights a warehouse to recover items like soup spoons and potential sugar tongs or a golf link. The dispute centers on marriage status and a written statement to release belongings, with the warehouse noting tensions from divorces and separations fueling the scramble to reclaim contents.
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Mr. Q
Boston Transcript
Advertising Sarasate in Edinburgh Gone Wrong
Eight sandwich men hired to advertise Sarasate’s Edinburgh appearance carried boards bearing letters that formed misreadings as they moved. After rest breaks and reassembly errors, the sign showed scrambled phrases like Sata resa and Starasea, causing confusion and audience curiosity along Princeton Street and the Mound.
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Sarasate
Edinburgh
Starasea
Princeton Street
Edinburgh Dispatch
Duty and price mix in a Chicago News quip
A shopper questions why goods cost 50, a clerk explains the duty and humorously notes the proprietor aims to fill the bank balance. The exchange plays on domestic goods versus imported duties in a satirical tone.
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Chicago News
Young Boy Challenges Father Over Owed Whipping
A Detroit Tribune style quip portrays a seven year old son refusing a whip claiming he cannot be a preferred creditor. The father insists on punishment, while the boy counters that the father never pays others what is owed.
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Detroit Tribune
Pitle and Rival Sparks in Fated Marriage Debate
In Harper's Weekly language a witty exchange unfolds between DaWitt and his rival as the speaker laments inferior qualities in a marriage match. The dialogue contrasts energy, brains, and future prospects with insistence on heartfelt love amid social pressures.
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Maude
George
Harper’s Weekly
Asquith's Early Court Trick Seals Rising Fortune
In a Revew of Reviews tale, the young H H Asquith gains fame at the Parnell commission. He unexpectedly cross examines witness MacDonald after sir Charles Russell tires, turning a silly reply into a brilliant performance. The moment marks Asquith’s emergence as a skilled barrister and public figure.
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HL Asquith
Dow
Great Britain
Scead
Asquith
Charles Russell
Lord Russell -O. Killowen
Parnell Commission
Charles
Junior
MacDonald
Sir Charles
Mr. Asquith
Simon
Squith
Lady Randolph and Shaw Exchange Witty Luncheon Note
A brief anecdote from Putnam's Magazine recounts Lady Randolph sending a witty luncheon invitation to Bernard Shaw and his curt reply. She retorts about his manners, he defends himself citing an aversion to unpleasant luncheon fare, and the piece notes Shaw’s enduring humor even at politeness’s expense.
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Lady Randolph
Nrne
Bernard Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Putnam’s Magazine
Greenough Statue Seeks A Home For Christ Awakening In The Tomb
Rev Edward Anderson of Pres ident's Hill Quincy has come into possession of a statue by Boston sculptor R S Greenough titled Christ Awakening In the Tomb. It is packing in a Boston Public Library storeroom as the artist seeks an institution cemetery or other recipient. Greenough made the statue to grace the grave of a friend in Rome New York Tribune.
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Greenough
Rome
New York Tribune
Observatory for the Public in Zurich Draws Huge Crowds
The Zurich public observatory is the world’s only genuine public facility. Open every evening, it has hosted over 25,000 visitors in six months. The telescope spans seventeen feet six inches, weighs fourteen tons, and has a twelve inch objective with a projecting screen for waiting observers.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Heartbeat cinema for witnesses in the box told by Dutch inventor
A Dutch inventor proposes filming a heart’s beat for courtroom use. A stethoscope intensifies the beat, an oscillator records it on film, producing a cinematograph of the heart. The device could show jurors what happens during intense cross examination.
Tallest Actress Heads Drury Lane Cast
Miss Irenee Smith is noted as the tallest actress in the Drury Lane drama. She stands at feet one and a half inches in stockings, with high heels and hair brushed high to enhance her imposing stage presence.
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Irenee Smith
la Bebe
New Drury Lane
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