Federal health board feared as threat to medical freedom
The San Francisco Argonaut argues against a proposed federal health board, saying it would impose a single medical orthodoxy, infringe on individual rights, and rank other healing practices as inferior. It warns the plan mirrors establishment of a sect and risks medical liberty for the public.
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Federal Health Board
Higgytio
United States
Federal Board of Health
Argonaut
Health Board
San Francisco
Naming a Baby Delays Hasty Choice in Cradle Scene
A couple debates naming their newborn as the husband jokes over the child’s age. The wife favors Percival but wants to wait to learn if a lisp will affect the choice, signaling a light domestic moment.
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Percival
Sounds Plausible and Devilled Crabs In Diet Debate
A Washington Star excerpt features a tense husband taunting his wife over cake and a diet with the wife offering devilled crabs as a dish. A separate quip notes that a cool million belongs to a man who stays calm amid rising living costs.
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Washington Star
Overall's Arm Improves as He Outduels Stockton
Orval Overalls arm seems to get better each game as he pitched for the All Sacramento team against Cy Moreings Stockton outlaws. He struck out seventeen, allowed eight hits, and won 4 to 1. A late home run by Eddie Carrigan spoiled a shutout.
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Orval
Chance
Chicago
Sacramento
Cy Moreing
Stockton Outlaws
Eddie Carrigan
All American College Club Athletes Shine in New York Night
An all-American group of athletes gathered at a New York college club delivered a standout performance. The event highlight showcased skill and teamwork across multiple sports, drawing attention from local supporters and media.
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New York
Gossip and commentary on early sports figures and football facts
A collage of sports gossip noting that football fatalities are down, Washington is strong, and players like Wagener Baker Wagner and Cobb are referenced. It jokes about humor in sports, critiques rule revisions, discusses college teams, minor leagues salaries, and the idea that baseball predates modern eras with mentions of Hittites and the Giants.
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Clarke Griffith
Washington
Hans Wagener
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Frank Baker
China
Honus Wagner
Ty Cobb
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Frank Schulte
Sporting Department
Hogan
Brown
New York
Judged by Their Clothes A Tale From Washington
In Washington the New York correspondent for the Cincinnati Times Star reports Herman Fellner and friends visited a cigar stand. Fellner rejects a box offered as best dime smoker while the clerk jokes his clothing misled him and offers a nickel smoker instead.
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Herman Fellner
New York
Cincinnati Times Star
Washington
Fellner
Mr. Feliner
Three Cured Of Eczema By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Violet Cole reports eight years of sleepless eczema relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for herself and her five children. The family’s sores hair loss and itching disappeared and ringworm also cured. Free sample offer sent to Cuticura Dept 8 L Boston for Philadelphia reader.
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Violet Cole
S. Redfield St
Philadelphia
Boston
Tombstone joke on statute of limitations
A Tombstone Man jokes about monument figures. Mrs Weeds asks what to carve for her husband and replies with a pun about the statute of limitations, noting her husband’s profession as a lawyer. The exchange plays on legal terms in a humorous tombstone setting.
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Mrs. Weeds
It Was No Porterhouse
A diner recounts how his steak was found by perseverance after a waiter asked how he found it. The guest reveals the chef hid the steak under a Brussels sprout to keep it hot, as noted in Yonath's Companion.
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Yonath
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Many children suffer from colds feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething issues and worms. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders claim to break up colds in 24 hours and regulate bowels with a pleasant taste. Sample offered free by A B Olmsted LeRoy NY to all druggists for 2 cents per bottle.
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Mother Gray
Olmsted
LeRoy
Such a Difference
A courtroom gag presents a jumbled exchange as a judge teases about fear at a wedding. The bride's mother, speaking for the Madam, asserts she is not afraid of the groom, sparking a light moment in the defense of the bride.
Remedy for Lung Ailments with Hamlins Wizard Oil
Warns of chest tightness signaling a cold that may worsen into consumption or pneumonia. Advises curing the cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil before it advances to serious lung disease.
Pouting in Courtship Outshines Shouting After Marriage
A proverb states a girl gains more by pouting during courtship than she can by shouting after marriage. This reflects social advice on female behavior and marriage era norms.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
An 19th century notice promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims gum relief June and wind colic cure with a bottle priced at 25 cents.
Lady-How much for children's pictures
Photographer-Three dollars a dozen. Lady-Why-er-lI've only got eight.
Great Scheme Satirical Exchange on Domestic Help
Mrs Housewife sighs over keeping a cook a week and learns a trick from a friend. Her husband’s French swearing provides vent for temper, offering practice for him and amusement for the cook as a satire on household life.
Moliere Says Physician Writes Prescriptions He Won’t Take
In Life, Louis XIV asks Moliere about his royal doctor and the playwright replies that they chat and the doctor writes prescriptions he never uses, yet he feels cured. The anecdote highlights Moliere’s satire of medicine and doctors.
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Moliere
Louis XIV
Hoxsie's Croup Remedy Tops Coughs and Cards Ad
An old advertisement touts Hoxsie's Croup Remedy as top for thirty years and a preventive against pneumonia. Druggists offer the remedy at 60 cents.
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Hoxsie
Fashion Critics Slam Magazine’s Fearless Trends
A provocative remark targets modern fashion and its impact on women's appearance. Critics accuse bold styling of creating an unsettling, exaggerated look that divides opinion among designers and readers. The debate highlights evolving standards of beauty and personal expression.
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Curmish
Persia
Samson
Cub
Pacific Coast
Setseseevs Neesse Wilite
Vases Hart
Ee Ov Arnold
Army
Sans seKetcham
Guar Soban Fisher
Ae Littlejohn
Kereky Romelister
Eee Spracklin
Ae Thorpe
Carlisle
Eee
Dalton
Navy
Weirdell
California Fig Syrup CO
Senna
CEN
Calfornia
California FK Syrup CO
Perfection Oye Ater
Perfection
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bup’t
Ottawa
Canada
J. 8. Crawford
Genesea Street
Syracuse
Carter
Carters
Ittle Iver
Pills. A
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Thompson
Western Canada
Canadian West
Prince Albert
Sask
Julius S. Woodward
Bec
Board of Trade
Pt. L
Suske
Putnam
Monroe Drug Company
Guincy
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