Cascarets Promise Gentle Liver and Bowel Reset
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent box solution for cleansing and regulating the stomach and bowels. It claims to remove sour foods, fermenting gases, and bile while you sleep without gripe or sickness, preventing headaches and indigestion.
Dialogue Sparks Temperatures Rise at Reform Meet
A brief exchange captures a clash of ideas at a reform gathering. An observer recalls conversing with a well known reformer, noting a lengthy discussion that left him neither uplifted nor cooled, as remarks reportedly heated the conversation.
Mothers urged to examine CASTORIA bottles for safety signature
Consumers are advised to check CASTORIA bottles for the correct signature and the statement In Use For Over 20 Years. Parents are reminded that this remedy is recommended for infants and children and that Fletcher's product is trusted by generations.
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Fletcher
Profanity in Public Place Sparks Courtroom Quip in Kansas City
A Petunia citizen testifies on stage in a court with a salty remark about a Black person in a workplace dispute and religious discipline. A Kansas City anecdote follows about a neighbor’s egg fetching request, illustrating humorous misunderstandings on travel.
Grape-Nuts Endorsed By Brooklyn Family For Health
A Brooklyn mother reports her weak digestion son improved after eating Grape-Nuts and says the food helped the whole family. Her husband, once skeptical, also grew healthier and both children in another home recovered from rickets after using Grape-Nuts. The testimonial is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Brooklyn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Hiver
Mrs Mary Burns Harcourt Linked To Indian Viceroy Hope
Mrs Harcourt, American socialite Mary Ethel Burns, cousin of J P Morgan, wife of Lewis V Harcourt since 1899, and close to Queen Alexandra, is noted as potential viceroy of India with Lewis V Harcourt as first commissioner of works in the British cabinet. The couple has four children.
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Lewis V. ‘Hercourt
India
Mrs. Harcourt
Queen Mother Alexandra
J. P. Morgan
Mary Ethel Burns
Mr. Harcourt
Product of Rare Commercial Valus in nipa sap use
The nipa palm sap from the South seas yields a sap called tuba with about 15 percent sugar. Philippine Bureau of Science finds nipa sugar equal to cane sugar and cheaper to extract since no crushing machinery is needed, with 2.47 acres producing 22 942 pounds of sugar.
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South Seas
Philippine Bureau of Science
Father John's Medicine Cited By Father For Son’s Recovery
Edward Sipe of Philadelphia reports his five year old son recovered from a bad cold and lingering cough after seven weeks on Father John’s Medicine. The letter claims the remedy, alcohol free and wholesome, helped the boy gain weight and improve health.
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Father John
Edward Sipe
Weikel Street
Philadelphia
Improvement on the Early Model
A brief quip about a parent asking after a son’s schooling. The reply notes the boy is progressing well and occasionally seems as knowledgeable as the parent believed their own young self would be.
Hopeful Cure Promoted for Kidney Pain in Canajoharie
A letter from Canajoharie New York recalls James Lettice suffering back and kidney pains with mucous and blood. He credits Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy with ending his agony after two bottles and urges readers to request a free trial from Kennedy Co Rondout New York. Ad notes Pazo Ointment provides quick pile relief and offers refunds if ineffective.
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Canajoharie
N. Y
James Lettice
David Kennedy
Western Canada’s Great Harvest Favors Trade Rise
Western Canada enjoys a record grain harvest with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta yielding a market value near four hundred million dollars. Banks report optimism and stronger western prosperity as railroads show rising earnings and immigration may follow the bountiful crop.
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Canada
Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bank of Montreal
Canadian West
Prairie
Dominion
H. V. Meredith
Montreal
Europe
United States
Queer Cattle in Satirical Writers World
A humorous jab at miscellaneous “sbhtary writers” described as queer oratures and their tales, with a digressive soldierly style. The speaker questions why the writers are so odd and proclaims their stories spring from their heads.
New Asthma Treatment Offers Quick Breathing Relief
An advertisement touts True Astare ine in a yellow box costing about 25 cents to ease breathing. It claims chest rubbing from throat to stomach twice daily and lists uses for rheumatism lumbago and neuralgia. The maker is Bogy Medicine Co Rochester NY.
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Bogy Medicine Co
Rochester
N. Y
Frosty Wager Ends Badly in a Quiet Chat
Mr Dustin Stax recalls a friend who speculated too often and started a big freezeout only to be frozen out by his own frost. The tale highlights how silence would have aided the talkative.
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Dustin Stax
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