Doan's kidney pills praised in health ad and jokes
An old newspaper piece mixes an Elmer Harms testimonial praising Doan's kidney pills for rheumatism and dropsy with jokes about a milliner wife and a weight gain regimen. It includes quips about temper, a party anecdote, and a flirtation misunderstanding. The ad urges Doan's as a remedy.
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Mra
Emma V. Harms
Jeffér Bon
Doan
Foster-Milburn ,Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tris Speaker reveals Texas roots and baseball rise
Tristram Speaker, famed Boston Red Sox outfielder, explains his nickname Tris born in Texas after an accident bent his left hand dominance. He details breaking his collarbone at ten, switching to the left arm, and starting with the Cleburne club earning 65 dollars a month before the league failed and he moved to Houston then reached the American League.
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Texas
Tristram
Tris’’ Speaker
Boston Red Sox
Che
Clebourn
Houston
Gossip and Sports Notes From Early Times
Ban Johnson stabilizes baseball affairs while boxing tightens in Beloit. Willie Lewis may tour Paris for fights as Cobb contemplates a $50 000 season. Frank Baker retires to his farm and Battling Nelson mocks critics. Otto Zeigler, once a top cyclist, is blind in Alameda. Gotch vows to wrestle Mahmout's conqueror as minor leaguers seek peace. Frank Farrell wins a stock dispute over a hilltop team as French airplanes approach shores.
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Qualman
Beloit
Wis
Willie Lewis
Paris
Cobb
Frank Baker
Pakzer
Nelson
Otto Zeigler
Alameda
Cal
National Commission
Gotch
Mahmout
Frank Farrell
Joseph Gordon
Athletics to Win in 1912
Manager Frank Chance of the Cubs predicts the Athletics as the strongest current team with a near flawless infield and solid pitching. He notes McInniss as a potential upgrade at first base and sees the Athletics as a well rounded machine likely to defend the world championship for one to three years. Chance also expects New York to rebuild for future contention and Pittsburgh to watch.
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Athletics Nas
Mack Machine
Frank Chance
Cubs
McInniss
Mack
National League
McGraw
New York
Pittsburg
Notable Boxing Sparring Partners Who Became Champions
The article notes two exceptions to the rule that sparring partners rarely become champions. Jeffries learned the game as a sparring partner to Jim Corbett, and Kid McCoy honed his craft with Tommy Ryan before defeating him in fifteen rounds at Maspeth, New York.
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Kim Jeffries
Kid McCoy
Tommy Ryan
Jack Johnson
Marty Cutler
Walter
Monahan
Jack Stenzler
George Lawler
Bob Fitzsimmons
Peter Jackson
Welchman
St. John
England
South Africa
Jim Corbett
Jim Daly
Buffalo
Daly
Joe Butler
Philadelphia
Cleaners
Yank Kenny
Jim Jeffries
Jeff
Kenny
John.l. Sullivan
Jack Ashton
Australia
Sullivan
Joe Goddard
John
Goddard
Ashton
John L
Herbert Slade
Jem Mace
Ong
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Maspeth
L. I
Local Names in Fragmentary News Byte
A partial list of individuals reads like a roster including W. A. Larned M. E. McLoughlt E V Bundy G F Touchard M R Long N M Miles TR Pell RD Little XK H Behr W M Hall with no further context provided.
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Sing W. A. Larned
M. E. McLoughlt
E. V. Bundy, G. F. Touchard
M. R. Long
N. M.miles
TR. Pell
RD. Little, XK
H. Behr
W. M. Hall
Practical Help for Poor Opens with Ten Million Dream
A man in a den imagines giving free launches for the poor as a New York Press voice recalls a fanciful plan to raise ten million dollars. He promises to work out beneficiaries and details while his sister questions feasibility and fairness.
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Gaffer Green
Sis
New York Press
Cuticura Then Opens Open-Air Schools Propel TB Work
A patient credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing eczema after years of treatment. Eyewitness testimonials from Samuel F. Jackson and Miss Rebecca Jackson accompany a note on 1911 open-air schools expanding TB work, rising from 29 to 91 open-air schools nationwide by 1912 and 62 new schools added in the year.
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Rebecca Jackson
Samuel F. Jackson
Pine St
Philadelphia
Delaware St
Trenton
N. J
Cutleura
Dept. L
Boston
Jamie and the Wee Spade in a Fife Village
In a Fife village a respected man toils with a tiny spade in his garden when a neighbor jokes about its size. Jamie replies without looking up that he does not wonder at it when he sees their father’s mouth. Tit-Bits.
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Fife
Jamie
One of the Perils of Divorce
A Detroit Free Press quote shows a child saying she would have chosen a better father, highlighting the emotional strain of divorce with a neighbor asking about the child’s new papa and the girl’s candid reply.
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Detroit Free Press
Bromo Quinine Advertisement Cites N W Grove Signature
A compact ad promotes Bromo Quinine as a world wide cold cure. It emphasizes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with the signature of N. W. Grove and claims effectiveness in one day. The copy adds a quip about a man forced to toe the mark becoming a chronic kicker.
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N. W. Grove
Great Northern Railway Offers Free Booklets on Western States
The Great Northern Railway distributes a million illustrated booklets describing Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. The booklets cover climate soil homesteads maps and letters from Westward settlers plus locations for free homestead land and low fares. Request your state booklet by writing E G Leedy General Immigration Agent 116 G I Building St Paul Minnesota.
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East
Northwest
Western Governors
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Id- Washington
Oregon
G. Northern Railway
Miinesota
Washington
E.G. Leedy
Great Northern Railway
G. I. Bldg
St. Paul
Pin
Wiupe
Canada
Sup't
Ottawa
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Temple St
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Western Canada
Brest
Canadian West
Prince Albert
Sask
Market Point
Julius 8
Woodward
Yoo
Board of Trade
Bask
Florida
Carl Jansen
Orlando
Orange County
Oroville
California
Tris
Tris” Speaker
Ban Johnson
MecInniss
Ifailures
G. F. Touchard
R. D. Little
JT. V. Bundy
M. E. McLoughlin
H. H. Hackett
F. B. Alexander
T. R. Pell
L. E. Mahan
Q. B. Doyle
H. E. Doyle
B. C. Wright
N. W. Niles
Co. M. Bull, Jr
H. C. Martin Otto Hinc
Father John
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Crawford
Genesee Street
Syracuse
Gillette
Grant Sales CO
Broadway
Brown
Jones
Brown & Sos
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Moody Bible Institute
PLACE
Chicago
Illinois
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