Why Do They Why Women Like the Baldheaded Man
A quotation from the Daily Mirror notes why women favor baldheaded men. It cites traits such as thoughtfulness, kindness, trustworthiness, whimsy, and maturity, suggesting baldness signals successful property owning men and prudent experience.
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The
Daily Mirror
Bond issue passes amid snowstorm in Rome and Augusta vote
Rome voters approve a $27,500 school improvement bond with sewer and water mains and street paving amid a severe snowstorm. Augusta census dispute ends with expected larger population. other Georgia notes include a peach scale threat in Augusta, a $10,000 fire near Hartsfield, and a round-the-state agricultural train plan led by state officials.
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Rome
Augusta
Tigi
W. W. Chase
Moultrie
Hartsfield
Here
Athens
Soule
State Agricultural College
Hudson
United States Department of Agriculture
Carrollton
Gainesboro ,Selehone and Telegraph Company
Carrollton Ga
Secretary of State
L. C. Mandeville
J. C. Bass
L. K. Smith
J. G. Cheney
J. M. Bass
J. L. Guill
C. M. Tanner
J. M. B. Hoxsey
Atlanta
W. H. Trawick
W. K. Holmes
Cedartown
R. D. Leonard
Dallas
Marietta
Alexander Stephen Clay
Senator Clay
Cobb County
D. A. Skinner
Washington
Durand
Macon
Valdosta
Sea Island
Swainsboro
Ogeechee
Ohoopee
M. Sumner
Sumner
Digest It relief for stomachs offers trial pack
A promotional notice from the W. L. Brown Company of Jackson Mississippi touts Digest It as a new stomach relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It offers a full size 50c package for 10c mailing, or a free full size package via doctor or stockist, with instructions to take two or three tablets after meals and repeat in stubborn cases.
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W. L. Brown Company
Box J
Jackson, Miss
A Lingerer and Eldest Daughter Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue note compares a lingering elder daughter to a knight while her father struggles to say good night. The excerpt hints at themes of duty and memory in a domestic scene from an older era.
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Harry
Cuticura Heals Old Lady’s Hair and Eczema
An elderly woman credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with stopping severe scalp eczema and restoring her hair after years of loss. A Connecticut family member adds her feet healed after regular use, praising the products for winter skin relief.
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S. Ellsworth Dunham
Hiram, Me
What World Lost
A pale high browed young woman laments a ruined manuscript as a servant uses torn pages to light a fire in the grate. Mrs. Tartan remarks on the burning shame of the loss.
Taste Sensitivity Tests at University of Kansas
A Kansas University study shows the average person can taste quinine in 62 000 parts water and salt in 640 parts. sugar in 228 parts. soda in 48 parts. Women generally detect flavors at lower quantities than men, and a courtroom quip follows about vagrancy and visible means of support.
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University of Kansas
GROVH'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC advertised
An old advertisement promotes GROVH'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC claiming a simple quinine and iron formula. It asserts quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the body, sold by dealers for 80 years at zero price.
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RTE cM
Chambermaid banter and vintage ad snippets
A dialog of chambermaids is followed by a wry remark about living in thoughts rather than years. An old advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething pain and a Roumania population stat. The piece ends with a quip on living on nothing if friends lived on less.
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Dunlop
Geyer Sales
Bimm Building
Dayton
Ohio
Man Who Helps His Brother A Boston Charity Icon
Augustus B Vaughan, a 75 year old unassuming guardian of the needy, daily aids fallen men and smoking youths on the Boston Common. Dressed in a frock coat with white beard, he is known as the general adviser without pay and maintains close ties with his “boys” through cheerful brotherhood and books.
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Augustus B. Vaughan
Boston Common
Young Men's Christian Union
Vaughan
Boston
Middleboro
Peregrine White
Tribute to Painter's Skill Injures Van Huysen Still Life
In The Hague a still life by Jan van Huysen at the museum suffered damage to a fruit basket scene. Officials say a large fly on a pale yellow apple was painted so true to life that someone tried to shoo it with a cane or hand, injuring the canvas. The gallery notes call it a tribute to the artist's genius.
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Jan van Huysen
the Hague
Progress In Railroading And The Traveler’s Insight
A dialogue notes railroads improving over 50 years with new labels and better operation. The speaker observes that rail wrecks often occur near clusters of farmhouses where victims can seek coffee and warmth afterward.
Count Promises Veil of Love Behind Arranged Marriage
The heiress insists aCount will not harm her if she wed him. Her father questions whether the groom will work for the family, while the heiress dodges the practical concern and pleads for acceptance.
Blood Balm and Patent Cure Advertisements
An array of vintage home remedies and patent medicines promote cures for pimples eczema blood impurities headaches and digestive issues. Products include Botanic Blood Balm Hicks capucine Hamlins Wizard Oil Pierce pellets Woolford lotion and debt humor.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Department B
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Box B
Atlanta, Ga
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Teur
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Bronson
Buckle
Zest
Post
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Dawson
Terrell County
Yanner
Georgia
H. T. Bridges
Bridges
John R. Mercer
Pawson
Abany Herald
Roumania
Dickens
Dr. Pierce
Woolford
Samuel Utcher
Bears
Centaur Company
New York
Castoria
Standard Oil Company
Patton-Worsham Drug CO
Mars
Texas
Standard Oil Company Federal Re