Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Noted Baritone Sidney Jarvis
Sidney Jarvis, famed American baritone, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing his backache and kidney trouble after consultation with prominent physicians. He urges others with kidney issues to use the product, available for 65 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY. He also promotes Hicks Carupine for colds and grip, sold in liquid form at 10, 25, or 50 cents.
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Mr. Jarvis
America
Elsie Janis
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lightning splits trees and steam rips them open
The article explains how lightning travels through a tree causing moisture to turn to steam and explode the trunk. It contrasts this with traditional beliefs and notes scientists have finally understood the process. It also includes a joking exchange about language and a Chinatown visitor.
Reason Enough: Dinner Invitation Sparks Estrangement
A terse comic exchange reveals strain in a domestic scene as a husband questions his wife's mood and a friend notes an implied invitation to dinner. The dialogue hints at personal tensions between spouses and their social circle.
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Jean Qui Rit
Post Toasties distinctive flavor praised for quick serving
The distinctive Post Toasties flavor is highlighted as a quick breakfast option that is ready when time is tight. The ad notes serving with cream or milk, promoting ease of preparation from the package. Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. of Battle Creek, Michigan is listed as the maker.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Late frost needed for cotton crop
Memphis reports summarize cotton conditions across states. Texas rainfall is sporadic. central regions fear delayed picking as frost is needed to mature crops. Oklahoma shows excellent prospects. Louisiana and southern Mississippi struggle with boll weevil. overall yields vary, with eastern states faring better but uneven reports.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wireless on a Aeroplane Breaks World Record
In a historic event at Sheephead Bay race track aviator J D A McCurdy sent the first wireless message from an aircraft to a ground station. The message reported by Horton of the US signals corps confirms a new era in aerial communication.
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New York City
Buzz
Sheephead Bay Race Track
Curdy
Horton
McCurdy
J. D. A. McCurdy
Glenn H. Curtiss
Harry M. Horton
United States Signal Corps
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Graniteville Reader
A Graniteville Vermont reader lauds Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health during the change of life. The letter claims the medicine cures female ailments, praises its safety and value, and encourages others to publicize its benefits. The notice also promotes Dickson College in Tennessee with a call for a catalogue.
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Graniteville
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dickson College
Tennessee Highlands
South
Oggins
A. M
Dickson, Tenn
Tough Luck
Newed and his wife quarrel over a supposedly young chicken. They joke that the dealer must have taken the bird’s teeth before selling it, as they inspect the carcass and debate its age and condition.
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Newed
Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies Reported
A nine year past cure story credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for ending five years of severe itching and bleeding eczema. Mrs Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan recounts initial relief after the first bath and one treatment, then full recovery after four bottles, with no relapse since 1900.
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Alfie Elson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Grove's Taithliess Chill Tonic Advertisement
An old ad promotes Grove's Taithliess Chill Tonic claiming it kills malaria with quinine and strengthens the body with iron. It notes the formula printed on the bottle and a price of 60 cents, sold by dealers for 80 years. It also includes a satirical line about men proposing to a spinster.
Clerk Reprimand Sparks Outburst in Bookstore Scene
A chaotic exchange unfolds as a new clerk declares he has never chewed, prompting a customer to remark they fired him, while another voice calls out Chaucer in a tense bookstore moment.
Why He Was Sorry
A West Philadelphia mother tries to teach eight year old etiquette after he trips in the hall and swears during a chair carry. He apologizes claiming he forgot it was Sunday.
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West Philadelphia
Cruelty to Insects Provokes Humorous Classroom Moment
A professor warns against cruelty to animals using a housefly incident in a hall. He describes a bald-headed man harshly shooing a fly and jokes about the insect moving from the head to the brow and finally becoming a wasp, illustrating forethought to reduce suffering.
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Egypt
Pipe Gives Cadet Typhoid
Midshipman Smith aboard the Indiana at Plymouth England contracted typhoid from a briar used by his Annapolis roommate who had a bad case. The navy medical department will study the theory that concentrated nicotine cannot destroy a typhoid germ and may lead future midshipmen to use their own pipes.
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Smith
Indiana
Plymouth
England
Annapolis
Medical Department of the Navy
A Wise Old Owl and Pet Dogs Comic Exchange
A dialogue between a wise old owl and a flirtatious woman contrasts beauty and intellect. The owl dismisses intellectual similarity, while the woman calls him a flatterer. In a second item, Harker and Barker joke about selling pets and the man’s obsession with eating, noting his lack of four legged friends.
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Harker
Barker
Frightful hotel fare and sublime scenery cited in brief
An old satirical note mentions high hotel fares and outstanding scenery. It also references various medical remedies and ad slogans from a bygone era, including Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. The text closes with a social aphorism about fools.
Senator Smooth Recounts Harriman Photo Gag On Salt Lake Cutoff
Utah senator tells a tale about B H Harriman and a railroad party at the Salt Lake cutoff. Photographers print a group shot with Harriman at one end. a guest asks where Harriman is and the photographer replies I cut him off.
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Senator Smooth
Utah
B. H. Harriman
Salt Lake
We Were Sent To Make The World Better And Happier
A reflective quote by Dr. Gelkie asserts that efforts to improve happiness for others also enhance one’s own well being as part of our purpose in life. The saying links moral action with personal fulfillment and universal progress.
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Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Gelkie
Capudine Promises Quick Relief for Various Ailments
An ad touts Capudine as a liquid remedy for cold, heat, stomach, or nervous troubles with immediate relief. It is sold in 10c 25c and 50c sizes at drug stores. A unrelated quip about a salted mine investment and a watch-fob seal adds light humor.
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Capudine
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Ark
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Tuskegee
Flora L. Dotger
South Orange
N. J
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
German Hospital
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Gaynor
St. Mary Hospital
Hoboken
St. James
Long Island
Chas. Barclay
Eczema
Pierce
Wintersmith
Takano
Arthur Pater & CO
Gen
Louisville
Etary
Rayo Cros Pert Et
Standard Oil Company
Southern School OF Telegraphy
Newnan
Smitchells
Chicago News
Cascarets
George Kryder
Napoleon
Abe Falatenie
Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
Defiance
Putnam
Writ
Treriianio
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennesee
Southern Railway
Salta
Southern Land & Inn. Co
Galtport
Miss
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Monroe oruGa CO
Quincy
Llinda
Hudgins Publishing CO
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