Doan's Kidney Pills touted for kidney cure
A local testimonial promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a safe remedy for kidney troubles including lumbago and dropsy. The ad cites C M Warner of Easton Maryland praising the pills, notes price 50 cents, and lists Foster Milburn Co as U S agents with Buffalo as headquarters.
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Bright
Dean
C.M. Warner
Washington St
Easton
Don
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
New Location Promptly Expands Store for Better Service
Due to cramped quarters the business relocates to a new location to accommodate growth. Customers will find a larger, varied selection of imported suitings on display and an early inspection will secure better service and advantage.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Arlington
Beltsville
R. W. Silvester
College Park
Chesapeake Line Passenger Schedules for Baltimore to Norfolk
Daily except Sunday sailings from Pier 19 Baltimore Light Street and from Pier Norfolk Jackson Mayette Streets. Southbound to Old Point Comfort at 6 00 pm and 6 30 pm, northbound from Old Port Comfort 7 45 pm and 6 00 am. Transfers between Viers and railroad depots advised. baggage through to destination. Complete schedules and fares available at ticket offices. General Passenger Agent F. J. Chimb and Assistant General Passenger Agent Chapman.
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Baltimore
Norfolk
Whit Point
Richmond
Pier 18 Light Street
Cor
Viers
J. Chibm
N Chapman
Agi. Asst
Draber’s Lesson in Business Tactics and A Lesson in Umbrellas
A draper employs an assistant new to the trade who misprices silk at 6s 6d a yard. The master corrects him and offers a superior silk at 10s 6d, due to worm epidemics raising silk costs. A customer buys the silk and leaves. days later the umbrella-wielding customer confronts the assistant over tape pricing, illustrating consequences of following instructions.
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Lnte
Pearson's
Mark Twain Interview and Odd Biographical Tale
The piece recalls Mark Twain dodging a baptismal name question with a twin anecdote about drowned twins. It also relays a New York Sun quip about a stockbroker testing gasoline safety with his son. A Victorian Melbourne exchange features misattributed Nero reference, ending with Nero called a Roman butcher by a puzzled chief secretary.
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Mark Twain
Charles Gavan Duffy
Melbourne
Nero
Deaf Groom Answers In English Country Church
In a small country church in England a marriage ceremony stalled when the question was posed to the bride. A gruff voice replied I will twice, prompting the puzzled minister to pause. A groomsman finally explained the groom would answer for her, saying he is deaf and will respond for her.
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England
O'taherry
Brady
New York
Patrick Murphy
O'Rafferty
Murphy
Khin
Manhattan Island
Sing Sing
Cvsl
Grizzly Bill Guides English Tenderfoot to Mr Hatter
An English visitor asks a grizzled native where to find Walter Halter. The native confirms and directs him to Grizzly Bill, referencing the settlement’s word that Hatter fired a shot near him. The exchange ends with the caller’s puzzled insistence and Bill’s pointed reply.
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Walter Halter
Tenderfoot
Mel
Wiam Bluff
Grizzly Bi
Hatter
Grisaiy
Sharp client fools court with false receipt ruse
A youthful Paris defense counsel uses a misused police receipt to prove his client’s honesty. The judge questions the amount found and the court laughs as the receipt shows only a franc, yet the honest knave is acquitted. The tale closes with a witty exchange between a housekeeper and maid about age and beauty.
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Paris
Frances
Forrest and the Supers Fainting Scene at Stage Dress Room
An effeminate young man, a fervent admirer of Forrest, fainted after a powerful closing speech. The amused old man awarded him a dollar keepsake in the dressing room before rejoining the supers. Later Forrest watched to see if he would faint again, and six actors collapsed in a real fainting spell during the climactic moment.
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Bobbitt Chemical
Baltimore
Forrest
Vourrest
The Mysterious Guest and the Prejudice Revealed
In a charged scene a host studies a man who bears a striking resemblance. The guest gently reveals he once funded the church plate, explaining a prejudice formed from a past contribution while claiming to be the sole man matching the host’s memory.
The Enduring Wit of Puns in English Letters
A compact sketch of punning humor from classic wits to modern times. It traces beloved and flawed puns from Johnson to Goldsmith and notes a decline among newspaper humorists while highlighting responses from Burlington Hawk Eye and other papers.
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Som Itood
Burlington Hawkeye
Norristown Herald
Arkensaw “Prayerer
Arkansaw
Burlington Mawkeye
Korristewn Herald
Japanese Submarine No 6 Loss A Heroic Message Reveals Tragic Error
London Times reports on the loss of Japanese submarine No. 6 in Hiroshima Bay. Lieutenant Tsutomu Sakuma writes from the conning tower describing a dive gone wrong, valve failures, and ballast flooding. He recounts battles with darkness, poisonous gas, and empty gauges while attempting to surface. Families of fallen crew are asked for forgiveness and support.
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Tsutomu Sakuma
Hiroshima Bay
London Times
Domestic Tragedy Sparks Tense Dinner Table Scene
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item reports a domestic scene where a wife, influenced by a British article advising women to withhold affection, plays coy and flirts with her husband prompting a sharp, uneasy confrontation at dinner. The piece portrays marital strain and the wife’s provocative behavior in a melodramatic tone.
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Gilad
Stimson
Cleveland Plain
Popular Jokes and Wit Across Historic Almanacs
The piece discusses famed jokes from Punch almanacs of 1845 and other quips on marriage and love. It notes a mystery author for Don t advice and recalls a brilliant dialogue about mind and matter from the Westminster Gazette style.
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Westminster Gazette
The Parting and Odd Notices
A clipped reading from a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt recalls Benson a cheerful friend who left town yet remains alive to the speaker as a loan repayment of $35 is revealed. The page also includes agricultural tips for watermelons and seed corn protection, plus brief social sketches and a wry cartoon caption about pickpockets on crowded streetcars.
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Benson
Birmingham Age-Herald
A Slasher Fea a Neg Amice Wel Mean Ton't a Coastee
A fragmentary note reports a feared slasher incident affecting a close friend. The text hints at a tense confrontation and the possibility of danger around a Christmas season gathering. Details are sparse and names or places are not clear.
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Debtor Journal
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H. Jonson Meelvin & Johnson, Publishers
Ladies’ Crossroads
India
Oliver
Merally Bot
Rugers
Stavteard Ifn
Joseph L. Kernan
Duffey’s Pharmacy
Denton, Ald
Hillsboro, Md
Nisi
Philip A. Marvel
Gertrude H. Marvel
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
Fred R. Owens
J. Kemp Stevens
Pete Copiy
Teat Pye Lap Stevens
Cewspaperan
Burrsville Hardware. Store
Geeland
H. B. Davis Paints
Brussels
R. H. Stapford
Burrsville, MD
T. W. Smith CO
Denton
Box
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
For All
Middletown
Kay
Middletown Farms
Pure Baly Products
Middletown, del
Florence
Florence Ovens
Nuttle Hardware CO
John A. Lewis
Hoddinott, Leo, and
Treas
Cambridge Brick Company
Cambridge Brick Co
Cambridge, MD
Undertakers
James T. Cooper
J. Virgil Moore
Coop Heh
Cooper
Moore
Ekie
Woon, Af
Como
Sago
Dukes
Concord, MD
WSL
Drenney, Sec. & Treas
James J. Ross
Kent
Joan T. Carter, Jr
Denton, Md
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
F. J. Wright
Ex Spectacles
Chas. H. Redden
Denton, Maryland
Windsor Hotel
W. T. Brubaker
Ug American
Broad Street Station
Reading Terminal
Filbert Street
Philadelphia
Market Street
Thomas O’connell
Wilmington, Delaware
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Chesapeake Line
York River Line
Southern By
West Point
Junker
E. Fayette GT
Charlea
Baltimore, MD
Eastern Shore
Millington
Wilmington
Frank P. Barnhart
F. Carey
Attorney-at-Law
E. Lexington ST
F. W
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New York Sun
Georgia Experiment Station
Crowes
Kansas City Star
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