Tuberculosis Expenditures Rise In 1913 Nationwide
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports 1913 spending near 19 million dollars in the United States. Sanatorium and hospital construction led with about 16.8 million, up about 5.06 million from 1911. Other outlays include 765 thousand by associations, 500 thousand on clinics, 415 thousand for open-air programs, and 280 thousand by government entities plus 500 thousand by hospitals for inmate care.
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United State
National Association
Collecting Antiquities and a Mysterious Deposit
Blopay receives a card identifying a fictitious Professor Brace as an antiquities collector. The old man reveals himself and offers service by paying a long overdue deposit on a bill that has stretched over more than three years.
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Blopay
Professor Brace
The Right Lead and Fond Mamma Exchange Compliments
A humorous cartoon dialogue features Fond Mamma praising Sylvia’s figure as the result of sweeping. A bashful young man struggles to respond about whether she walks much, with banter between characters.
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Sylvia
Mrs. Jones
Puck
Willis Introduces New Preacher to Haster Chair Squad
The column notes Willis hires a new young preacher from college. Gilis confirms the hire and says the preacher called out the Haster chair squad last Sunday and has ordered practice behind closed doors.
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Willis
Gilis
Haster
Puck
DREADED TO EAT A Quaker Couple's Experience
A Quaker couple describe severe dread of eating despite hunger, blaming coffee for nervous indigestion. They switch to Postum and note relief from dull after meal feelings and overall improvement in well being.
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Philo
Want of Care Cited Over Knowledge in Almanac Saying
In Poor Richard's Almanac a maxim notes that neglect causes more harm than lack of knowledge. The aphorism urges practical prudence over mere learning.
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Richard
Dishes For Dinner Creole Gumbo and Desserts
A historical recipe page outlines a Creole Gumbo with chicken onions garlic butter flour water and sassafras plus optional oysters served with rice. Also includes instructions for Ralain Cookies and Cherry Pudding with nutmeg cinnamon raisins and cream, plus a banana cream dessert.
The Late Riser and Its Daylong Chase
A proverb-laden reminder that laziness delays every task as poverty closes in. The idle person struggles to finish chores and risks missing opportunities, while time eludes their reach from dawn to dusk.
Everyday dishes and home baking tips from a literature column
A home cook shares simple methods for tender round steak and popular winter treats. Recipes cover doughnuts with sour milk, graham gems, coffee cake with bread sponge, popovers, and rice griddle cakes, including ingredient lists and basic steps for each dish.
Mr Goslington Relates Crowded Street Encounter
In a Sixth Avenue incident a rude pedestrian shoulders Mr Goslington aside. The man collides with a cast iron fire hydrant and limps away, confirming the narrator’s claim that street crowds invite rough behavior.
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Mr. Goslington
Sixth Avenue
Rash Almost Covered Face Warrenville Woman Cured
Mrs Kathryn Krafft reports eighteen years of blood poisoning with constant eruptions and severe rash. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus Resolvent for two months she says all skin eruptions are cured. Sample offers and address for Cuticura are included.
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Warrenville, O
Kathryn Krafft
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Its Style and Wit in a Quick Lunch Moment
A fragment from a period piece contrasts a woman's wish for a light fruit lunch with a man’s quip about currents and hats. The dialogue hints at social expectations and quick wit in everyday exchanges.
Juvenile Logic Joke About a Brass Band
A child jokes about Mrs Blow blowing her own horn after a mother mentions brass band membership in a playful parent child exchange. The brief humor hinges on a pun about blowing a horn.
Change of Mind Ends Boxing Lesson Incident
John L. Sullivan recalls a humorous boxing lesson with a husky pupil who planned to learn to beat a rival. After a rough first session the student returned, revealing he would send the other man for further instruction to be coached by Sullivan.
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John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Pittsburg
Strange Noise Sparks Safety Pin Satire
A pedestrian asks about a loud sound and a policeman explains it as an odd joke about an ordinary one cent safety pin piercing a three million dollar baby, turning a trivial scene into absurd commentary.
Mrs Winslow Syrup Ad and Farm Notice
Fragments show an old ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup promising teething relief and gum soothing benefits at 25c a bottle. Also appears alfalfa seed Timothy and Clover mix price 44.50 and farm for sale or rent notice with crop payment terms from J Molhal Sioux City Iowa. An ad line hints a proverb about birds and worms and another praising Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Flour with grocery distribution.
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O.d
J. Molhal
Sioux City
Iowa
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