Water Carriers and Coastal Trades in India
The piece portrays Indian water carriers who own bullocks, work from dawn to midday, and serve nearby households. It also describes arak sellers, palm sap tappers, and craftsmen such as ivory cutters and jewel stringers. Fishermen pilot handmade boats with skill, while government attempts to clothe natives faced resistance.
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India
Mexico
Pearl fishing in India and the changing heat trade
The text describes harsh conditions of pearl divers and puntka-walla workers in Ceylon and Indian cities. It contrasts the grueling labor, stench, and danger with the lure of potential fortune. It notes shifts as electric punkas replace the old verandah coolers and mentions scattered poverty.
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Ceylon
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
Absent minded husbands inspire a tea table tale
An amused speaker chats about Theophilus absorbed in photography, her husband missing in other thoughts. The dialogue recalls a dinner scene in the dark room as soup is fussed over and a high light becomes a running joke.
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Theophilus
Enda
Cure for Eczema Narrated by R F D Seymour Resident
A Seymour Missouri resident reports a long battle with eczema on the scalp and back, describing intense itching burning sleepless nights and hair loss. After trying various remedies the patient credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure in two weeks and notes availability of samples and Skin Book.
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Seymour
Killian
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Not That Kind in the Weather Message
The fragment discusses an orphan asylum and contrasts elabored phrases with plain speech. It mentions Red Cross Ball Blue as preferable laundry dye and notes poverty as a crime only when it yields prison fare.
Western Canada Oil Wells Signal Major Prosperity
Western Canada shows rising oil and gas prospects with Calgary reports of high yielding wells and sur-face indications across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. leases and companies form to exploit potential while grain crops grow strongly amid favorable weather. 1914 outlook is for a record average harvest.
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Canada
Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Battleford
Western
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Claims Help for Women
An Eldon Missouri woman describes severe displacement and back pain eased after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and nervous prostration and urges others to try it with praise for the Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Eldon
Lydia E. Pinkham
T. Harvey
Elion
Missouri
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