Bible Gift Sparks Curious Reaction Aboard Ship
Able Seaman Spikes finishes a small Bible given by a chaplain on the upper deck, then jokes that it ended like others by marrying and living happily ever after. In Hoc Signo Vinces, Jac Stafford sees odd signs in Chicago during a convention. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills advertised with sugar coating are noted.
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Spikes
Paterway
Ming
Wright
Fragmentary note on a puzzling confession and foreign phrases
The text presents a fragmentary, disjoint set of phrases about a father, washing day, basketball, clothing, a neighbor, worms, and a doctor. It reads as a jumbled, unclear pastiche with no identifiable event or coherent report.
Strawberry Desserts and Moral Reflections From Blain
A collection of recipe notes on strawberry dishes including molded rice with strawberry sauce shortcake salad and frozen strawberry fruit with honey dressing. Interspersed are quotations about authenticity ideals and self knowledge attributed to Max Muller.
Good Things to Eat Bran Bread Recipe
A reader shares a tried and liked bran bread recipe. Mix three cups bran with one cup graham, half cup flour, salt, soda dissolved in three quarters cup molasses, one cup Dates or figs, two cups sweet milk, then rest fifteen minutes before baking a large loaf for two hours. Nut loaf option noted.
Mexico City Beards and Cards Spark Politeness Duel
Yngve Pungstrom of Denver recalls a Mexico City cab ride where a New York subway guard and locals joke about beards and politeness. A Mexican cabby jokes about a beard that could be cut or not, prompting another quip about raising a beard.
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Mexico
New ‘York
Yngve Pungstrom
Denver
Santa Maria
Holy St. Christopher
Soldier Recovers From Scaly Psoriasis With Cuticura Cure
Walter Mahony of Troop H 6th Cavalry Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin details a two year psoriasias outbreak on arms and limbs. after trying multiple treatments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment following an advertisement and was completely cured in three months. the testimonial notes free samples and a 32 page skin book from Cuticura in Boston.
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A. 8
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
William Jennings Bryan and the whisky temptation tale
A young William Jennings Bryan is depicted in a rural setting where a mysterious elder tries to entice him with alcohol before he delivers a political speech. Bryan declines repeatedly, and the old man finally concedes with a melancholy line urging him to “do the best you can.”
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Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Chas. Ht. Fletcher
Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Elsingraeber
St. Paul
Minn
HE. J. Dennis
St. Louis
8. A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. E. Simpson
Chicago
Ill
R. E. Eckldeon
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
Castoria
Cantaur Company
Naw
Fashions Draw Laughs at Newport Parasol Cats Incident
A Newport gathering features Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt with a parasol painted with cats attracting astonished attendees. The scene accompanies assorted ad snippets and light quips about style, jokes, and everyday life in a period newspaper column.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Newport
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound featured in letters
Letters from Philadelphia and Providence praise the remedy for displacement backache and general weakness, claiming renewed health and stamina after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Included are customer testimonials and a general notice urging women to consider the product. Also a brief farm sale mention and a Fort Wayne ad notice appear in the snippet.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Barry Fisher
Juniata Street
Abril Law
Lippitt St
Providence, R. J
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