Notable Indiana Pride and Peculiar Jokes Text
A long clipping touts Indiana as the greatest state in many fields from oil to baseball, while witty exchanges poke fun at neighboring states. The piece praises character over wealth and includes humorous anecdotes about mistaken garters and a dentist’s horseshoe prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Union
Mmassachusetts
New York
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Maine
California
Hoosier Proud Voices Cartooned By Culture Clamor
A long Indianapolis style editorial extols Indiana as the best in education and culture while lampooning modern fashion and girls’ appearances. It questions vanity, urging women to pursue virtue and practicality to attract steady husbands and support a stable home life.
The Danger of Half Knowledge and True Learning
A speaker argues that half knowledge is dangerous and emphasizes value in mastering rudiments before deeper study. He contrasts two learner types with different work ethics and cites President Tuttles describing a young man in a western railway office. The excerpt highlights courage, effort, and the payoff of accuracy in problem solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerein
Tuttles
Western Railway
Accurately Done Work Brings Reward in Youth
A writer in the Visitor extols accuracy from an early age as the key to promotion and success. Starting as an errand boy, a pupil hones writing, arithmetic, and telegraphing, earning praise and trust from employers. The piece argues that thoroughness and exactness in all tasks lead to lasting opportunity and resist half measures.
Seven Years In Bed With Electric Bitters Promise Hope
Friends of Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence Kansas report she could not leave bed for seven years due to kidney liver trouble and nervous debility but three bottles of Electric Bitters let her walk again in three months claiming she felt like a new person The ad lists relief for headaches backaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting spells and offers the product at 50 cents with a satisfaction guarantee by W L Piper.
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W. L. Piper
Antitoxin for Swine Diseases from DeVaux Co
The DeVaux Chemical Co of Chicago markets a serum antitoxin after Dr PF H DeVaux isolated the swine disease germ. It claims to treat over 400000 hogs with high survival, protect well swine, and save at least 85 percent in sickness with a money back guarantee. Pricing includes one ounce vial for 1.00 and syringe for 3.50. orders based on hogs treated.
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Board of Agriculture
Corn Belt
PF. H. DeVaux
DeVaux Chemical Co
Chicago
van Buren St
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Denver Tribune
Alfred Woolley
Denver
Decatur
Alaska
United States Senate
Commonwealth
Rising Sun
Hammond
Tilst
Ume
Wright
Wright Medicine Company
Peru
Hall & Loewenthal Klothing Store
Oewenthal
Kioumiges’ TaDerdashers
Richard Olds
Mr. Olds
T. Murden
Tribune
Exonandé Agéncy
Tere
East End
Payson St
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