Seance Sparks Reporter Backlash and Banter Lines
A lively column notes a spirited meeting with a seance last night. Reporters present demonstrated investigative zeal and generated a tone of resentment amid humorous exchanges about marriage and patience.
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United States Railroad Administration promotes farm opportunities
The U S Railroad Administration offers free information to homeseekers about farm opportunities across states. J L Edwards says the bureau handles about 100000 letters weekly, providing data and illustrated state booklets to help investors find suitable farm projects. Address Room 2800 Homeseekers Bureau Washington DC Adv.
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Homeseekers’ Bureau
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Not Susceptible to Experiment
A quirky dialogue depicts a know-it-all warning about using poison, met with a long-suffering friend resisting experiments and a brief exchange that ends with humorous deflection.
St Jacobs Liniment Offers Instant Neuralgia Relief
Advertising copy promotes St Jacobs Liniment as a harmless neuralgia relief that penetrates sore nerves. It claims quick relief for pains in the face head or any body part without burning or skin discoloration and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from a drug store.
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St. Jacobs
Bees Stir Up Trouble as Nutter Fends Off Swarm
Roscoe Nutter of Bridgewater Massachusetts removed a hive from winter quarters and fed it sugar in the kitchen. On returning he found a furious hive in full activity. The two hour struggle ended with Nutter victorious but over 100 bees lay on the floor. He claims no fear of rheumatism now.
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Recipe for gray hair preparation advertisement
An old advertisement describes a home hair treatment using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water to darken gray hair. It claims to darken faded hair gradually, leave hair soft and glossy, not color the scalp, not sticky, and not rub off. Druggists can supply or mix it at low cost.
Vowels Reimagined As Birds In A Rhyme
A playful exchange treats vowels as birds with a farmer’s twist as the examiner asks the boy to define vowels. The boy answers by transforming vowels into chickens in a simple, humorous dialogue from Farm and Home.
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Fragmented Readings on Laxatives and Poetic Snippets
The text appears as a jumble of phrases about Gentle laxatives and Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, mixed with garbled commentary and stray quotes. It includes stray references to a poet, an ode to a cook, and a playful yet disjointed notion of telling a funny story.
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Apeaka
Old Bumpus and the party wish in fiction
A humorous dialogue where a wife desires a grand party and a big house while Old Bumpus questions women’s preferences The piece mentions the honeymoon express an extravagantly equipped airplane on display in New York and a nostalgic cue to the bicycle built for two from Springfield Republican.
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Old Bumpus
New York
Springfield Republican
Dr Peery Dead Shot Ad and Music Controversy
An advertisement touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a quick remedy against constipation and other ailments while a Kansas City Star squelches German music in public venues. The column notes a clash over Ride of the Valkyries and references public health and cultural debates.
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Kansas City Star
Boschée's Syrup Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
An advertisement extols Boschée's Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis and throat congestion. It claims the product soothes inflamed passages promotes easy expectoration and offers a good night’s rest with a clear morning recovery. It notes long availability in America and sales exceeding fifty years.
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United States
Sparta
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America
Ambiguous Quotation on Respect and Enterprise
Fragmentary quote about a man making a living and not being caught in his own business. It cautions against calling someone a fool as they may resent it, reflecting themes of dignity and prudence in work.
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