Vanishing act ends when disguise risks exposure
Warren Clagett with a bold plan hides in Clara Horton's summer house dressed as Mrs Slade to avoid her father发现. His ruse nearly collides a car and is thwarted only by his quick actions and Clara's quick thinking. Horton discovers the deception but spares him, hinting at a future partnership and Warren's chance at independence.
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Clara Horton
Warren Clagett
Smith & Tullary
Clara
Mr. Horton
Warren
Crojlover
Milton Slade
Mrs. Slade
Mr. Hor
Mr. Worton
Albion House
Mr. Norton
Clagett
Sh-law
Quick home remedy for colds touted in Portland Oregonian
A claimed home cough and cold cure mixes glycerine with concentrated Ting compound and whisky for adults, with smaller doses for children. The ad warns against uncertain mixtures and notes a Forty-year resident near Etna with no doctor summoned, Mr. Hamilton, remarks on family health.
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Etna
R. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Portland Oregonian
Mothers Urged to Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
Important notice advises mothers to inspect every CASTORIA bottle for infants and children ensuring safety and proper use, reinforcing trust in the remedy.
Prompted debate on wife voting rights in old column
A humorous exchange quotes Mrs Meeekin pressing for voting access while Mr Meeekin deflects. The piece references Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Vellets advertising a remedy for digestion and liver issues with tiny granules.
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Mr. Meeekin
Fin
Dr. Pierce
Sayar
Unfortunate Allusion In Domestic Workload Debate
The statement contrasts gender roles by claiming many men rely on wives to manage homes with minimal support. It suggests a mismatch between expectations and resources, using the brick and straw metaphor to illustrate hidden labor and responsibility.
Nature's laxative Garfield Tea and Cromwell quote
The text peddles a fanciful product claim Garfield Tea made of cleard clerds and cites a dialog about gossip and virtue followed by Cromwell's line on days lost to good or evil.
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Cromwell
Famous Eccentric Toasts and Hidden Meanings
An 18th century toast by Pitt praised Kidderminster carpet makers claiming the trade be trampled by the world. A sharp after-dinner sentiment, linked to Smeaton and Erskine, called to dam canals and sink coal pits to disperse British commerce. A Cornhill Magazine note adds a remark on women's unspoken truths.
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Pitt
Kidderminster
Smeaton
Erskine
Great Britain and Ireland
Cornhill Magazine
Munyon's Cold Remedy Promises Fast Relief
A Munyon advertisement touts its cold remedy as relieving head throat and lung symptoms almost immediately. It claims fever relief discharges from the nose and pains from colds, cures grip coughs and prevents pneumonia with free medical advice from Prof. Munyon at 53rd and Jefferson Ave Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Prof
53Rd and
Jefferson, Bte
Phila
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Associated Literary Press
Sma
Lay Rly
California Fig Syrup CO
Indianapolis
Charles F. Goffin
State Life Building
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