Dont Neglect Your Kidneys and Hurry to Church
Newspaper fragment presents an ad for Deans Kidney Pills claiming cures for kidney trouble with a testimonial from Mrs J R Hayes of Anamosa and urging use at first sign of trouble. It also relays a humorous anecdote about rushing to church and not worrying about being late.
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Lithia
Bright
Dean
J. R. Hayes
Anamosa
Tona
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Passenger and Mother Argue Over Child Ticket On Train
A traveler shares a carriage with an old woman and her twelve year old son at a wayside station. When tickets are collected the woman lacks a ticket for the boy and orders him to ride under the seat. The traveler suggests hiding him, but the woman insists there are already two hidden.
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Carrie
Question from Vera Sparks a Morning Talk on Language
An eight year old asks what transatlantic means and if trans means across. A mother replies across the Atlantic but dismisses further questions. Vera then wonders if transparent means a cross parent, prompting a brief exchange on language and ideas.
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Vera
The Weeds Return Confuse Election Bets and Birthday Prank
Harker laments risky bets and reveals he won ten boxes of rank cigars, later selling them to a tobacconist for a dollar. His wife then buys the entire lot as a birthday present, adding an ironic twist to the tale.
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Harker
Postum: A Morning Cup That Replaces Coffee
A Kentucky lady doctor praises Postum as a daily pleasure and nonpoisonous substitute for coffee. She says eight years of use improved sleep, reduced nervousness, and weight gain, urging friends to try the beverage and noting its pleasant cream color.
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Kentucky
Wellville
Berlin Beauty Plans City Beautiful Initiative
Berlin embraces the garden city idea as Berlin officials and German architects adopt the city beautiful plan. Emperor’s interest signals a major expansion beyond current streets, with plowing strips limiting growth. Suburbs will mix varied street widths with setbacks and trees to create unique, picturesque neighborhoods. Plans cite New York playground concepts and suburbs near Dresden Nuremberg Munich and Düsseldorf Antwerp pursue similar aims.
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Berlin
London
Germany
America
New York
Dresden
Nuremburg
Munich
Herne
Dourges
France
Duesseldorf
Antwerp
Tipless Hotel Proves A Success In London Strand
A London Strand hotel operating without tipping reports a full year of no vacancies. Since opening nearly 250000 guests have stayed in 344 days. The policy requires guests to refrain from gratuities, with dismissal for any server who accepts a tip. Visitors resisting the rule are asked to leave. Despite no tips, the hotel maintains ample staff of waiters and chambermaids.
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London
Strand
Man Finds Lost Pocketbook Near Conneaut Lake
W S Maltry retracing his auto route on Beaver Falls recovered a pocketbook containing $50 on the road at Conneaut Lake about 60 miles from where it was missed. He discovered the loss when trying to pay for a hotel lunch.
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Newcastle
W. S. Maltry
Beaver Falls
Conneaut Lake
Furs in England cheeper prospect next year
London reports a fall in fur prices possible next year as Hudson's Bay Company chairman Lord Strathcona cites Canadian reports showing more fur bearing animals. An increase in fur collection anticipated for 1911 could ease the market and lower current high prices.
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London
Hudson’s Bay Company
Lord Strathcona
Canada
Fishing Joke Boomerang in Berwick Creek
In Berwick Pennsylvania Fred Rough a practical joking fisherman rigs a prank on Clyde Croft by tying his hook to iron beneath the surface Croft discovers the joke when a wash boiler appears from the creek followed by a 12 pound rock bag falling to the grass from its iron prison
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Berwick
Fred Rough
Clyde Croft
Croft
Rough
Tales of the Treed Rattler in Pennsylvania
Central and northern Pennsylvania rattlesnake sightings are recounted. A Jersey Shore party found a yellow mottled rattler twenty feet up a beech, pushed down by a pole after initial disbelief. Other villages report snakes on window sills and in a henhouse box, illustrating unusual arboreal and elevated placements.
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Williamsport
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Wi Nnger
W. T. Miller
Gon. Verus
J. Q. Simcox
Jersey Shore
Pine Creek
Tomb's Run
Mr. Miller
Nippenoss
Slate Run
Small Boy Millionaire Inherits Half Of Estate
John Arthur Hinckley aged four becomes a beneficiary of his father John A Hinckley New York capitalist who died at Bellport Long Island The will allocates two thirds of the estate to the child with staged payments including 3000 yearly until 15 then 10000 yearly to 21 and 20000 to 28 and 50000 outright at 28 plus 25000 yearly until 35 when he gains half the principal and the remaining half at 40 years old
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New York
John Arthur Hinckley
John A. Hinckley
Bellport
New York Tribune
Advised Operation Recalled By Galena Woman
Mrs. R. R. Huey of Galena Kansas recounts a ruptured lump along her right side that grew large enough to require surgery. After doctors warned of a tumor she trusted Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which she says dissolved the lump and relieved her illness. The advertisement extols the remedy for female ills and invites letters for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Galena
Kans
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
R. R. Huey
Mineral Ave
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Weill
Christian Herald
Rande
Zeprparlia
Erlin
Count Zeppelin
Baden-Baden
Zeppelin
Beauty Plans
Tipless Hotel
England
TALES
Lydia E.pinkham
Steenth Strest
Postum Cereal CO
Lika
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