Honeymoon Ends in Domestic Strife and Sharp Retort
The Smiths' brief honeymoon fades under modern life pressure. Mrs. Smith grows distant, a dinner quarrel ends with rats and dinner out. The piece references William Dean Howells and a humorous exchange about the artistic temper. Great Britain's war debt is cited at 40 billion dollars with one fifth due this year.
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Great’ Britain
No, She Never Did Like Him
A humorous exchange between two maids features a shy man’s overly earnest letters. One woman recalls her habit of reading the letters twice and even under the pillow, while explaining she never cared for him. The other girl jokes about the same lunacy.
Homey camping foods and quick breads featured
The article offers simple recipes for Nut Bread and Lunch Cake and a Doughnuts dish using basic pantry ingredients. It also lists sandwich ideas such as minced hard boiled eggs with cheese, sardine paste, roast beef with pickles, chicken and ham, and onion with lettuce and mayonnaise, suitable for easy outdoor meals.
Seasonal Good Things For At Home Folks
A home era kitchen note offers recipes using prunes and rhubarb for pies or fillings with meringue, plus canned vegetables for small households. Other dishes include Chicken Soup With Vegetables, Coffee Blanc Mange, and a Tuna Fish Salad with gelatin and vegetables, presented in practical, thrift-minded terms.
Women urged to use Swamp Root for kidney trouble
Advertisement notes thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues and may misattribute symptoms. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, urging immediate purchase or a ten cent sample bottle by sending payment to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Worthy Cause Meeting Raises Funds At Packed Hall
The notice stated an 80 word meeting promoting a campaign to raise funds for impoverished contributors to various campaigns. At the appointed hour the hall was packed and the chairman opened the proceedings. A modest speaker spoke earnestly to urge donations amid loud applause.
Worms and crops in a quirky rental exchange
A jokey exchange shows a southern planter asking a renter about crops. The renter answers with humor, saying she fears the rent will be due in the fall. The ad promotes Dead Shot Vermifuge as a worm cure.
Eatonic Relief For Father And Daughter
R J Powell of Sweetwater Texas reports rapid relief from Eatonic for himself and especially his daughter who suffered severe water intake pain. The ad claims hundreds use Eatonic after meals to ease heartburn indigestion gas and bloating, promising quick relief and low cost with druggist availability.
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R. J. Powell
Sweetwater
Texas
Eatonic
Eatonie
Not Sympathetic Yet Grandmother Plans After Death
A grandmother vents anger at her husband for digging up flowers and declares to her grandson that she will leave him nothing. The boy smiles and jokingly asks her to die on a Saturday so he can inherit after missing no school.
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James
Lydia E. Pinkham
Buffalo
Lydia HE
Pinkham
Ornan
Lydia
Bangor Avenue
N.Y
Goes to the Woods Tramps Disappear Amid Farm Help Hunt
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt notes tramps vanish as farm labor demands rise and cites that one seventh of U.S. land is cultivated. The brief reflects labor tensions and agricultural context of the era.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
United States
Contradiction in Courtroom Exchange Report
London Tit-Bits notes a witty courtroom exchange where a witness and lawyer clash over gaze and truth. The lawyer accuses a contradicted statement while the witness questions how a bent gaze could still appear to look straight in the eye.
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London
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