Mother’s Resolve and a Child’s Quiet Duty
A mother endures sleepless night with a headache while caring for her six year old as the child asks about a polliwog death. The minister’s farewell sets a grave mood as Bobby vows to protect his mother, later praying for family while omitting the mother from his petitions.
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Bobby
Tom
Alice
Mary
Jones
Traveling Man’s Experience Promotes a Remedy
A Louisville traveling salesman recounts a severe 1888 cholera morbus attack. He paid a hotel porter to buy Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed the double dose as directed, slept, and woke well enough to catch a train for his next destination. City Drug Co. 1m
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W. H. Ireland
Louisville
City Drug Co
Dangerous Remedy Policeman Scene Draws Quiet Response
A street scene shows a policeman restraining a man on the sidewalk as a bemused bystander questions danger. The officer explains the man is having a fit and cautions against drastic actions, prompting reflections on public response.
Kidney Pills Aid Kidney Function Says Potts Druggist
When the kidneys properly do their work they eliminate waste from the blood. Foley’s Kidney Pills help the kidneys remove the poison that causes aches and pains stiff joints sore muscles and a lame back. Potts, the Druggist.
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Foleys
Potts
Gets It Corn Remover Ad Claims Quick Pain Free Peel
An aged advertisement touts Gets-It as the safe guaranteed corn remover. Two drops relieve pain and allow peeling without cutting or bandages. Marketed by Widby EB Lawrence & Co Chicago with Dillon and Kupfer Drug Co endorsements.
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Widby EB. Lawrence &Co
Chicago
Dillon
Kupfer Drug CO
Speed and accuracy in stenography training noted
A business college professor asserts strength in accuracy while questioning speed. The anecdote recalls a graduate who quickly married her employer within three weeks, illustrating rapid outcomes in the program.
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Business College
Pleasant physic improves health with Chamberlain tablets
A short advertisement praises Chamberlain's Tablets as easy to take mild in effect and highly valued by users. The City Drug Co offers them for a quarter.
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City Drug Co
Invigorating Sport Bacon Makes a Laughing Point
Humor from Yonkers Statesman noting the joke about fishing as healthy exercise with digs at worm digging as the workout.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for constipation. It claims the product will drive out constipation, regulate bowels, tone the stomach, and purify the body, urging a trial.
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Hollister
A. Potts
The Modern Sleeper Little Boy Mamma
A brief Omaha News item summarizes a tale about a girl who sleeps continuously and cannot be awakened while a boy calls her a servant girl. The piece presents a curious literary discussion with minimal detail.
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Mamma
Omaha News
Hay fever relief routes to health resorts for travel
Sufferers from hay fever and asthma seek relief at health resorts if they can afford to travel. Victims forced to stay home find relief in Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It allays inflammation soothes and helps heal bronchial tubes and eases breathing. Potts, The Druggist. 1m.
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Foley
Potts
No Foolin Him Comic Exchange Cited
A San Francisco Argonaut remark features two American Negro soldiers joking about a musical instrument. One claims to buy a eucaliptis, which the other mishears as a biblical reference. The exchange relies on a pun involving a phonetic misunderstanding of instrument vs biblical term.
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San Francisco
Argonaut
Growing Old Before Your Time
An advertisement claims kidney trouble slows middle aged men and women and fears of aging stem from faulty kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills are touted to aid nature in restoring health and banish backache soreness lameness and stiffness puffy eyes and other symptoms.
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Potta
Pink Soldier Sparks Curiosity In Kansas City Streetcar
Passengers overheard a returned soldier nicknamed Pink with reddish yellow hair in the front vestibule. He spoke with young friends about his distant experiences, including questions about going over the top and what he saw, while lingering admiringly with the crowd.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Saving Him Steps Adolphus Faces Insult Over Milly Smarte
Adolphus confronts Percy about being insulted by Milly Smarte. He claims he asked to see Milly home and she agreed but implied he should not go farther. The exchange unfolds on a street corner in London as the two discuss the incident.
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Adolphus
Percy
Milly Smarte
London
Be Prepared for Vacation Ills
Change of food and water can cause indigestion that leads to headaches and sour stomach. Foley Cathartic Tablets act without pain or nausea and are sold by Potts the Druggist.
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Potts
Heading Him Off This Law Is a Queer Business
A quoted exchange from the Detroit Free Press reflects on legal practice and witnesses. The dialogue notes lawyers object when a man shows signs of telling the truth, suggesting skepticism toward oath taking and courtroom testimony.
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Detroit Free Press
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed for Cough Relief by Mother
Mrs Amanda Flint of New Philadelphia Ohio praises Foley's Honey and Tar for relieving her child’s tickling cough and nocturnal irritation. The ad notes it contains no opiates and is suitable for colds. Druggist Potts endorses the product.
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Amanda Flint
New
Philadelphia
Foley
Potts
Engagement Ends As Ring Is Discussed In Yonkers
A blond youth declares the engagement ended while a fickle brunette agrees. He asks for the ring to be returned and she suggests he visit to pick it out on a future night, reflecting a quarrel over the betrothal from Yonkers.
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Yonkers
New York
Statesman
A Great Remedy for Colic and Diarrhoea
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F H Dear recalls using Chamberlain s Colic and Diar rhoea Remedy four years ago with wonderful results and says he has since recommended it to friends through City Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
City Drug Co
Visitor’s New Problem in a Faraway Family
A humorous snippet from London Blighty depicts a guest asking for company while the family members are away. The butler explains the missus and daughters are in the sky learning to fly and the master is in a submarine on the Bonamental lake.
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Bennett
Terry Firmy
London
An Old Fault Finder and Digestive Health Advice
An irritable disposition is linked to indigestion, while good digestion yields a good nature. For indigestion or constipation, take Chamberlains Tablets to strengthen the stomach and promote gentle bowel movement. City Drug Co. imprint.
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City Drug Co. Im
Dentist Deaths and Nations in Courtroom Quip
A courtroom joke contrasts a patient’s tooth extraction with the League of Nations in a humorous exchange. The judge presides as the dialogue notes the idea was good but the execution unpopular.
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League of Nations
House Work in Hot Weather Motives Pain and Fatigue
Hot weather intensifies housework drudgery especially for women causing overwork and worry. Kidney trouble leads to backache sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and fatigue. Foley Kidney Pills aid Minneva Potts the local druggist.
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Foley
Ae Minneva Potts
Boy brings lemons instead of eggs in clever mother tale
A child explains he bought lemons because he feared eggs would break. He recalls his mother's instruction to bring eggs and sugar, but chose lemons to avoid breakage. The quip appears in a Chicago Tribune feature attributed to A. W. B.
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Chicago Tribune
Ikey Answers Teacher on Shape of World
The teacher asks Ikey whether the world is flat or round. Ikey replies in his own logic that neither fits and says his father claimed the world was crooked. The exchange satirizes rural schooling and clever child wit.
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Ikey
Job Offer Based on Quick Financial Insight
A Detroit News snippet shows an employer hiring after a candidate reveals rapid personal budgeting insight. The applicant explains he and his wife tracked household finances for 30 days and quickly identified debts to the grocer, impressing the interviewer and sealing the job.
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Detroit News
Ghosts and Holy Ghost in a father daughter exchange
A father admonishes his daughter after she repeats a story from the cook about ghosts. She asks if there is a Holy Ghost, revealing his embarrassment over not knowing catechism. The dialogue highlights childhood curiosity and parental correction.
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Patsy
Real estate transfers in Beaverhead county week ending Aug 9 1919
Transactions list final receipt to Clarence Waugh for 320 acres in Rattlesnake Valley. Patents issued for 41.56 acres on Sage Creek to William T. George and 80 acres to Nicholas Birrer. 160 acres to Asa Kenison in Upper Blacktail. 160 acres to Robert H Nash and 160 acres to Henry O Smith in warranty deeds. Melrose area transfers include 240 acres to Patrick Henry Connor from William Dodgson and 160 acres from Sherman Dodgson to Connor. Kentucky Ave lot sold for 1500 dollars to Belle Henderson. Lima property traded Barney Hammond to Lawrence Wakefield. 20 acres in Big Hole Basin from Joseph Potts to Fred Hirschey.
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William T. George
Sage Creek
Nicholas Birrer
Asa Kenison
Upper Blacktail District
Robert H. Nash
Henry 0. Smith
William Dodgson
Patrick Henry Connor
Melrose
Sherman Dodgson
James L. Cochrane
Belle Henderson
Kentucky
Property transfers and mining deeds listed in county records
A compilation of quitclaims and deeds shows transfers on North Pacific Street Sage Creek and South Dakota Street with modest sums. Mining claims at Utopia Mining District and water rights in Red Rock Lakes and Welborn Springs are recorded along with incorporation filings for Daly Spur Oil Shale Company. An advertising testimonial touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and a Druggist notice is included.
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Waters Users Reservoir Company
Red Rock Lakes
Alf Decker
William Welborn
Welborn Springs
Big Hole Basin
Fannie E. Massie
Divide Creek
Horse Prairie
Claus L. Clausen
Cedar Cr
Alden E. Buck
Centennial Valley
Joseph A. Taylor
Long Cr
Daly Spur Oil Shale Company
Capital Stock
Wife Doing Good Work
A brief read reads of relief from long illness as a wife describes recovery from stomach and liver trouble after trying new remedies. She credits steady effort and improved health to a regimen that eased symptoms and restored vitality.
Apology Aboard London Train In Dim Station
A London train waited in a dim station as a nearsighted woman hurried along the aisle and accidentally sat beside a stranger she mistook for a familiar passenger. She apologized after the other woman exclaimed it was not her.
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London
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RS Aguirace Ues AK
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Marshall
Abram S. Rife
Mina Perkins
North Pacific
Nicholas J. Birrer
Mathews
Peyre Bros
Alvin J. Covey
Jacob A. Louk
James E. Phillips
Alice A. Selway
South Dakota St
William L. Russell
Louis Stahl
Sarah A. Lewis
Roy H. Meyer
Lima
George T. Mast
A. T. Crossley
Utopia Mining Dist
B. B. Brown
Utopia Mining Co
Utopia
Leonard Eliel
Eliel Brothers
Idaho and
Center Sts
Harry Roose
Morning Star Lode
Utopia Mining District
Cines
Mayr
Bex
Rome
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch