Drummer Doctor Wins Bet With Church Visit Story
Reverend A B Dunning travels as a drummer and preacher and bets a free church visit against a rival. He attends a Sunday service in Minneapolis after agreeing to prove travelers should keep Sunday, then shares a tale of a townsman questioning creation and a divine extra day.
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Lewiston
New England
A. B. Dunning
Boston
Dr. Dunning
Minneapolis
First Congregational
Taffy and the social glue of daily life
A Detroit Free Press style lampoon argues taffy stands for social cohesion and warns against overbearing publicity. The piece mocks belief that all taffy comes from one source and urges gentle patient care over sensational ads.
A Negative Virtue
A Somerville Mass journal recounts an office boy demanding higher pay after noting his skills fall short. The merchant dismisses him for lateness and carelessness yet doubles the salary when the boy quips that he cannot whistle. The piece ends with a warning about his future prospects.
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Somerville
Mass
Moral tales and a Persian family in ancient lore
A dying grasshopper appoints a tadpole as executor to care for its brood, only to see it grow into a bullfrog that devours the young grasshoppers. The tale ends with the proverb Opportunity makes the thief. It also notes the Barmecides, a Persian family, slain by Caliph Haroun al Rashid around 802. A line on epistemology follows.
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Barmecides
Haroun-al-Rashid
Foreigner’s Property Rights Under Naturalization Process
A person who may seek citizenship can acquire real estate after filing first papers. Deposition proof is filed with the Secretary of State. The holder may sell mortgage or dispose for six years but cannot lease. If they die intestate, real estate passes to heirs.
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Secretary of State
New York Times
Norma
Everitt
Europe
Mammoth Sandwich Island
Mapledale
J. A. Teerttt & Co
Noted Health Quackery and Literary Debate
A skeptical reader comments on Robert Louis Stevenson and his works while promoting Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy. The exchange contrasts medical boosterism with literary critique and hints at sensational claims about a lost guinea window incident.
Advertising Patented Medicines and Free Samples Offered
Advertises emp's Balsam for Coughs and colds with free sample bottles from druggists and low priced large bottles. Claims it may prevent consumption. Mentions Brown's Bronchial Traches for throat troubles and asthma relief. Includes a physician H. G. Root offering a radical cure for epileptic fits with free samples and a treatise to any sufferer who provides address.
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H. G. Root
M. C
Pearl Street
New York
Emmert Proprietary Co
Chicago
Walleser
P.O
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
N.Y
Cancer cure celebrated at Aurora hospital
Dr. F L Pond reports wonderful success in cancer treatment at the Cancer Hospital in Aurora Illinois with several cures recently achieved. The notice urges afflicted individuals to seek treatment promptly and provides contact details for Dr. Pond. Mrs. F Maddox of Concordia Kansas praises Wizard Oil as a reliable remedy for headaches coughs and colds.
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F. L. Pond
Aurora
Ill
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Scott's
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Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Chas. B. Lamborn
Northerr Pacific
Salzer
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
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Bright
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Hibbard
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Jackson Street
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