Women Think About Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription
An advertising feature asserts that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription lists its ingredients openly on bottle wrappers and is favored by physicians for women's ailments. It promises privacy at home, urges readers to seek the doctor's free advice, and promotes The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser with pricing in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
America
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Bribes for Clergymen Reported by Cincinnati Clergyman
A clergyman recounts multiple bribery attempts by diverse figures. An advertising manager offered $100 for pulpit praise of health food, a widow $50 to praise her drunkard husband, and a man $1,500 to falsify marriage dates. The cleric rejected each bribe, distributing tracts and exiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rain and Animals Read Rainy Day Reactions
A zoo keeper describes how rain affects animals. Lions and other cats growl and tremble, wolves stay cheery with extra hot milk to sleep, snakes perk up as damp barometer falls, monkeys become glum and seek shelter behind their primeval umbrella as humans once did.
A Mouse and a Candle Creatures At Mori guen France
A candle left on a mantel in Mori guen France is chewed down by a mouse over several days. The rodent climbs the marble mantel and candlestick, eats around the candle while the wick remains, posing a curious natural anecdote in La Nature. Also includes anecdotes about English actor George Weir in Stroud, a Kaffirs courtship custom, and a Kansas City Journal quip on wealth and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moriguen
France
la Nature
George Weir
Hamlet
Stroud
Gloucestershire
Gargy Weir
Taurgy
Ranlet
Garge
Envious of the Immune at the Table
An artifact of a playful London Opinion tone depicts Little Henry arguing with a visitor about manners at mealtime. The boy longs to be like the visitor, while the visitor questions the basis of such envy as the scene plays out at a table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
London
Flowers as earthly stars of beauty and fragrance
A compact meditation on flowers as terrestrial stars that draw heaven to earth and translate human thoughts into beauty, fragrance, and the poetry of creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
The Kind He Bought Little Edwin Mamma Echoes
A fragmented verse piece presents a domestic scene with quotes about a father going out to “get at the air” and a child’s prompting questions. The odd phrasing and interruptions evoke a semi humorous household vignette from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Air”— Exchange
Night of the Betrayal and Trial in John 18
A devotional summary of Jesus' arrest, Peter’s denial, and Pilate’s interrogation from Gethsemane to crucifixion. The piece contrasts human treachery with divine submission, urging faithful imitation of Christ’s meek suffering and trust in God’s righteous judgment. It links the night’s events to scripture in First Peter and Luke, emphasizing endurance under trial and avoidance of cowardly complicity.
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D. M. Stearns
American Press Association
God
Exili
Gethsemane
Judas
Simon Peter
Jesus
Peter
Annas
Caiaphas
Ilis
John
Pilate
Galilee
Herod
Jerusalem
Barabbas
David
Absalom
Israel
Matt
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Pollard Bros
Oxford
Pritchard-Horton Co
Pritchard, Horton Co
Kansas City Journal
Newman
C. E. King & Son
West Main Street
Cable Co
Mason & Hamlin
the Cable Co
Church St
Durham, N.C
Johnson Studio
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Durham
N. C
Yearby
Winchester
CSE
Durham Traction Co
Roomio
Wright
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