Peruna touted by grateful patient in early ad appeal
A distressed woman named Mia praises Peruna for nerve relief and recommends it to other women. The ad invites interested readers to become regular patients of Dr. Hartman, offering confidential correspondence and a free book from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. Columbus Ohio. It also notes New York State land is ample with 23 000 000 acres.
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Mia
John Carpenter
Perry
Oklay
Hartman
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Ohio
New York State
Free Medical Advice from Kickapoo Medicine Co
An old newspaper snapshot touts free medical advice from the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Doctors will offer confidential personal guidance on proper use of remedies. Readers are urged to write to the Medical Department in New Haven, Conn, for case review and advice from experienced physicians. Also notes travel offers and assorted items about trains, ships, and other advertisements.
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Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
America
N Haven
Conn
Phrelian
New England Conservatory
Myaly
Boston
Muas
Wdd
Omaha
Maurcau
Andy Plyatend
Ood
Hist Emeicad
Omulin
Nob
Claws Count Confusing Cat Riddle in School Scrapbook
A playful classroom exchange from a St Nicholas piece has children debating a cat's claws and digits. Eddie asks how many claws the old cat has while Harry, Berthie, and Etheel discuss counts on front and hind paws.
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Eddie
Cate
St. Nicholas
The English Way and Its Cruel School Fag Tradition
A London schoolboy’s suicide last month is blamed on relentless schoolyard abuse. The writer condemns fagging, cites a permissive English culture, and notes a jury verdict of death while temporarily insane. The piece contrasts English cruelty with American schooling.
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London
England
Tom Brown
Thomas Hughes
America
Strangers Survive Pride and Kindness Teachings
A Sunday school tale recalls a barefoot girl soothed by another child who bathes her eyes and hair and shares comfort. The act echoes a neighbourly ethic as a Glasgow boy earns sixpence for citing Christ as the way to heaven. The scenes end with the boy’s modest lesson.
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Samarian
Glasgow
Christ
Way to Heaven Through a Sixpence Moral Tale
A boy asks a man for sixpence to learn the way to heaven and is told Christ is the Way. The man helps the boy, who later becomes a missionary, while another tale recounts a hungry shadowed boy praying to Jesus and being taken in by a compassionate businessman who educates and employs him. The stories echo faith, trust, and Providence.
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Jesus
Rat Saves Sick Girl From Viper in Tioga County House
Near Stony Fork Tioga County Pa a large gray rat named Tammy protected a bedside snake from attacking a gravely ill girl. The rat bit the rattlesnake in the throat as it lunged, preventing a deadly strike. The serpent, thawed from woodpile heat, was killed. The child recovered and Tammy gained full access to the house.
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Stony Fork
Tioga County
Henry L. Harris
Tammy
Tommy
Miraculous mud attracts crowds to Indiana springs
A vast bed of medicated mud formed by Magno Lithia spring waters at Indiana Mineral Springs in Warren county draws visitors from across the country to a growing resort. Discovered by veteran Sam Story, the black porous mud, now two acres in extent and up to twenty feet thick, has evolved from a simple soak to a luxury bath with a hotel.
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Indiana Mineral Springs
Warren County
Sam Story
Aene Thier Andler
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