Spelling Wars Over Ming Post Office Name
The Bangor News recounts how Ming, a terror to post clerks, inspires many misspellings of Wytopitlock in Reed Plantation Aroostook County. Postmaster keeps a record of humorous variants such as Whitplack Winter Witlock Widow Padlock and Whitlock, illustrating the name’s notoriety among woodsmen.
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Posta
Wytepitlock
Wytopitlock
Aroostook
Whitplack
Winter Witlock
Widow Padlock
Witter Petlock
Witter Pelog
Whitlock
Wytlock
Witter Pistlock
Wytapittoets
Wyptlelock
Witeopitelock
Witelpothoot
Bangor News
Eleven Years of Eczema Remedies Promised Relief
A collector of testimonials cites Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as cures for eleven years of hand eczema. Mrs Eliza A Wiley of Liscomb Indiana reports dramatic improvement after using the products and urges others to try them. The snippet also notes unrelated figures on rats costs and cremation statistics from early 1900s periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menda
Eliza A. Wiley
R. DD
Liscomb
Doctors Mistakes Buried Under Ground Myths and Treatments
An old survey of female illness notes doctors misdiagnose symptoms as separate diseases, while underlying uterine or nervous disorders go untreated. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for women, claiming it strengthens the system, calms nerves, aids sleep, and eases headaches and anxiety. Pleasant Pellets are advertised as a gentle stomach and liver stimulant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Wisconsin Man’s Northwest Ride Ends In Prosperity Letter
A letter from Cayley Alta dated December 7 1908 describes Philip Beisiegel’s successful move to the Canadian Northwest. He reports 320 acres owned and paid for 15 horses 80 cattle 22 pigs 2 sheep and 150 poultry plus machinery. He notes police? No, farms and Calgary and High River lots bought for 470 dollars and total wealth around 13000 dollars, up from about 2000 in Wisconsin. He praises opportunities and predicts more settlers will come.
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United
Caylay
Alt
Watertown
Yeu
Canadian Northwest
Northwest
Calgary
High River
Wicounlu
Philip Beisiegel
Caylny
Alta
Canada
A Last Resort for a Troubled Family
Mrs Lackwit frets over Tommy's math talent and future while the school principal notes his weak English. Mr Lackwit stays hopeful though skeptical, joking about potential careers like banker or editor and imagining a less hopeful path such as a judge.
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Witter
Don Kidney Pills Helped Mrs James French At 85
An 85 year old Taunton resident cites dramatic kidney relief after using Don Kidney Pills. She describes terrible back pains and disordered secretions fading after six boxes, claiming ongoing kidney health with no return of prior trouble. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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James French
Weir Street
Taunton
Mass
Don
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Peruna and Manalin End Long Catarrh Affliction
Mrs Depasse of New York City testifies to Peruna and Manalin curing seven years of head and digestive catarrh after twelve bottles. She notes her children benefited and recommends the remedies. Mildred Grey of Appleton Wisconsin also reports relief from stomach catarrh after using Peruna after years of suffering.
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Aline Depasse
New York
N. Y
Peruna
Manalin
Miss Mildred Grey
Weimar $T
Appleton, Wis
Perrin
New School Desk Aims to Improve Student Welfare
Cleveland experts praise a redesigned desk and seat developed by George W. Ebler and Charles Orr. The unit supports the lower spine and back, tilts slightly for a restful posture, and is adjustable. It replaces the old fixed desks and the narrow concave back-rests formerly common in schools.
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Clilde
George W. Ebiler
Charles Orr
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eler
Ebler
Suppression of The Mikado in London Sparks Debate
A Houston Post commentary recalls that The Mikado was banned in London to respect Japanese feelings, dismissing the move as foolish. The piece questions whether the suppression stemmed from sensitivity or amateur reactions, reflecting on cultural tensions.
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Reaton
London
Houston Post
Coffee complexion tale credits Postum over coffee
An anonymous testimonial claims heavy coffee use dimmed a woman's complexion and that switching to Postum with proper meals restored clarity and brightness. The speaker links poor digestion and stomach disturbances to dark blotches and urges readers to quit coffee.
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Portim
Wollville
Underground Garden Show Promising Indiana Mine Grower
Col Frank B Posey of Boonville Indiana reports success with an underground garden in an abandoned coal mine near Boonville. He used an acetylene lamp to grow tulips carnations and other vegetables and plans large scale development with tastings for himself neighbors and friends next winter.
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Indiana Min
Ming
Frank B. Posry
Boonytlo
Ind
Hls
Col. Posey
Attorney W. Bennett
Boonville
Yankeetown
Vnlue
Cot. Posey
Rendred
Longest Steel Bridge Planned For New York Tunnel Link
Plans submitted for a bridge over Hell Gate as part of a three mile long viaduct connecting the New York and New Haven and Hartford system with the Long Island and Pennsylvania. It will be the longest and heaviest steel bridge in the world with a 1,000 foot arch span and 140 foot track height.
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Kell
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
East River
Municipal Art Commission
New Haven
Hartford
Bronx
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Hell Gate
Labor union notes from various regions and eras
The report surveys multiple labor developments including a new sheet metal workers union in Red Wing and San Francisco clerks forming a union. It notes the Brooklyn silver workers victory, wage advances for Gloucester foundrymen, and early unions such as Newark’s Journeymen Stone Cutters. It mentions the International Union of Carriage and Wagon Workers in Washington and Boston horseshoers securing a higher scale. It cites British Columbia education barriers affecting immigration, union meetings with expert lectures, high union participation among typographers, a northeast England conciliation board, coal miners’ wage increase, a Mexico branch of the AFL with 9,000 early members and rapid growth planned.
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Red Wing
Minn
San Francisco
Kaneas City
Labor ‘Temple Association
Women's Trade Union League
Great Britain
Exeeda
Brooklyn
Gloucester
Hogland
Journeymen Stone Cuttare
Newark
N. J
International Union of Carriage and Wagon Workers of America
Washington, D. C
Horseshoers’ Union
Boston
British Columbia
United Statea
Canada
England
Englaind
Wales
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief for Constipation
A brief advertorial touts Cascarets as a cure for chronic and occasional constipation. It argues regular use prevents degeneration and disease, urges carrying a 10 cent box, and promises satisfaction or money back from any druggist.
Shelley as a Boy Source Sketch by Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang recounts a late 19th century anecdote about a man from Eton who knew Percy Bysshe Shelley. The account notes Shelley’s poor Latin verse and a habit of sprinting alone a hundred yards, based on details from Mr Hammond of Morton College shared in about 1870.
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Shelley
Andrew Lang
Eton
Mr. Himmond
Morton College
Briggins and the Bright Words of His Baby
A Washington Star quote notes Briggins vocalizes pride in his child’s sayings while an unsympathetic onlooker counters that every father believes his son is the smartest. The exchange frames vanity and heredity in parental bragging.
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Briggins
Washington Star
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