Allen's Foot-Dane Ad From Early 1900s Hints At Everyday Remedies
Odd ad copy touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen feet corns and bunions with sales pitches and mock dialogue about rent and nourishment. A railway earnings line references Chicago Great Western Maple Loaf Route August figures, noting a rise of 12, a4L57 and a year-to-date gain of 9,788.60. The piece blends consumer quips with a railway financial blip and a line about capital and labor.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Chicago Great Western
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Loaf
California Fig Syrup Co Remedy Claims Gentle Laxative Benefits
Advertises a laxative product attributed to the California Fig Syrup Co. It describes a nourishing, pleasant tasting formula derived from senna and other plants, marketed as a gentle, effective laxative without irritating kidneys or bowels. The text warns of imitations and lists locations in San Francisco, Louisville, and New York with a 50 cent bottle price.
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Lyme
Wie
Cauironma Fra Byxor Co
California
Fia Syne Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Ban Francisco
Cal
Lovuisvilgy, HY
New York
N.Y
All Druggista
Frontierside Spy Life and the Franco German Border
A vivid, cautionary portrait of espionage on the Franco German frontier. It details Alfred Pinchon’s fall from military reserve to spy, methods of surveillance, forged papers, hidden letters, and the perilous craft of gathering regional intelligence for war.
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Predyt
Mile
Lucie Vasseur
Rue Breda
Toye
Paris
Aldad
Tt Jg
The Boy with the Mase and Electric Car Incident
An open electric car on Centre avenue meets a grass sprinkling boy who blasts a stream into the crowd. Passengers scramble to safety as the driver brakes and the conductor reorients the car. The incident ends with the boy loudly bawling as the ride continues.
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Centre Avenue
Chicago News
Woures by the Philippines Describe Simple Bamboo Dwellings
The article surveys Philippine houses noting bamboo frames tied with rattan and nipa palm thatch, five to ten feet above ground, with ladders for entry. Ventilation is praised, doors are bamboo strips, and windows have opening shades, but smoke from open fires makes some homes uninhabitable. Larger homes may have five or more rooms and separate cooking areas.
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Philippines
A Queer War Incident In Guiguinto Barrage
In Gui guinto during a rush, about half a regiment found hens after advancing orders to move. As troops charged under fire, hundreds of hens screamed from carried haversacks, creating an extraordinary, chaotic scene reported by Los Angeles Weekly.
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Guiguinto
Loslla
Why They Are Nervous About Praise for the Pie
A correspondent notes those who dine with the queen are often painfully nervous. They doubt whether to praise the pie and wonder if it was her majesty or the cook who made it.
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Aose
Whosoever is out of patience is out of possession
A fragment cites a moral warning on patience, suggesting unrest of mind leads to loss of control and harm to others. The wording reflects old proverbs about self restraint and social duty. The passage appears as a clipped, archaic aphorism.
Employment for Keeley Institute Doctors Attract Applicants
Anxious to work for the Keeley Company, physicians who have recovered at Keeley Institutes worldwide are drawn by liberal salaries and agreeable duties. Most graduates stay cured, yet only about fifty Keeley Institutes exist, limiting jobs. Explanatory literature is offered to interested doctors.
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Keeley
United States
Keeley Institutes
Viat Tx
Ian Keeley Institute
Keeley Company
Keeley Institute
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Init
Matty James
Beltany
Kerley Insitite
Tond Street
Yoath Yimd Durke Avenue
Minnicapolis
Minn
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Erene Gaunweta
Mal & OD
Massa NK
Abova
Wee Dorn
Antenen
St. Paul
American House Furnishing CO
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Tony
Thomson
Alfred Pinchon
Pinchon
Mak Og
Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Aples
Garretta
France
Theaa
Second Bureau
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Imeana
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Europe
Maj
Maxie
Sobat River
White Nile
The
Chicago Tribune
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Pectons
E. Albrecht & Son
Fast Seventh Street
St. Piyul
Saint Paul
TOWER
Boston
Mas
Saddia
W. L. Douglas
G. Douglas
Biate Wathier
L. Douglas Shoe Co
Candy Cathartic
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