Parisian Sage Dandruff Cure Backed by Money Back Guarantee
Houseworth Bros. offers Parisian Sage with a full money back guarantee if it fails to cure dandruff or hair fall within two weeks. The Giroux Mfg. Co. of Buffalo asserts the product stops scalp odors and itching, leaving hair fresh and healthy. Customer testimonials praise improved growth and reduced flaking. Price is 50 cents a bottle, available from local store or direct by prepaid express.
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Houseworth Bros
Giroux Mfg. Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lottie Real
Mt. Hope Avenue
Rochester
Express
Golfing Feats and Wagers Across Scotland and London
A survey of historic golf wagers shows players driving balls over tall obstacles, including St Giles spire and Arthur’s Seat, with feats by Sceales of Leith and McLean. The column also recounts James Lee’s supposed revival from illness using Dr King’s New Discovery, and local ads for Hindipo kidney cure.
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Tweed
Burgess Golfing Society
St. Giles
Sceales
Leith
Smellie
Donald McLean
Signet
Melville
St. Andrew Square
Burntsfield Links
Arthur’s Seat
Westminster Gazette
Wisconsin Dean Stussell picks Mrs Scott Durand for pure milk law drive
Dean Stussell of Wisconsin names Mrs Scott Durand to lead a campaign for securing pure milk legislation. Other notes include Hale elected as corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, and young Civil War veteran J C Rock claiming earlier enlistment.
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Dean Stussell
University of Wisconsin
Scott Durand
George Ellery Hale
Solar Observatory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mount Wilson
Cal
Academy of Sciences
J. C. Rock
Washington
Vermont
Louis A. Wood
Mary Scheblen
Waterbury
Conn
Stephen D. Lee
A. P. Stewart
Bilox
Miss
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Caspar F. Goodrich
Brooklyn Navy Yard
University of
Charles 8. Fairchild
Hilary A. Herbert
Wright
Walter R. Pedigo
Virginia
Fred W. Carpenter
Taft
C. ©. Wagner
Reading
Young pitchers rising with clever styles this season
Ex manager Frank Dwyer lauds Cincinnati lefty Suncock from Michigan University as a future big leaguer. McAleer of the S&J Louis Americans signs promising southpaw Graham still refining control. Wilson of the Pittsburg Nationals excels as a left field thrower while Big Ed Walsh mirrors Jim Devlin in delivery.
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McQuillen
Philadelphia Nationals
Frank Dwyer
Geneva
N. Y
Cincinnati
Michigan University
Suncock
Jim McAleer
S&j
Louis Americans
South
Wilson
Pittsburg Nationals
Ed Walsh
Chicago Americans
Jim Devlin
Louisville
English Etchings and Historical Notes from 19th Century England
Aldermen were first appointed for London in 1242. John Milton's autograph, on a 1623 marriage contract, sold for £322. Analyses of temperance drinks show 2 to 12.3 percent alcohol. Of forty four county chief constables, three rose from the ranks, thirty three were ex army officers, one ex-navy. A lunatic Bedlington at Morpeth asylum imagined himself gun and set gunpowder alight with a match.
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London
John Milton
England
Home Helps and Simple Remedies From Daily Life
Practical tips for household health and cleanliness. Headache relief may come from a foot bath. A small vinegar butter sugar mix aids hoarseness. Salt in burning refuse reduces odor. Cold cream on nails helps skin. Wear gloves during sweeping and dusting. Add water to milk before boiling to prevent scorching.
Elephants Promote Paris Music Hall and French Snail Trade
Facts From France notes elephants used as sandwich men in Paris to advertise a Champs Elysées music hall. In Lyons region many weavers worked only three days weekly since last December. Snail farming thrives in France with 2,500,000 pounds consumed annually. Also mentions Coppee and Banville remarks on academy nomination and a silver salver joke.
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Paris
Champs Hlysees
Lyons
France
Lnte
Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Honest Americans and an Honest Check Across the Atlantic
A German visitor to New York witnesses daily honesty at a newsstand where some customers pay with delay yet never default. Later, a restaurant test doubles this by paying the next day with no money, the cashier accepting risk. The German calls the scene magnificent and quotes the reaction.
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Germany
United States
New York
Chicago News
Termites Of Ceylon A Curious Food Chain Disaster
Two thirds of Ceylon is undermined by white ants and the winged insects face an array of predators. Birds, bats, squirrels, rats, toads and lizards prey on them while humans also partake. Tamil workers, Europeans and a journal note termites on toast as a delicacy comparable to mushrooms.
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Ceylon
E. B. Green
Agricultural Journal of Ceylon Botanic Gardens
The Warning Signals
A Boston physician recounts his own child’s sickness after a strenuous vacation and a prescription kept by the mother with a dosing chart. The chart went blank but the wife saved the day by telling the child the hours he should take medicine, prompting him to halloo before each dose.
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Boston
Mary
Philadelphia Ledger
The French Are Good Travelers Phrase and quip on travel habits
A London Chronicle excerpt recalls Miss Betham Edwards describing French travelers as uncomplaining and adaptable who make the best of every situation even in rough conditions. In a separate vignette a music publisher quips about composing a song in five flats, with the composer replying concisely.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Fragmented quips and verse from newspaper humor columns
The piece collects brief humorous exchanges and poems from multiple papers. It spins pithy lines about preachers, lovers, women, and a concert quip. Notable jests reference Philadelphia Ledger and Cleveland Leader style humor.
Tatum Family in Car Repair Billing Dilemma
A fragment discusses Mrs Tatum and a suspected Master Tatum with a curious exchange about stealing items and a sarcastic reply. A bill collector is mentioned regarding unpaid auto repair charges. The tone suggests a lighthearted column item from a Catholic publication.
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Tatum
Catholic Standard and Times
By a Cynic. Fair woman's mind is ever clean in verse
A brief note from Browning's Magazine cites a cynical line about a woman's mind. It suggests constant shifting of opinion as natural, reflecting the periodical's quotation style.
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Browning
Amusing Non Smoking Train Carriage Joke in Paris
An Austrian minister of railways M Derschatta is mocked in Paris as a passenger in a non smoking carriage lights a large cigar. The minister tries to enforce rules, yields, and then realizes the smoker holds his card. The station master apologizes, and the minister laughs at the deception.
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Paris
M. Derschatta
Vienna
Castro's Steel Palace in Caracas Park Home
President Castro occupies a steel framed residence set in a Caracas park. Covered with soft stone on the exterior, the building is said to be the strongest house in the world, built after earthquakes convinced him bricks and mortar were unsafe.
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Castro
Caracas
London
Four Hours of Sleep Not Enough Says Edison
The Life magazine blurb critiques Thomas Edison's claim that four hours of sleep suffices for anyone and questions the health and longevity of his habits, noting his age and mastoid infection while mocking his living rules and patents.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas
Indian Engineer of the Burlington train
A Tama band Musquakie descendant toils as engineer of a fast passenger train on the Burlington road. He travels rivers and landscapes his ancestors knew, witnesses wind and storms, and serves civilization in the cab, though passengers may not know his heritage.
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Tama
Burington Road
Prairies
Burlington Post
Perski the Royal Chef of Austria Gets a Gift Joke
An Austrian emperor kept Perski as his royal chef after a playful gift arrived in a large packing case. Perski, formerly Cook to Count Rheingaum, was blamed for a boar head dish and later praised by the emperor, who rewarded him with a yearly salary of ten thousand dollars.
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Pers
Perski
Rat Week Proposal Would Kill Rats Across Nation
Staunton Dispatch argues for a nationwide Rat Week inviting Americans to devote the week to extermination. It contends the initiative would be highly profitable for workers and vastly beneficial to public health with lasting sanitation effects.
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United States
Staunton
Verbal Bracer Quips From Clubmen
The St Louis Republic quotes a first clubman saying his wife makes a cocktail when frazzled at home. The second clubman touts his preferred chin fizz drink. Antonius notes a thought on self love among men.
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St. Louis Republic
Washing and renovating tips from a bygone issue
Practical home remedies cover eye care with lotions and cups, plus a zinc and lead paste for lids. Also included are steps to renovate old furniture using sandpaper, varnish, and linseed oil, and a late night baby bottle warming routine with a hot water bag in the crib.
How to Preserve Linoleum in Simple Steps
How to preserve linoleum by applying spar varnish every six months to extend life. For worn oilcloth or linoleum a flannel cloth with thin glue water can prolong usefulness, after washing and drying thoroughly.
How to Remove Mildew From Fabrics
The article advises mildew removal by moistening with lemon juice and sun drying until dry. If ineffective, make a paste of soft soap with powdered starch lemon juice and a pinch of salt, spread on the spot, and expose to sunshine for drying.
How to Keep Meat Fresh in Warm Weather
Instructions claim mutton and pork stay fresh for weeks in warm weather without ice or salt by submerging in sour milk. Change milk when mold appears. Rinse meat in cold water when ready for use.
Health Advice on Electric Bitters Endorsed
Mrs M M Davidson of San Jose California endorses Electric Bitters as a powerful family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor claiming more digestive benefit than any other remedy. Sold under a guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug stores price 50 cents.
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James Lee
Zanesville
Mary Lee
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros. Drug
M. M. Davidson
Gifford Avenue
San Jose
Cal
Houseworth Bros.’ Drug Stores
How to Clean a Clock by Self Repair Advice
A woman offers self repairing clock advice for a stubborn clock. She suggests removing hands face pendulum and wire then removing the ratchet from the tick wheel to let the clock run down. She claims gum and dust wear away and the clock cleans itself with oil on the axles and reassembly. If a watch escapement is present it can be removed quickly without dismantling the works, yielding the same result.
How to Protect Packed Bedding from Rodents
Advice on protecting stored clothing and bedding by using cayenne pepper in boxes. Sprinkle thickly on the box bottom and top to deter rats and mice from investigating the packed items.
How to Clean Whites Marble Mantelpiece
When smoke discolors the marble mantelpiece and grimy busts and statuettes result from the same cause, sift through muslin a paste of two parts washing soda one part chalk and one part pumice stone. Rub in until stains disappear. Polish with fuller's earth and water and rub with a chamois leather.
How to Believe a Sick Headache and Home Piano Tuning
A traditional remedy suggests drinking strong catnip tea to cure a sick headache and induce vomiting then another cup to soothe the stomach. The note also advertises J. W. Reading piano tuning services with home phone 1328.
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J. W. Reading
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J. L. Peetz
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Elkhart St. Joseph Superior Court
Vernon W. Vanfleet
Republican County
Charles W. Miller
Francis E. Berlin
Leander Anderson
Daniel J. Troyer
W. HE. Wider
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Fn. Wyhones
Walter A. Stauffer
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William J. Sigerfoose
Eber Darling, SR
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the Hall OF Fame
Bedlington
Morpeth Asylum
Honest
Utah
Bucker
Cleveland
Detroit Tribune
Antonius
Sunny Jim
H-O Company
Fulton St
Buffalo, N. Y
Washington Star
the Daily Review
Irish Mail
Flying
Turnock & Sons
Elks Temple
I. Richman
American Express
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Pratt St
Lamp Post
A. C. Keene
So. Main St
H. A. Knevels
Ford Automobiles
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Iton
Mullins Steel Boats
Truscott Canoes
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