Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Worth On Kidney Trouble
Veteran Joshua Heller of Urbana Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble back in 1899 and again when warning signs appeared. The ad offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co and states price 50 cents per box with medical advice free.
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Bright
Doan
Joshua Heller
South
Walnut Street
Urbana
Cunningham Bros
Champaign
Dean
Mr. Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Bumalo
N. Y
Child brings berries to Aberdeen minister
A small Aberdeen parishioner presented a basket of strawberries to the minister early Monday. The minister praised the berries and asked if they were gathered on the Sabbath. The child replied she picked them that morning, explaining they had been growing all day yesterday.
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Aberdeen
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and School Girl French Joke
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional disease by a blood and mucous surface treatment with a $100 reward. The page also recounts a quip about a schoolgirl studying French with a German governess, where the parent asks about Ris de veau a la jardiniere and the girl says it means the smile of the calf at the garden er's wife.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
West Side
Partin's
Papa
Japanese Marriage Customs Described In Brief
The article outlines early East Asian wedding rites including a suitor signaling interest by placing a shrub branch at the house, the groom presenting costly gifts to his bride, and the bride returning those gifts to her parents as acknowledgment. It notes the ceremony occurs in the evening with the bride wearing a long white silk mono and veil.
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Far East
Origin of a Famous Food Grape-Nuts by C W Post
A narrative of the inventor C W Post who sought a brain and nerve building food. After trials he created Grape Nuts to supply sustained strength for mental and physical activity. The text notes digestion friendly ingredients and a signature claim of genuineness on each package.
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Heing
C.W. Post
Boo Werlville
Corn Industry in Worth Dakota Promises Strong Future
North Dakota's corn expansion shows tenfold growth from minor plantings to a staple crop. With improved varieties and early-maturing dent strains, the Fargo agricultural station drives gains, weed control, moisture conservation, and rotation benefits. More corn supports dairying, stock raising, and diversified farm income, signaling a shift away from bonanza wheat farms toward intensive, profitable agriculture.
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Worst
North Dakota Agricultural College
Chicago Record-Herald
North Dakota
Missouri
Agricultural
Fargo
Iowa
Union
Bismarck Wins Indian School Site Plan
The Bismarck citizens committee reports the Indian school site near the Missouri River bluff has been adopted by the Interior Department and will be built on land once owned by the Northern Pacific. An initial $50,000 appropriation funds starting work, with total project costs near half a million dollars, as Fort Lincoln expands nearby with additional barracks and facilities.
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Bismarck
Department of the Interior
Missouri River
Northern Pacific Company
Fort Lincoln
Bootlegger Surge Prompts Law Debate Across State
The fall outbreak of bootlegging amid lax permits worries authorities. Drought ban on outsiders and strict penalties push druggists to enforce rules, while arrests rise nationwide. The public and officials point to a broad, growing illegal liquor trade.
Improvements and new construction in Lisbon area
The Lisbon mill complex sees updated Sorenson and Bon machinery with an elevator and new lighting powered by surplus energy. A modern Methodist church near completion, along with the Grover block and a new Granite Rock gallery, enhance Main street. A drowning incident involving Granite Rock was reported via Lighthouse Tender Marigolé.
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Sorenson & Bon's Feill
Lisbon
Photographer McNally
Martin
Marigolé
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna Remedy
In a favored testimonial, Admiral Schley supports Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy. The letter notes his family’s use and asserts broad public endorsements by renowned figures, claiming Peruna cures catarrh anywhere in the body and inviting readers to request free literature from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co in Columbus, Ohio.
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Admiral Schley
Peruna
Annals of Medicine
M'f'g Co
Columbus
Ohio
Parisians Question American Girls Attitude Toward Marriage
Paris writer Hughes le Roux, touring the United States, criticizes American girls for indifference to marriage. He notes lavish jewelry and high fashion, but says many prefer fun to commitment, blaming lax parental guidance and lack of pulpit urging as factors. Paris correspondence to the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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America
Hughes le Roux
United States
France
Paris
Pittsburg
Remarkable local cure for female weakness in Franksville
Mrs. Louis Markison of Franksville reports long suffering from female weakness eased by Dodd's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with her recovery and praises it as the best medicine she has known, sharing her positive experience for readers.
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Franksville
Wis
Louis Markison
Markison
Dodd
Noted Engineer Peck’s Fatal Engine Accident
A brakeman recounts that engineer Peck named a new engine after his wife. The engine exploded this morning, an unlucky turn of events.
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Peck
Catholic Standard and Times
The age of the most charming woman query
A witty exchange from a Chicago News quip notes a diplomat from Diplomacy ville replies that charm lies in the age of the questioner. The brief mocks perceptions of age and appeal in a playful, tongue in cheek manner.
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Diplomacyville
Chicago News
Something to Boot and Hortense Worth Her Weight
The pawpacker praises Hortense calling her worth her weight in gold while the count looks disappointed and asks if she could be made radium in a New York Sun style line.
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Pawpacker
Hortense
New York Sun
Motivational Remark About Fault and Responsibility
The speaker argues that focusing on another man’s greater misfortune is unhelpful and asserts that the fault lies with him, not the listener. The line emphasizes personal accountability and deflects blame from the reader.
Two Heads Better Than One in a Scot Parish Tale
Dr. Gillespie recalls a lively chat with a ragged urchin who explains family ties in a humorous way. The exchange ends with the boy noting his brother was born with two heads and kept in a bottle, a local anecdote highlighted by the London Daily News.
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Gillespie
Church of Scotland
Naebuddy
Triver
Glasgo College
London Daily News
Paper suits debut from Berlin tailoring house
A Berlin firm offers complete paper suits for 2.50 dollars. The prospectus explains self measurement procedures and the company advertises in foreign journals signaling plans for export. The woven pressed material is dark cream and reportedly not very light.
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Berlin
Putnam Faceless Dies In Unclear Circumstances
An obituary item notes the death of Putnam Faceless, described with cryptic phrasing about staining hands or kettle, mentioning colors green and purple as possibly symbolic details in the text.
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Putnam
Beasley Peppered By Fame In Humble Cottage Joke
A quip from the Chicago Record Herald compares Beasley the soap founder to a simple cottage dweller and identifies Beasley as the man behind the famous Beasley shaving soap poem. The joke contrasts a modest home with a grand hillside mansion.
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Beasley
Yonder Hill
Chicago Record-Herald
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialist Eyes Ears Throats Fargo
Readable bits refer to Dr J H Rindlaub a Fargo specialist for eye ear nose and throat. A truncated quote from Baltimore News mentions a valet and a death by self action with a line about smoking cigarettes foah him.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Cholly
Baltimore News
Quip of Monk, Earful Gibe in Chicago Tribune
A quirky exchange features a girl and an organ grinder with a pun about a monk and heaven. The line plays on dialect to joke about the monk going to Newport after death.
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Heaven
Newport
Chicago Tribune
That New Waitress Order Sparks Boarding House Conflict
A landlord at a select boarding house complains about a waitress who asks guests to name their drink order, prompting questions about propriety and decorum in service. The quip reflects social norms and tensions within a busy lodging house setting.
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Chicago Record-Herald
THE
Youth’s Companion
Boston
Mass
Just Wanted a Chance From a Colored Witness
A colored witness asks for a moment to speak during testimony. The witness requests the judge to quiet the courtroom for two minutes so he can tell the truth, declaring he deserves a fair chance to be heard. The judge grants permission.
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Atlanta Constitution
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Nor thwestern inventors received patents last week for diverse devices including support for concaves by William Bartholow Salem LS D camera shutter by Frederick Con ley Spring Valley Minnesota pneumatic stacker by John Henry Grand Forks North Dakota return flue boiler by Daniel Murphy Graceville Minnesota horse detacher by Harry Spiegel Kulm North Dakota artificial fuel by John Smith Heron Lake Minnesota etching machine by Willard Thorpe St Paul Minnesota patent lawyers Lothrop and Johnson 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
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Northwestern
William Bartholow
Salem
LS. D
Frederick Conley
Spring Valley
Minn
John Henry
Grand Forks
N. D
Daniel Murphy
Graceville
Harry Spiegel
Kulm
John Smith
Heron Lake
Willard Thorpe
St. Paul
Ida Jack and the widow trout fishing with fly miscue
The Chicago News notes Ida Jack and a young widow fishing this May. Jack forgets his fly but Ida jokes the widow is fly herself.
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Ida
Jack
Chicago News
Unclear OCR Advert Fragments From Norwich Area 1900
Fragmentary 1900 advertisement text from Norwich includes medical claims for teething syrup and Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Includes personal note from Mrs Tuos at Mayle Street and vague assurances of safety and benefit with odd phrasing.
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Piso
Tuos
Rudblns
Mayle Street
Norwich, N. C
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Bromo Quinine
An advertisement touts Lacesive Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for a cold with a druggist refund offer if it fails. The copy asserts prudent behavior and skepticism about too good to be true claims.
Local Leaders Condemn Narrow Political Solutions
Community voices reject politicians proposing single source fixes for all public ills, urging broader strategies and evidence based policies from diverse groups."}
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Hall & Ruckel
New York
Caton College
Iur iNces
Uduard & Co. Grain Commission
Giles i Burns
Alwaye
J.W. Cole & Co
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