Gossip Sparks Rift Between Two Women Over Friendship
Mrs Slush accuses Miss Chatz of trying to push the speaker into revealing true feelings about a friend. The respondent resists and keeps her opinion hidden, while Mrs Mush questions the reason behind the accusation.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney and Health Benefits
A vintage advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal remedy for kidney liver bladder and stomach disorders and general weakness. It claims the oil ingredient purifies blood supports organ function and prevents relapse with continued use and guarantees satisfaction with a refund if not effective.
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Blind Edward Jones Turns Sightless Skill To Poultry
Blind Edward Jones of Jefferson City Missouri keeps poultry by touch builds his own housing and brood coops hatched all his chicks and culls the flock to market broilers while reserving birds for winter eggs He attends poultry meetings and plans a club for blind people with county home demonstration aid ready to read USDA poultry publications.
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Edward Jones
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Ideal Husband Question Sparks Whimsical Banter
A playful exchange questions the notion of an ideal husband. The quip imagines a spouse who yields the last word in fashion and arguments, highlighting light humor about domestic roles.
The Pleasures of Travel in Shagbark Tales
An elderly Arkansawyer recalls limited travel life in Shagbark township. He says at 97 he remained mostly homebound, noting a near-lynching misadventure in Torpidville at about age 30, which prompted his lifelong caution about venturing far from home.
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Suspected blind tiger raid targets photograph gallery
Police raided a building amid suspicions of illegal games. The incident yielded an arrest during what authorities termed a case of arrested development.
Star Declares She Hates Gross Things, Audience Replies
A playful exchange centers on a star who declares aversion to anything gross while the audience quips about gross receipts. The moment blends light theater humor with backstage chatter.
Surely Miners Lucky Day in California Oil Find
Two prospectors in California drilled to increase water flow after a spring dried up. They hit a 2 inch crude oil stream the next day and built a dam. Further bores at 60 and 150 feet boosted production to about 100 barrels daily, with around 2,000 barrels stored in a temporary reservoir.
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Popular Science Monthly
Plicer
California
Little Jack and the missing exhibit
A kindergarten class prepares for a school exhibit and Jack, the slow learner, vanishes during a walk. A sharp helper undercuts concerns by noting Jack did not contribute to the exhibit, implying his absence was not a problem for the display.
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Jack
Indianapolis News
Alaskan assayer counts record gold handled by Beraud
E. E. Beraud, bound for Paris, is believed to hold the distinction of handling more raw gold than any other in Alaska. In eleven years as assayer for the First National Bank of Fairbanks he assayed 45 million dollars worth of gold, totaling 88 tons in weight. He plans to return to the gold dust after his visit.
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Paris
Alaska
First National Bank of
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Beraud
Cuticura Ad Claims Soothing Baby Care
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for soothing itchy burning baby skin with hot baths and gentle applications, promising purity and fragrance at 25 cents each. A stray joke about a sword swallower and a trapdrum outfit appears in the ad copy.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
The ad offers 100 dollars for any catarrh case not relieved by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the medicine is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials free. F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio. A note adds a ship pronoun comment.
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Price Inc
F. J. Cheney & Co
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Ohio
August Flower Promises Relief For Digestion And Liver
Green's August Flower marketed as a worldwide remedy for constipation indigestion and liver troubles. Claims include nervous dyspepsia headaches heart palpitations and general low spirits with a gentle laxative effect after a few doses. Advertisements urge readers to ask a druggist and note sale in civilized countries.
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Wedding Sermon Pause Sparks Quick Wit Exchange
The minister asks the mother of the bride to speak before the ceremony and she quips that she already had plenty to say before the couple arrived. The remark adds humor as the event proceeds toward the vows.
A Man’s Giving According to Means or Meanness
A proverb-like reflection notes that generosity reflects wealth or stinginess, suggesting character is shown by what one can or will share. It contrasts financial capacity with willingness to help.
New York Forms Aviation Section for Police Patrols
New York creates an aviation section within the police department to scout waters near the city and watch for fires riots and panics. The federal weather bureau has an aerial division and officials hope forecasts improve accordingly.
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New York
Federal Weather Bureau
Hydrogenation of liquid oils into solid fats
A method for converting liquid oils into solid fats called hydrogenation uses reduced nickel to catalyze the combination of hydrogen gas with liquid glycerids, a process that has gained general use.
All Good Things and a Witty Remark on Engagement
A facetious remark comments on women's ambitions phrased as three rings in order the engagement the wedding and the teething. The line provides a playful view of courtship and marriage within a social gossip tone.
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