Peruna praised in letters from North Carolina congressman
Letter from Congressman George H. White of Tarboro NC endorses Peruna as a cure for grip and catarrh. The ad features testimonials from Louie J. Seberrinsky of Atlantic IA and Nannie Wallace of Tulare CA, praising Peruna as essential and health-building for families. It claims Peruna treats coughs, colds, bronchitis, and stomach and kidney catarrh and invites readers to write for free advice.
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Louie J. Seberrinsky
Locust Street
Atlantic
Iowa
Peruna
L. J. Scherrineky
Nannie Wallace
Tulare
Cal
Western Baptist Missionary Society
George Henry White
Tarboro
N. C
Hartman
House of Representatives
Washington
Peruana Medicine Co
Columbus
George H. White
Boy's Liars Cited In Friendly Advice
A Chicago News quip notes a mother’s worry over her son’s habit of lying. A neighbor suggests a future government weather bureau job as a humorous solution. The exchange reflects local humor about fitting problematic youth into public service later.
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Homer
Government Weather Bureau
Chicago News
His Real Grief Comforts Doctor in Death
A bereaved wife tells a doctor it is comforting that he is saddened by her husband’s death. The physician recalls that the husband was a good payer, highlighting a grim, clinical note in a somber exchange.
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Ohio State Journal
Sam Johnsing and the ping-pong ankle mystery
Judge recounts Sam Johnsing claiming an injury from bouncing over a fence while two bulldogs pinged and ponged on either side. Mr. Darkleigh and Mr. Snowball react with disbelief as the tale centers on an alleged chicken coop lockup and a casual accident from last Monday night.
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Sam
Mr. Darkleigh
Snowball
Wise Brothers Dentists Advance in Portland Scene
Wise Bros Dr T P Wise and Dr W A Wise rise as a popular Portland dental firm. Their offices in the Failing Building at Washington and Third Streets boast bright cheerful rooms. They promise painless tooth-pulling and repairs with the latest appliances, clear advertising, and reasonable prices, drawing many customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dra. T. P. and
W. A. Wise
Portland
Washington
Third Streets
Wise Bros
Hamlin's Blood and Liver Pills Cure Constipation
An advertising notice claims Hamlin's Blood and Liver Pills relieve constipation and all related ills. The product is described as a remedy available for 25e from the druggist. The language emphasizes health benefits and quick relief in a period tone.
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Hamlin
Dead man check triggers bank dispute at Nassau bank
A man presented a check to Nassau bank cashier William H. Rogers demanding payment. Rogers refused, saying the maker was dead, while the bearer argued the signer was alive. The exchange showed a grievance unresolved as the man left. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winston’s soothing syrup for teething children.
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William H. Rogers
Nassau Bank
Mrs. Winston
Dusty junk shop painting turns out not Rubens or Rembrandt
A connoisseur of art bought a dusty painting from a junk shop window after a passerby noted its presence. The piece proved not to be a Rubens or a Rembrandt, according to the Baltimore Herald.
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Fudge
Baltimore Herald
Do You Know His Favorite Song Home Sweet Home
A young man notes his favorite song is Home Sweet Home as a mantel clock marks 11 30 p m. The fair girl responds with mild surprise and a restrained yawn in a Chicago News style dialogue fragment.
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Chicago News
She Good bye Sayings On Memory And Meeting
Dialogue captures a brief exchange about memory of a person and recognition. One speaker jokes that the other’s wife remembers old faces well, implying familiarity and familiarity with past acquaintances. No further context provided.
Allen's Foot-base powder promotes comfortable feet
A brief advertisement for Allen's Foot-base powder claiming it tightens new shoes, relieves sweating, calluses, and hot tired feet. Sold by all druggists for 2 cents with a trial package available. Address Allen Co. LeRoy? TY.
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Allen
Pharaoh of Genesis mummy reveals violent death
The Pharaoh long thought drowned in the Red Sea was found to have died from a skull fracture after examination of his mummy. This finding challenges the traditional burial narrative and suggests a fatal blow or assassination.
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Red Sea
Women Speak Frankly on Age and Understanding
A brief, dialogue driven snippet presents a man and woman bantering about age. The man remarks that women are hard to understand and compliments age, triggering offense. The exchange turns to whether age is carried well and the woman’s silence follows.
A Chalice of Evils Sketchy Bits Exchange
A brief wry sketch notes marital finances and social extravagance as a husband juggles creditors and wife. The quip frames domestic tension with humor and a pointed sharp edge typical of brief sketches.
Churches and their costly cathedrals reflect enduring faith
Editorials discuss the growing vitality of churches amid scientific doubt, noting cathedrals and grand builds funded by voluntary giving as signs of popular approval. They cite Methodists expanding church construction, new urban houses of worship, and the broader religious revival despite materialism. Also critiqued is the modern focus on money, success, and the dollar gauge as obstacles to true religion.
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Lonudon
New York
Broadway Tabernacle
St. John the Divine
Chicago Record-Herald
Patly
Baltimore Herald
Worrying habits judged harmful and unnecessary
A Washington Times reflection recounts a man who tracked his worries over years and found only two had real basis, both trivial. Worry wastes time and energy, harms vitality, spreads irritation, and seldom helps. It urges facing solvable fears and calmly setting aside unfounded ones for mental health.
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Washington Times
What Mothers Seek in a Son-in-Law Across Time
A ponderous essay argues mothers seek character and worldly prospects in a son-in-law, often favoring a decent man from the daughter’s class over wealth or lineage. It contrasts love, happiness, and social status, urging a man who is clean, humane, and worldly aware as the ideal match.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Awakening to the value of smooth highways
The Boston Transcript argues roads reflect civilization and prosperity. It notes past neglect of road building, compares U S ruggedness to Roman and Spanish roads, and urges steady pursuit of smooth hard highways as essential to industrial and commercial growth.
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Ponce
San Juan
Porto Rico
Boston Transcript
What We Can Afford Beyond Money and Goods
A reflection on price and value that reframes affordability as life and liberty given in Thoreau and Stevenson. It asks whether a person can afford the income they seek and suggests a shift in economic thinking to measure affordability by living standards rather than mere purchases.
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Earth
Thoreau
Stevenson
Harper's Weekly
Colorado mining king dead at Cripple Creek gold rush
Winfield Scott Stratton, famed Cripple Creek bonanza king, died in Colorado Springs after spending about seven million dollars pursuing the legendary mother lode beneath Battle Mountain. Born in Indiana in 1848, he rose from carpenter to mining magnate after staking the Independence mine in 1891, then pursued a tunnel into the heart of Cripple Creek to reach vast veins of gold, maintaining plans despite immense risk and urging safety measures for workers.
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Colorado Springs
Winfield Scott Stratton
Colorado
Stratton
Battle Mountain
Cripple Creek
Jeffersonville
Ind
Myron Stratton
California
Golden West
Winfield M@tratton
Independence
Strattes
Great Alpine Tunnel Dangers At Work Attending Mountain Roadway
The article notes extreme heat as a major danger in constructing the great Alpine tunnel. It compares Simpson tunnel’s lower altitude with hotter conditions and recalls Gothard’s fatal toll to emphasize horrendous mortality among workers.
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Simpson
Gothard
Cuba Named By Lucanyan Indians With Columbus
The Lucanyan Indians who accompanied Christopher Columbus named Cuba when they joined the voyage, marking the island’s early recognition by European explorers.
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Island
Cuba
Indiana
Columbus
Actress Starves for Wardrobe as Struggling Company Sours
A noted actress in a faltering company labors under wardrobe woes and social strain, unable to wear her best clothes outside the stage due to budget cuts and dwindling resources. Her morale sinks as opportunities shrink and public criticism grows.
Patient jokes about recovery in bleak exchange
A despondent patient tells the doctor he would die, while the physician offers a bleak forecast of weeks more, prompting the patient to quip that if this is the case he will suddenly get well, in a wry Ohio State Journal moment.
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Ohio State Journal
Purest and Fragrant Spices from Monopole Brand
The notice touts Monopole brand spices as pure and fragrant, urging readers to ask grocers for them. It offers to mail a full weight two-ounce tin of any variety upon sending a two-cent stamp, and asks applicants to include the grocer’s name and address to Portland, Oregon.
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Monopole
Addrees Wadhame & Kerr Bros
Migra
Portland
Ore
A Division of Labor. Mike and Pat Discuss Distance
A comic courtroom exchange has Pat tell Mike New York is forty miles away. Mike replies that it is only twenty miles per person, yielding a humorous math-based quip in a judge’s courtroom.
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Mike
Patey
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Pressian Remedy Co
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W. J. Douglas
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Nichole & Shepard
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