Easter Parade at Atlantic City Draws 150,000 Attendees
The Easter parade at Atlantic City showcases 150,000 people in their finest attire along a five mile esplanade. The scene contrasts with peak summer crowds and compares Easter to a seasonal shift as Atlantic City becomes a year round resort aided by Gulf Stream moderation.
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Ieat Atlantic
Atlantic City
City By the Sea
Ailantic City
Old Point Comfort
United States
Middle West
Far West
Wyoming
Hastertids
Florida
Fifth Avenue
New York
Resurrection and Spring Hope in Met Magazine
The poem celebrates spring’s return with a glorious dawn in nature and renewed spirit. It speaks of love, joy, and peace, calling Easter of the soul and praising a guiding hand for quickening blood and mind, all as a tablet of renewal in a metropolitan magazine.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Strange Easter Rites and Atlantic City Boardwalk Glory
A vivid portrait contrasts Macedonian Easter rites with Atlantic City’s Easter crowds. Palm Maidens sing on Palm Sunday while homes bless eggs. later Atlantic City becomes a luxury Easter hub with 1000 hotels, 300 carloads daily, and a five mile boardwalk hosting shops, auctions, and grand music halls drawing affluent visitors.
Doan's Kidney Pills Change Ailments To Health
Mrs R Crouse of Manchester relates two years of back weakness and rheumatic pains. Kidney irregularities subsided after using Doan's Kidney Pills, restoring normal function and ending dull backache. Foster Milburn Co distributes at 60 cents a box in this ad brief.
Seed shortages hit seed corn and farm seeds nationwide
Frightful shortages of seed corn and varieties like barley oats rye wheat flax clovers and early potatoes sweep Nebraska and other states. Farmers rush orders. John A Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin advertises catalogues and seed stock with massive purchases listed and invites orders.
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Nebraska
John A. Sulzer Seat Co
Box 182
Lattrosae
Wla
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
The Right Spirit on Valentine’s Day
A Bermudian passenger recalls a Mark Twain Valentine speech about an Irish suitor. He asks, "Will you be my Valentine?" She answers, "I am another's." He sighs, wishing she were twins so he could have at least half of her.
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Christ
Success Magazine
Mark Twain
His Sole Resting Place Joke Snippet
A juvenile classroom tale in which a teacher drills the pronunciation of vase and a student mishears the mantlepiece question, replying Father’s feet. Also a brief quip about cold meat price from a dinner remark.
A Little Thing Changes the Home Feeling
A period ad recounts how coffee causes headaches and irritability in mothers and families. A reader letter praises Postum as a coffee substitute, noting improved health and mood after switching. The piece urges others to try Postum for brighter homes and happier children.
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Asia
Tirad
Wellville
Gordon's Testimony on Cooper's New Discovery
Charles W. Gordon of Ogdensburg New York testifies that Cooper's New Discovery cured his stomach catarrh after unsuccessful remedies. He now eats freely with no discomfort and recommends the product, noting quick relief. The ad cites Cooper Medicine Co Dayton Ohio and druggists. Also a humor item from Everybody's about an irritable farmer and his son reacting to a stump.
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Charles W. Gordon
Atlantis & Pacific Tea Company
Ogdensburg
N. Y
King Street
Gordon
Cooper
Cooper Medicing Co
Dayton
Ohio
Pap
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh and Hall's Cure Claim
A period advert column warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by BF J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. It notes a Bulgarian effort for sanatoria, a King Ferdinand donation, high tuberculosis death rate, and includes a testimonial for Reminol from a nurse in Somerville Massachusetts.
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BF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney & Co
Price
Hall
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Strange Washington anecdote raised by editor and contributor
An editor remarks on an unusual brief anecdote about George Washington not previously printed. The occasional contributor explains it occurred to him only last night and clarifies there was no prior publication.
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Polliceman
Enally
George Washington
Pleasant Pellets Promised To Slow Bowels
A quirky health ad touts Dr Ploros Pleasant Pellets as a simple remedy to slow bowels. The copy markets granulum tablets as easy to take, comparing effects to candy and urging quick relief.
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Dr. Ploros
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America
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Bacon
Mr. Bacon
Yonkers Statesman
Jt. Mia
Agnes T.o’neill
Somerville
Masa
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