Potts satire sparks Dreiser clubquips on books
Theodore Dreiser recalls at the Century club a preacher and critic overhearing how a favorable Potts review boosted sales. The critic concedes the review praised Potts last novel for purity and high moral tone, then notes the line was meant to boost sales.
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Charming Hostess Inspires Wishful Home Feeling
A Brooklyn Life piece recalls a charming hostess whose hospitality left guests wishing for a personal welcome. The anecdote highlights her warm demeanor and memorable impression on visitors in a city setting.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Elkhart Woman
Mrs Williams of Elkhart Indiana reports four months of improvement after use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for long standing organic inflammation female weakness and related pain. She credits relief to the remedies and offers permission to publish her testimonial.
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Elkhart
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Lynn
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Corn Grows on Canadian Prairies Expands in Manitoba
Manitoba begins producing substantial corn mainly for feed. In southern Manitoba on September 28 a field reached eight to nine feet, dough stage, with potential yields over 20 tons per acre. Brandon experimental farm reports good silo corn from several varieties. Corn adapts to northern Minnesota and could extend northward, urging western agriculturists to diversify from grain. Dairy and beef stock winter feed demand could make corn valuable across Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Not a Revengeful Man Sings of Mastiff Rampage
A Brooklyn real estate dealer narrates a comic tale of luring a mastiff into a farm route to disrupt local dogs. He recalls the dog mauling many canines, sparking farmers to offer bounties for his scalp. He insists he is not revengeful, just seeking fairness for his pet.
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Notable Sight and Advertisements Hint Abroad Dining
A fragment references Hungarian goulash overseas and a joke about sessions. An ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets described as small sugar coated candy like, easing stomach liver and bowels with a warning not to eripe. The passage ends noting relief prayers are rarely answered for the average man.
Federal Aid for Roads Faces Favorable Senate House Report
A joint Senate and House committee led by Senator Bourne investigates federal road aid distribution by population area or mileage. Congress has already allocated $500 000 to aid rural delivery routes as a test, while calls grow for systematic, science based road building and a state highway commission with expert supervision.
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Rhode Island
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Uric Acid Poisoning Signs and Duan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement
Warns uric acid buildup as a slow killer leading to kidney disease Bright's disease and related pains. Describes early symptoms such as dull headaches and urine issues and urges cure via Duan’s Kidney Pills, praised by users nationwide.
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Og Bright
Duan
Terrible Suffering From Kidney Disease Healed by Pills
Mr Eliza Kirk of Spencer describes long back pain dizziness and nervous strain before kidney pills. After months in bed with swelling and weakness, five boxes of Pecans Kidney Pills restored health and years of relief followed.
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Main St
Spencer
Paper Walls by Machine and Castoria Ad Blend In One Column
An inventor, Christian J. Siebenhaar of Oramel New York, introduces a wallpapering machine with extensible frame and mounted paper and paste applicator. The ad also includes Castoria warnings and a Chicago Tribune note about an atheist history teacher in Rome's female secondary school.
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Christian J. Siebenhaar
Oramel
N. Y
Osservatore Romano
Holy See
Rome
Chicago Tribune
Road-Making Drag Patented by Idaho Inventor
Hugh G. Taylor of Buhl Idaho patents a simple road making drag built from sheet metal four by four inches and quarter inch thick. The device attaches to a wagon axle and smooths the track while a disk at the end trims road edges. Southern Idaho advocates urge county purchase and tax rebates for users to improve the chuck hole plagued roads.
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Hugh G. Taylor
Buhl
Idaho
Saya
Taylor
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Lioness With Four Cubs Stirs H headline Debate
In a show window display by H. Lieber company a large picture of a lioness with four cubs drew praise and mild criticism. Some wondered why four cubs while a reader cites natural history indicating two to four whelps are born at once and eye opening yet helpless for weeks.
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H. Lieber Company
Picture House
Cyclopedia of Natural History
Indianapolis News
Clever wife keeps family peace with Postum beverage
A Washington woman credits Postum with preventing heart palpitations caused by coffee. She recalls a doctor saying no organic disease, and after stopping coffee and using Postum her symptoms vanished. A neighbor also benefits, with his wife serving Postum to restore harmony at home. Postum varieties and pricing are noted.
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Washington
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
How He Did It Sermon Craft Told by Clergyman
A famous clergyman recalls a lay preacher conference where a veteran explains his three part sermon plan. He asserts the structure: state the talk, then deliver it, then recount what was said. The item also advertises Red Cross Mall Blue and offers a girl’s birthday warning.
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