Grape-Nuts Promises Relief for Indigestion and Nerves
A Troy reader credits Grape-Nuts with lifting years of bilious headaches and nervous distress caused by indigestion. After one package daily, sleep improved and headaches vanished for over a year. The testimonial notes use near ice-house work and recommends sharing the experience, citing Postum Company as publisher.
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Cales
Troy
Hiv Fe
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wat
Pego
Home Building on Monthly Plans Urges Readers
William A. Radford extols home ownership over renting and explains monthly payment plans as a path to affordable houses. He notes real estate agents offer inducements, describes a sample home layout with a central bathroom, dining room, lighted spaces, and a 13 foot square kitchen, and advises consulting agents if builders lack lots. The main message: a firm resolve to build makes a home possible even without cash upfront.
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Wiliam A. Radford
Fred
Willam A. Radford
Jayenue
Chicago
Ill
America
Alsa
Glass making by machinery and home ownership ideals
The article extols machinery guided glass production as a breakthrough after long refinement and argues the benefit of monthly payments toward home ownership. It highlights equity, personal satisfaction, and independence from landlords, noting small down payments as evidence of good faith.
Aerial glimpses of home value and old world craft
The passage notes a ready made 26 by 56 foot house on a wide lot with front porch under the roof and a large living room, library, and parlor shift. It then shifts to remarks on window glass manufacture from hand made to machine produced sheets, citing a 1907 factory in Pennsylvania. It closes with a humorous coinage about a janitor becoming superintendent and a reflective meditation on lovers and unselfish devotion.
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Hvan
Alge
Pennsylvania
Egg purchases in art studios spark old price joke
An artist recalls buying a dozen eggs daily while working for Sir William Richmond on frescoes in the New Valley. The eggs mixed with yolk and milk aided color. A companion notes paintings cost more, while Senator Sorghum jokes about audiences chosen by prior study.
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Sir Willam Richmond
New Valley
Sir William
RACE AT LOW EGB Empty Cars Rally Support for GOP Return
A Republican defense argues rail traffic woes signal a stronger push for Republican power. W A Rodenburgh cites thousands of empty railroad cars on sidings as proof of industrial malaise and urges a pro rail increase in rates. Taft analyzes Roosevelt's effect on 1912 votes and urges party loyalty to restore government under established principles.
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W. A. Rodenburgh
House of Representatives
East St. Louie
Washington
East St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Republican Party
Evelt
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Saturday Evening Post
Taft
Chicago
Paving the Way for Easy Sledding in Politics
The piece argues that pork barrel road projects ease Democratic passage and that party unity falters under shifting pledges. It notes the Progressive independence, predicts trouble ahead for Wilson, and critiques the Democratic tariff as failing to lower U.S. costs while helping Canada price its foods.
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Berkshire
Mass
Engle
Wilson
Washington
Chocolate Walnut Pudding and Belt Tightening Tips
A recipe for Chocolate Walnut Pudding lists milk sugar grated chocolate cornstarch egg yolks and nuts served with whipped cream. Separate advice suggests tightening a loose sewing machine belt with a few drops of castor oil and running the machine briefly.
Leisurely Englishman Questions Value of Four Minutes
A Victorian visitor in New York questions the city’s obsession with saving time as locals ride three trains to dine, arguing the four minutes saved are wasted. An Englishman’s puzzled remark highlights the paradox of transit efficiency versus leisure.
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Re Hue
New York World
New York
Alan Sullivan
Harper's Magazine
Engishman
Twentyseventh Treet
Grand Centra
Broadway
Seventyalath Street
Watery Blisters On Face From Cuticura Cure
A Smithville Indiana parent recalls a one year old girl with watery blisters and a fiery rash on the face. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment thrice daily, the itching stopped within two days and the skin cleared within two weeks with no relapse in eight months. The notice advertises Cuticura products and a free Skin Book.
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Smithville
Ind
A. K. Wooden
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Adv
Two Maine highway workers ask Uncle David about the secretary of war
A Maine town tale recalls two laborers discussing national affairs. They ask Uncle David Blake who the secretary of war is, but he can’t recall. After a pause, the men hear him ask what war they meant, revealing the joke shifts to confusion between names and events.
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Everybody's Magazine
Maine
Joe
David Blake
Uncle David
Muscular Christianity and street corner revival clash
Clergymen clash with Revivalist zeal as a kneeling prayer menace leads tough youths to threaten force. A New Orleans States excerpt notes the exchange and warning of seven years hard labor for violence. An Irishman’s flexible tongue and a barmaid joke close the column with local wit.
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Cross
New Orleans
Cough Syrup Discount Noted In Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes show a price drop for cough syrup from $2 to 50 cents and mention sugar and erasers in a jumble of garbled items. No clear event or entities beyond generic product names are identifiable.
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