The Eternal Feminine Dialect in a Rural Exchange
A brief quip exchanges as Willie is teased about running faster. A listener retorts that pleasing women is difficult, likening himself to a racehorse and noting that speed provokes criticism rather than praise.
Cuticura Remedies Said to Cure Child Eczema
A Brooklyn reader reports using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolve to treat a young girl with severe eczema after the mother died. She claims the skin condition cleared and never returned by age eleven, citing a photo from age 18 months and dated September 27, 1909.
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Cuthura
H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Percy Parkington’s Vow to Win Fame and Riches
Percy Parkington confronts Miss Muriel Muggins after being spurned. He declares he will enter the busy world, fight, and win, hoping his name and riches will be envied. Muriel retorts that she may reconsider after he succeeds.
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Percy Parkington
Miss Muriel Muggins
Miss Muggins
Percy
Mr. Farkington
Lippincott
Discipline Improves Focus in New School Year
A Cleveland Leader Sunday Magazine recounts a primary class scene after Baltimore schools opened. A teacher addresses a laughing pupil and sternly warns him not to repeat it, illustrating early enforcement of classroom discipline.
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Baltimore
The
Cleveland Leader
Hard to Drop But Many Drop It
A California wife explains she switched from coffee to Postum after severe nerves and insomnia. Her husband also stopped coffee, slept better, and regained health after five months with only two company occasions consuming coffee. The letter promotes Postum and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Calif
Postum
Wellville
Rpyere
Gomez Resolves Havana Hotel Race Tension
President Gomez calmed a threatened race clash in Havana by sending his secretary to meet hotel management and summoning Negro leaders General Cebreco and others. He warned that excluding Negroes provokes Americans and endangers tourism and Havana’s prosperity.
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Havana
Gomez
General Cebreco
Cook Replies To North Pole Explorer Rumors
William A. Cook, brother of the famed north pole explorer, says he received a letter from Dr. Cook describing Europe travel and stating Mrs. Cook remains with him. The two girls are being educated at Hamilton Institute in Manhattan as Dr. Cook prepares for a detailed Copenhagen report.
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New York
William A. Cook
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Hamilton Institute
West Eighty-first Street
Manhattan
Oklahoma charges against Governor Haskell misuses public funds
Guthrie Oklahoma Governor Charles N Haskell and state officers are accused of violating the state constitution and mismanaging public funds. Republican minority Representative Lester A Maris filed a sworn affidavit in the lower house alleging deliberate misappropriation and improper expending of state money.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Charles N. Haskell
Lester A. Maris
Haskell
Panic At Chicago Dance Hall As Gunman Fires
Carmina Sicoli, a laborer, fired a revolver inside a dance hall in Chicago causing panic among about two hundred people including many women and girls. Dancers fled through windows and fire escapes while Sholl, enraged after removal, was overpowered and detained.
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Chicago
Carmina Sicoli
Sholl
Britons Favor Conciliatory Path After Elections
London reports indicate Asquith and Lloyd George lead a cautious approach as politicians discuss future parliamentary lines of battle. The public mood favors no radical changes to the house of lords or current government policies, with a spirit of conciliation guiding debate on potential compromises.
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London
Asquith
Lloyd George
House of Lords
American Bankers Union Plans $1 Million Campaign Against Postal Savings Bank
The American Bankers Association announces a $1,000,000 education campaign to oppose the postal savings bank law. It pledges extensive literature distribution and speaker tours to persuade the public, signaling a broad, organized effort by the finance sector.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Postal Savings Bank
Simple remedy for colds and coughs advertised
An old newspaper notice promotes a home remedy mixing two ounces glycerine half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound and eight ounces pure whisky. It claims to quickly break up a cold and cure coughs that are curable. The Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati is cited as endorsing the Virgin Oil of Pine compound.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Calous to Criticism Despite Thick Skin
Fragmentary exchange shows a husband defending resilience against scolding. The speaker asserts being thick-skinned by nature, indicating tolerance to criticism.
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Mike
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Bladder Inflammation
Mrs Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri describes severe bladder inflammation with back pain and scanty painful urine. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she says she was cured and has remained well. Doan's sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan St
Tipton
Doan
Foster. Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tillman mocks opponent with Ben Johnson height joke
Senator Tillman calls an opponent’s claim an amusing exaggeration and recalls a tall Ben Johnson story. He notes the sheriff candidate was said to require a prepared stump or a hole to stand on due to his height.
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Senator Tillman
Ben Johnson
Ben
Renowned Doctor’s Rheumatism Syrup Promises Quick Cures
An old medical ad touts a homemade tonic for rheumatism and backache using syrup Sarsaparilla compound Toris compound whiskey and says hundreds have been cured. The booster claims rapid improvement after a few doses and notes it builds the system restoring strength and vitality.
Pleasant Figs Syrup Elixir Promotes Gentle Cleansing
A promotional notice extols a California Fig Syrup Co product as a pleasant refreshing laxative and purifier. It emphasizes simple wholesome ingredients, non disturbing action, and urges buying genuine syrup from reputable druggists at fifty cents a bottle, with the company name clearly displayed on packaging.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
Tattered Terry Voices Woes of Ailing Journalism
In a quip from a Puck comic, Tattered Terry laments failed job prospects as a long-shot savior of a train accident, while the Lady of the House quips about editors’ souring opinions on his past heroism.
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Terry
Puck
Cheney & Co Endsorsements and Cure Advert from Toledo
A dated ad excerpt endorses F J for five years and asserts honesty in business, signed by WALOTNG and Many Toledo traders. It also promotes Halle Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy affecting blood and mucous, offered at seven cents per bottle with free samples and family pills for constipation.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J
Walotng, Kinkan & Many
Halle
Tontinontala
Hall
His Broad Charity
Imogene defends her father as not always harsh, urging Philip to judge him by his best and acknowledging Philip as his favorite. The exchange centers on paternal behavior and filial affection.
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Imogene
Papa
Philip
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