Careful business talk and golf club jests from London Daily News
The piece relays an anecdote about John D. Rockefeller Jr urging caution in business, a coal yard quip about a two ton load, and a humorous exchange in Derbyshire golf club where a doctor resigns. A secretary replies with a rhymed rebuke and club dues note.
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From Coffee to Postum A Health Change Story
A couple narrates how coffee harmed the husband’s health, causing illness and weight loss, and how switching to Postum led to recovery. The wife also improves after adopting Postum, noting nerves and strength gain, and says others misjudge Postum as coffee. The ad ends with a testimonial from Batty Creek Michigan and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
Canine Cemetery Tales Of Pet Burials At Hartdale
A New York article describes Hartdale hill cemetery where dog and cat epitaphs fill stones. Writers note lavish graves, canary-laden troughs, French and German dogs, and costs from 16 to hundreds for coffins and burial rituals.
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Hartedale
Fido
Flossie
Smutty
Harlem
Hartsdale
Willson
Remarkable Kidney Cure Promises Hope for Virginia Merchant
Virginia merchant L Wood of Fentress Norfolk County Virginia suffered months of back kidney and bladder pain with irregular kidney secretions. After failed medical treatment he used Dean's Kidney Pills and passed a stone during four days of pain. He reports no further kidney trouble. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York 60 cents a box.
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Blinker and Splicer Courtship Sparks Sudden Break
Conversation reveals Miss Splicer pressing for clarity on intentions, ending engagement with abruptness as Blinker questions lingering concerns about their future.
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Education as the key to social gaps era lesson
A school visit in Ohio ends with a mayor and state official showing children a passing train crew. The chairman explains wages from $35 to $200 and asks how education changes those numbers, urging students to seek learning to raise their prospects.
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Ohio
Schoo
True Affection exchange in playful street dialogue
A cheeky exchanges between Ethel and Jimmy reveal affection as he boasts about staying clean for her and asks if she loves him. The light hearted banter captures a moment of youthful romance and humor.
Fiddling Bob Denies Fiddle Tales By Senator Taylor
In a quip filled exchange Representative Hughes of New Jersey questions Senator Taylor about his musical feats. Taylor, nicknamed Fiddling Bob, states he has not played a fiddle or violin for years and dismisses the entire tale as untrue.
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Senator Taylor
Tennessee
Richmond Pearson Hobson
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Doctor said use Cuticura for eczema cure
A reader from North Branch Michigan describes severe facial eczema as a child, lasting three months and forming a large painful scab. After medical advice and using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, she achieved a complete cure and has had no recurrence.
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Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mich
Art Long Credit Short
A humorous exchange plays on careers with a painterly punch line about siblings and shared vocation. The dialogue twist centers on the confusion between being an artist by trade and merely possessing artistic talent.
Deafness Cure Claims and Humorous Exchange
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising cure for deafness caused by catarrh with a $100 reward for uncured cases. A humorous dialogue follows about a character's supposed tenderness, contrasting charity with crusty beggars.
Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies Endorsement
A promotional piece extols Sloan's Liniment as safe and practical. It notes Dr Earl S Sloan, a veterinary practitioner and horseman, developed remedies from clinical experience and offers a free "Treatise on the Horse" by mail from 615 Albany Street Boston Mass. The text includes a playful interlude about a pig and a child.
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Earl
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Out of Place and a Cape Breton View of Statues
A white marble ancestor statue stands on Mrs. Blair's country estate. A Cape Breton maid arrival questions its purpose while Mrs. Blair defends its history and life work. The maid quips the statue should be buried, highlighting a clash of perspective.
Not Prudent Elopement Rumor Attracts Attention
A fragmentary note mentions a character Prudence who reportedly eloped with her father's chauffeur. The text also references a product claim about Garfield Tea and a garbled line about Nevada and precious metals, with scattered, unclear details.
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Patience
Patrice
Prudence
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advertisement
An old advertisement touts a trusted family laxative claiming worldwide approval. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co. and stresses physician endorsement and select retail availability.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Office Boy Schedules Office Hours In A Drafted Wall Plan
A downtown office boy drafts a wall schedule listing time slots for various visitors. The wall chart designates 9 to 10 for book agents, 10 to 11 for insurance agents, 11 to 12 for long-story chores, 1 to 2 for solicitors, 2 to 3 for discussing sporting news, and 8 to 5 for miscellaneous visitors with a note that they transact their own business at night.
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N. B
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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