Kidney pills praised by Liberty man for seven years free of trouble
A Liberty Missouri resident, A. G Smith of 405 Mills St, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing severe back pain dizziness and kidney illness. He reports initial relief followed by full recovery and seven years without kidney trouble. The product is sold by dealers at 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. G Smith
Mills St. Liberty
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Youth and Sweet Thing Trade Milk and Sugar on Table
A playful exchange at a bun emporium features a youth declaring milk sour while Sweet Thing counters with a remark about available sugar on the table in a light, quippy moment.
Perfect Cure by Cuticura for Baby Eczema
A mother reports persistent infant eczema on her six month old daughter spreading to the face and eyes. After ineffective doctors and costly ointments, she used Cuticura Remedies and the eruption vanished by the next day, with full recovery following. Mrs. P. E. Gumbin of Sheldon Iowa cites July 13, 1908 as the testimonial date.
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P. E. Gumbin
Sheldon
Potter Drig & Obom. Corp
Solo Props
Boston
Jake Angers the Judge Over Shingle Rule
Twigges County Georgia Citizen reports Judge Balcom addressing a street crowd about roof shingles. He explains the old rule allowed six inches to show, but advises four inches max. A bystander jokes about none showing, and the judge jokes about roofs with none showing.
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Jake
Balcom
Twigges County
Hypothetical coin request at baseball game gate
A stranger at the baseball gate poses a whimsical scenario about buying an exhibition ticket. He asks for 16 cents to reach the 25 cent price, claiming to have 15 and being a rabid fan, prompting a playful reply about lending the money.
Elder Critiques Half Done Work At Prayer Meeting
An upstate church elder voiced frustration that progress seemed incomplete and he had no say. At a prayer gathering he offered thanks for the minister and his wife returning safely from vacation, praying O Lord for the shepherd and his wife and all living beings.
Dull Paper Sparks Divorce Column Request
A reader zips in with a quip about the dull Detroit Free Press morning and asks for a divorce column. The exchange captures the paper’s light banter on pages and reader curiosity.
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Detroit Free Press
Northwest notes of crime and society across the West
A Montana and regional roundup reports Santo Colorino a 51 year old fruit dealer at Butte shot himself after a dispute with Chris Choening a former Greenwood and Missoula blacksmith. A Seattle hotel suicide occurred kneeling before a mirror by a man identified as an ex lover of Miss May Cruse. Montana jobbers protest railroad rulings while a public hearing is planned. Ed Sylvester fined 500 dollars for aiding an anti pool room law violation. The State Federation for Women’s clubs at Great Falls features tuberculosis talk by Dr. Witherspoon. A Billings beer worker and his wife killed when a train hit their wagon. A Helena man survives a two story fall asleepwalking. A man drowns in the Grand river while dam fixing. Nevada youth scrape sidewalks for money drops. A Great Northern passenger train wreck near Ural injures 30 with no fatalities. A public hearing on freight rates set for Blings July 8. A Rawlins worker loses a leg under a moving train. Meagher county sheep property bought by an Illinois syndicate for 200000. A Butte judge notes bribe offers to soften wine room sentences. A Laeeland Nevada saloon murder linked to three Mexicans. A Eureka California logging train wreck kills four. A Billings man shoots a neighbor after a joke. A Reno divorce suit indicates a Windsor lineage and a 1898 Los Angeles marriage.
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May Cruse
Helena
Henry M. Rae
Fergus County
Denver
Spokane
Montana
State Railroad Commission
Ed Sylvester
Butte
State Federation For Women's Clubs
Great Falls
Mont
Witherspoon
John William
Billings
Northern Pacific
Jacob
Fred Hutt
George Miller
Ely
Nevada
Great Northern
Ural
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Rawlins
Wyo
George Stalin
Penwell Ranch Company
Meagher County
Illnois
Byron Nelson
Nek Stillwell
Laeland
Nelson
Stilleto
Stillwell
Metropolitan Logging Company
Eureka
Cal
Howard Goodman
Charles Pretz
Croodman
Pretz
Mra
Kate Howland
Lord Devonshire
England
Charles Howland
Reno
Los Angeles
Mines and mining reports from the Arizona Inspiration property
Mining notes from the Inspiration property in Arizona report the Busch shaft down over 260 feet with copper ore present for 170 feet. Reports detail gold finds near Fairbanks and Alaska, plus extensive activity in Utah and Nevada including Seven Troughs leases and new milling plant control.
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Arizona
Goldfield
Yonopah
Nevada
Ely
Knickerbocker Company
Vernon
Fairbanks
Alaska
Seattle Bank
Silver Island
Utah
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Ite
Utah Iron
Fink
Boston News Bureau
Goldfield Consolidated
Public School Essay Proves Dad Was Right
A father writes a short essay for his son on skating and praises his own prose after the boy claims the teacher said only one better in the class. The anecdote, framed as a light school story, reflects humorous pride in parent and pupil connection.
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George
West Side
Popsy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Browns Face Deral Escape Question at Zoo Cage
In a model family moment at the zoo, Mrs. Brown asks John whom he would save first if lions escaped. John quickly replies that he would save himself first, showing practical concern amidst the tense scenario described in the magazine text.
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Mr. Brown
John
Mrs. Brown
Everybody's Magazine
Castoria Adored by Mothers Across Generations
An old illustrated Sunday Magazine snippet urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Georgy Plla, noting the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. The excerpt includes a humorous child line and a mother's retort about washing a face.
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Georgy Plla
Foot Ease and Jokes in Penny Orange Ad Bits
An assortment of vintage ad snippets touts remedies like Allen’s Foot Ears and Hamline Wizard Oil, plus humorous quips about children, marriage, and household woes. It highlights forerunner drugstore marketing with quirky lines and product claims amid brief cultural jabs.
Nothing In the Name Senator Carroll Page of Vermont
A humorous anecdote from Senator Carroll Page of Vermont describes his time as governor when many senate pages gathered around him and a rural friend asked about the group. The piece also notes a global consumption figure of 2,000,000 tons for butter and cheese.
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Senator Carroll
Page
Vermont
Senate
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised in Testimony
A Lindley Indiana resident credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with removing a four year cyst tumor after three doctors advised surgery. The advertisement touts the remedy as a standard female health treatment and invites women to write for confidential, free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lindley
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE
Pinkham
May Fry
Lydia
Lydia E. Pi
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Cutiura
Northwest
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Chris Choening
Greenwood Fa
Missoula
Seattle
Jimbo
Hart
California
Southern Pacific
Colinga
St. Louis Mining Company
Montana Mining Company
Marysville
Idaho
Cannon Ball Company
Union
North Star
Liab
Moscow
Red Warrior
Mount Ilen
Salisbury
Tonopah
Roosevelt
Mibog
Caswell & Curran
BNO
Ellendale
Salsbury Wash
Sarely
I Ie
Florence
Mies
Mean
Mose Lamblack
Allen
Mia
W. J. Walker
Camden
N. J
Willie
Hamline Wizard Oil
Perey Davis
Winslow
The
Old Guard
Dodds
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Jhat
Carters
UTES
Campbell
BF Parlin & Orendorff Co
Portland
Ore
Canton
Ill
Wash
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