Mr Dooley on Funerals and Childhood Memories
A playful reminiscence by F P Dunne from American Magazine about funerals in a city boy’s life. The piece recalls rides in a hack, festive atmosphere, curious neighbors, and the social stir around a death, with children envying those who lose a parent.
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Parit
Mvrybody
F. P. Dunne
American Magazine
Bad Itching Humor Relief After Cuticura Solution
A Concord resident recounts severe itching and swelling on limbs two months ago. After trying multiple remedies with no relief, a small application of Cuticura stopped the itching, reduced swelling, and allowed him to wear shoes again within two days.
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George DB
Farley
South State St
Concord
N. H
Heavy Lady-Algy Quiets Catarrh With Constitutional Remedy
A patient writes of long delays and failed local treatments for catarrh and declares the condition constitutional. The letter promotes a patent remedy from F. J. Chamberney Co of Toledo and claims genuine cures with testimonials and a money-back promise.
Amen at the table does Bobby end church visit
A country visit with an orthodox deacon ends in a young boy's comic hunger. During a long grace Bobby, seated at his uncle Horace's right hand, pounds the table and shouts Amen to end the meal.
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Bobby
Grace
Uncle Horace
Examination of CASTORIA bottle warnings and family dispute
A fragment recalls a mother urging careful use of CASTORIA for infants, while Mr. Popley and Mrs. Popley-Little George argue over imprudence. The conversation suggests the bottle as a remedy and a child’s milk replacement claim, with tones of concern and blame.
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Mra. Popley
Little George
Mr. Popley
Crossly
Thebes' Gates and Armies in Ancient Legend
A fragment mentions the Ancient City of Thebes boasting a hundred gates and vast troop movements. It references ten thousand foot soldiers and two thousand chariots at each gate, totaling around one million men and two thousand chariots.
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Thebes
Eggs as live stock raise tariff dispute in Sioux City
G F Statter imported two dozen Mack Orpington eggs arguing they are live stock for breeding. Customs charged 25 dollars. Treasury denied free entry claiming breeding stock rules do not apply. Statter seeks tariff revision and to reopen the case.
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Washington
G. F. Statter
Sioux City
Department of the Treasury
Mr. Statter
England
Mack Orpington
Statter
Shaw
Prays For Million Dollar Faith Moves Family To Chicago
Mrs Francina De Moss of St Louis sold furniture for 91 dollars to pay rent for her small mission on Paving Avenue and Olive Street and plans to move to Chicago for mission work. The family will ship a piano and bedroom set to Des Moines Iowa while awaiting divine aid for their journey. She claims to pray for one million dollars, believing it will come.
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St. Louis
Francina de Moss
St. Paure
Paving Avenue
Olive Street
Chicago
de Moss
Des Moines
Claims to Know Gex Secret
New York widow Mrs. Celhoun claims a universal method to determine a baby’s sex, and to breed male or female offspring in animals and plants at will. She says she has demonstrated the technique after 40 years of study and will publish a book soon.
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New York
Celhoun
Mia. Calhound
Handcars the Fast Mail
Dublin Texas postmaster Nicholas D Birth faced fog flood and rail closures that cut all railroad service. He rode handcars and foot routes to deliver letters for days, guiding mail clerks on foot and by handcar to keep Dublin and nearby towns supplied.
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Dublin
Tex
Texas
Nicholas DD
Texas Central
Wes
Smith
Measles Outbreak Tied to Buttercups Theory Mocked
Local doctors in Darby Io dismiss Dr W W Chalfante’s claim that menses are caused by picking buttercups. An outbreak has closed Ridge Avenue School for three days. most affected children are six to eight years old and belong to one class, with no buttercup picking among them.
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Darby
Ridge
W. W. Chalfante
Philadelphia
Calf Raising Tips With Skim Milk and Fat Considerations
Farm and Home correspondent argues farmers can milk cows and sell cream while raising calves. Using a hand separator aids calf growth by feeding warm skim milk, which lacks fat yet supplies essential nutrients. modest fat supplementation can optimize calf warmth and development.
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Farm and Home
Healthfulness of Milk and its Dirt Risks
The piece argues that cleanliness in milk is crucial for health, noting past reliance on cream content. It warns that dirty milk can cause disease and epidemics, including typhoid and scarlet fever, and highlights the value of testing milk for healthful quality and freedom from ferments.
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Farmers’ Review
Shapely Horns A Device for Training Cattle Horns
A Creeders' Gazette reader shares a method to train cattle horns using a two by four plank with holes near horn bases and loops for neck cords. Heavy cords pass around each horn and through the plank. avoid wire as it can injure the horn.
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Creeders’ Gazette
Salting Butter by Churn Process Standards
Instructions describe removing water from churned butter and applying salt at one ounce per pound. Weigh and work to distribute salt evenly, allowing additional brine to drain during mixing so successive churns yield similarly salted butter.
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Kanes
Woman Credits Kidney Pills For Cure In Kentucky Case
Mrs Della Moanes of Maysville Kentucky describes seven years of kidney pain along with a bearing down sensation in the hips dull headaches and dizzy spells that led to dropsy and swollen feet and ankles. She says one box of Deans Kidney Pills helped and she continued use until fully cured. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Della Moanes
Front St. Maysville
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Prehistoric idea of music explored in a playful Q&A
A child asks who first imagined music and an aunt playfully answers that such notions are prehistoric, with the child tagging the aunt’s memory as impressive. The line blends whimsy and a touch of clever wordplay.
Immoderate saving and satire from Zueblin remarks
The piece cites Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago warning against saving too zealously while noting humorous quips about misfiring finances and office ads. It includes a joke about a seminary avenue applicant offering $500 premium to work Sundays and wear trousers to support wives.
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Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
League of Political Education
New York
Zueblin
Seminary Avenue
Germany Exports 29 Million Feathers to England Annually
Germany ships about 29 million feathers yearly to England for millinery use. Trade data show feathers sent to supply English hat makers, reflecting sustained cross channel commerce in fashion materials.
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Germany
England
In the Same Boat at Sumption Lunatic Asylum
An attendant guides a visitor through a ward. A man sits blankly on a stool, ruined by lost love and despair. They move to a padded cell where another inmate rages, and the attendant explains this is the other madman.
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Toside
Tatler
First Taste Avoids Coffee Seeps Caffeine Harm
A vintage letter promotes Postum as a coffee alternative. The writer recalls nervous headaches and sleepless nights from coffee and credits Postum with improved sleep and calm. Battle Creek based Postum Co. advertises readers sending in testimonials and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Expansive Receptacle and a Witty Toothache Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a boy lamenting a severe toothache while joking he carries his baseball in his mouth due to lacking pockets in his suit. The exchange captures character voice and playful street slang.
Food as Church Tithes in Medieval Times
Fernaldo notes in his Calendar that during medieval periods communities paid more in food than money as church tithes. The enclosure highlights a barter system where grains livestock and other edible produce fulfilled religious duties.
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Fernaldo
Allen's Foot-Ease Remedy Ad Reveals Antique Patent Cure
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet sold by druggists for 2 cents with substitutions allowed. It lists a North Dakota style address and quotes a motivational line about dedicating body and mind to work.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
Hoy
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