Health Brings Happiness for Covington Woman
Mrs C R Shelton of Pleasant Street Covington Tennessee says kidney disease rheumatic pains and headaches overwhelmed her until Dean's Kidney Pills restored her health. She reports rapid improvement after starting the remedy and recommends it. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. R. Shelton
Pleasant Street
Covington
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
National Game notes on players and teams across leagues
The roundup praises Ferris at third for the St Louis Americans and highlights E H Harriman's baseball interest in the New York Americans. It cites Joe Cantillon's pitching decisions, Charley Nichols in Pueblo, Jake Atz as a pinch hitter, Flick and Turner returning to practice with Cleveland, Raymond and catcher Ludwig in St Louis, Slagle's uneven season with timely hits, Rickert praising Ferris, Abbaticchio’s power, and Pittsburgh Pirates as strong except at first base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sox
Flick
Turner
Cleveland
Raymond
St. Louis Nationals
Ludwig
Jimmy Slagle
Chicago
Phillies
Lloyd Rickert
Ferris
Abbaticchio
Pittsburgs
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Gotham
Barney Dreyfus
National League
Four Tons of Snakes Shipped From Texas Farm
A shipment of four tons of live rattlesnakes was sent by F B Armstrong from his snake farm near Brownsville Texas. The reptiles are consigned to museums and circus performers across the North and East. All snakes were rendered harmless by removing fangs and extracting venom before dispatch.
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F. B. Armstrong
Brownsville
Texas
Wife Wins Over Coffee With Postum Switch
A cautious Illinois man finally concedes after his wife credits a Postum trial with restoring health and energy. She notes coffee caused sleep disturbance and heart palpitations, while Postum produced a rich flavor when prepared correctly and helped the family quit coffee. The note promotes Postum Co. and urges reading The Road to Wellville for context.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Garb of the English and French Fashion Wisdom
The piece contrasts London and Paris dress, noting French women buy well cut coats and skirts while English buyers seek perfect fit. It cites a tailor lauding French intuition in fashion and urges Englishwomen to adopt sloping shoulder seams. The text also mentions astral colors by birth month and zodiac signs appearing in jewelry and toilet items.
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London
New York Press
Austen
Running to Complexions and Reformers Clash
A dated critique notes reformers pushing women into sports while others warn gains may harm beauty. The piece rails at shifts from sewing and piano to golf, swimming, ropes, and parallel bars, arguing reform cycles ignore women's well being and appearance.
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Forsooth
Mohammedan Women Demand Rights in Russia Duma
Mohammedan women of Orenburg Province petition the Russian Duma to free them from husbands control and secure education and religious rights. The memorial asserts Islam permits learning travel and business, citing female writers in Arabia and other lands and urging deputies to legislate against despotic husbands.
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Orenburg
Duma
Arabia
Eggs in Peppers with Olive Egg Filling
A recipe instructs to chop six to eight olives and six hard boiled eggs, then mix with a sauce made from rich milk thickened with two eggs. Pour over the eggs and olives, simmer briefly, prepare green peppers as hot-serving cups, fill with the mixture, and serve on small plates.
Last Estate Worse Than First Warns New York Tribune
The New York Tribune notes that lines broadening hands enlarging feet spoiling gait and voices are a sign of deterioration in the community’s condition, contrasting past times with present. The report frames these changes as an overall decline in social well being.
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New York Tribune
Unmarried English Women Fight Title Rules
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes unmarried English women protest the blanket use of Miss for all single women and Mrs for married ones. They argue the system understates status as women age and suggest shifting to Mrs after forty, though doubts remain about practicality. The piece frames the debate with cheeky observations on aging and social labels.
Astral colors shape spring fashion tone in London
A London fashion figure argues that next spring's wardrobe should center on astral colors not skin tone. She urges women to dress in astral hues for happiness health and style, with hats gowns and even bed coverings adopting the spectrum.
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London
Mothers of the People Petition Urges Social Change
The speakers state that husbands must oppose oppression and torture, and that mothers bear responsibility for education and progress. They warn that if their status remains unchanged, men will become slaves and the Mohamadan world will perish, noting no action has yet been taken on the petition.
Wireless Messages to a Balloon Experiment
On May 13, officers of the Signal Corps led by Lieut. Frank P. Lahm piloted a Washington balloon that ascended at 1 p.m. and landed at Patuxent near Baltimore by 4 10 p.m. Messages were relayed from Annapolis wireless station to the balloon which carried a special antenna and a wire net. Major Russell predicts balloons will soon carry wireless gear to both receive and send messages, expanding wartime use.
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Signal Corps
Lieut
Frank. P. Lahm
Army
Washington
Patuxent
Baltimore
Annapolis
Russell
Mischief in Comic Pictures
A boy inspired by a comic strip repeats mischief at home including shampooing his sister’s hair and anointing the family poodle with ink glue and tonic causing mess and instruction for his parents. The note warns that such cartoons tempt children to imitate petty mischief and that artists often lack sympathy for children.
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New York Times
Church Society Aided 13 476 Children Over 26 Years
The Church of England Walls and Strays' Society reports aiding 13 476 children in twenty six years of operation.
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The
Church of England Walls and Strays’ Society
Ben
Quiet civic woman remembered in oblique tribute
A fragmented obituary celebrates a woman described as active in ten clubs and a school board member of courage and zeal. It recalls her varied hobbies, reading Tolstoi and Ibsen, and her husband’s naval service. The piece notes her sudden death on a Saturday.
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Tolstoi
Ibsen
Delsarte
There with the goods Kitty Bobby Radium London Opin
A fragmentary London Opinion quip features Kitty and Bobby debating brilliance and dullness as they joke about radium becoming a punchline or prop. The line hints at satirical city newspaper tone and comic banter of the era.
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Kitty
Bobby
London
Irresistible Conclusion
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes the stock ticker inventor died wealthy and muses on whether he benefited from his invention. The remark implies the device’s financial windfall did not come from active gambling or playing the market.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
WANTED A MAN
Frustrated Bits asks readers what kind of husband they seek offering ironic wishes for a bachelor or widow. The light column blends humor with dating queries and social commentary.
Life quotations spark grim parlor gunpowder gag
A fragment from Life magazine quotes Bessie asking about powder on fate and Bobby replying that the parlor explosions last night must be gunpowder, signaling a dark, cryptic exchange. The line hints at a violent or fatal event framed in a wry, concealing tone.
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Bessie
Bobby
Plodding Pete States Fear Hurts as Much as Work
A Washington Star quip contrasts work and fear. The industrious man argues work harms none while Plodding Pete warns that fear can be nearly as damaging, implying caution about overanxious effort.
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Pete
Washington Star
Quote about shoes triggers playful clash
A brief, playful quote shows Rose and Meggendorfer Blaetter wittily debating footwear. The exchange hints at comfort versus pride, capturing a lighthearted moment with period voice.
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Meggendorfer
Daffodil Exchange Sparks Playful Puck Dialogue
In a whimsical exchange, Puck quips about being “Burbanked” while The Rose scolds with mock concern over her petals and fever, capturing a comic, poetic mood.
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Puck
Woman Suffrage Advocate Challenges Speaker Cannon
A reform debate features a woman suffrage advocate claiming women have long been the world’s prime factor, countered by Uncle Joe who minimizes women’s early role. A judge comments on the exchange.
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Speaker Cannon
Uncle Joe
Mixing the Metaphors in Roseleaf Dialogue
In Roseleaf, two speakers discuss Fred's prospects. One asserts Fred is bright and capable and will succeed, while the other notes he is a worthy young man but questions whether he will be dead enough to fill his father's shoes.
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Fred
Roseleaf
Conversation Between Lovers Exposes Family Tleece
A terse exchange reveals a father’s praise for a suitor as a bluff to tease the mother. The woman confirms the father’s admiration is insincere, meant to torment the mother and test the relationship.
Quack Doctor Quip Sparks Child and Father
A humorous exchange from Chicago News where a pompous M. D. prides himself on praise. Little Elmer reveals his mother called him a duck by interpreting a remark about the physician as a quack, prompting a playful confrontation.
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Elmer
M. D
Chicago News
Bustle at Ball Sparks Odd Business Move
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes Jones at a social event where a young woman’s partner is engaged for a dance. He responds by offering to buy out the partner, highlighting a humorous, businesslike moment during a lively ball.
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Jones
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Frank Stroebe Praises Peruna Tonic
Mrs. Frank Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin writes that after months of illness and nerve exhaustion Peruna restored strength and improved sleep and appetite. She states Peruna is without a rival as a tonic and strength builder.
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Frank Stroebe
Appleton, Wis
Oldest Jury Described By Ancient Poet
The piece notes an ancient Greek view of the jury as a primitive court. Elders in the community speak in succession while the commons applaud, and the majority applause guides the verdict of guilty or not guilty, illustrating an early form of jury decision making.
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Commons
Volapuk Language Origins Explained
The article notes Volapuk as a universal language created in 1879 by Swabian priest Johann Martin Schleyer. It derives from vol meaning world and puk meaning speech, forming a concise linguistic nickname.
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Johann Martin Schleyer
Vol
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort in Tight Shoes
Advert shows Allen S. Olmsted marketing powder to ease swollen hot feet corns bunions and ingrown nails. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with trial mail offer. Also mentions Canada pulp and paper mills and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
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