Enders Found Relief After Six Years of Kidney Pain
John A. Enders of Robertson Avenue Pen Argyl Pennsylvania suffered six years of back pain headaches and dizziness. A New York specialist said his kidneys were fine yet his urine showed brick dust sediment. After using Deans Kidney Pills his kidneys began to act regularly and he passed gravel, feeling better with no kidney trouble since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Solemnity and stupidity not wisdom.
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John A. Enders
Robertson Avenue
Pen Argyl
Mr. Enders
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure Claim
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Crerey & Co Toledo remedies. It cites J. Cheney’s long honest record and lists Waipino, Kinnas & Manyix druggists as authorities. Also mentions Halian's Starri Cure and Hamlin's Wizard Oil for rheumatism and pain.
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CrexEy & C0
Toledo
J. Cheney
Waipino, Kinnas & Manyix
O. Hial
Hudson River
Benjamin F. Butler
New Postage Doubles Mail From Germany Steamer
The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm carried 1075 sacks of mail, the first steamer to depart Germany after post rate cuts. Post office authorities in New York City report the new rate from twenty pfennigs to eight pfennigs increased shipments, effectively doubling the mail brought.
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New York City
Germany
United States
Kill Big Swan at Sea With Hunting Party
Christopher Smith and Colonel John A. Manz, longtime Atlantic City residents, killed a Big swan on a sea fishing trip. The decoyed bird, first of its kind there in twenty years, will be mounted for the Philadelphia Museum of Natural History. A Brazilian beetle with a ruby headlamp and green side lamps, nicknamed the railway beetle, arrived at London’s South Kensington museum.
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Christopher Smith
John A. Manz
Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia Museum of Natural Histy
Brazil
South Kensington Museum
London
SICK DOCTOR Recommends Grape-Nuts For Nourishment
A physician recounts illness where four teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream three times daily restored strength after a severe grip attack. He praises the food as nourishing and suggests wider physician use could save lives, noting the product's claim of health benefits and a promotional book.
A Clamshman Song of the Shore and Hunt
Burgess Johnson shares a humorous verse from Harper's Magazine about clam digging and clams in a coastal setting. The poem blends hunting imagery with seaside supper scenes, ending with the joys of boiling and dipping clams in butter. It mixes playful dialect and literary whimsy.
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P. S
Burgess Johnson
Harper's Magazine
A Little Boy's Summer Journey to Grandma's
A mother and her sick little boy travel by carriage and train to Grandma's hill country home for fresh air. Doctor John prescribes outdoor play, good food, and sunshine. The boy enjoys the countryside sights as they begin a prolonged summer visit with family and farm life.
Grandmother’s house visit and countryside adventures
A boy and his Mama travel by Choo Choo to Grandma’s green hill home. Jimmy with ponies welcomes them, they pick strawberries, feed animals, splash in a brook, and enjoy days at Grandma’s while Mama notes the trip saved money on doctor bills.
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Mama
Grandma
Jimmy
Doctor John
Grandma’s
White Coffee as a Yiddish Waiter's Shortcut
A New York Sun excerpt notes a Yiddish waiter at a neighborhood restaurant navigating a two-person dining party. Misunderstandings arise over coffee sizing as “white coffee” is clarified with gestures and English, illustrating cross language quick thinking in service.
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New York Sun
Little Harriet Breaks Toy Box in Self Excuse
A Chicago News snippet recounts a child’s mishap with a toy box. Harriet admits sitting on the box caused the break and argues she did not mean to cause damage, prompting her mother to weigh the fault and mercy.
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Harriet
Chicago News
Cigarette Import Duty Increase Cuts German Imports
A brief note reports that Germany reduced cigarette imports briefly due to a duty rise from 270 marks to 70 marks, tightening accessibility and impacting trade flows. The measure appears limited in duration, with import levels rebounding or stabilizing afterward.
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Germany
A Novel Kettle Cover for Faster Cooking
Household advice from Epitomist describes inserting a two quart basin over a kettle to trap steam and shorten cooking time while improving meat. It suggests using a small knob in the center as a cover, replacing the old style lid for tighter steam seals. Also includes a dishwashing hack with a perforated dish pan, bricks, hot water, and a sprayer to improve cleanliness with hard water.
Fingers Of Old Gloves As Household Helper
A New Haven Register tip suggests saving fingers from kid gloves for multiple tasks. Clean men’s gloves with gasoline for storage as finger cuts, use glove fingers on brass rod ends to ease curtain hem tearing, and wear on thumb and first finger while trimming fruits and vegetables to reduce grime. For sewing marks on the left thumb, apply cold cream or Vaseline at night and wear a glove finger to speed healing by morning.
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New Haven Register
Wall and Floor Design for Small Rooms
The Philadelphia Record advises light wall color to visually enlarge small rooms and warn against striped papers that create boxy spaces. It prompts plain dark floor coverings to enhance perceived space, notes dust on felt carpets, and praises versatile rug options from Persians to Japanese mats.
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Philadelphia Record
Early 20th Century Pantry Recipes from NRE
A collection of simple kitchen instructions for desserts and roasts. Recipes include NRE No Egg Cake with sugar milk and cream of tartar, Jee Cream Cake with egg whites and lemon flavoring, Tralian Roast combining beef pork and veal with parsley, and Cauliflower Salad served with cream or mayonnaise dressing and beet garnish.
Hair regrowth after Cuticura treatment claim
Personal testimonial from W F Steese of Pittsburgh Penn about severe scalp scaling and hair loss cured after two Cuticura Soap bars and Cuticura Ointment. Claims hair grew back thick and scalp cleared after long struggle since typhoid illness. Dated May 7 and 21, 1908.
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Cuticura
W. F. Steese
Broad St
Pittsburg
Penn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Ropa. of
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Mass
Roads to gridiron Alberta rail bonds
Government of Alberta guaranteed railway bonds from Edmonton to Fort McMurray on the Mackenzie River at 20000 dollars per mile. It also backed 850 miles of Canadian Northern and 500 miles of Canadian Pacific branch lines in Alberta at 14000 dollars per mile. Total rail aid from one legislative session reached 27500000 dollars.
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Alberta
Canada
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Mackenzie River
Kansas City
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Pacific
Legisature
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