Clergyman Endorses Dialysis? Foster-Milburn Kidney Pills
A Whitesboro Texas Baptist minister Rev G M Gray recounts four years of lumbago and pain until Dean's Kidney Pills relieved him. He notes his reluctance to publicize his name but shares the testimonial to help other kidney trouble sufferers. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Western couple names son Jennings Jennings Johnson
A Polk City Iowa couple, Mrs and Mr 8 A Johnson, could not agree on Bryan or Taft for their four year old son. They finally named him Jennings Howard Johnson, reflecting their split political views.
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Bryan
Taft
A. Johnson
Polk City
Iowa
Jennings Howard Johnson
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall’s Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
All Ts
Multiple Baseball Club Trades and Signings Report
The news item lists various player moves across teams including Akron outfielder Goode joining Cleveland, George Winter losing a full game for the Tigers, James Wacker sold to Cincinnati, Joe Wood joining the Boston Americans, Staub signing with Utica Club, Sam Frock purchased by Pittsburg, Henry Merrill signed by New Bedford, Steiger bought by New York National, Freu Gaiser signed by St Louis, Roland Zeider acquired by Chicago American, Donahue recalled to Boston, McGilvray recalled to Montgomery, and Kansas City boys forming a union.
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Goode
Akron
Cleveland
George Winter
Tigers
Cincinnati
James Wacker
Evansville
Ind
Joe Wood
Kansas City
Boston Americans
Clevelands
Utica
Staub
Pittsburg
Sam Frock
Baltimore
New Bedford
Henry Merrill
Cumberland
New York National
Steiger
Springfield
St. Louis
Freu Gaiser
Atlantic City
Chicago American
Roland Zeider
San Francisco
Chicago National Club
John Donahue
Montreal
Boston
Mother and Child Nourished by Grape-Nuts
A Virginia mother reports improved health after using Grape-Nuts to nourish herself and her four month old baby. She says she recovered strength, could nurse, and perform daily work, noting the product’s brain and nervous system benefits from its whole wheat and barley base.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Wish to Fly Like a Bluebird in Apple-Tree Dream
A poem excerpt describes a child longing to fly like a bluebird. The speaker imagines climbing an apple tree and strapping arms to soar, set in a nostalgic mood with references to sky, earth, and pink snow.
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Fannie
Davis
Good Housekeeping
Swallow Tale Attributed To Francis Thompson
Rays of Sunshine recalls a magazine editor's tale about the English poet Francis Thompson. He reportedly told of a swallow he caught in autumn that bore inscribed oiled paper messages on its wing and foot, ending with a spring return and a second note to a friend in the North.
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Francis Thompson
Generous Lesson Sparks Clever Apple Trick
A mother tests generosity with a bright red apple. Johnnie refuses the word but asks what it means. She asks him to share, giving sister the larger half. He then offers the apple back to mother to tell sister to be generous.
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Johnnie
Bread Dough Wipers In Elgin Watch Factory Use Bread
The Elgin National Watch Company in Elgin Illinois uses bread dough as a practical solvent to remove oil and chips from tiny watch parts. Superintendent George B Hunter notes the practice requires about forty two pound loaves daily and roughly 24000 pounds per year.
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American Food Journal
Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin
Illinois
George B. Hunter
Watch Factory
Famous Numbers Game Sparks Quick References
The article describes a party game using slips numbered 1 to 20. A leader draws a number and players name references tied to that number, such as 8 with Horatius and the Three, and 4 with the Four Georges and the Four Seasons.
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Horatius
Gotham
The Slip Game Ends As Counter Count Wins
The article describes a party game where slips are drawn and counted until they run out. Twenty-one marks adulthood, twenty-three is skidoo, sixteen is sweet sixteen, and nine refers to the Muses. The winner is the player with the most counters, as reported by New York Press.
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New York Press
Claudia Learns About Danger Signs At The School
Claudia's first day at school becomes a curious lesson about danger. A road roller and torn-up street reveal the meaning of warning signs to a small girl and her mother. The experience ends with Claudia going to school alone, reassured and wiser.
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Claudia
Mamma
Emma C. Dowd
Benny and the peach tree from the Bee Hive story
Benny plants a peach tree given by his father and tends it with care. The tree bloomed pink, bore fruit, and the family enjoyed peaches while Benny learns to balance quantity and quality with his father's guidance. The buyer later remarks the peaches plus patience earned extra price.
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Mr. Wilson
Benny
Papa
Mattie Baker
Boil Your Clock Cleaned and Oiled Method
Instruction from New York World detailing clock maintenance. Detach parts, boil in strong soap suds twenty minutes, rinse in clear water five minutes, dry five, then oil bearings with watch oil using a splint. Reassemble. clock should run well.
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New York World
Homemade Soap from Yellow Bar Scraps and Lye
A cheap hard soap recipe uses four large bars of yellow soap shaved thin, dissolved in two gallons of rain water with borax and sal soda, then ammonia added before setting. Pour into a pan, let cool, cut into bars, and dry. Cost about 3 cents per pound and ready in under 30 minutes.
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Boston Post
Care of Children Healthy diet for kids urged by Family Doctor
The Family Doctor advises that healthy children prefer vegetables and fruit and need no meat. Eggs are fine when boiled or poached. avoid frying. Teach early to discard skins seeds and pits as indigestible and potentially dangerous.
Old Time Oven Delights From Rich Kitchen Notes
Recipes include Iced Rice Pudding and Plum Dutch Pudding with details on rice, milk, eggs, nutmeg, and chilling. Dried Apple Cake uses dried apples, molasses, raisins, flour, and spices for two loaves. Baked Eggplant features stuffed shells with bread crumbs nuts and butter. Cinnamon Buns describe dough with flour baking powder butter sugar and cinnamon with currants or raisins.
House Work Keeps Women From Silent, Daily Suffering
In a plea about home labor, the piece argues women in daily duties overextend themselves to keep homes neat and children dressed, suffering pains and aches in silence and needing help to ease the burden. It emphasizes faithful women facing a burden many neglect to share.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Two Women
Two women from New York and Beaver Falls report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They say the remedy enabled them to return to full work, urging other sick women to try it.
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F. Ellsworth
Mae
N. Y
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Promote Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A historic advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ills. It claims to cure displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down sensation flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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