Diverse quotes mash up in a breezy social snapshot
A Staten Island socialist’s double life prompts calls for a Carnegie medal while Boston bashfully weighs New York cooking, and a Brooklyn machinist mocks San Francisco flights. Witty asides cover trial marriages, suffragettes, a Morgan led revival, prune crops, hats shrinking, doctors’ quips, and Lusitania crossings.
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Brooklyn
San Francisco
Suydam
Samuel G. Blythe
Saydam
Sam
What ails Black River water in city supplies
A report explains amber water color from heavy rain and river freshet after August storms. Flushing taps briefly reduces odor, while city reservoir operations and dual filtering basins keep water clean before entering homes. Fault is judged to lie in the spigots.
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Singery
Black River
Fter
Ordesi
Best for the Hands Sr L Chapman Praises Dr Bell Salve
Massac Kentucky resident L Chapman reports using Dr Bell Antiseptic Salve on sore hands and finds it the best he ever tried, claiming complete cure.
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Sr. L. Chapman
Massac, Ky
Blooded Person Prevented From Applying AntiPain
Fragmentary note reports a person unable to apply Dr Bell's AntiPain to cuts and scratches without soreness. It mentions Bell's product and a need to obtain the medicine for relief.
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Dr. Bell
Bell
Eye remedy claim from merchant in Warren North Carolina
Fragmentary ad copy from J W Hyatt a merchant in War ren North Carolina urging readers to send an enclosed order for Souther land s Eagle Hye Salve claimed as the best eye remedy in the world The text shows garbled quotes and partial phrases but identifies the merchant and product.
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J. W. Hyatt
Warren, N.C
Southerland
Seaboard Progress Reported Toward Georgetown Charleston Link
Reports from Charleston Post indicate Seaboard Air Line is rapidly advancing in Pee Dee road work toward Georgetown with plans to extend to Charleston. Feeder lines near Florence and Hartsville shape likely routes via Timmonville, Sumter, Lydia, and Allison, signaling broader network growth and regional impact.
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Seaboard Air Line
Pee Dee
Georgetown
Charleston
Florence Times
Seaboard
Seaboard Road
Timmonsville
Sumter
Hartsville
Lydia
Florence
Dargan
Allison
Charleston Post
Bell Pine Tar Honey Remedy Endorsed by McDaniel in Etherton Ill
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is praised by J W McDaniel of Etherton Illinois as unmatched for coughs colds grippe asthma and bronchitis Look for the Bell on the bottle to identify the remedy
Perseverance urged to boost subscriptions in contest
The note encourages readers to overcome doubt and persevere to grow subscriptions for a local contest. It highlights contest leaders Miss D. D. Porter, Miss Mary Fletcher, and Miss Lucy Kennedy, and urges public support for young ladies aiming to win a Stuyvesant piano. Readers are asked to watch the contest column for announcements and to involve friends in the effort.
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D. D. Porter
Mary Fletcher
Lucy Kennedy
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Spigets
Mamie Hemingway
Mattie Wilson
Louise Matthews
Rosalie McDonald
Ruth Isokreit
Andrews
Annie Blakely
Versa Vick
Laurel
Bella Ballenberger
Sarah Ballenberger
Lucy Robbins
Sadie Price
Lilla B
Hughes
Rhea Wilford
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