Man at 81 Credits Dean's Kidney Pills for Recovery
A Salem Virginia man on Burrell Street recalls severe back pain from lifting a heavy weight leading to kidney trouble. After months of misery and multiple remedies, he says Dean's Kidney Pills restored his health, with one box only slightly helpful at first but eventual full recovery. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Queen
Burrell Street
Salem
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Tricks of the Vernacular and Advertiser Snippets
A fragmented column mocks sensational police brutality reports and a mythic syrup ad. brief notes mix humorous dialogue, a patent solicitation, and a quip about matrimony, with stray lines on a baby remedy and a bread parable.
Bronchial Troches Claim Quick Relief for Coughs
A Sanitary note warns that sore throat or cough if left unchecked may harm lungs. It then promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches as providing immediate relief, urging readers to try the remedy.
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Brown
Naming Boys in Folk Wisdom from Uncle Lafe Hume
A Columbia saying cautions against naming a boy after oneself, noting how fathers and sons accumulate nicknames across generations. It explains common monikers like Big John and Ragged John for fathers and sons, plus terms such as brother babe boss and old man or pap for elders.
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Lafe Hume
Columbia
Big John
Ragged John
Little John
Old Tom
Young Tom
Peel Head
Babe
Boss
Selling Flour on Credit to West African Women Traders
Salling Flour adapts to West Africa by selling on credit to women who act as principal traders. They resell in smaller quantities to native bakers, with staple foods including corn, sweet potatoes, yams, plantains, and bananas. Education of the trader is expanding use of essential commodities.
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West Africa
Doctor's Gift Promises Relief Through Grape Nuts Story
A Pennsylvanian recalls acute indigestion and bloat before a doctor recommended Grape Nuts. After starting the cereal the patient reports rapid improvement, clearer thinking, and renewed vitality within two months, praising the food and the Postum Company’s branding.
Poem Leads to Clemency for Lansing Inmates
Carl Arnold and William Harvey, long imprisoned for the Kingsley mayoral murder, will gain freedom in April after Gov. Hoch commutes their terms to eighteen years. Arnold’s book The Kansas Inferno and his poems influenced clemency, while Harvey, a skilled printer and cabinetmaker, is set to seek steady work upon release.
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Carl Arnold
William Harvey
Kansas State
Lansing
Arnold
Harvey
John Marsh
Kingsley
Kansas
Gov Hoch
Kinsley
Gov. Hoch
Oklahoma
Edwards
Marsh
Samuel W. Vandivert
New York
Vandivert
Topeka
Gov. Morrill
Armold
Guv. Hoch
Portia
Kansas City
Bride of the Caucasus procession described in valley scene
A fragmentary caption depicts a bridal procession with a merryman leading, carrying long skewers with bread slabs, marching along a valley as low music plays. The vivid image centers on the ceremonial crowd and the striking skewered bread motif.
The Quality of Mercy and Prison to Poetry
An excerpted meditation traces mercy from Shakespeare to a convict Arnold, notes his early life in a Kansas prison, library work, and the controversy over his book The Kansas Inferno. The piece shifts to a vivid rustic wedding scene with music, procession, attire, and village customs described in Harper's Magazine style.
Three Cures of Eczema and Remedies Claim
A letter recounts eczema relief using Cuticura Ointment after three summers of outbreaks. It cites a Indiana mother whose child was saved from severe eczema by Cuticura and a Michigan testimony from Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk in Coldwater dated August and September 1907.
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Indiana
Sarah E. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
The Ambitions of Youth in a Home Scene
A mother scolds Johnny and Willy, contrasting future possibilities. The mother says Willy may be president someday while Johnny might dig in the sewer. Willy pleads to dig in the sewer too, illustrating youthful ambition and family dynamics.
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Johnny
Willy
Tough Season Notes in a Maple Syrup Mood
An oblique Canada themed fragment mentions a careful man gaining office while workers who cut wood see their output redirected to build bonfires. The voice hints at political and labor undertones amid seasonal imagery and oats of humor.
Crescent Creamery Co Speaks From Experience
Dr J H Rindlaub specialist in eye ear nose and throat offers Fargo North Dakota services while customers seek guidance on social acceptability and attentions to his daughter in a satirical Illustrated Bits feature.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
A Modern Household The Cook and Mistress Dispute Over Finances
A domestic scene reveals tension as the cook accuses the mistress of borrowing savings and wearing the hat, while the mistress defends treating the cook as a family member and plans to leave due to insufficient funds for meals.
Important to Mathers Examine Castoria for infants and children
The note urges careful inspection of CASTORIA bottles as a safe remedy. It mentions over 30 years of use and the familiar phrase The Kind You Have Always Bought. The dialogue segment with Molly and George reveals a bank question and a confession about borrowing $500.
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Mathers
Molly
George
Salzer Seed Offer From Rural New Yorker Advertisement
The Rural New Yorker hails Salzer seeds with claims of high yields and urges readers to mail 10 cents for an original seed catalog from John A. Salter Seed Co. Wisconsin products cited include 736 bushels per acre. Offer adds 14 cents for a package of new seeds.
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New Yorker
Salzer
Arly
Wisconsin
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Too Indefinite Pittsburg Millionaire on Second Floor Suite
A fragmentary note records a Pittsburg millionaire seeking a second floor suite for himself and his wife while a clerk scans entry. The exchange questions who the wife is, reflecting uncertainty about identities in the incident.
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Pittsburg
Allen's Foot-Ease cure for sore feet advertised
Portable medical advertising notes Allen's Foot-Ease presented as a cure for hot, sweating and swollen feet, with claims of relief from aching skin. It promises 25-cent price and urges not to accept substitutes, offering a free trial pamphlet upon request. Address given: Allen S, Olmsted, Le Roy, N.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
The Winter Wheat
A witty contrast between beauty of wheat in wind and its appearance in the stock exchange as a man highlights financial volatility and the shared inevitability of rising and falling values.
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Stock Exchange
Fragmentary Health Adclaims Lacking Coherent Details
A garbled OCR snippet touts laxative and kidney benefits with phrases about herbs and health. Content is incomplete, listing unclear claims and lacking identifiable dates, organizations, or individuals.
The Only Difficulty in Courtship Dialogue
In a terse exchange two men debate love and suitability. Ted dismisses the effort as a waste, while George defends his chosen partner, claiming she is right despite the clash over who is right for her.
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Ted
Old Man
George
Bromoe Secret Advice for Happiness in Loneliness
A fragment urges that being good leads to happiness in loneliness. The note reflects a moral tip or personal counsel, with no clear author or place, leaving the core message as a concise, standalone sentiment.
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Virginia
Mrs. Winslow
Tim Gus
Ea Lorie
Edwin L. Yewell
McGill Building
Washington, D. C
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Hoch
Calvary
Shylocks
Morrill
Bride OF the
Caucasus
Gov. Hod
Penitentiary
Henry Nevinton
Harper's Magazine
the Crescent Creamery Co
St. Pa
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