One Woman's Endurance and Kidney Pills Testimony
Mrs. A B Payne of Columbus Mississippi describes years of back flank and loin pains and kidney irregularities with severe weakness and burning secretions. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with prompt relief and lasting improvement, noting she became strong and healthy. For sale by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Payne
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A Modern Genius Going to Compile His Life and Letters
A fragmented remark notes there were no letters in a plan to compile a life story and postcards. The speaker intends a documentary-style archive focusing on personal correspondence and memorabilia as a literary project.
He Had Broken Something
Mrs Wilson's Japanese servant vows to confess any broken dishes after being urged not to lie. While entertaining guests, he suddenly speaks with a contrite grin and proclaims in broken English that he has broken his pants.
Photographer Stetchen’s Rise in Photo Secession Galleries
The article notes Stetchen’s early room at 291 Fifth Avenue becoming a Photo Secession gallery space. His fortune grew after selling oil paintings and a Glazer gallery exhibition on Fifth Avenue. Subsequent shows yielded strong sales and high prices for prints, marking a shift to connoisseur appreciation of photographic works.
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Stetchen
291 Fifth Avenue
Photo-Secession
Glaenzer
Fifth Avenue
Two Topers
A Minnesota schoolteacher writes about Postum as a remedy for coffee withdrawal. She explains nervous tremors and prostration from coffee and credits Postum with steady nerves, clear brain, better sleep, and renewed health after switching. The letter promotes Postum by Pontum Co. and references The Road to Wellness.
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Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellyilie
A Worcester Romance Of Love And Deception
Olive Hastings falls for Lawrence Crane while concealing her true identity as a cousin and stenographer. Merriam, a new partner, reshapes her fate with a sudden marriage proposal after a tangled web of flirtation and mistaken familiarity across a tense, evolving relationship.
Escoffier On Dining And Pie From A French View
The renowned Georges Auguste Escoffier comments on dining as a fine art and questions whether pie suits America or France noting a pretty woman at table as the best dance. He urges discretion and taste rather than overeating and outlines a philosophy of menu selection. A joke ends with a girl asking for a sheep's head and a shopkeeper joking about brains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges August Escoffier
America
la Bella
France
Escoffler
New York Dispatch
Chemical Spring Ruins Island Vegetation
A natural soap spring in an East Indian island releases highly alkaline water. The surrounding area shows heavy bubbling, and vegetation over a considerable distance has been destroyed by the chemical-rich flow.
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Ruina
East Indian Islands
Canoeists Warn of Menacing Untrained Rowers
Unskilled canoeists are portrayed as threats to public safety in a wry regional column, highlighting concerns about boat handling and potential hazards on local waterways. The piece uses satirical tone to critique inexperience among paddlers and their impact on others.
Japan as the most taxed people in the world
The Toyo Keizai reports Japan faces the highest tax burden globally. Fiscal year expenditure is 616 million yen, about 308 million dollars, equating to 12.65 yen per person and about one fifth of an average family’s income. By contrast England 20 percent, France 12.2, Germany 7.9, America 3.2. Yuan Shi Ka pushes the Chinese throne to create a government department for missionary affairs, a move welcomed by mission workers.
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Toyo Keizai
Tokyo Keizai
Tokyo
Japan
England
France
Germany
America
Yuan Shi Ka
Invalid's Sad Plight and Cure Claim
A Stamford Connecticut woman recalls a four year battle with inflammatory rheumatism. She reports skin peeling fever hair loss bed sores and poor appetite before using Cuticura products. After treatment her complexion cleared sores improved and hair regained gloss.
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Lavina J. Henderson
Broad St
Stamford, Conn
The Funeral Came Too Late Funeral Tale
A fouryearold boy asks to attend a funeral after his friends Louise and Carberry found a dead cat. He returns with the news the funeral did not occur because the cat was too dead.
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Billy Martin
Louise
Carberry
Billy
Patents Granted Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors receive patents reported by Lothrop and Johnson. Names include A. E. Arons International Falls for rotary motor and W. E. Bean Minneapolis for gas pressure regulator. Other patentees listed are A. B. Grodnes Arthur for grader F. James Mitchell S D for shock absorber F. C. Kilgore Minneapolis for cushioning device C. J. Miller Minneapolis for package carrier F. J. Thull Minneapolis for grain drier.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
A. E. Arons
International Falls
W. E. Bean
Minneapolis
A. B. Grodnes
Arthur
N. D
F. James
Mitchell
S. D
F. C. Kilgore
C. J. Miller
Minneapolis, Minn
F. J. Thull
Fragmented Odds and Slogans From Various Ads
A collage of old ad snippets and quotations including Marine Eye Remedy claims, a tent and awning maker, Mrs Winslow's Teething Syrup, a Kodak store boast, and bite size reflections on public opinion and social ties. The text reads like a page-wide advertisement collage with scattered product pitches and idle musings.
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Broadway
Olive Hastings
Lawrence Crane
Helen
Olive
Merriam
Worcester
Crane
Helen Hastings
Bandar-Log
Marine
Ahal
American Tent & Awning Co
Mrs. Winslow
Lars Porgena
Clusium
KODAK
Zimmerman Bros
Minnesota
Hell
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