Dear young mother on Theodore and the phonograph
A letter chides a mother for shielding Theodore from Tommy Perkins Eddy Conway and Aleck Saunders while letting vulgar phonograph records into the home. It argues records imitate crude speech and suggests fathers' and others' influence shape his language and manners. The writer mocks dowdy attire and urges mothers to improve appearance to please husbands and youths.
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Theodore
Tommy Perkins
Tommy
Eddy Conway
Eddy
Aleck Saunders
Aleck
Flanders
Aloysius and
van Sutphen
Saltonstall
Phonograph
Beethoven
Schubert
Schumann
Old log distillery fire stirs talk of changing times
In a courthouse discussion, Limuel Jacklin links the destroyed distillery to a shift in sentiment since British rule. He recalls liquor’s past role in court and argues modern life demands sharper focus, noting whisky once fueled argument yet also spurred litigation and drunken excess.
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Limuel Jacklin
Iiquor
Tom Marshall
Tom
Ben Weatherby
Limuel
Uncle Ben
Satan
Limuel Read's Temperance Sermon From County Court
Opie Read compiles a courtroom tale where Limuel Jacklin defends temperance, mocks old-time views, and warns of liquor’s harms. The narrative blends humor with a parable on youth influence and societal change, ending with a plea to trade whiskey for water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Germany
Lim Jacklin
Ben
Opie Read
Brown backs numbered uniforms for baseball players
Baseball legend Mordecai Brown advocates compulsory jersey numbers for all players to help fans identify batters and fielders. He suggests programs list players by number and argues numbers would boost attendance and program sales. The piece also notes AA plans to invade Chicago and Pirates talk with Roy Thomas amid team tensions.
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Mordecai Brown
National Commission
Brown
Chance
Kling
Humpty Doodehump
Bowwowman
Boston
Humty Doodlehump
Bing
Chicago
Silk
Dovey Proposes Commission as Player Clearing House
Boston National League president George B. Dovey urges abolishing the farming evil by using the national commission as a central player clearing house. Clubs would buy and sell through the commission, with scouts reporting on players and the commission handling deals to equalize pennant race teams.
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Boston National League Club
National Commission
George B. Dovey
Boston National League
Herrmann
Commission
Supreme Court
Dovey
Boston
Gossip of the Diamond and Baseball Moves
President Ebbetts of Brooklyn offers Bill Murray of the Phillies 12000 for Outfielder Magee. Chicago and Cincinnati chatter, Detroit boasts solid out fields, and Cleveland adds catcher Thomas Doran. Cravath shines after injury, while the knuckle ball may supplant the spit ball as a game changer.
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Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Bill Murray
Phillies
Magee
Murray
McIntyre
Crawford
Cobb
Jones
Charley Dooin
Ty Cobb
Cleveland
Thomas Doran
Rochester
Clarke
Kemis
Cravath
Boston
Thoney
Jim McGuire
Coffee bag business tied to Brazil’s coffee export
Last year Brazil required more than 20 million jute bags to store the year’s coffee output. Each bag cost shipowners about 18 cents, making the bag trade nearly 4 million dollars. The report notes extra items on travel by Mrs. Pinkham and family and a Mexico City lottery dividend remark.
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Brazil
Marine Eye Remedy promotion and assorted ads
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago markets a red eye relief for weary watery eyes at 50 cents. A 48 page Phg claims value in every home and urges asking a druggist. Also mentions Lewis' Single Hinder cigars and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Ends with rural aphorism about farmers.
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Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Promoting Health and Quality Family Products
One of the essentials of happy homes is a fund of information about health and right living. The Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is presented as a proven, ethically made laxative approved by physicians and the well informed of the world. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
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James Pott & Co
Prngkine
Detroit Tigers
Hugh Jennings
American Association
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
A. A
Hanover
Windy City
Pirates
Roy Thomas
Quakers
Thomas
Mexico City
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Great Gunnison Tunnel
LN. Pepper & CO
Ee Gunnison Tunnel Co
Montrose
A. N. KA
W. H. Kiblinger Co
Auburn
Indiana
Kiblinger
P. Petes
Carters
TVER
Carters Wes
TES
California
Citizens National Bank
Los Angeles
Quitman
Yares Delta
Miss
Renaon
Atap
Lance
Walt
Calvin Tichenor
Lee Building
Memphia, Tene
Coon
Heenan
Patin TS
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C.J. Broughton
Iltl
Os Concn
Buffalo
Alo
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