Interruption at Helen's House Party Sparks Romance
In a Chicago Daily News excerpt a pretty girl in a pink gown flirts with Mr Hardtack and Mr Onthespot at a house party. Tension rises as Hardtack exits, leaving Onthespot to urge a decisive answer from Miss Jones about a proposed match.
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Mr. Hardtack
Orate Mehron
Helen
Onthespot
Hardtack
Miss Jones
Mr. Hardiack
Pye
Bob
Jessie
Mr. Onthespot
Chicago Daily News
Province Lands Reclaimed With Grass and Shrubs on Cape Cod
Massachusetts nears completing a program to stabilize 500 acres of Province Lands on Cape Cod by planting grass, shrubs and trees. Since 1893 about 350 acres have been covered with heath and the state expects to finish the remaining 170 acres in three years with annual appropriations. Revenue from cranberry bags last year approached $150 on a $3,333 investment, while winds and storms have long threatened the fragile dunes and Peaked Hills of Truro.
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Provincetown
Mass
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Bay
Crown of England
Cape
Truro
Sahara
Brittany
Cape Hatteras
Virginia
Atlantic
One Egg a Day Is Boy's Diet in Philadelphia
Howard Elliott eight years old of North Uber Street has survived on one egg daily due to weak digestion. Doctors puzzled by his unusual diet observe his brain power remains high and he hustles with peers at school. The birthday celebration drew many playmates to his home, despite his frail muscles and limited physical stamina.
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Philadelphia
Howard
S. W. Elliott
North Uber Street
Howard Elliott
Million-Point Cribbage Duel Prolongs Across Seven Years
Des Moines Indiana hosts Col. John C. Lopez and Milo Ward in a cribbage duel that has stretched more than seven years. With a score of 460234 to 455234, the pair meet weekly, averaging 2150 points per night, and expect to complete the 1,000,000 point contest around 1915. They are over 60, keep politics and business talk away, and treat the match as a relic-filled saga with worn boards and discarded card packs.
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Des Moines
John C. Lopez
Milo Ward
Loper
Polk County
The
Commercial Exchange
Lopez
Ward
Society Woman Seeks Wu Ting Fang Message For Cook
A young San Francisco society woman visits Wu Ting Fang at the Fairmount hotel and pressingly asks the Chinese minister to write a tile message on a golden filigreed pencil card for her cook. Wu hesitates as onlookers interrupt and ease the moment.
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San Francisco
Wu Ting Fang
Fairmount Hotel
Matum
Mr. Wu
Ten Years of Backache Sufferer Endorses Kidney Pills
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports ten years of backache and exhaustion from housework. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and a permanent cure after trying other remedies. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Thomas Dunn
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Notable Dates and Persian Shah Anecdotes
Extracts note a Minnesota family remedy for infant eczema with visible recovery after Cutiura Remedies, dated Apr 15 and May 20 1907. A consul in Chicago recounts views on the shah’s charisma, and Lady Drummond Wolfe’s visit to the shah’s harem ends with a crude remark about an English bride-to-be.
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If. F. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Persia
Chicago
Miss Blank
Rheumatism of the loins and new woman tale
The piece discusses lumbago as severe back pain worsened by cold and damp conditions, offering skin reddening and St Jacobs Oil for relief. It also notes Elinor Glyn’s view of the “new woman” at a New York dinner, quoting a witty exchange about a happily married sister. The Irrigation Department in Chicago reports many applications for public lands. Various aphorisms and advertorial lines follow, including references to Brown's Bronchial Traches and a note on restraint in yielding to others.
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ST. Jacobs
Elinor Glyn
New York
State St. Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Blowpipe Test Proves Pure White Lead Paint
A guide explains a blowpipe test to distinguish pure White Lead from adulterated paint before purchase. Genuine White Lead dissolves to metallic lead under intense heat. adulterated mixes resist the change. The National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe kit and booklet, via mail from New York City. Artful Scheme. Mrs. Knicker-That little Jones boy has such beautiful table manners. Mrs. Becker-Yes, his mother always feeds him at home before he is invited out.
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National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
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Guaratt
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San Diego
California
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Portland
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Sa. Pac
Oregon
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Union Pacific
W. G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
White Lily Mfg
Rockingham Road
Davenfort
Iowa
Wills& Co
Century
Ab, D. O
W.l.douglas
Mindalihe
Wik
Douglas
Brockton
Pacific National Bank of
Washington
Python Copper Company
Bank
Sda Ure
Tlon
Python Copper Company Provident Building
Wash
Ostriches Fista
Duane
United
Ompany
Sanne
Putnam
Joe
Childeln
Ole Be Samuel
TH Centaur Company
Bears
Sloan
Quincy
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
U.S.A
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