Man Recovers After Kidney Trouble With Pills
A Balem man recalls severe back pain and six weeks bedridden from kidney trouble. After trying multiple remedies, Dean's Kidney Pills finally restored health, with a single box first easing symptoms and the man now claiming full recovery at age 81. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y sells at 50 cents a box.
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Daniel
Queen
Burrell Street
Balem
Yasaya
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
Iowa Coal Miners Face Nationwide Shutdown Threat
A complete shut down of Iowa coal mines is feared as the current agreement with miners and operators expires March 21. Eastern states failures to reach deals spur risk of work stoppage by 15,006 Iowa miners, potentially impacting 35,000 downstream workers and prompting April 1 cessation unless national convention guidance intervenes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John P. Reese
Iowa Coil Operators’ Association
Reese
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
National Convention
Three Cures of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
An Indiana reader recounts how her daughter cured her son of terrible eczema using Cuticura, and a Michigan woman reports lifelong relief for her child after trying the same remedies. The letter cites two dates in 1907 and notes the sustained recovery.
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Indiana
Sarah EB. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
Old Gentleman at Hong Kong Club Scorns Chinese Insult
A white-haired, northern port originated guest at a Hong Kong English club grew furious upon reading a Chinese inscription on an envelope. He rushed to the hall porter and revealed that the Chinese note insults him as "the old baboon with white fur." The man proved fluent in Chinese and confronted the staff.
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Hongkong
Weather Foresight Trick Spurs Mixed Reactions
A professional prophet explains his method of predicting bad weather. He says predicting misfortune ensures admission of accuracy if wrong, while favorable forecasts prompt praise regardless of truth. His cautious approach plays on public sentiment and uncertainty.
The Age Index Gift Curse Exchange
A dialogue fragment contrasts caution with gratitude about gifts, noting the saying you should not look a gift horse in the mouth and asking how to evaluate whether a present is new. The exchange moves between skepticism and humor in a periodical tone.
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Elia
Stel
Harper's Weekly
The Doctor's Gift to Health Through Grape Nuts
A patient recounts how a doctor prescribed Grape Nuts and Postum, claiming rapid relief from indigestion. Within two months the writer felt renewed vitality, sharper mental clarity, and sustained well being, praising the product as a medical aid and the investor in Grape Nuts.
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Dado
Postum Co
Battia
Winter wheat prosperity in southern Alberta promise
Western Canada once touring ranching country now a premier winter wheat district. Yields run 30 to 60 bushels per acre with returns of 25 to 40 dollars per acre as land sells from 12 to 320 dollars per acre. Testimonies from Magrath and Spring Coulee report wheat yields 35 to 60 bushels per acre and strong per acre values, with large crops and rising land prices.
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Canada
H. Wawes
Magrath
Alberta
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
Ma-Grath
W. S. Sheroil
Lethbridge
Souris
North Dakota
R. W. Bradshaw
Spring Coulee
W. L. Thompson
Canayum
Rocks
Graham
Revival tale and humorous vision from Texas
A Toledo observer recounts a revival tale in Texas about Heaven and Hell. A black man described Heaven with whites lounging and cigars while enslaved people prayed, and Hell with whites and black men in tension, revealing racial stereotypes embedded in the era.
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Ham
Texas
Philip R. Bangs
Toledo
Heaven
Hell
Washington Herald
Seed catalog touts early potatoes and farm seeds
The Rural New Yorker praises Salzer seed varieties including early potatoes yielding high bushels per acre and Salzer’s catalog offering Emperor William Oats Silver King Barley Billion Dollar Grass and new farm seeds. Send one cent in stamps to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis for the original seed catalog with samples and a promised seed package.
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New Yorker
Kate Sahave
Ana
Silzer
Wisconsin
Salzer
Stames
John A. Salzer
Kleptomania Debate Led By Lynchburg Negro Defendant
A humorously phrased court moment reports a Lynchburg Virginia case where a Black defendant adds a quip to a kleptomania discussion, claiming hypnotized chickens trigger theft. The anecdote appears in Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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Lynchburg
Darky
Jedge
Jedgé
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Ringle Binder Cigarette Ad Claims Record Year Sales
A garbled 1907 advertisement touts over nine million units sold and cites 2,240,041 sales for 1006. It praises quality and unselfish effort, attributing the message to T Farquharson amid cryptic phrases and distorted text.
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Bales Lewis’ Ringle Binder
Cures While You Walk: Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty and swollen feet with price set at 25 cents at druggists. The copy mocks substitutes and includes a Farrar quote and a teaser about headaches and cold remedies.
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Allen
Pie flavors advertised by D Zerta Food Co Rochester
An old ad copy touts Qui-Pis and Our-Pie preparations with a promotion to mail for a full size two pie package free. It mentions three pie types chocolate custard and lemon and ends with a quotation about authors and sleep from The Herald and Presbyter.
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D.zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. X
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Washington, D. C
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Kansas
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