Resurrection of Wiggett at the Ship Inn
Landlord Sol Ketchmaid, famed bar autocrat, confronts Ned Clark and a village shoemaker. Henry Wiggett, a crippled former sailor, returns with a wooden leg to bless the bar, then reveals a deception. Wiggett’s farewell becomes a somber, final departure as the tale ends in sorrow and a lemon lemonade aftershow.
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Sol Ketchmaid
Mr. Ketchmald
Ship Inn
Ned Clark
Ketchmaid
Henry Wiggett
Sam Jones
Hisself
Capt. Peters
Mr. Ketchmaid
Ben
Dick ‘Lee
Henry Wilegett
Hennery Wiggett
Cap'n Jones
London
Mr. Wiggett
Mr. Smith
Sal Ketchmaid
Rio Janeiro
Sam
Sal
Little Harbor
Sol
Mr. Clark
Rownd
Mr. Wisgett
New Zealand
Mr. Wregett
Mr. Ketchaaid
Cap'n Peters
Rascal
Burnses
Wiggett
Mr. Kelph
Edict of Fashion Galls for Stocks of Fur and Lace
The piece surveys winter fashion, praising high lace stocks and frilled collars. It notes Irish lace dominance, new frill styles, and fur neckpieces replacing wide fur garments while pelerine and stoles stay in fashion. It predicts a shift to tight high neck fur and mockups a feminine silhouette.
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Robespierre
First Principle of Gaining and Keeping Health
The text urges simplifying life to regain health and calm amid modern restless trends. It contrasts enduring essentials with shifting frills, noting novelty harms friendships and marriage, and shares a mother’s rule of life favoring less change and more repose for harried women.
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Louise
Fashion notes on winter dress trends and footwear
Dotted veils and colored laces lead the season with a one tone waist returning. Button shoes for men become an edict for winter while tan shoes stay in fashion. Artistic simplicity dominates gowns as umbrellas grow slender and metal touches appear in many outfits. Shiny leather shoes remain predominant for dress wear.
Ingenious Kitchen Gadgets for Easier Cooking
A short survey of inexpensive devices to improve kitchen tasks shows a mayonnaise oil dropper, vegetable cutters in various sizes, a round biscuit cutter that converts to doughnut cutters, an adjustable rubber stopper for bottles, a carved dough roller for decorative cookies, and a compact ice pick set. These small tools promise labor savings and tastier, more attractive food presentations for families and hospital use alike.
Perfect Health From Kidney Pills Testimony
Mrs R C Richmond of Northwood Iowa credits Deans Kidney Pills with ending years of kidney trouble backache and dizzy spells after using three boxes. She reports complete recovery and perfect health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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R. C. Richmond
Northwood
Towa
Beneft
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Too Much for Yankee on a Foggy Train Tale
A Cape Cod man and a Londoner share a foggy train journey from Liverpool to London. They exchange jokes about thick fog and soot in the air and lightheartedly compare it to whipped egg and coal blocks used for fuel, ending with the Yankee tucking away a small American flag in his wallet.
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Cape Cod
Liverpool
London
Boy’s Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedies
A six week old boy suffered severe facial eczema with crusting and itching. After dermatologists failed, Cuticura Remedies brought relief from the first use and the condition gradually healed. Now seven, the parent claims the trouble may never return. Newark New Zealand dated October 17 and 22, 1907.
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John G. Klumpp
Niagara St
Newark
N. Z
After the Shot and Defiance Starch Endorsement
A fragment from a newspaper page references a harsh remark by a youth and contrasts laundry at home with the use of Defiance Starch. The text argues starch thickness hides fabric quality and claims Defiance Starch offers stronger, thinner application for better stiffness and wear.
Would Risk Once More Bottle
A French provincial visitor to Paris complains his hair won’t grow back. He asks his barber for two bottles of hair-growing stuff, while the modern Figaro notes the odd case. He insists he may drink another dose, but this would be the last.
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Paris
Philadelphia Inquirer
Advertising Parody Flags Old Castoria Slogan
A humorous exchange mocks an old Castoria advertisement claiming safety for infants and children. The couple quips about the adage nothing new under the sun, contrasting a poet's doubt with his wife’s wardrobe remark.
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