The Auctioneer O. A. Kelley and the Pine Log Markings
An amusing anecdote from the Springfield Republican features auctioneer O. A. Kelley known for his wit. He marked pine logs with his initials, which a passing Irishman misread aloud as a nickname, prompting playful jeers about Kelley’s honesty. The piece also notes bromine is commercially produced in four states Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia with last year’s output listed as 178,496 pounds.
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Theo
O. A. Kelley
Springfield Republican
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Dr Mitchells Eye Salve Ad Promotes Eye Comfort
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Mitchells Eye Salve as a safe simple remedy for eye ailments. It claims the salve cures without entering the eye, costs 25 cents, and is sold widely.
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Dr. Mitchell
Good Judge of Human Nature column quip and ad blurbs
A jumble of quotes and ads appears: a detective remark on judging character, lines about Hicks Capicline for headaches, a testimonial style note about Capucline liquid, and a promise that Paza Ointment cures piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee.
Catarrh in Head Adverts Peruna Cure Claims
Advertorial letters praise Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh with testimonials from William A. Presser of Moline and A Thompson of Marvel Ohio. Claims include complete relief after two months of suffering and eighteen years of catarrh. Manufactured by Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio with free appliance offer for 1909.
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WM. A. Presser
William A. Presser
Third Ave
Moline
Mr. A. Thompson
R. R
Marvel
Ohio
Peruna Drug Mig. Co
Columbus
Walking Costumes Fashioned in Plum and Cedar
The description outlines two period costumes. The first uses red plum fabric with a nine-gored wrapped seam skirt, a semi-fitting coat trimmed with black silk braid, and a large satin hat. It lists materials including yards of cloth, braid, buttons, and silk for lining. The second costume employs cedar green cloth with a plain long skirt, a tight-fitting bodice, satin ribbon details, and a velvet hat with rosettes, plus fabric and lining quantities.
Willow Green Cashmere Dress Pattern
In willow green cashmere four pretty dresses. The skirt is slightly full with a wide center front box-plait. The blouse features smocking on both sides and a central box-plait with a turn-over collar trimmed with cord loops and silk buttons. Sleeves are smocked at the wrists with a frilled hem. A sash of darker ribbon completes the look. Materials required four yards of 46 inch wide fabric.
New Fashion Trim Adds Modern Touch to Dresses
The article notes fall dresses featuring trimming or piping in checked material. It cites a black suit with a tiny black and white checked serge piping and a dress trimmed with bands of checked taffeta. It states even traditional garments gain freshness with subtle modern trimming.
Better Than Real Flowers Fashion Note
The article praises the shift from real flowers to large French blossoms on gowns. Bold color blends dominate this season, with scarlet poppies and American Beauty roses popular, gardenias favored on dark gowns, and single-flower bouquets pinned just below the bust on the left.
Bad Effects of Anger on a Girl's Complexion
An article warns quick tempers cause red spots flushes and dry painful skin. It advises self control over anger before cosmetic remedies, suggesting reflecting on the temper as the root cause of poor complexion.
Stocking Newa Inspires Bright Tartan Hosiery Trends
The article highlights new women stockings with bright tartan patterns praised for charm when paired with matching or contrasting shoes. It mentions Black Watch plaid in hose with dark green suede shoes and pearl buttons, detailing shoe ramps, corduroy uppers, and suede textures.
Deal Lightly With The Dunce In Children Study
A French doctors cohort studies school children and the phenomenon called the dunce. They attribute much to hygiene, diet, and treatment, noting that math ability does not equal overall intellect. They warn poor sight, deafness, shyness, and uneven development affect learning and urge careful school selection and early guidance.
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New York
Dullard
Corvisart Napoleon
Old Cy Young’s Wallet Pinsched by Long Distance Joke
Washington’s new player Unglaub recalls Cy Young known as a frugal man. In Cleveland Young tried a long distance call to farm manager. McConnell teased him saying the long line cuts your funds. Young replied with a wry grin as he counted change.
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Cy Young
Unglaub
Washington
Boston
Young
Cleveland
Ungland
McConnell
Honored by the Mikado Abby Leach Receives Golden Cup
Prof Abby Leach was awarded a golden cup by the Mikado as a high honor for her service to education. She serves on the fellowship committee of the American School at Athens and is vice president of the school and college organization of the Middle States. Leach was Radcliffe and Harvard annex, earned degrees at Vassar, then studied at the University of Leipzig. The cup is the first sent by the Japanese emperor to a woman.
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Abby Leach
Miss Leach
American School At
How Presidents Died Across U S History
A compact catalog of presidential deaths listing Washington as laryngeal infection, Adams and others aging into death, Jefferson for chronic diarrhea, Jackson and others with dropsy, Polk and Taylor cholera, Fillmore paralysis, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley assassinations, Johnson paralysis, Grant tongue cancer, Hayes heart neuralgia, Arthur heart trouble, Harrison pneumonia, Cleveland heart failure and related diseases.
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United States
Washington
Adams
Madison
Monroe
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Jackson
Vin Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Stayed Away.
A fragmentary dialogue references theater attendance and an unnamed admonition, noting that no one informed the speaker of any prohibition and quoting a Washington slang expression about being told not to set something. The excerpt preserves a curious social aside without clear event details.
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Washington
You Cant Stop Your Heart from Beating Song Hurts Composer
George Christie, nephew of a famed minstrel, helped set music to Bert Fitzgibbon’s lyric You Cant Stop Your Heart from Beating. After a newlywed couple sang it daily in their hotel, Christie grew despondent and mailed them carfolic acid with a note saying it would stop their heart from beating.
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George Christie
Bert Fitzgibbon
Christie
Bronson laments golf season closing in brief exchange
Bronson bluntly says the golf season is over and chides players for talking instead of playing. Woodson questions why the season ends. Bronson argues it’s better for people to go and play than idle talk.
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Bronson
Woodson
More Pinkham Cures Bannered as Testimony Rushes In
Camden New Jersey testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from headaches back pain fatigue and nervous exhaustion. The letter from Mrs W P Valentine and Gardiner Maine resident B A Williams claim cures after three months citing inflammatory and other female ailments.
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Camden
N.J
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Avenue
N. J
Gardiner
Lydia I. Pinkham
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Miss Oldbird
Jones
Tetroit Free Press
Pinkham
Carters
Salzer
Salzer Seed CO
Box W
LaCrosse, Wis
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