Doan's Kidney Pills credited for relief of kidney disorder
An elderly speaker from Independence, Kansas recounts prior kidney pain and backache. After trying multiple remedies, Doan's Kidney Pills allegedly cured her symptoms. Ad copy urges readers to ask for Doan's at local dealers, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
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Jona
Way
St Independence
Kars
Gaya
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Bumalo, N.Y
Coca Cola Propaganda Headline From Early Era
An advertisement promotes Coca Cola as cooling and thirst-quenching. It invites readers to visit soda fountains or buy bottles and to request a booklet and the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 featuring a poem and baseball schedules.
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Coca-Cola
Marely a Prevaricator. A Doctor's Curious Tale
A physician recounts a patient who grew ill after a wartime acquaintance urged a hypotherapy hoax. A Valgo 400 device on the room ceiling was used as a sun cure ruse, which seemed to help until the patient suddenly died from a stroke.
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Marely
Bis
The Dentist’s Joke At A London Dinner
At a London dinner of the Authors Club Mr Owen Seaman and Mr Walter Emanuel recounted a Dickensian gag about a physician dentist. An English scientist endured toothache and refused care, until a dentist pulled a tooth and laughed aloud at the window. The dentist quipped the joke by saying the tooth itself was wrong.
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Tlb
London
Owen Seaman
Punch
Walter Emanuel
Denttat
Carrying His Audience With Him
A vivid courtroom anecdote recalls Lord Ellenborough’s sharp wit as a frightened young lawyer mumbles his first speech and stumbles over words, the judge urging him to press on with gentle encouragement. The scene showcases the theatre of a trial and the humor found in legal bravado.
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Lord Ellenborough
cHeast
Fenton Cousin in Society Circles and Theater Visit
Fred Musgrave and his cousin Mrs Fenton navigate London high society as Mrs Moore dazzles and plots for social advancement. A theater outing exposes class tensions while Susie Moore confounds hopes for a match with Fred. Mrs Fenton’s plans to keep her cousin connected grow through a quiet dinner invitation.
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Fred Musgrave
Fred
Clamborough
Belgrave Square
Tred
Fenton
Taman
Tam
Ered
Mao
Flo
Mr. Brefitt
James le Breton
Wred
Moores
tHa Non Son
Susie
London
General Moore
Claughton
Ahs
Moore
Aheri
Moéoré
Wen Wo
Eyale
Mr. Musgrave
Laura
Mlangktayn
Sienisl Fauve
Mrs. Fenton
Miss Moore
Changhis
Dan
Claugehion
Mra
Fen
Ian
Frer
Quotations on Opportunity and Charity by Bacon and Revision
A collection of aphorisms on opportunity and benevolence. A wise man creates chances, while men’s behavior should be balanced between restraint and action. The text urges ready hearts to act and do good.
Wright county woman seeks county recorder post in Iowa race
Carrie Anderson, nominated by Republicans in Wright county to run for county recorder, advocates women in office if qualified. She reflects on voting, notes farm cooperative movement impact in Iowa, and describes a wartime-like campaign with house to house efforts.
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Wright County
Laws
Anderson
Clarion
Carrie” Waugh Anderson
Iowa
Great Farmers’ Co-Operative
American Co-Operative Journal
Topeka
Kan
Aha
Eagle Grove
Donald
Carlyle
Max
Averil
Chemens
Old Turtle Returns to Upper Montville Man After 22 Years
In Green pond near Upper Montville New Jersey a man named Haifard Throckmorton found a snapping turtle he had lost 22 years earlier while bathing. The turtle clamped his foot until a cold chisel and a poker freed him. The shell bore the inscription EH T 1888 linking the creature to a teenage prank.
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Upper
Montville
N. J
Haifard Throckmorton
Green Pond
Throckmorton
School of Politeness Aims to Reform Berlin Shops
The Association of Shopkeepers in Berlin launches a courtesy school to train clerks in trade tricks and polite manners. They will learn small talk and courtly graces to charm customers and improve service as a business investment.
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Berlin
Association of
Themeselves
Gor
Child Recovers From Eczema After Cuticura Help
A Brooklyn mother credits Cuticura remedies for curing her 2 year old's eczema after years of sores and sleepless scratching. She recalls using Soap Ointment and Resolvent, and sends a photo from when the child was about 18 months old. The note dates Sept 27 1909.
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Ecrema
H. Klergan
Quincy Bt
Brooklyn
Meal Argument and a Married Man’s Practical View
An excerpt from Youth's Companion presents a bantering dinner discussion about happiness and practical wealth. A married man answers a challenging question by asserting a simple principle: if they can afford it, they can, with no flaw, and government will follow.
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Armen
Hachshor
Gever
The Ready Theorlat and The Germ Laden House
A quirky dialogue argues house files spread germs and overshoes on the porch as the cure. Dr Pierre's Pellete is described as a remedy for stomach liver and bow ely with constipation relief. Freedom is noted as not always bringing happiness.
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Theorlat
Dr. Pierre
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