Thief in the Dark Closet Joke Noted by Houston Post
The Houston Post quotes Mo Recourt and Johnnie discussing a supposed thief in a dark closet beneath the stairs. They conclude a gas meter cannot be arrested, and call for police by telephone in a humorous exchange.
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Mo Recourat
Johnnie
Houston Post
Catarrh Cure Adverts and Miscellaneous Notices
A collage of old advertisements touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials and prices. Also includes a weathered fragment about seasickness cure methods and a quip about a Wall Street operator named Tom from a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
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Tom
Wall Street
Chicago Tribune
Spurious cures and odd tales flood wartime notices
A collection of dubious health ads and humorous anecdotes runs in the paper. Claims promise cures for bedwetting and urinary issues, plus a typhoid survey and a misfitting Indian stereotype tale from a late issue.
Neat vegetable storage bin and farm tips
A farmer describes combining six dry goods boxes into a single elevated storage bin labeled with vegetable names for neat cellar organization. Additional notes cover improved stable ventilation and alfalfa as a key dairy feed, plus cattle testing results and U.S. crop production figures.
Global oat and barley output and poultry farming notes
The article cites that the United States leads in oats production with 754,000,000 bushels from a total 3,582,000,000 and ranks third in barley at 153,090,000 bushels. It discusses poultry management, coop ventilation, molting, and feeding strategies, plus garden pests, weeds, insecticides, grafting on willow, and a Gloucester Lodge horticultural curiosity with fruit-bearing grafted gooseberry and currant on a willow tree.
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Ite
Germany
Hussia
Gloucester Lodge
Portamouth Road
London
Supreme Court Clears Express Firm in Kentucky Liquor Shipment
The case American Ex press Co vs Mullins holds the shipper’s notification and promise to defend excuses the express company from defending search and seizure. The Kansas judgment stands unimpeached as lawfully based on error. A South Dakota ruling in Danforth v Egan denies a disbarred attorney serving as State’s Attorney, stating the office must be filled by a legally admitted attorney and learned in the law, with disbarment implying lack of legal learning.
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American Express Co
Mullins
Supreme Court Register
Express Company
Kentucky
Kansas
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of
South Dakota
Danforth
Egan
Northwestern
Fre
Hiis
Regeneration in Worms Spellbound Readers Across Pages
A Washington Star report summarizes experiments on worm regeneration showing segments growing into new heads or tails. Heads or tails can form from separated pieces, with occasional anomalies and questions about heredity. The piece notes differences among worm species and cites the New York Herald saga as a referenced source.
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New York Herald
Dutch Boy Painter Trademark and White Lead Test
A historical ad sketch touts the National Lead Company Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee for white lead. It promotes a free tester kit and painter’s outfit from the 1902 Trinity Building, New York City, urging customers to verify quality without tests.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Bldg
New York City
Cure for eczema and other remedies advertised in a long fragment
An assorted set of old advertisements and testimonials mentions Cure Cuticura for eczema relief, eye salve for sore eyes, teething drops, and a Leopard incident. The text blends medical claims, product pitches, and a brief note about water in Valencia and a colonial hunting anecdote.
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Kesemws
Ates
Lees
Bace
Caiticura
Wileen
Emmy
Market St. Chambersburg
Botter Drug & Chem
Boston
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Recovery
A Chicago reader attests that after years of female illness and a surgeon's warning, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enabled her to recover. The advertisement touts the remedy as effective for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous exhaustion, claiming it costs little and has helped many women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Eso Draper
Chicago
Alvenwa Sperling
Langdon St
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Lidisne
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Fesgsia
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Sere Coes
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Alde Walla
Aingie
Virginia Experiment Station
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Smtler
Poultry Institute
Denver
Colorado Agricultural College
W. J. R. Wilson
Oeciober 5
T. F. Methew
Jay
Satan
Anta and
Bice
Im Tin
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Euriaivaae
Sora
Oliver
Succesa Macukine
Washington Star
Todge
Rome
Boobo Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
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Sre Frankles
Taing Evtit
Howard Hrow
Buffalo
Winslow
Colombia
Valencia
Spain
Mozambique
Lydia E.pinkham
Paw Paw, Mich
Miliferd
REA CO
Minneapolis
MIME
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Dr. Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
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