Pimples Covered Back Led To Lasting Relief
A man describes severe back acne and itching in summer heat for years. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Reesolvent, his back clears in months and he praises Cuticura products as best for skin diseases. Letter signed W A Armstrong Corbin Kan May 26 1911. Free sample offer from Cuticura Boston Dept 27 K.
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Exhibition of Real Faith by William Spill's daughter
A Cleveland Leader item describes a little girl playing in mud with a sprinkling can. She brings a package of dry cleaned clothing to her father as he arrives from a car. He admonishes her about neatness and she ends the day with a prayer asking Jesus to dry clean their street and her shoes.
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Accords Tea Talk Reveals Husbands' Daring Tales
Two women at afternoon tea compare their husbands endurance and diving feats. One claims her spouse held underwater for two minutes. The other boasts her first husband sank five years ago and has not surfaced since.
The Ground of Their Love
A Sacred Heart Review excerpt quotes the Eng Ilah invader claiming “Let us have peace” and asks if white strangers love the redmen. The Intelligent Indian replies that they love “the ground we walk upon” in a reflection on colonial dynamics.
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The Ultimate Limit and a Dentist Joke Duo
Two quips about dentistry and money. The first dentist jokes patients drift to sleep during work. The second says rich people attract photo requests to capture their delighted expressions while a cash worry idea ends the gag.
Hold fast to the highest ideals in exaltation hours
A brief quotation from Frances Willard urging steadfast adherence to elevated ideals during moments of triumph and vision.
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Judge Praises Grape-Nuts as Superior Breakfast
A judge with long bench experience writes that Grape-Nuts has been a staple for six years, replacing pastries and pies in his family. He cites health benefits, clearer complexion, and claims a small serving rivals a pound of meat for breakfast, with no fatigue.
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Mystery of Miss Lawrence and Endicott Saga Deepens
In Elizabeth, Dr. Schuyler recounts the intertwined histories of Ruth Endicott, Miss Jarvis, Boyd Endicott, and Mrs. Lawrence. He links past secrets from Scotch Plains to the present, outlining a tangle of marriages, fortunes, and tragedy that may illuminate Marcia Lawrence’s elusive past.
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No Fear. Chambers Declines Fear Of Writer's Block
In New York at the Century Club Robert W. Chambers faces a bore who asks if he fears running out after penning two to three novels yearly and a trove of short stories. Chambers replies he has no fear, remarking the man has talked for 60 years without being worn out.
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Jaguar Attack Described in Harpers Weekly Scene
A first person account from Harpers Weekly depicts Pepe facing a jaguar in a jungle hunt. Shots miss as the jaguar dives into palms. peccaries close in while Pepe defends with a machete.
Hunter’s Rainforest Jaguar Faceoff With Rifle Barrage
The narrator describes stalking a jaguar in the jungle and firing from a hidden point. After dusk the big cat appears again at a stream and is shot at with five powerful rifle rounds.
Mison Annilo 5 Peck Discusses Climb Plans at Boston Garden Party
A Boston garden party features Mion Annilo 5 Peck the mountaineer discussing her An des ascent plans. A Providence friend asks the secret of success, and Peck attributes it to perseverance and customer service insight shared by a department store keeper.
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Vanishing Kaskaskia Town Falls to Mississippi Rush
A hundred and fifty years ago Kasaskia was the largest town west of the Allenhontes. The New York World notes Kaskaskia became Illinois’s capital after French rule. Now only a smokehouse remains before rising Mississippi waters engulf the historic site.
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Night Reflections on Beauty Behind the Barns
A fragmentary meditation on nature and beauty as seen in twilight, contemplating the painted butterfly and rose as part of life's web. The text ponders meaning and existence, ending with a reference to Le Gallienne in Harper's Magazine.
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European Invention Debate Outs Its American Lag
The Engineering News critiques American progress in engineering and metallurgy over the past 25 years. It argues Europe leads in iron and steel advances and cites consolidation in U S industry as hindering innovation while Europeans continually revive and patent new ideas.
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Automobile expedition through Arizona deserts by Yale professor
Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale describes an automobile expedition across Arizona deserts and parts of Sonora and Seneca noting the vehicle’s fit for barren terrain. He details a 80 horsepower machine with 34 inch wheels and 4.5 inch tires enabling crossing sand and rough roads despite gear and fuel hurdles.
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Booker T. Washington on Culture and Education
In this World's Work excerpt Booker T. Washington rejects labeling education as cultural or vocational. He cites Dr. R H Boyd teaching Negro children to value their own dolls, Pisk University’s folk songs, Tuskegee's annual conferences, and the National Business League as evidence that practical cultural efforts have done more good than classical studies for advancing the race.
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Bill Posters Asks For The Price Of Whisky Ad
A New York Times anecdote shows a bill poster famed as the most famous scriptural incompetent who cannot read his own work. Three men debate whisky prices. the poster man admits he pastes ads but never reads them, revealing his own irony.
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Difficulties of Industrial Management in Modern Practice
An excerpt from Engineering Magazine critiques moral and managerial ideals. It contrasts ancient tablets with modern business practices and laments unstandardized industrial operations and delayed realization under leaders like Moses.
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Safeguards for Marriage in Medical Journal View
The Journal of the American Medical Association argues for tighter marriage license safeguards. It cites Chicago vice commission findings that licenses should prove applicants responsible. It warns lax rules let unknown individuals with disqualifying traits obtain licenses, burdening society for generations. Public opinion may push reform.
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Put Plants Outdoors at Night
Dr Dawbarn argues why keeping flowers in a sick room at night is problematic. Plants release moisture and consume oxygen while storing carbon dioxide, resulting in less available oxygen for the patient until daylight returns.
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Revision of Vream Judge Sultor Dialogue
A character named Vream Judge Sultor confronts a suitor about worthiness for his daughter. Parentiere Dosh interjects and calls out social testing of merit. The exchange questions value, tradition, and acceptance within a constrained social frame.
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The Alarm Clock From Life
A fragment notes a quip about the devil and creation with a wry line about awakening before woman. The remark ties to a humorous aside on life and human origins in a decorative period context.
What does the veterinary surgeon next door advise
A cryptic line that plays on medical advice and piano entanglements is presented as a quip about a lay dog's sickness and a nearby veterinary surgeon. The exchange pivots on a pun linking mercy, justice, and a playful domestic scenario.
The Long Bow
A brief exchange notes Sharpe-Wilh on’s claim of staying under water for fifteen minutes last summer and Wise-Why’s remark that he must be amphibious. Sharpe dodges a clear answer, adding a coy twist about what he really is.
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Witty Dinner Table Exchange About Bread Dough
A newlywed husband laments his bride cannot bake bread like his mother. She retorts she wishes he could make the dough his father once did. The lighthearted quip reveals family baking pride and marital humor.
Foot-Ease antiseptic powder ad for tired feet
An old advertisement touts DSE Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake onto the feet for relief from sting of corns and bunions and to make walking more comfortable. It warns against substitutes and directs to address A. Olmeted in Le Roy.
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Quoted Says of Teething Syrup and Motivational Lines
The fragment references Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and relieve pain. It also contrasts a girl named Ella and a person named Stella making flowery speeches and notes a general statement about each person’s opportunity to do something worthwhile.
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimonies
Testimonies from Peoria and New Orleans claim Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured long standing female complaints without surgery. Mrs Christina Reed and Mrs Lily Peyroux describe relief from suffering and avoidance of operations, urging others to seek the remedy through druggists or mail.
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