Peruna helps Brentwood woman recover from long illness
Ma A GL Rucker of Brentwood Tennessee describes severe weakness and a persistent cough that worsened toward consumption. After using Peruna her cough stopped and strength returned, leading her to recommend the remedy to others and urging readers to ask for a free Peruna Almanac.
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The Wise Bishop and the Charity Ball
A Memphis man criticizes charity balls as not reverent but Bishop Thomas F. Gallor responds with practical humor. He would dance the length of Memphis in full canonicals if it would help.
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Bishop Gallor
Motherly Advice from Margery Play School
A Margery led classroom scene from Metropolitan Magazine shows a child’s lesson on hygiene. The little teacher emphasizes keeping hands and feet clean to prevent accidents, framed as amusing yet instructive domestic instruction.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Not mine says Barker as kin seek costly clothes
An economical man asks about clothing costs for a family. Mr. Sirius Barker declares his family is self reliant his daughter is not barefoot and his son is a marathon runner, implying frugality and athletic discipline.
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How the Fight Began
Violet asks how to remove a pitch from her dress while Reginald suggests singing as a remedy. The judge comments that singing often helps her forget the problem.
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Violet
Reginald
Cheated for Years The Hidden Power of Prejudice
A reader recounts long prejudice and self deception as a man advocates Grape Nuts. After years of gas and appetite trouble, he tries the cereal and reports improved digestion, weight regain, and renewed health, endorsing the product and the book The Road to Wellville with the ad slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
New Year Motivation Delivers Resolve for Hard Work
A fragmented motivational voice urges readers to embrace effort and self discipline. It calls for starting anew, staying persistent, and pushing through unfinished tasks to achieve personal improvement and progress.
How Felt Hats Are Made and The Punishment of Children
An article contrasts the history of felt hats from Elizabethan times to modern mass production and explains fur hat making methods. It notes beaver fur rarity and the shift to machinery, then transitions to advice from Orison Mardin on not punishing fearful or distressed children, especially in school.
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Success Magazine
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More Than Plumb Novelty From Cleveland Church Build
P. J. Mulligan the contractor built a Cleveland church and argued with building inspector W. H. Dunn over its accuracy. Mulligan climbed the scaffold and proclaimed with triumph that the structure was “more than plumb” after a final check.
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Dog Ejected From Court By Bench In Deserted Scene
Described by a Midland daily paper's descriptive reporter in London Tatler style, a dog was dragged from a courtroom by order of the bench. The creature cast a backward glance at the judge as it was ignominiously removed to mark the moment for future identification.
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Had His Doubts From the Chicago Tribune Visit Request
A Kansas man invites a Chicago friend to visit his farm to enjoy fresh air and young onions, while the friend responds with skepticism about nature’s openness after the onion treat. The exchange playful and lighthearted, reflecting rural-urban humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Kansas
Custerner
Race for Fun Sparks Laughs Amid Youthful Banter
A fragment mentioning a playful exchange about a competition and a joke, with a stray note about coal mines yielding 400,000,000 tons yearly. The readable text shows a humorous line about a "Poor fellow" and a repeated quip that a joke always wins, tied to a youth companion setting.
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Murat
Waihiy
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Diamond Ship Pursuit Escalates Across the Atlantic
Dr. Fairlegh and crew press a perilous pursuit of Valentine Imroth aboard the yacht White Wings. A Marconi message hints at a password linked to the Diamond Ship while fears for Joan Fordibras and the child mount, forcing a swift departure or mutiny if delayed.
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Quest for Imroth’s vessel stalls as voyage to port resumes
The crew, weary from weeks of fruitless pursuit, debate returning to Portsmouth. Captain Larry and McShanus urge stopping pursuit and awaiting government aid while recalling previous claims and a possible lead on Joan Fordibras as they steer north toward Europe and port.
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Forsaken Faith and Duty in a Silent Prayer
A fragmented verse reflects on faith and fate, duty to the king, and the search for glory or grave. It contemplates conscience, doubt, and belief across diverse doctrines, ending with a vow to seek eternal joy and rest.
Drinking in Dry Places in Prohibition America
The American Magazine essayist, a well traveled observer, argues statewide prohibition is a farce. In Jackson Mississippi the hotel clerk directed him to a dry goods shop where a pint of whisky was bought within six minutes for 76 cents over the regular price, illustrating profits from prohibition.
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Jackson
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Prohibition Wins as Mississippi Goes Dry
In Jackson an empire of lobbyists from bottlers and soft drink manufacturers influenced lawmakers. A statewide prohibition law passes amid cheers from reformers and women. A four out of four junk dealers ship four carloads of empty bottles as dry forces celebrate.
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Jackson
St. Louie
Miss Mary Garden Talks Of Christmas Etiquette At St Regis Tea
In a St Regis apartment, Miss Mary Garden discusses Christmas gifts among American women. She notes a decline in intimate presents to young men, defining them as toilet items like hair brushes and garters. A humorous anecdote follows about a winter marriage proposal and a quip on returning black satin suspenders by mail.
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Los Angeles Times
Mary Garden
St. Regis
Fame and Fate The Cigar Bargain Then Obscurity
A Life magazine vignette portrays fame arriving with a offer of a five cent cigar named for a man. Fate interrupts with a curse to make him smoke the brand, sending him scrambling away into obscurity.
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Fate
Nurse Tells Of Skin Cures By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Margaret Hederson of Malden Massachusetts recites long testament to Cuticura. She cites eczema salt rheum ringworm rheumatism and burns cured by Soap and Ointment after using the remedies for twenty years. She offers to supply names of referred cases. October 1 1910.
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Margaret Hederson
Highland Ave
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Mags
No title available from the fragment
The fragment notes a husband who hates music and walks out during the orchestra entr'acte, highlighting strong prejudice and reaction to a theater performance.
Purified Well Charity Pleads For Health Remedies
Fragmentary column prose urges care in wellness and warns against drinking with meals. Mentions Rheumatism and a Wizard Oil remedy as a cure while encouraging preparedness and charitable actions to improve public health without merely cosmetic fixes.
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