Cure for catarrh and cough praised in letter
Mr. Ander Kiss of Kansas City reports seven years of failure with catarrh and cough. After using Peruna for four bottles his condition dramatically improves within days and he recommends the medicine to all. The note adds a tablet variant for those preferring a portable remedy.
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Clinton Place
Kansas City
Conadlen
Expensive Substitutes in a Sour Stage Dinner
A backstage quip shows a star chef scolding a substitute who trimmed the lead actor after dining on his understudy’s plate. The exchange riffs on newspaper ads warning about substitutes in meals and roles, highlighting backstage tension and show business wit.
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Urine With Jad Salts Promote Kidney Health
An old ad warns to drink plenty of water to flush kidneys and use Jad Salts an effervescent Lithia drink. It claims uric acid from meat overworks kidneys causing backache and bladder irritation, and promotes four ounces of Jad Salts daily for a few days to restore kidney activity. It touts Jad Salts as inexpensive and harmless.
Steal or Kill Sign Marks Protest by Unemployed Man
In downtown St. Louis, Frank Witt, a jobless machinist with four children, paraded with a sandwich sign asking what he should do amid crime and poverty. He says the sign was his only way to attract attention and obtain work after his wife’s recent death.
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Neglect Your Scalp With Cuticura Oatment Emollients
Ad claims Cuticura Soap purifies the scalp and dandruff. Oatment soothes irritated scalp skin. Promotes hair health and protection from dandruff and itching. Free samples by mail with book. Address postcard to Cuthurs Dept XY Hoston. Sold everywhere.
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Witty exchange on eggs and a marriage proposal
A playful remark about writing a name on an egg laid by a hen before sending it to market. The egg's journey leads to a marriage proposal from the egg recipient. The speaker jokes the proposer must be fresher than the egg.
Feeling of Security on Horseback and Trolley
A humorous dialogue contrasts safety on horseback with riding a trolley. Participants joke about seating, obedience, and churchgoing while noting a man with horse sense is hard to drive.
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Hill
Jill
Scattered drama at Blagden house unfolds in mock tribunal
In a tense scene the Blagden family and the Presbreys hold a late supper conference about the Midthorne children. Mr Presbrey guides with prayers and caution while Chetwynd and Eric clash, exposing temper and custody concerns amid churchly authority and domestic strife.
Revered Presbrey Dominates Small Town Sermons
A satirical portrait of Reverend Mr. Presbrey, a sanctimonious, self important minister whose inflated view of his own virtue and rivalries with other churches shapes the town’s religious life. The piece lampoons his broad self image and narrow tolerance for other faiths and communities.
Loss of holiday spirit marks shift in American observances
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a waning public enthusiasm for holidays and patriotic celebrations. It laments subdued flag displays, fewer festive gatherings, and the fading of seasonal rites from New Year to Halloween, warning that younger generations may lose cherished traditions.
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Louisville
Lole
Saint Valentine
From Brooklyn to There Optimism in United States Economy
Fragmented text discusses optimism in American industry with references to labor and capital, mentioning James A. P and United States Brothers corporation. It asserts unprecedented opportunity and speculation about world markets, labor wage policies, and enterprise spurring national growth.
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America
Fragmented Self Expression and Democracy Debate
The text discusses self expression as a path to democracy and individual growth. It argues that the divine or soul of every person shapes values, with emphasis on personal development and the role of the individual in society.
The Inward Punishment Editorial Observes Moral Law
An Outlook editorial argues that heaven and hell are internal constructs shaped by inner laws written in human nature. It warns that immortality is known, not believed, and that sins leave an irreversible record. It describes Hell as a disintegrating, paralyzing force on the temperate, leading to life in moral ruin.
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Barefoot Dancer Lady Constance Faces Mockery in New York
Washington Post reports Lady Constance Stewart Richardson a prominent British aristocrat faced laughter from fashion leaders at a Friday Evening club event in New York. Her overt symbolical dancing drew jeers, accompanied by sharp remarks about art.
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Motor Cars In War Gear
James J. Archibald describes how active motor vehicles in Austro Hungarian and German service are equipped for frontline use. Cars carry rifles on running boards, spare tires and gas tanks, a wire cutter system, steel protective bars, and few hand grenades. experts note the danger of wire traps and the need for quick tire changes under fire.
Nobody Can Lick You
A scrambled Kansas City Star excerpt depicts a defeated man in a movement for progress, declaring after a rash impulse that he is finished and heartily discouraged, with garbled phrases suggesting public reaction and personal resignation.
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Kansas City
Nobdy
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Moon
Unconquerable Spirit Drives Rebellions Forward
Fragmentary passage praises enduring fighting spirit of forward looking movements. It asserts repeated beatings by reaction are overcome as progress triumphs through steadfast resolve and continued resistance.
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Bern
Dickens Advice to Young Authors from Harper's Magazine
The piece recounts Charles Dickens urging young writers to work at their best and with sincerity. He advised authors to believe in their writing to earn public belief and to fully inhabit their characters even when it contradicted their initial plans. The tone reflects Dickens’s intense earnestness and thoroughness in craft.
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Japs Wear Paper Clothes in Astonishing Report
The Commerce Reports describe a bizarre scene as Consul George H. Feldmore notes a fashion in paper garments among Japanese. Swedish explorer Baron Erland Nerdenakjold returns from frontier cannibal tribes near Brazil with rumors of Latone age infusions and mappings. A Swedish companion’s expedition is reportedly murdered by natives, with only fragmented sightings of a tenth lost penalty noted.
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Erland Nerdenakjold
Frontiera
Braz
Helmn
Rome
Tim Cheale
Cascarets for Sluggish Bowels Ad
An old style advertisement promotes Cascarets for constipation and upset stomach. It claims a 10 cent box will relieve headaches biliousness indigestion and gas and keep bowels clear. The ad highlights overnight action a sweet stomach and no griping for children.
Easing the Stress Weather Map Banter
A light exchange questions why people study the weather map and keep gazing at it. The reply says the names are easier to spell and pronounce than those on the war map.
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Claims Darken Hair
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy promising to darken gray hair to any shade, smooth dandruff, and stop fading with a 60 cent preparation. Instructions say to apply with sponge or brush, strand by strand, overnight to see gray disappear.
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Mussy
Wyeth
Turco Belgian Cossack Tale Tainted Civil War Memoir
A 19th century reminiscence by Cunnel Sharp recounts a Civil War moment of a thousand Yankees slain in one day. The narrator notes since August the account has mixed Turcos and Belgians as Cossacks, adulterating the wartime story.
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Puck
Illustration of a shoemaker as a class exemplar
A quoted cartoon caption notes the shoemaker embodies the type of man admired by the masses. It asks why a shoemaker and responds that his labor exists to support his uppers, illustrating social class satire.
Railway death toll rising 1890 1912 in America
The note claims 52 642 deaths on American railways from 1890 through 1912 and asks if attempting to open windows affected the figure. It presents a provocative question linking safety practices to high casualty totals in the era.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Studying Up and Language Reflections in a German Aim
A fragmented note ponders language shifts and recall. It contrasts golfing terms with gendered phrases and envisions learning German to replace English. It notes a man glimpsing heroism in a watcher’s reflection.
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Germany
STRENGTH WITHOUT Overloading The Stomach
A business man seeks a breakfast that fuels energy without burdening digestion. He credits grape wine and grapes for clearer thinking and steady nerves, noting prior indigestion and fatigue from heavy meals.
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