The Tailor and the Left Pocket Loot
A frazzled man bursts into a small tailor shop claiming money in his trousers. The tailor quietly points to the pants as pockets yield items including a roll of bills, a pistol, keys, and a watch. The man pays five dollars for “honesty” and mutters about reclaiming his pants someday.
Language at the table: waiter fluently speaks new tongue
A playful exchange reveals a waiter speaking a language described as Esperanto with native fluency, as a curious diner tests pronunciation and comprehension.
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised By Wichita Man
D C Taylor of 706 EB Central Ave Wichita Kansas describes years of kidney trouble and bed confinement. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he reports complete cure with no recurrence for years and recommends the product to many. Also includes a humorous coinage and assorted quoted lines from periodical sources.
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D. C
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Quote on sculpture and marble by Addison
A brief quotation states that a sculpture is to marble what education is to a human soul, attributed to Addison.
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Addison
Garteld Tea Promoted For Digestive Ailments
A historical notice touts Garteld Tea as remedy for constipation and liver disturbances, linking remedies to claims of disease relief from pure blood. The writing parodies medical detox rhetoric common in old newspapers.
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Ieee
Picsve
The Young Bride’s First Discovery
A newly married couple faces shopping for baking powder and learns that cheap powders fail to leaven, requiring more product and costing more in the long run. Calumet Baking Powder is presented as economical, reliable, and long lasting, making cooking easier.
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Sonn
German woman urges cooks to match compulsory service
A German advocate for women’s rights proposes compulsory domestic service for women to balance male conscription. She notes lifebars and drill build manhood and argues kitchens and pots would similarly cultivate German character. She suggests culinary conscription could spread and critique militarism as unnecessary for survival.
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Germany
Europe
Cuticura Remedies Touted for Eczema and Hair Growth
An unsigned 1910 testimonial from Mrs. Francis Lund of Plain City Utah extols Cuticura products for curing infant eczema after other medicines failed. She credits Resolvent, Ointment, and Soap with clearing the head and keeping it healthy. Ad also cites Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Rochefoucauld quote.
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Haif
Francis Lund
Plain City
Utah
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Big Assets Rise Up In The Morning
Fragmentary ad style copy urges readers to join a crowd of CASCARET takers and seeks to claim a life changing asset.
Two Close Calls in Flight Push Frontiers of Air
In a Beaulieu England flight, aviator recounts two near death moments during practice with MacArdle. A banked turn nearly toppled the Bleriot XL at 45 degrees, narrowly corrected by instinctive actions to avert a crash.
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Bronx City Tribune
Philadelphia
Beaulieu
Southampton
England
MacArdle
Mac
Apple and Peach Prices in Norway Retail Market
In Norway the trust raised prices as apples cost 11 cents per pound and peaches 20 cents per pound, while pears and other fruit prices noted only in brief.
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Norway
Use Papa's Pants for Home Decor Ideas
The Home Beautiful offers practical repurposing tips from Harper's Weekly. Read how old papa’s pants become hanging jardinières, portieres, and piano cushions with simple sewing, ribbons, and sand filled esthetics.
Muse of Humperdinck and Wagner Echoes in Harpers Weekly
Lawrence Gilman writes in Harper's Weekly that Engelbert Humperdinck uniquely channels Wagner while maintaining originality. He praises Humperdinck's balance of Wagnerian devices with accessible melodic ideas and earnest charm, noting lasting impact but questioning timeless depth.
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Humperdinck
Lawrence Gilman
Harper's Weekly
Engelbert Humperdinck
Makar
Critica
Wagner
Pranetor
Kd el
Mr. Humperdinck
Broken Auto Inspires Lament of Wrecked Car
A reader recalls a dented, ruined vehicle and the emotional toll it takes. The tale blends humor with sorrow as the broken auto, worth little, evokes memories of friends and failed repairs.
Suffered 23 Years From Chronic Catarrh and Ills Healed by Peruna
A long afflicted patient describes a 23 year struggle with chronic catarrh and severe head eruptions. After trying many remedies, Peruna brought rapid relief from bowel issues in three days and full cure after five bottles, prompting a strong recommendation.
Dr Pierce’s Pellets and a Snippet of Domestic Discourse
The fragment mentions Dr Pierce’s Pellets praised as candy like laxatives. It then shifts to a quarrel where Hewitt recounts being dismissed when seeking his daughter’s hand, and Jewett suggests arrest for traffic regulation violation.
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Dr. Pierce
Hewitt
Jewett
Montague Swank and the Ticket Collector Scene at the Pawnbroker
In a chaotic postscript scene Montague Swank relinquished a ticket as the Ticket Collector directs him to the pawnbroker's. At the club house in Tuxedo Young Lord Fairfax delivered an after-dinner address praising women and denouncing misogyny and crude male stereotypes.
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Montague Swank
Lord Fairfax
Work and Marriage Echo Court Tale From Boston Herald
A 17 year old girl in New York declined work after her mother said she was old enough and chose to marry instead. She wed a young man earning $8 weekly, illustrating a sentiment echoed by another girl who said she is not working because she is married.
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Mac
Pepple
Ralph Johnstone
Johnstone
Grahams-White
Philadelphia
White
Denver
Henry M. Neely
Great Tain
Canada
New York
Mamie
Boston Herald
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