Life Saving Kidney Pill Helped Salis Dury Woman
Mee G W Pooks of Salis Dury Md wife of ii Ww Fooks sheriff of Wicomico conory saved after eight years of kidney troubles. She improves after using Poa Kidney Pills for three days. Price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Patrick Kaonealivy claims oldest peanut vendor at New England resorts, 25th anniversary, Salem Willows. sold 15,000 bushels in period, is blind. Dealers say Defiance starch outperforms other cold water starch. usable cold or boiled. Longevity note: those reaching 30 without major illness tend to live to at least 73.
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G. W. Pooks
Salis
Dury
Fooks
Wicomico Conory
Foster Milburn Co
Huffalo
Patrick T. Kaonealivy
New England
Salem Willows
Edgerton Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Haule of Edgerton Wisconsin says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her irregularities and uterine trouble after doctors offered no help She reports dramatic relief within a week and two months of use with no headaches and a weight gain of about 20 pounds endorsed by a local Household Economics Club member.
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Janother Club
Haule
Edgerton, Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sika
Mar Hwawra
Edgerton
Wis
Center of Arkansas School Lesson Sparks Gender Debate
A New York Press summary recounts a humorous classroom episode near City Hall where a boy’s mispronunciations and gender confusion provoked laughter. A teacher notes the boy’s antics show wit amid a lesson on grammar, while the class teased his funny slips about nouns and pronouns.
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Ti Fance
Htagnor
Parke
Arkiosen
Arkansin
Adon Cowine Judge Advises Name Change
An elderly colored man visits Judge Rutue B. Cowine with a complaint about his name. The judge suggests using his first name Adon to avoid an unlucky initial-letter combination and explains people will call him by his chosen forename rather than the surname. The exchange highlights attitudes toward names and identity.
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Cowine
New York
Senator Lodge Humor Sparks Capitol Clerk Fracas
A strange office episode during a spring senate special session shows Senator Lodge’s humor provoking clerks. A noon hour clash erupts as clerks complain of a pasty cigarette. Abe Winston calmly dismisses the scene and insists no one else is present.
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Senator Lodge
Capitol
Senate
Lodge
Sieb den
Masenchanerts Ssenntar
Abe Wenator
Married Man Picked Out by Senator Pratt Joke
A Washington tale from Senator Pratt notes how a newly married couple can be spotted in a crowd. He recounts a companion remark that a wife interrupts each story with, There, you’ve forgotten something. The humor centers on recognizing marriage by behavior.
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Pratt
Washington
A Curious Insurance Con Job Involving a Policy
A man in the final stages of consumption visited Job Hedgen with a tale about an insurance policy on a client in the undertaker business. He claimed the policy would pay in about a week or ten days and asked Hedgen to advance $10, offering a due bill against the policy and interest if collection stretched beyond ten days.
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Job Hedgen
New York Times
Prayerful Verse of Work and Duty in Opening Door
A fragmented poem speaks of seeking meaningful labor and honest toil. The speaker longs for work that yields value and pride, turning from prayer for earthly glory to a desire for steady craft and honest wages. The lines evoke dawn, spring, and a plowman’s humble, persistent labor.
First Street Lamps Vetted for Safety After Dark
Vitlace'a launch on First Street introduces street lamps tested for the first time in November. Citizens who previously roamed after dark found the lamps not plentiful yet. improvements promised as the project progresses.
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Launcheh
Masa
Not Meant To Sit On Fences Says Sibley News
Representative Joseph Sibley of Pennsylvania hosts a summer gathering on Lake Champlain with Congressional friends. John Sharpe Williams, the famous Mississippian, writes poetry about the park scene leading to a playful exchange with Sibley who quips about his own fences and barbed wires in this political humorous vignette.
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Sibley
Joseph Sibley
Pennsylvania
Congress
Keston
Lake Champlain
Plattaburg
N.Y
John Sharpe Williame
Williams
Lee
Archbishop Ireland recalls faith and a child’s prayer for brothers
A New York Times anecdote recounts Archbishop Ireland’s tale of faith, a six year old parishioner’s bright prayer for a brother, and a family dinner table moment revealing the child’s role in the family’s choices. The story blends humor, devotion, and a lesson on divine response through a family narrative.
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Ireland
New York Times
Mixed Drinks of Cubans and American tastes discussed
The article surveys Cuban beverages and American cocktails, noting varied drinks like refescoe and limeades. It mentions flavors such as orange water and rum, plus dishes like panales and orchata as refreshing infusions, and contrasts them with London and New York fashions.
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Vyank
London
New York
Jamaica
The Indian Widow: A Poem of Night and Hunt
A truncated, poetic vigil unfolds in a dark wood as a speaker calls to Negon and Negen and the brave wolfish watchers. The verse dwells on moonlit paths, hunting fidelity, and a lone, perilous journey with companions named like forest spirits.
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Pje
Dark Wood
Family pride note in Civil War tale on boxing night
A conversation among three youths recalls grandfathers in the Civil War while two on the boxe describe their confinement in Southern prisons. A third youth belittles his own military claims before a quip about an uncle LT who never served. A humor vignette with Jonah and the whale ends with a joke about royalties.
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets and Ads
Miscellany of humorous misprints and notices including remarks on Sarasate, Defiance Starch, a Budapest marriage rite, Women in Japan, King Leopold gifts, medical testimonials, and a wandering mix of editorials and product pitches. Contains names, places, and dates, with fragmented OCR.
Restorations for the Froochtheum of Athens
Ancient Athens faces preservation issues as Greek architects plan limited restorations. They will stabilize the Froochtheum fragments and place missing sections, aiming to safeguard the site while maintaining its historical character amid ongoing debate.
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Athens
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna in Public Testimony
Admiral Schley, a famed 19th century hero, endorses Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy after a private inquiry. The article notes his family used it and asserts Peruna’s broad cures and wide public endorsements, urging readers to seek free literature from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co in Columbus Ohio.
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Dmiral Schley
Admiral Schley
Peruna
Annals of Medicine
Peruana
M'f'e Co
Columbus
Ohio
Free Peruna Almanac 1904 Promoted By Druggist Note
A garbled excerpt riffs on a free Peruna Almanac offer for 1904 and includes long, dreamlike musings about the California Limited train and travel in earlier days. The text blends promotional tone with a spoof tune excerpt and nostalgic observations on transit and comfort aboard the Santa Fe line.
Monument to Gustav Freytag in Breslau exhibit
Fragmented notices describe a Gustav Freytag monument in Breslau with Ernest Seeger named as commissioner. Two models by the sculptor are shown at the Breslau Kunstgewerbe Museum. The excerpt blends unrelated ad snippets about remedies and a George W Cable anecdote from a Sunday school class.
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Gustav Freytag
Breslau
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims and Oddities
A jumble of vintage ads claims a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine and a money back guarantee. It touts trade secrets for perfumes and mystery remedies, notes famed surgeons and starch brands, and includes quirky lines about fireflies in Japan and a faceless dye product.
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Faye
Dkan Mas
Pinknan
Lydia KE
Plokhiati
Rickey & Co
Paina
Mans
Thompson
Cender
Arkansas
Anne
Smart Boys
Pres
Dewey
Geound
Vietorboud
Lotie
Negon
Jonah
Whale
Sarasate
Baraeate
Budapest
Bentowlog
Solymar
Statuton
Japan
Tokio
Bulldloge
Nis
Leopold
Ontend
Ito
Uyagni
Golf Linke Wn
eOffense
Belgium
Valley City
Mere
Matilda MM. Boucher
Jango
Dodd
Hovid
Bernese
Lewis “Singh
Lewis Practory
Peoria, Ill
Bath
Charieville
Gewy
Ira
Tonto
Roulette
Laitoy
Bard Bile la Colleet
Fashionatte Muriat
Fim
Tomniidiitin
Fie
Winslow
Tabbet Oom
Javtild
Bikikvin CO
LA Crosse
Jorattan Hutchinson
Buenos Ayres
Cuenon Ayres
Pe-Ru-Na
Pesru-na Drug Co
Johnny Drummer
Valheibe Plavforis
Kieotrye
Indir
Ronan
Ube
George Ades
Prairie Junction
Santa Fe
California
Plalie
Mogitalos
Perpetiomain Mor Aed
George W. Cable
Girie
Aleo
Allen
Coskiogbo
New York World
Defiance Starch
Omaha, Neb
Farinn
Cologne
Hival
Cmce
L. A. Deichuo
Pron
Crawfordeville
Ind
Henry Thompson
Peddiera
Tokyo
Iment
Mahomet
Deh
Putnam
Canada
Browh
Gene
Crawford
W. Neaih
Pepsin Syndp
Monicalo
Rey CP Ivotk
Wells
Klan Greene Jolirate Akin
Seistica
Wales
Chile
Pat Penning
Sebrough
Louis
Oatis
Rana
Alvice
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