Gifts to John Reveal Wife’s Missionary Wealth
A financier husband and devout wife clash over gifts bought after her Philadelphia missionary trip. She returns with East Indian laces and a life membership in the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society worth ten dollars, while a salad bowl and other tokens fail to excite him. The guest laughs as the scene ends with the husband fleeing in embarrassment.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
John
India
Foreign Missionary Society
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
What Becomes of the Gold in Thirteen Years Production
The article asks where gold produced over thirteen years has gone. It cites a 3,485 million dollar production with 1,692,000,400 locked in banks and treasuries. It estimates 1,105 million dollars used for arts and sciences, leaving about 88 million unaccounted. It questions whether gold hides in hoards or is used more in industry than thought.
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London
Treasuries
Vanishing Womanly Women and a Doomed Trade Tale
Fragmented prose depicts a fading archetype of women with cause and hobby amid a survival scene. A doomed traveler faces cannibal savages in a palm shaded camp as a chief and a young man debate a final meal and mustard as a last request before the feast.
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Nong
Jeb
Smokestacks and Education in Spartanburg City Progress
A World’s Work piece by Arthur Page reflects on Sparta nburg, South Carolina, where 6000 workers and families were expected to build a well appointed city. The article links industrial growth with education and civic development, noting presidents and deans shaping local instruction and opportunities.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Arthur Page
Western Canada crop prospects buoyed by late spring
Western Canada farmers report a late spring but favorable conditions. By late May sowing expanded with 85 percent of spring wheat planted and oats, barley, and flax edging past previous records. Winter wheat centers expect head formation by mid July as moisture and warmth aid growth. 1906 yields of 90 million bushels in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta inspire optimism for a larger 1907 crop.
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Akotoki
High River
Nanton
Claresholm
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Europe
Fragmented ad copy and stray quotes from unclear source
Text presents garbled marketing phrases and misjoined dialogue about danger of icewater and automotive use. Mentions brands FITs Bt Vitos Dance Nervous cure and names like Hestorar Gen bottis. Lacks coherent event or context to summarize further.
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Hestorar
Bottis
Allen's Foot Ease powder keeps feet dry and comfortable
People tell how Allen's Foot-Ease powder became essential for millions. The product is promoted as cleanly healing and antiseptic, curing while you walk. Over 30,000 testimonials claim its effectiveness. imitators are framed as inferior substitutes.
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Allen
Two Advertising Truths From Theater and Soap Ads
A soap millionaire and an actor manager discuss ads, noting posters are obsolete as newspapers reach readers. The manager extols newspaper announcements, while she agrees that the press remains essential for selling soap to daily readers. The ad copy then praises Defiance Starch for laundering and stiffening fine wash goods, promising improved appearance.
What He Gave Him
A Yonkers Statesman quip about a man asking for money on the street and a response about giving him a look that won’t be forgotten. Also includes short anecdotes and ads urging Red Croga Ball Blue for clothes, a note on fasting birds, and tobacco promotions from Lewis' factories.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
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