Farm laborer residence duties and Canadian voyage offers
The text discusses allowing a land filing farm laborer to apply residency duties as if lived on land, with possible one-year duty reduction. Farm work six months in 1917 not linked to military enlistment. Government will cover travel fare beyond one cent per mile from St Paul or Duluth to Canada. Also includes stray ads about doctors, health, and humorous exchanges.
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Fesse
St. Paul
Duluth
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
A Cincinnati man promotes freezone as a cheap remedy that quickly dries and lifts corns and calluses from feet. The ad claims direct application relieves soreness, with the corn shrinking and detaching easily, and urges readers to have their druggist order a bottle if unavailable.
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Cincinnati
Failure in the Home blamed for California prison growth
The Sacramento Bee cites the state board of prison directors in its biennial report to Governor Johnson, condemning lax mental and moral training at home. It argues parents neglect duty and shift responsibility to the state, urging legal as well as moral duty to rear proper children.
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California
Sacramento Bee
State Board of Prison Directors
Johnson
Allen's Foot-Ease Advert: Pain Relief for Feet
Antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle into foot-bath relieves painful swollen feet and bunions. Claims to ease all foot-action with a bold story and free trial penne offer. Address Allen S Omated, Lee, N.
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Allen
Allen S
Lee
Pneumatic Heel Tires For Shoes Inspire By Automobiles
Oscar Mussman of New York City has invented a pneumatic tire for shoes inspired by auto tires. A rubber partition creates two air chambers inside the heel, connected to the outside air by small openings. On ground contact the chambers compress slightly, cushioning the walk and releasing air gradually to avoid shape distortion.
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Oscar Mussman
New York City
Popular Science Monthly
No Enthusiasm About a Coming Wireless Age
Quote contrasts the dull reception of a future wireless age with a sharp jab that the speaker is a "wirewalker" in a circus. The exchange highlights skepticism about new technology and a witty insult.
The Way of It. Spirit Level for Weighing Souls
A humorous line contrasts metaphysical claims with a practical quip. The speaker jokes that souls are weighed by using a spirit level, underscoring skeptical humor about weighty beliefs.
Lesson on Jesus healing the blind in John Nine
A religious lesson notes Jesus healing a blind man in John chapter nine, dated October six months before the crucifixion during the Feast of Tabernacles. It discusses the miracle, its meaning as a sign, the crowd’s curiosity, the man’s evolving testimony from “The man called Jesus” to “Son of God,” and the implications for faith, action, and discipleship.
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Jesus
John
Tabernacles
Israel
Lis Kingdom
Rome
Christ
Son
God
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Highlights Bright White Wash
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as yielding a vivid white wash with no greenish tinge. It urges readers to buy a large package at grocers for 6 cents and promises pleasant results on the next washday.
Not a Compliment and a Whitman Reference
A man experiences a dizzy intoxication as he watches a woman dance the one step. Her silken skirts glide by while the fragrance of roses intoxicates him. She smiles and suggests he recalls Whitman. He asks which poem, and she says any, noting the feet are mixed in all of them.
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Vick Chemical Company
Greensboro
N. C
Garfield Ten Improves Liver And Kidney Disorders
Garfield Ten, taken regularly, is claimed to correct liver and kidney disorders. Ady states drinking milk does not leave a dark brown taste and headach e.
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Garfield
Ady
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Advertisements
A historical advertorial promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming relief from female troubles. Contains testimonials from Mrs Kans A Kirso of Aurora Illinois and Mrs Josh Corner of Fairmount Ohio about back pain weakness and improved ability to work after using the product. Includes an invitation to write for confidential advice and mentions Guatemala furniture and factory employment in a jumbled closing note.
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Aurora
Beta Nall
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kans A. Kirso
North Ave
Ill
Cincinnati
Ohio
Josh Corner
Harrison Ave
Fairmount
Cone
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Becker
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B. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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Hostetter
SA Medicine For Women
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