Honest Man Not a Nonest Man Says Lantern Saying
A police captain cites prison records showing no newspaper men among Texas convicts while noting many other professions in the penitentiary. Kentucky druggists tout Dr Mendenhall’s Chill and Fever Cure with high local sales. A bystander quips about an honest man and a nonest man as Diogenes seeks truth.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
State Penitentiary of
Texas
Kentucky News
Lang Bros
Druggists
Paducah
Dr. Mendenhall
J. F. Crow Drag Co
Fairbanks
Farmer battles weed by artichokes in Kansas
A Western Kansas farmer reports artichokes will crowd out Canadian thistles, leaving others to decide on a method to replace the artichokes in weed control strategy.
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Kansas
No Secret About Bucklen Arrive Salve Claims
An advertisement asserts Bucklen's Arrive Salve cures cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes boils and more. A testimonial from D L Gregory of Hope Texas says it cured a bad sore eye quickly and remains effective. price listed as 25 cents at drug stores.
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D. L. Gregory
Hope
Tex
Isis Continues Sermon on Spirits and Angels
The speaker cites Bible as a source and personal experience to discuss whether spirits of the just can appear on earth after death. It contrasts true signs of God with false spirits and describes visions of Patmos and the celestial city in vivid, reverent terms.
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St. John
God
Jesus Christ
John
John the Divine
Patmos
Isis
Cure of Kidney Disease With Electric Bitters
C F Collier of Cherokee Indiana reports Electric Bitters cured a severe kidney disorder. He suffered backache headache and low mood and could not sit without a cushion. The tonic restored him to perfect health and he endorses it for weak kidneys liver or stomach. Guaranteed by druggists, price 40 cents.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Breslau Institute Leads War on Mosquitoes
Municipal experts will destroy wintering mosquitoes in house cellars and basements. Malachite green will be used to kill larvae in ponds as part of the Hygienic Institute of Breslau effort.
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Hygienic Institute of
Breslau
Oldest European Painting Found on 2500 B C Sarcophagus
The Italian Archaeological mission reports discovery in Greece of what is believed to be the oldest European painting. Painted on a sarcophagus, the artwork is dated to 2500 B C showing early ancient Greek artistic practice.
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Grete
Fatalities for Workers Prompt Industrial Safety Focus
A London Labour Quarterly notes that about seven of every hundred workers die yearly from industrial accidents. The article cites a figure near sixty two fatalities per four thousand workers and urges improved safety standards.
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Sevnwn
lLondon
Cure a Cold In One Day and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs
An ad copy promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It claims druggists refund the money if it fails. The note mentions Grove’s signature on each box and includes a 26e price. A secondary quip about sheep with no wool jokes about Barbados and Africa.
Aids to Success: Six Pillars of Effort
The saying lists six aids to success with the first being the will to work and the other five identical: work. The short maxim emphasizes labor as the key driver of achievement and self-improvement.
London Trades Vast Naval Reach Across Thames
London maintains immense trading vessels along the Thames, sending ships daily to ports around the world, reflecting a global network of commerce and expansion.
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London
Thames
Texas praise and Cuban diarrhoea remedy cited in one piece
Bob Taylor extols the Texas landscape and people, urging migration to the sunny republic, while a Cuban diarrhoea cure story credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a lifesaver for a U S soldier. Mrs Minnie JacobsTestifies. Sold by W J Sedberry.
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U. S
Cuba
Minnie Jacobs
Houston
Texas
Chamberlain
W. J. Sedberry
Territory Woman Granted Divorce Over Drunken Husband And Horses
A Territory woman won a divorce claiming her husband repeatedly drank and kept his horses in her parlor while using her piano as a watering trough. The court action highlights a volatile domestic dispute and its legal consequence.
Sheriff Sale Notice in Marion County Texas
State of Texas through Sheriff W. S. Tenny announces a deed sale on the first Tuesday in July 1905 at Jefferson court house door. The property of Mrs Alice Green is charged to satisfy a judgment of $46.60 plus costs and interest, including a tax lien, covering east two thirds of lots 4 and 5 and all of lots 5 6 7 in block T Alley division Jefferson. The sale is subject to defendant’s statutory right of redemption.
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State of Texas
Marion
District Court
5Th Judicial District of
Court House
Marion County
Jefferson
Alice Green
City of
A. D
Tenny
Texas
Earned His Pay
A defense counsel recounts a murder trial where the jury convicts of manslaughter after a lengthy deliberation. The foreman admits accepting a bribe from the defense to steer the verdict, revealing the effort behind the outcome and humor in the claim.
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A. P. Terhune
Lippincott’s
Can't be perfect health without pure blood
Burdock Blood Bitters advertised by The J. F. Crow Drug Co claim to tone and invigorate the system for better blood. The notice also critiques press work while promoting remedies for inflammatory rheumatism and rheumatism symptoms.
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J. F. Crow Drug Co
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Diogenes
Catarre
Vrink Rice
Taal
ELY Brothers
Warren
New York
U. S. Patent Office
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Barbados
Africa
Bob Taylor
Empire State
South
Eden
Jordan
Gulf
Dr. King
Sheriiff
Rou
Brug
Wyoming
Derrick
Cas.oria
Gainesville
Galveston
Cer Hea
Queen & Crescent
Ghichester
Cmichesten
Teatimonulala Uni
Helief
J Joruperlicts
Qohichhster Chemical Oo
Madison Square
Rhile
Mento
J. H. Benefield
Attorney At Law
W. T. Armistead
Adams
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