King of Blood Purifiers S S S touted as superior tonic
An advertisement extols S S S as a Purely vegetable blood purifier that strengthens the whole system. It claims quick relief for chronic sores rheumatism and skin conditions and notes no mineral side effects. The ad promotes the Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga with medical advice offered free and mentions Boer War writer Ben J Viljoen and a sunken warship find at Havre Harbor dredging.
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S.S.S
5. S.S
Nature
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gaz
Lone Texas mail carrier appointed in state news
Lady mail carrier Mies Harris Brooke of Hutto is named in Texas. Epworth League permanent encampment committee to meet in Dallas on October 13.
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Texas
Mies Harris Brooke
Hutto
Epworth League
Dallas
W T U Meeting Urges End of Saloon to Save Boys
The W. T. U. calls for action at a October 6 gathering at the Presbyterian church urging fathers and mothers to prevent boys from being drawn to saloons. The plea warns that factories and public revenue depend on keeping boys safe and laments saloon influence on public officers and taxes.
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Ublic
Is Your Wheat Good
Two men argue over Presbyterian and Methodist churches. A passing neighbor notes his long years hauling wheat to the mill and asks only if the wheat is good, implying judgment on the road matters. the tale ends with the miller asking about wheat quality rather than church affiliation.
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Vother
Hag
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Sore After Year
Otto Dodd of Powder Missouri writes that a yearlong ugly sore healed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims the salve is the best on earth and costs 25 cents at all drug stores. A stray line about a Flemish word for automobile is included with a nonsensical ending.
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Otto Dodd
Powder
How to Cure Corns and Bunions in Simple Steps
Soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it, pare closely, and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily rubbing five minutes per application. Wear a corn plaster a few days to shield it from the shoe. Pain Balm also serves as a general liniment for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. Sold by W J Sedberry.
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W J Sedberry
Cheaper to Have Paid Him Senator McComas Story
Senator McComas tells how in Europe and at Yellowstone he repeatedly met a man from his Maryland hometown John X- The class jokes that it would have been cheaper to pay John X- and let him go.
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Senator McComas
Washington
Maryland
Europe
Paris
John X
Venice
London
Strand
Yellowstone Park
Emperor embroiderer nobles lend charity shawl
An Emperor of Austria Franz Josef and the Grand Duke of Hesse are noted embroiderers. The Grand Duke created a shawl for a charity bazar, sold for 1250 dollars, then bought by a rich American for double. Also mentioned is a claim that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure sick headaches. For sale by W J Sedberry.
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Jack Cox
Wake, Ark
Franz Josef
Austria
Hesse
Chamberlain
W J Sedberry
Morse to Lead Southern Cotton Corp in Trade Reform
Col Morse, president of the new twenty million dollar Southern Cotton Corporation in Boston, aims to revolutionize trade and halt skyrocket speculation.
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Col. Morse
Southern Cotton Corporation
Boston
Massasaya
Family Weight Record Sets 1531 Pounds In Peru Indiana
A Peru Indiana family headlines a 1531 pound total with Squire Hass 826 pounds and wife 155 pounds plus five children Edward 254 Frank 201 David 225 Elmer 160 and Mrs W H Jacobin 210 making the average under 219 pounds. Also notes Dr King’s New Life Pills claim relief for chronic constipation and a help-wanted ad for a permanent representative with weekly pay.
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Peru
Ind
Squire Hass
David
Frank
Edward
Elmer
W. H. Jacobin
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Ark
V. O. Whittington
Ben J. Viljoen
Grand Army
South Africa
Havre
Jefferson Cotton Oil and Refining Co
Jefferson, Texas
Jefferson Cotton Oil & Refining CO
W. E. Peters, Weigher
Katy Service
Katy Flyer
KATY
International
Great Northern
Palestine
Arroyo Colorado
Paige
Prohibitionists
Lanham
Bailey
A. and M. College
Marshall
Rice
J. H. Caldwell
Bell County
J. C. Fowler
Troy
Remefield
The
T. U
Presbyterian Church
Jim Hale
Glopton Smith
Tutt’s
le Quinn
Cavendish
Big Man- Pakiersen 4 Company
Como Block
Chicago
Janodea
the Selden Pen Mfg. CO
Nassau St
New York
Ely
Weis
Warren Girect
Newark
DR. J. R
Dr. Balloop
Polk and Henderson Sta
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