Dean's Kidney Pills and Other Household Tips
A vintage style snippet discusses kidney health with Doan's Kidney Pills and a personal testimonial from E. Vaughan of Iola Kansas. It includes a Red Cross Ball Blue note and a brief humorous cartoon dialogue. A separate item notes a Midshipman Smith contracting typhoid possibly from a roommate’s briar pipe.
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Smith
Indiana
Plymouth
England
Annapolis
Medical Department of the Navy
The Friend Patent Medicine Gains Great Reputation
The Friend medicine earns notable renown for curing many. The Boss attributes this to extensive and judicious advertising.
Post Toasties Distinctive Flavour Delights the Palate
The sweet crisp food is universally liked by children and is a great help to mothers who must feed youngsters wholesome, relished by all. Economical feature appeals to those keeping living costs in check and Post Toasties are especially pleasing with fresh sliced peaches.
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United States
Canada
Almost Worn Out
A dramatic exchange between Ella Fantine and Slenderly hints at weariness as a knee goes to sleep, revealing a humorous domestic vignette from a period piece.
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Ella Fantine
Pet
Expert William A Radford Offers Free Building Advice
William A Radford announces free reader inquiries on building topics. He cites his experience as editor author and manufacturer and urges architects to help reduce costs. He advocates simple designs and careful budgeting to provide affordable, attractive homes within modest means.
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William A. Radforn
William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
A Modern Design for a Mid Sized House at Reasonable Cost
The design showcases a 22 by 33 foot residence with a large living and dining area on the first floor and two bedrooms on the second, built with waterproof cement foundation and creosoted cedar roof. Estimated material and labor cost runs around 2000 dollars with optional upgrades up to about 3000 dollars. The piece argues for simple, honest construction over ornate former styles and stresses practicality, lighting, and sanitation in a well planned plan.
Oil Fueled Transatlantic Liners Transform Shipping
The Cunard company may build an Atlantic liner like Mauretania with oil burning boilers. Oil would have saved fuel costs on these ships, enabling more cargo and passengers and reducing crew. Engineers foresee oil driven tramp steamers and major shifts once harbors provide oil storage.
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Cunard Company
Mauretania
Lusitania
Engineer and Iron Trades Advertiser
Glasgow
Scotland
Literary Digest
Bank Cashier Teilit-Chinkley Arrested for Embezzlement
The morning arrest of cashier Teilit-Chinkley on embezzlement charges is reported alongside critique of Harmon-Ah, described as another good man turned bad, and Teilit-No noted as another bad man revealed.
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Teilit—Chinkley
Harmon
Teilit
Morgan Buys 86 Rare Watches From Seligmann
Pierpont Morgan purchased eighty six exquisite watches dating from the 16th to 18th centuries through M. Jacques Seligmann of Paris for 300000 dollars. The collection includes egg shaped Limoges enamel pieces and cross shaped pendants, with some pieces small enough to serve as cravat pins.
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Morgan
Pierpont Morgan
M. Jacques Seligmann
Paris
Nuremberg
Italy
Cure for Eczema by Cuticura Remedies Reported
Mrs Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan shares a nine year relief from severe eczema after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She describes years of agony with itching and bleeding, partial improvements, and final recovery following four bottles of Resolvent and routine use of the two preparations. She invites others to write for confirmation.
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Alfie Elson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Venus Rising Vision Sparks Shoreline Bets on Attire
On the beach the men praised the celestial reveal while the women criticized the bathing suit with envy. The Chicago News quotes lively crowd reactions to a seaside spectacle.
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Chicago News
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
Copy warns deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. Claims 100 dollars for a catarrh case it cannot cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertises circulars and claims efficacy. lists Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
A Fool and His Money Quote in Cleveland Leader
A short exchange from the Cleveland Leader notes the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted and the rejoinder that the fool is only called such after the money is gone. The quote reflects a humorous view on financial caution.
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Cleveland Leader
Vintage Laundry Ad and Quotation Snippet
A fragment from an old advertisement mix shows a laundry blueing pitch promising white clothes with Red Cross Ball Blue, a small 2 oz package priced at five cents. The text also includes a Johnson quote about fools and an old product note for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and colic.
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Doan
E. Vaughan
South St. Iola
Kan
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Possum Cereal Co
Battle Cecek, Mich
Merican
A. Radford
ROXIO
BATH
Ig'o'xia
Akitchen
Aroxime
Eczema
Human Nature
Takee Les
Centaur Company
NEW_YORK
Dosishha
Bears
USA
Castoria
Western
Canadas
Maidstone
Sask
Cedar Bulls
Lows
Coeur d'Alene
Leonard Douglas
Shitler
Brettler
Alberta
Forest City
Iowa
E. A. Wik
Will Maes
Brainerd
Minn
Wen
Landis
Frank J. Zimner
Are Tray
Forta Taylora Falls
Camrose
Wilton
North Dakota
Ron
Peter A. Melson
Ponoka
Geo
Puskewtts
Vesw
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal Bldg
Indianapolis
Ind
Hi. M. Williams
Law
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Harker
Barker
Claire
Jack
Ethyl
Dr. Pierce
Salen
Mother Sores
Rory Gaews
W. N. Us
Indianapetls
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