Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Lexington Officer
Lexington Va police officer J W Walker commends Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney relief after trying Conan's Pills. He reports lasting improvement for over a year and says the remedy works as advertised. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Dean
J. W. Walker
Randolph Jt
Conan
Gorrell
Drg
Foster-Milburn Co
Bu Talo
New York
United States
Doan
Blood Balm and Kidney Remedy Ads Flood Historic Page
An OCR filled spread touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for blood and skin diseases with medical claims for eczema scrofula and cancer type disorders. It also promotes Foley kidney remedies and various tonics from B H Gorrell and other advertisers alongside general health tips and product pitches.
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Atlan
Gems In Verse A Connaught Lament
Poem fragment expressing heartbreak and separation. The speaker laments a lost beloved and compares heartbreak to wintering pain, with lines about a grave, a black heart, and the swallow’s departure attributed to distance and memory. Nora Chesson Hopper is named.
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Nora Chesson Hopper
The Unproductive Man and Courage Across Time
A Pequod of ideas produces a parable about the unproductive man who sits atop a head worker and never earns a raise after three years. Courage varies with circumstance, as illustrated by French soldiers in 1870 and 1873 theater panic.
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Lorin F. Deland
Atlantic Monthly
Mills
Pene
Nasraon
Royal swans and royal fowls under old English law
The text explains that in England the swan is a royal fowl and, along with whalee and sturgeons, is a royal fish. Swans within British dominions belong to the crown unless a private person lawfully possesses them. Private possession implies ownership, but free swans remain crown property. Historically a swan mark, granted by the crown, was required to keep such birds.
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England
Evarts Retorts on Size and Measures in Brilliant Exchange
The late William Evarts responded to a statesman’s taunt about his small stature with the remark that the critic’s view valued measures over men. Another critic noted his habit of long paragraphs, to which Evarts quipped that criminals object to paying sentences.
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William Mr. Evarts
Mule Dispute Brings Laughs In Jim Crow Tale
In a humorous Success Magazine vignette two African American men argue over buying a mule. One accuses Mistah Jackson of saying the animal is old and toothless, prompting Jackson to quip that time surely flies in his country.
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Mistah Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Barrie Early Career and the Tailor of Grub Street
An excerpt recounts J M Barrie’s early career as he defied publishers and pursued literature. He recalls his mother’s ambitions for him and a loyal old tailor who inspired him with memories of his own youth and the dream of fame. A comic interlude features an interviewer and a pork merchant offering divergent beginnings.
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J. M. Barrie
Garret
Cowley
Argonach
Treasury job wish and Bjornson anecdote in London Chronicle
An applicant to the treasury jokes about a non existent chief cuspidorian and the assistant secretary replies there is no such position. Bjornson recalls a visit by a Right delegation to Christiania that smashed windows yet sang the land’s song in triumph. From the London Chronicle.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Saturday Evening Post
Treasury Department
Department
Cusidorian
Bjornson
Christiania
London Chronicle
Five hundred dollars bequest for funeral dinner in Karutz will
The late August H. Karutz of New York leaves five hundred dollars for a funeral dinner with liquid refreshments and disqualifies heirs who miss the feast. Other items include a large apple crop forecast, Norfolk building boom, Botetourt Fair plans, and political contests in Virginia.
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H. Karutz
New York
Karutz
United States
Canada
Ben H. Rice
Spokane
Norfolk
Fincastle
Botetourt
Messrs. Mayard, Saunders and Hay
Virginia
Wm. W. Sale
W. A. Young
Mr. Barren
Maynard
H. H. Downing
Hay
Swanson
Saunders
Tucker
Flood
Texas
Lone Star
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Advertise Refund
A patent pill claim promises a guaranteed cure for piles, stating refunds if PazZO OINTMbaT fails to cure within six to fourteen days. The wording targets individuals suffering from blind bleeding and proper piles.
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Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows All
Reenlee D. Letcher
Lexington, VA
Pam M. Penice
Laarmaton, Vino
Frank Moori
Notery Publi
C. Preston Moors
Courteens & Moore
Attorneys At Law
Luxinatos
Frank T. Glascow
Ye & White
Huen
A. WuHitt
Attorneys-At-Law
Houston
Louis K. Walz
South Main Street
H. [. Quisenberry
North Main Street
Jahoke Building
Lexington Hotel
R. R.witt & CO. General
Fire Insurance
Old Lin
J. W. McClung
Aetva Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Hartford ‘Fire Insurance Co
M. J. Hess
Presbyterian Church
Main Street
Leslie L, Weaver
First National Bank
U. S
U.S
Roanoke Fair
Strobel
Kemp
la Bell
la Rose Bros
Jas. P Woods
Louis A. Scholz
Roanoke, Va
UNION
Studebaker
Brown
Thornhill
Syracuse
Bickford & Huffman
Thomas
Clark
International
Nelson Street
Robinson and
Hutton
J. Gassman & Son Hardware Company
L. G. Jahnke & Company
Holland
New York Press
Foley
China
Mongolia
Chinese Turkestan
Corps of Engineers
Abernethy
B. H. Gorrell
Clemenceau
Paris
Rocky Mountain Tea
Santa Cruz de Teneriffe
Agricultural Society
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Sooke Basin
Victoria
B. C
Pacific Coast
Halifax
N. 8
Algeria
Bardock
Hudson River
Nelson Page
Seir
Nicholas
Havana
Arim
PAY Day
F. Gotch
Paineville
Office
Kansas City
Henry
Cherrysmith
George J’eus
Armand
Saturn
Kansas City Times
Evarts
Tempus
Barrie
Sir William
London Mail
Lnterest
Richmond
Mary Bachus
Charles City County
Harper's Weekly
Saturna
William P Kent
C. B. Slemp
State Republican Committee
Roanoke
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