Dean's Kidney Pills Proven To Cure Kidney Trouble
Lexington Virginia resident A B Beckwith reports two years of backache and kidney pain eased after taking Dean's Kidney Pills from Gorrell's drug store. He praises them as the best kidney remedy he used and notes price is 50 cents with Foxster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
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Lexington
Dean
Beckwith
Main St
Gorrell's
Foxster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Gare
United States
Blood Balm and Health Remedies in Early 1900s Ads
A collage of patent medicine pitches claims blood purity cures for skin diseases and sores with Toronte Blood Balm and Dr Shoop remedies. Also notes Em Bureau Aldrich-Vreeland emergency money, cough syrups, Health Coffee, teething syrups, and a soda of drugstore products.
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Atlanta
Gems In Verse Deforestation Opposed
An Atlanta Constitution verse appeals to save trees for mankind towns and wildlife. It praises trees providing shade for rivers islands and birds while condemning deforestation and harmful cutting.
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Atlanta Constitution
Man Tests Derby Fashion In Hat Shop
A youth samples many derbies as a hat shop salesmen extols a brown derby. The customer doubts fit and style after trying on and finally decides not to buy, while the salesman had been praising his old hat mixed among the new.
Calm talk on marriage and a reused chair turn into satire
Mrs Grim laments wives must keep calm to quell temper, boasting methods to tranquilize husbands including a stick and water. In a parallel scene Mrs Newcome praises an old kitchen chair bought as a connoisseur antique, viewing it as a masterwork in Bohemian fashion.
Size Up the Men You Meet In This Terse Tale
A business man counsels his son to know himself first. A noisy group blocks a residence at night and requests Mr Smith by grand bow. A woman from a second story window asks what they want and mispronounces names as the intruders stumble over an odd, fumbled plea to pick out Mr Smith.
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Mr. Shmith
Misshus Smith
Misshes Shimith
Migelius Shmith
Pilgrim Progress Debate Stirs Historic Church Row
A listener asks for a book from the library about a Pilgrim Progress and a historian’s daughter’s husband is named to argue the question Resold about a racial clash claim. The Plymouth Rock tale is challenged as living testimony of a heavy rise of Black people among white folks, with demand for documentary proof.
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Plymouth Rock
Dramatic Graduation Prank Ends in Stage Chaos
In St Louis Republic a humorous tale follows Clara de Vere, daughter of a former actress, planning a dramatic graduation stunt. Paul Ross, the music store clerk, fails to play the hero. a stranger rescues her, prompting a chaotic flee behind the curtain and a ruined finale.
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Clara de Vere
Paul Rossmore
Paul
Hogg
Joe Kerr
St. Louis Republic
Australian native cranes dance in dawn light
A St James Gazette report from Australia describes five to six foot tall blue gray native crane mates performing a grave, grotesque minuet beneath a scraggy tree by a water hole. The birds mate for life and display human-like devotion in their dancing.
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Australia
St. James
Prisoner Declares Dignity Over Treadmill Duty
An Irish inmate, defiant in prison, refused to work on the treadmill. Brought before the governor for disobedience, he insisted he would rather save the jail than obey the orders, declaring his dignity could not be compromised.
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Michael MacDonagh
Walking: gait style mirrors character in old guide
The text links steps to personality, contrasting firm steady walking with jerky moves. It notes energetic quickness and sudden stops, slow dreamy saunters, obstinate straight paths, and courteous avoidance reflecting temperament. It also associates broad swinging strides with generosity and tiny petty steps with meanness, especially for men.
World’s Tallest Trees and Ancient Giants Revealed
The tallest tree is a 480 foot Australian eucalyptus. California mammoth trees reach 276 to 376 feet tall with 108 feet base circumference. Ring data suggest some trees are 2000 to 2500 years old. The oldest tree lore places a centuries old specimen on Kos island near Asia Minor, protected by masonry with a 30 foot trunk circumference.
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California
Kos
Asia Minor
Mark Weaver
Washington
Rappabacsock County
Weaver
Carrier
Lia Up-Weaver
Bryan
Eixteen
Boy Inventors. Potters crude steam engine valve motion tale
A historical note on child inventors including Humphrey Potter who rigged a lever to operate a steam engine valve, turning it into an automatic working machine. It also tells of a farmer’s boy who whittled a power loom, faced his father’s scorn, then gained support from a blacksmith and later an inventor, transforming a rough model into a successful loom.
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Newcome
Humphrey Potter
Thunderer name origin linked to Times and royal rider tale
A London Answers tale traces how the Times earned the Thunderer title after a rider’s rude incident and a false Duke of Cumberland accusation. A local councilor is mocked for a mudhole episode, while public fancy grows around the thunderous phrase.
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London ‘Times
New York Herald
Duke of Cumberland
Thunderer
Mater
Dukes and Shoemaker Win Rugby? Golf Match Tale
A fragmentary reminiscence notes King James I enjoying golf and recalls Duke of York inviting a partner Edinburgh shoemaker John Paterson. They won the match and Paterson earned half the stake, later earning a house marked Canongate, with a French hotel anecdote about being square and round, then a garbled line about language.
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King James 1
Duke of York
Edinburgh
John Patersone
Patersone
Canongate
Fry's Magazine
Richmond Revenues Down Big As Forest Fire Losses Rise
Various notices report Richmond revenue declines exceeding 25000 dollars and a Minnesota forest fire potential losses near 10000000 dollars per a forest service cable. Other items include a plan to change Richmond’s official seal October 1, dynamiting at Crozet near Charlottesville, and remarks on Taft and Roosevelt.
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Ite Reste
Kues
Richmond
Ceves
Minnesota
Forest Service
N. F. Mack
Pacific States
Crozet
Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Taft
Luft
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Declared by Druggists
An advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT as a guaranteed cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a money back offer if not cured in ten days. The claim targets readers seeking a quick relief and an official reimbursement option.
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Reenlee D. Letcher
Arrorsey At Law
Lexington, VA
Prey M. Penice
Luatxeton
Virginia
J. Prestos Moore
Cate
Court Li Gore & Moore
Arrorseys
Frank Moore
Feark T. Glasgow
Greece
White
Huan
A. Waite
Attorseys-at-Law
P. Houston
Louis K. Walz
of, North
Mats Street
Houks
H. [. Quisenberry
North Main Street
Jahnke
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agner’s
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith & CO
R. S. Anderson
J. ED
Deaver
Hutchinson Still
Main Street
Court House
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Misses C. & R. Stebben
West Nelson Street
Main
Louzianne Coffee
America
the Reily Taylor CO
New Orleans
Dry Goods and Nations
W. Harry Agnor
James. E. Heck
OPP
Baptist ‘Church
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Gorrells Drug Store
Iit
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Pacific Coast
Chinese National Steamship Company
San Francisco
Seattle
Gorrall
Dr. Bhoop
Patna
Ain
Gorrell
Missouri
Jead
Idaho
Fahrney
Cattla
Mrs. Grim
Grim
Strand Magazine
BOY Inventors
Mumphrey Potter
London
Royal Golfer
Ocean View
Salvation Army
Lynchburg
Pringle
Eppa Hunton
Warrenton
Hancock
Hagerstown
Potomac Rive
Swisher
Sebert
West Virginia
W. E. Glasecock
Morgantown
W. A. McComb
Augusta County
Roanoke
Kendig & McComb
New
National Museum Building
Alaskan
Great Britain
Watter
Eggleston
Richmond Limes Dispatch
Sussex County
Macassas Journal
G. Reymond
Prince William County
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