Money and marriage meet in a humorous essay on wealth
A long satirical piece debates money mania, open hosiery debates in the Midwest, and a husband who contemplates selling a beloved horse to buy an automobile to win his wife’s affection. It mixes dated anecdotes with social commentary on money, gender, and domestic life.
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Commonwealth
Hawkeye
Samuel Johnson
Byron
Lown
Massachusetts
Arkansas
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Abe Gota
Syrup of Figs and the California Fig Syrup Co
Modern commerce prizes quality over wealth. The text extols Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative, praised by physicians for its gentle, effective action and purity. It notes the California Fig Syrup Co as the manufacturer ensuring uniformity and warns to buy only the genuine product in original packaging.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Phyal- Gan
California Me Syrup Co
Toast Cure For Dyspepsia And Paris Night Shelters
An article promotes a toast cure for indigestion claiming immediate and lasting relief when bread is dried well before toasting. It notes rapid improvements in some cases and cautions against soggy bread. A separate Paris report lists professions among municipal night shelter seekers, including actors lyric artists and pianists among others.
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Paris
Munkland
Right In the Family Cookery Contest Announces Prizes
A Postum Cereal Co. Ltd sponsored cooking contest offers 735 cash prizes totaling 7500 dollars to be awarded by July. Women compete in everyday dishes and general cookery under housewives’ direction with prizes ranging from 200 to 5 dollars. Entrants need pay nothing. winners get certificates or gilt badges. For details contact Cookery Capt. No. 349, Postum Cereal Co. Ltd, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Michigan
Santaya
Ben
Dever
Pth
Desiree
Clini
Carnegie
Bill Jackson
Agaip
C. W. Pont
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd
Battie Creek
Mich
Snow Will Stop Rifle Bullet At Fifty Yards
A Mertin rifle bullet fired at fifty yards cannot pass through a wall of snow four feet thick, illustrating snow’s protective barrier.
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America
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Philippines
Cuba
Nature
Rootbeer
Canada
W. Teor
Salt Lake City
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Agient
Seidee Caarch
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Gilainh
Rotter
W. L. Douglus
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W. L. Douglas
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Colt
National Rangeren
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Ogden Assay Co
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Denver
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