Doan's Kidney Pills Praised By Thousands of Readers
Letters from grateful users describe relief from Bright's disease symptoms and kidney complaints after trial and full boxes. Mrs Letoern of Oakland reports marked improvement and urges others to try the remedy. A New Orleans reader also credits Doan's pills with cured dizziness and back pains, noting improved urine and general well being.
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Doan
Bright
Letoern
East Lith Street
Oakland
Cal
Oarann
Eluce
Gro
Junnoykin
Preston & Stauffer
New Orleana
Memorabilia and notary frauds from 1881 Toledo ad
An OCR fragment includes advertisements and a sworn oath sample from J Chen ey claiming Hall s Catarrh Cure, Toledo. It lists products from Defiance Starch to Red Cross Ball Blue and a recall of a California siren line. The text contains Hal l s Catarrh Cure promotional claims and a notary public seal with 1881 dating.
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Brave OF
OAL
Toledo
Lucas County
S&rant
J. Cheney
FJ. Cheney &Co
Voledo
Saidirm
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
Seal
Notary Publi Hall
Tree
F. J. Cheney & CO
Johnny’s Clever Reply About Body Parts
A young student, eager to impress Miss Brown, names the interior exterior and back-terior as the important body parts, after hearing his physician father and medical student uncle discuss long words and anatomy. The scene highlights Johnny’s playful wit and reverence for complex terms.
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Johnny
Miss Brown
Father
Uncle Jim
Brother aids rival in North Carolina campaign
J. M. Gudson, elected to Congress from the tenth North Carolina district, faced his brother as the sole active political opponent. The brother, serving as United States consul at Panama, obtained leave to help re elect Congress Moody, the Republican candidate.
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J. M. Gudson
Congress
North Carolina
United States
Panama
Moody
Defiance Starch Ad and Art Auction Prices
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch claiming white clothes and lists prices. Auction sales in London include Rembrandt's Old Woman at 28105, Velasquez The Grane Seller and Turner's Dustanborough Castle at 12775 and 4287, plus anonymous Edward VI portrait 8353 and Van Bycik works Edmund Waller 4176 and Esy i of Arundel 2520.
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Rembrandt
E. F. Mulliken
New York
London
Velasquez
Turner
Dustanborough Castle
Edward VI
van Bycik
Edmund Waller
Esyi
Arundel
Quick-Witted Janitor Responds To Stinging Grass Joke
A New England college janitor nicknamed Bob, described as quick-witted, retorts to a freshman who jokes the yard grass matches his face. Bob replies that in about three weeks it will be the same color as the freshman’s face, highlighting an icy exchange rooted in racial humor.
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Bob
New England
Hat-Wearing Urchin Evades Accusation With Nest Grievance
A well dressed young woman confronts a boy carrying a bird nest with eggs. He claims the mother bird cannot care, saying she is on her hat, turning the scolding moment into a humorous reversal.
Lincoln quips on Jefferson Davis capture at saloon tale
President Lincoln told General Grant a temperance anecdote about an Irishman who signed the Father Mathew pledge. He described a scene where the man asked the barkeeper to put brandy in a lemonade, then urged Davis to escape unbeknownst to the keeper.
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Jefferson Davis
General Grant
Lincoln
Father Mathew
Mr. Lincoln
Davis
Brother by sugar mix up ends in joke
A five year old boy was sent to the grocer for leaf sugar but received granulated sugar by mistake. The grocer asks how he likes his new brother. The boy replies he cries all the time and they cannot change him now because they've used him three days.
Defiance Brazen Package Advertisement Cites Value
The text promotes a product called Defiance Brazen with a money back style guarantee. It promises one third more value if the customer delays and asserts the package will provide satisfaction and won’t stick to the front. It adds a moral note about life’s beauty enabling God to shine clearly.
Passaic mother sells infant for five dollars
Mrs. Fannie Urhouse of Passaic New Jersey sold her eight week old son for five dollars due to poverty after her husband was killed in the Pennsylvania strike. The purchaser is Mrs. John Urban of Wallington. An exhibition in Columbia displays a Revolutionary sword with a history tied to Colonel Tarleton and Wade Hampton, a Hampton ancestor, used by General Hampton in the Civil War.
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Fannie Urhouse
Passaic
N. J
Columbia
Tarleton
Wade Hampton
Bud
General Hampton
Trade in Canada and U S Balance Boosts Reciprocity Debate
Walter J Ballard argues US Canada trade shows surplus and no need for reciprocity. Treasury data show rising exports of manufactured goods and materials, strong cotton cloth shipments, copper gains, and iron and steel declines due to higher domestic demand, with imports up across chemicals raw cotton fibers hides silk tin and lumber in seven months to July 1902.
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Canada
Great Britain
Walter J. Batlard
Schenectady
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Jey
India
Indiana tariff debate and wage distribution in 1902
The Indianapolis News argues against tariff patching amid large Republican gains in Indiana. It notes Democrats voting with Republicans and contrasts wage distributions: 1880 had $21.96 million from 69,508 workers, while 1900 had $77.87 million from 167,288 workers. It questions reforming $55 million in wages and the motive of business interests.
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Indianapolis News
Indiana
Senator Stewart Urges Business Approach to Tariff
Senator Stewart of Nevada argues for treating tariffs as a business issue. He says tariff changes alter costs, cause cycles of prosperity and ruin, and that both parties warn voters to seek readjustment. He urges Republicans and Democrats to avoid wrecking national prosperity through partisan tariff fights.
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Tula
Stewart
Nevada
No Partial Tariff Revision Endorsed by Lodge and Hoar
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports Lodge and Hoar arguing against partial tariff tinkering. They say the Dingley tariff benefits the nation and hide duties have no Massachusetts support. They urge preserving prosperity over local interests and urge an end to agitation for changes.
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Senator Lodge
Senator Hoar
Lodge
Massachusetts
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Reciprocity quote from McKinley on new markets and jobs
Tunkhaangck Pa Republican remarks on reciprocity define it as granting concessions to foreign products not produced domestically, without labor loss, aiming to increase employment and benefit all Americans in line with the president’s inaugural stance.
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McKinley
Bryan’s Tariff Revision Favored by Few Citizens
The piece notes Mr. Bryan’s tariff view as controversial and reports that a Wall Street sentiment shows a majority disinterested in Bryan’s stance. It reflects public indifference and cites moneyed interests as a factor in the discourse.
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Bryan
Wallat
Fthey
Moneyssn
Pad News
Professor Sully on Laughter and incongruous juxtapositions
In his 430 page work An Essay on Laughter Professor Sully explains that peculiar comic actions arise from incongruity and unfamiliarity. He cites a tale of a man admitted to a card game who cheats and is expelled while his fellow players forget he is their prisoner. He links this to a dockside burglary pair and a rib poking incident as evidence.
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Jamés’ Sully
Wriiter
Professor Sully
Preacher's False Start Told In Local Sermon Tale
Rev John McNeill recalls a common idea that any man can preach and shares a humorous incident to dispel the delusion. An elder filled the pulpit last minute and struggled at first yet delivered a quip as he began the sermon, saying Brethren if any of you wants the conceit taken out of you come up here.
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John McNeill
Uri
Dodd's Kidney Pills Featured In Local Health Notice
The article from Oolitle Indiana highlights Dodd's Kidney Pills as a modern remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It cites W A Terry grocer recounting four months of illness improved by the pills with a strong recommendation to fellow sufferers.
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Oolitle
Ind
Dodd
W. A. Terry
Defiance starch touted for better results and cures
Fragmentary ad copy claims Defiance starch yields better results than rival brands and promises simple fixes for ailments. Slogans urge readers to write Derk P. Yonkerman Co. of Kalamazoo for a remedy for consumption and compare forgiveness to a pardon without delay.
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Derk P. Yonkerman & Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
De fanine Starch and horse lore in a mix of tales
Readers discuss De fiance Starch stock and value for money with a pitch toward 16 ounce packs. The note includes a tale about the Queen of the Belgians and her love of horses, highlighting Laeken riding school and a Hungarian stud farm. A humorous exchange about weight follows, quipping that no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds.
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Lke
Austria
Laeken
Thomas’ B. Reed
Reed
Sign of Red Cross Ball Blue in Washing Habits
A fragment notes clear white clothes hint at the use of Red Cross Ball Blue, 2 oz package for five cents. It mentions Thomas Poe, 98, longtime Rushville Ind justice of the peace, oldest active U.S. magistrate, re-elected to another four-year term.
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United States
Thomas Poe
Rushville
Ind
Winter Pleasures and Health Resorts of the Southwest
An advertisement extols winter health and pleasure trips via Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Route. It highlights Hot Springs Arkansas as a national sanitarium, plus New Orleans Galveston Houston San Antonio Laredo Los Angeles and San Francisco as temperate destinations. The Gould railroad system links these sites for year round travel.
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Bouthwest
Missouri Pacific
Southwest
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Old Mexico
California
Middle West
Ozarks
Hot Springs Mountain
Hot Springs
United States
Tor
Gulf
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Guadalupe Mountains
Laredo
Rio Grande
Egypt
New Mexico
Arie
Iona
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
Walks of the Water By Tenby Seaman Invents Sea Walking Boots
William Llewellyn of Pembroke shire, a Tenby seaman, claims to have invented an apparatus letting a person walk on the sea in rough weather. A public demonstration from the pierhead drew thousands as he tested boots connected by a steering gear and catamaran styled front. He walked for about half an hour despite choppy water.
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Tenby
Pembrokeshire
William Llewellyn
Lewellyn
Liew Sllyn
French pied Piper at Rosenthalles village fair
A modern French rat charmer known as a pied piper performed at a Rosenthalles country fair near Dunkirk. Ray reportedly sealed himself in a barrel with a hundred rats, then emerged unharmed as spectators expected his demise. The crowd saw rats cluster around his chest while he claimed his voice charms kept the animals at bay.
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Rosenthalles
Choux
Dunkirk
France
Ray
Shim Self
London Mall
Indiana Doctor Reports Family Curse Over Ill-Timed Festivities
An Indianapolis physician discusses a family with a long historical misfortune extending to ancestors. Clerical figures and community anecdotes describe reactions to a hanging and a thief, while a Paris Messenger note mentions President Loubet reportedly accepting a U.S. visit to attend the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, noted as a potential sole trip of his era.
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Indianapolis
Tinsley
Aaswell
Ring
Ley
Oliver Cromwell
The
Parla Messenger
Loubet
United States
Louisiana’ Purchase Exposition
Fou
M. Loubet
Tunis
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