Criminology lecture sparks thoughts on heredity and conduct
A personal note recalls Lawyer Goggins of rand Rapids and his France inspired view that judges should weigh heredity and environment before sentencing. The piece urges responsibility for parents and citizens, sharing a Western Soo line temperance anecdote about a father refocusing at sight of his drinking son, and ends with a Biblical verse attributed to Jos. Brown.
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Goggins
Rand Rapids
S. S
France
Ast
Portage
Stevens Point
Bancroft
Westfield
Jos. Brown
Chamberlain's Tablets Sold By R. J. Strauss
A reader notes they use Chamberlain's Tablets during bilious attacks and finds them excellent. The item is advertised for sale by R. J. Strauss with Lacertitene referenced.
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Chamberlain
R. J. Strauss
Windsor Café Exchange Shapes A Young Man’s Wakeup Call
In a Windsor restaurant under the castle, two college students discuss returning to work after summer. An English father praises his son’s line, then shares a line he calls the finest thing in the country about needing to work to be “it.” The students reflect, agreeing on the message.
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Windsor
Great Castle
John Bull
Wisconsin agriculturist specialists endorsed for every county
A Wisconsin Bankers Association committee backed a policy to place an agricultural specialist in each county. The resolution, approved at a Madison meeting held November 22 at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture, was echoed by Barron Eau Claire and Oneida counties, which voted to continue their county representatives. Over a dozen counties have applied to undertake this program begun just a year ago.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Madison
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Barron Eau Claire
Oneida
Tce
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Relief
A historical advertisement from Marshfield Wisconsin endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney weakness. Mrs. Fred Gentle testifies the remedy relieved her back pain after purchasing from Sexton Bros' Drug Store. The ad notes nationwide distribution by Foster Milburn Co. and cautions to remember the name.
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Fred Gentle
Fourth St
Marshfield
Wis
Dean
Irey
Doan
Sexton Bros’ Drug Store
Price Locents
Foster—Milburn Vo
Buffalo
New York
United States
Court summons notice in Marshfield Wood County
Dec 4 to Dec 11 notice in Marshfield Marshfield Wood County to Ole A. Glaon regarding a civil action for debt. Clerk William Wieten records a summons demanding payment by the defendant, with property pledge and court date to respond no later than the noon of the specified day.
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Iustie’s
Wood County
Marshfild
Ole A. Glaon
Winliam Wieten
Plana
Cough Remedy Praised by Lavonia Resident
Mrs Hugh Campbell of Lavonia Georgia extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine she has used noting satisfying results with all her children. For sale by all dealers. Also advertised is a for sale young registered Guernsey bull and a three month old bull calf offered by F O Ray.
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Chamberlain
Hugh Campbell
Lavonia
Youne
Guernsey
F. O. Ray
Train Load Buick Shipment Sets World Record
A special Flint to San Francisco freight train will move seventy five cars totaling 375 Buicks to the Howerd Auto Co. It is hailed as the largest single motor car shipment ever made. The deal represents 421 925 dollars. R H Collins earns the title Train load Collins for forwarding the record. Buick output for the year is stated as 30 000 rise cars.
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Flint
Migh
Howerd Auto Co
San Francisco
Buick
R. H. Collins
Collins
Blether and Blatherskite Rise From Old World Nonsense
A fragment discusses the word blether and its evolution to blatherskite in American usage, tracing origins to Scottish blether and Norse blader, noting a 1650 song and wartime popularity. It also includes a glossed joke about a dog medicine misunderstanding from Life magazine.
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Blader
Galt
Easton merchant fined for short wood sale
Jos Krohn of Easton was fined 24 dollars and costs totaling 32 dollars 05 cents in Justice Larner's court for selling Charles Bell a load of wood that was short. He pleaded guilty and, lacking funds, was turned over to the sheriff to serve a 30 day sentence unless he pays the fine. Krohn had signed a different name on a receipt when the wood was delivered.
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Jos. Krohn
Easton
R. N. Larner
Charles Bell
Krohn
O'Connor
Wausac Record Herald
One born every minute election bets spread wide
Under the heading One born every minute an exchange lists absurd wagers tied to Wilson’s election. Bets include kissing ten horses, a girl kissing six cows before friends, a New York man buying lamp posts, a Brooklyn man inviting his mother-in-law to stay winter, Samuel Green bathing Sundays for a month, and a Montana rancher kissing his wife every few minutes. Other dares include shaving beards, sleeping crosswise, wearing women’s hats, and cracking a peanut with a crow bar.
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Wilson
New York
Brooklyn
Taft
Samuel Green
Coney Island
Montana
W. E. Chapin
Katherine Henry
Piano
Illinois
Fagged-Out Women Credit Vinol Health Boost
Miss Richter recounts personal relief from fatigue and indigestion after using Vinl. A friend advised the remedy. she reports renewed strength and appetite, with a claim that thousands of women improved health. Sexton Brothers Druggists guarantee the product or money back.
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Miss Richter
Vinci
Vinal Marie Richter
Detroit
Mich
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Bescoxst
Central Avenue
Washington School
Lacrertitene
Sexton Brothers Druggists
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