Old People Need A Bowel Stimulant
Aging digestion weakens bowels. gentle laxative tunes best. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin praised as natural aid to stimulate normal stool, strengthen stomach and bowels, with free sample offer and money back guarantee. Local ad for Dr W B CaldwellMonticello, TM.
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Caldwell
Mary A. F. Davidson
University Mound Home
San Francisco
Cal
W. B. Coldwell
Washington $T
Monticello
Winslocs Boothing Syrup For Children Advert
Fragmented ad text promotes Winslocs Boothing Syrup for children with references to wafers and tonics. Mentions a food motto for married men and a quoted exchange about a wife being away from home. The readable snippet suggests a quirky late 19th or early 20th century tone.
Carrie Chapman Catt Skewers Domesticity Slogan
Carrie Chapman Catt in Chicago ridicules the old anti suffrage cry of domesticity arguing many women have no homes. The term domestic should not be stretched as witnesses once did in a Georgia court where a defendant cited domestic trouble after confessing to stealing a cow.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Chicago
Georgia
Lig
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Weavilin
Cadiz
Ohio
Fort Worth
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkhoim
Lydia
E. Pinkham
F. P. Mullendore
Munford
Ala
Afunford
Lydia E. Finkham
Pony
Slanford
Unclear Phrases Prompt Odd Debate on School of Press Agents
Fragmentary text questions the existence of a new school versus the old School of press agents. Mentions Paw Knows Everything and Willie-Paw with references to secrets and a son. Content appears garbled and lacks clear events or entities.
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Willie
Postum a daily delight replaces coffee says user
A reader describes Postum as a daily pleasure replacing coffee. The account notes improved sleep, less nervousness, and weight gain after years of use. The ad endorses Regular and Instant Postum from Postum Co. and invites readers to write for a booklet.
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Kentucky
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Western Sheep and Native Flocks Dominant in Markets
The article explains how western ranges supply most market sheep, known as western sheep, while central and eastern states raise natives. Merino traits mark western flocks. natives increasingly buy ewes and lambs that resemble western stock, though feed and management cause market differences. Lambs now comprise a growing share of receipts at major markets like Chicago, with year round arrivals and rising lamb consumption.
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Chicago
HEADER FOR KAFIR AND CANE
A letter by A. E. Kiinger of Butler County Kangag describes crafting a heading device from simple timber. Using two 4 foot and four 3 foot lengths with a knife, bolts, and improvised handles, a crew of four using two wagons can top a ready supply of bound balls efficiently.
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Enna
Katir
A. EK. Kiinger
Butler
Kangag
Bewin
Protection for Livestock Against Frost and Cold
Farmers are urged to prepare stock for winter, stressing protection from frost and wind. Early stabling, full feeds, and careful selection of breeding stock can cut losses and boost profits. Those buying or selling livestock should act now to reduce costs before cold weather arrives.
Schedule Mystery On Rural Interurban Stop
At a country interurban halt a man asks about the next car while awaiting his wife Mary. He estimates arrival in nine minutes and notes no other car for an hour, revealing a tense moment near a farm as a Cleveland Plain Dealer reader report.
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Mary
Jobo
Rome
Cleveland Piain
Finance as She is Wrote and the Substitute Typist
A humorous misreading of Wall Street diction highlights the summer job of a substitute stenographer in the city. The narrator notes how phrases like comptroller of the currency and drought district in Kansas were misheard, leading to comical renderings such as comptroller of the corn belt and grouch in Kansas as bouillon soup. The piece ends with a bell for two new typists on Wall Street Journal staff.
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Wall Street
Kansas
Bulton
Bank of England
Wall Street, Journal
Signatures on Paintings Reveal More Than Names
Experts rarely rely on signatures to judge a painting’s authenticity, preferring the artist’s technique. Examples include Raphael Urbina on a Milan canvas frieze and Reynolds signing Mrs Siddons as The Tragic Muse, inscribing his name on the garment hem.
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Raphael
Sposalizo
Milan
Raphael Urbina
Reynolds
Gretna Green Ceremony in Berwick
A young couple arriving in Berwick last Sunday wed in a Scottish fashion. They traveled across the border to Scotland and, avoiding banns, conducted a simple ceremony beside two onlookers. The couple, witnessed by two people, signed the resulting dokument.
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Gretna Green
Berwick
Scotland
Pimples Cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
LeRoy C. O'Brien of Saginaw Michigan says a nine month facial outbreak of seed warts disfigured him until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used. After ten days the skin healed and left no scar. Ad notice for Cuticura samples and Skin Book.
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Genessee Ave
Saginaw
LeRoy C. O'Brien
Outieura
Dept. L
Boston
His Place’s Operatic tenor under the dog laws
A witty theater quip notes that the recent operatic tenor should meet dog laws due to his songs resembling monthly barky roles. The playful line mocks the singer’s vocal style by comparing it to a canine chorus.
Good positions far exceed the supply of good material
A fragment from the Columbus Ohio State Journal notes a stance that strong positions outpace available quality material, reflecting editorial sentiment about supply and capability in a political or social context.
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Columbus
Ohio State Journal
Woman Demands Muslin Triggers Quick Exit at Drapers
A small boy at a draper's shop fled after a customer asked for a yard of silk and exclaimed she must meet muslin. The boy led a bystander to a policeman, shouting that a woman in the doorway wanted muzzling. The incident, quoted from London Tit-Bits, shows a burst of mischief and misunderstanding in a simple shopping moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lim
London
Easy Winner Senator Kay Pittman Quips on Bluff and Stuff
In Tonopah Senator Kay Pittman spoke about two lobbyists in a street quarrel. He minimized danger saying there was no fear of maiming, comparing them to Bluff and Stuff. When asked who won the clash, the answer was Stuff, though he had only a half street lead.
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Kay Pittman
Tonopah
Mat
Castoria Remembered as Safe Remedy for Mothers and Children
Advertises Castoria as a trusted remedy for mothers and children with over 30 years of bearer signature of skill in use. Encourages caregivers to examine bottles carefully and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria in period tone.
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Fletcher
Fragmentary old notice on cough drops and illness
A garbled snippet mentions anger, a father ordering someone from a house, a cold signaling consumption or pneumonia, and promotes Deans Menthulated Cough Drops as a remedy. The line hints at dreamlike phrases and drug advertisements embedded in the text.
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Dean
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