Mixed global figures and events span farms to royal marriages
The text lists diverse items: Canadian farms average 93 acres. 35 million acres cultivated. English birth figures rising from 20 to 55 per head since 1860. Russia kills millions of ermines marmots and squirrels. British bank capital grows by about £16 million yearly. English cement exports earn over £11 million. Grand Duke Adolf of Luxembourg celebrates a golden wedding after a long career including titles and political changes.
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Russia
Adolf of
Open Letter from Dr Dunaway Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills
Benton Illinois May 20. R H Dunaway M D writes that after severe diabetes and failed remedies he took Dodds Kidney Pills and within a week improved, five boxes cured him. He claims the pills are the best medicine for diabetes and kidney disease and urges public trust in the professional endorsement.
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Benton
R. H. Dunaway
Dodd
M. D
Recreation or vice the warning to young men
Dr. Talmage argues amusements can be harmless yet often become harmful. He urges scrutiny of moral impact, warns against costly or corrupt entertainment, bad company, and neglect of home life, and shares a deathbed warning about ruin from unsanctified amusements.
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Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Dr. Talmage
Gibeon
Eaen
Church of God
Paul the Apostle
Naples
Italy
Pompeii
Philadelphia
Hal
West
Mr. Talmage
House of God
Oakwood Cemetery
Samson
Delilah
Western Canada December weather compared to Minnesota May
Two Minnesota delegates report mild December in Calgary with no snow and thriving livestock. They praise Alberta and Yorkton district grain samples wheat 25 bushels oats 60 bushels and roots good, concluding the Yorkton area offers good opportunities for settlers and encouraging readers to contact government agents for district details.
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Thomas Regan
C. Collins
Eden Valley
Minnesota
Western Canada
Calgary
Manitoba
Alberta
Yorkton
Assiniboia
Yorktowers
Assiniboino
Saskatchewan
Sayings of Wits and Sagen Compiled Verses and Quotes
A collection of brief witticisms and maxims from various authors. Included are lines attributed to Sheridan Tielding Schiller Atchison Massinger expressing views on truth poverty riches dignity and the consequences of mischief and ambition.
British Joke Machine Made Illustration of a Premature Prehensile Baby
The London Globe reports an American physician and his one year old baby who can grasp a cane and pull itself up to its chin three times, cited as a striking example of infant prehensile power and a nod to Darwinian ideas.
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America
London Globe
Allen's Foot-Base Powder Ad Offers Foot Cure
You can get Allen's Foot Base Pred write to Allen 8 Olmsted Leroy N for a free sample of Allen's Foot Base a powder to shake into your shoes. It cures chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it 25¢.
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
Sculpture Contest and Bust Inquiry at Local Court
A fragmentary court scene shows a judge questioning a sculptor about pricing a bust while a Mrs Richquick and others observe. The cryptic exchange references a daughter and a compliment about her foot as part of the dialogue.
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Tnate
Richquick
Private Mailing Card Ad for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul
Private Mailing Card offered with colored scenery views on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Card required ten cents in stamps and was addressed to J A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago IN.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. A.miller
Bedstead price test in cash bargain tale
A bygone Detroit piece relates a dealer offering an iron bedstead for twelve dollars. The customer questions cash discounts, but the dealer asserts the price applies only to cash purchases, keeping the bed unsold if cash is not provided.
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Detroit
Iree Press
Quips on dodgy cider and common fare from era humor
A collection of satirical quips cites misrepresentation over cider with water, a pharmacist’s claim for Piso’s Cure as throat remedy, and a joke about dinner choices to avoid higher bills. The lines parody everyday commerce and medical ads with regional newspaper flavor.
Hoxale's Croup Cure Ad Promotes Child Life Saver
An advertisement touts Hoxale's Croup Cure as a life saver for children with no opium, priced at 60 cents. The Philadelphia Times questions a justice depiction showing a woman holding apothecary scales and contrasts it with an iceman image.
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Justice
Philadelphia ‘Times
Rail line promotes Spirit and Okoboji Lakes summer views
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway issued a descriptive boardlet featuring the Spirit Lake and Okoboji Lakes region in Northwestern Iowa. Free copies are available by writing Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant Agent, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Spirit
Okoboji Lakes
Jno
G. Farmer, Aguistanton’l
Pas
Agt
Cedar Rapids
Family hand me downs spark growth and gratitude
A Chicago Tribune fragment depicts a mother praising Tommy for careful dressing and noting his height gain since wearing a suit. She suggests Dickey's coat and trousers, once worn, now fit Tommy, highlighting shared wear and family thrift.
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Tommy
Dickey
Chicago Tribune
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