Century Magazine plans and features tease readers in new volume
The piece previews upcoming Century Magazine content including Ambassador White's reminiscences of his mission to Germany a six part serial Sandy by Alice Hezan Rice and Under Rocking Skies by L Frank Tooker with other notable writers. It notes a December 32 page tint picture Christmas issue and lists sections like Great Inventions Public Architecture and Historic Homes. Subscriptions via booksellers newsdealers or direct from The Century Co. New York price four dollars.
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Happy Women Praise Kidney Pills In Glasgow Ad
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky details relief from kidney trouble with Dean's Kidney Pills. She cites back pain scalding urine and variable secretions as improved after use. Ad shows price 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes European inspectors photo public work crews with a road paving scene showing two of thirty men at work.
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C. B. Pare
Glasgow
Dean
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Defiance Starch Ad Claims Superior Freshness and Value
An advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as preferred by housekeepers for efficiency, promising 4 oz more for money. It also cites Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for Brights Disease and Gravel and notes a testimonial from Mrs E P Misner of Burghill about a 61 000 bottle.
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David Kennedy
Bright
E. P. Misner
Burghill
Two Graces and a Carved Set Piece Tale
In a Chicago Record-Herald item a stage manager trims the three graces to fit an arch, joking that two graces suffice for a star. Charles Walter Brown recalls a theater anecdote told to his brother-in-law William Evarts as a passing streetcar chats with a medical shop skeletons display.
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Charles Walter Brown
William Evarts
Evarts
van Buren
Sidney Smith
Chicago Record-Herald
The Dying Skeeter Narration Of A Mosquito Colony
An 80 million mosquitoes mourn their dying matriarch in a Jersey marsh scene. The poem hints at race and war references while calling for renewal and resistance. The piece, attributed to the New York Commercial Advertiser, blends satire with apocalyptic imagery.
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Jersey
New York
Danger in Too Much Speed Anecdote From Camp Meeting
Chauncey Depew cites a Vanderbilt lines employee who once attended an old fashioned camp meeting. A sailor spoke of heaven at twenty knots an hour, a railroad man spoke of sixty miles an hour on a perfectly ballasted track, and a decrepit woman warned that the fast departers may bust their biters if they crowd on too much steam.
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Chauncey Depew
Vanderbilt Lines
Brothers and Sisters
New York Times
Old Scots Dish Dilemma From Carnegie Tale
An Andrew Carnegie story about a Glasgow dinner shows a hungry workman served plentiful solid food but scant drink. The old Scotch lady comments on his trencherman duties, and the man replies that he cannot eat much yet would be glad to have a hearty drink.
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Andrew Carnegie
Glasgow
New York Times
Soldiers Conceal Wounds Amid Fierce Fighting
The account describes two severely wounded soldiers rushing back into battle. One bore at least three bullet wounds while both tried to hide their injuries. They moved through the fray with a uneasy air, laughing in the face of death to avoid hospital attention, as observed in Leslie's Monthly.
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Nippon
Leslie’s Monthly
Proper Morning Skills Shared With Boys And Girls
A short directive encourages teaching both boys and girls to air bedclothes over chairs each morning and to learn simple cooking. It notes that a boy who can brew coffee, broil steak, and serve breakfast gains useful life skills without losing manliness.
Literary Note Sparks Publisher Contract Rush
A dialogue excerpt shows an assistant claiming a man aims to publish a forthcoming novel with a strong selling title. The publisher urges immediate contract signing to outpace competitors while a mother warns her son about overwork. the son notes lower college workload under new football rules.
Oldest Man in Leeds Claims 187 Years
Interlocutor questions Bones about a feather gag as Bones claims Thomas Harte an Irishman in Leeds workhouse believes he is 187 years old and the oldest man in the world.
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Thomas Harte
Leeds Workhouse
England
Bullfrogs Said to Eagerly Eat Birds and Ducks
An old naturalist recalls bullfrogs swallowing birds in salt marshes and pond waters. In a later tale a neighbor released five giant bullfrogs to control wild fowl. three were killed early, two vanished, and later missing pintail ducklings reappeared in bullfrogs stomachs.
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Flushing
L. L
Harvest Customs Fade in Devonshire Ring and Dinner
The article recalls old Devonshire harvest rites where reapers form a ring of wheat and shout Wee een. The ring bearer then takes the harvest ring to the house for a kiss from the first maid. The custom has largely disappeared yet the harvest dinner endures with the squire sharing ale from the same jug with his workers.
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Devonshire
Leverybody
Dodd’s Kidney Pills touted for rheumatism cure
Deep Valley Pa October 31 A Rheumatism case in Green County is presented as cured after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. The father claims the girl’s recovery from years of suffering and potential lifelong disability credit the medicine. The ad links rheumatism to uric acid and kidney health. It also notes Paris planning a Coney Island with $1 million capital and Isle of Man Douglas town council operating street cars for children at set times for half a cent.
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Green County
I. N. Whipkey
Dodd
Town Council
Douglas
Isle of Man
Bix
Deafness Cure Claims and Odd Indian Marriage Custom
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for deafness caused by inflamed mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for a cure not achievable by this treatment. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The piece ends with a note on Indian marriage customs and a Canada wheat export claim to Britain.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugesta
Cough Syrup Ad Warns Against Illness and Pictures
An old advertisement urges avoiding colds and pneumonia by using Simmon's Cough Syrup. It claims the remedy cures coughs and heals lungs and promotes staying healthy to enjoy spring. It also notes shy women would not consent to be photographed in group settings.
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Simmon
Defiance Starch Promoted As Household Essential
Slogan touts Defiance Starch as superior cold water starch with 4 for 10 cents. Advert says 1,000 Englanders earn more than the prime minister. Includes promotional blurbs for McCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY in Houston and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Note date and addresses appear among the consumer tips.
Man Learns Lesson On Matrimony Exchanging Quarters
A conservative man remarks that exchanging bachelor quarters for a wife rarely yields gains. He speaks on marriage as a social institution in a brief local column.
Better Than Spanking Home Treatment for Bed Wetting
A columnist promotes non punitive help for bed wetting. Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment by mail to any mother seeking relief, asking no money. She urges mothers not to blame the child, noting the condition may be beyond the child's control.
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M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Defiance Starch Pushes 16 Oz Offer Over 12 Oz
Grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch due to existing 12 oz brands on hand. Defiance packs 16 oz for the same price, prompting buyers to choose the larger size. No cooking required. The piece closes with a quip about animated debates on unknown topics.
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Defiance
Treaty Signings Beset By Superstition And Size
A Thibet English treaty was drafted on a single enormous sheet due to Thibetans objecting to documents spanning more than one sheet. Separately, the global forestry area is reported at 2,500,000,000 acres.
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Thibet
England
2 Cent Copper Coin to Enter South African Circulation
The Johannesburg Chamber of Trade requests the introduction of pennies, a new 2 cent copper coin, to accompany the existing silver six cent tickey as the lowest denomination used in South Africa.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Mother Gray, nurse at the Children’s Home in New York, promotes a remedy for constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worm destruction. The ad claims 30 000 testimonials and offers a sample free at druggists priced two cents. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Nearby a man in a striped blanket was mistaken for a tiger by an inmate and shot dead.
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Mother Gray
New York
A. S.olmsted
LeRoy
Manantoddy
Loss of Vessels at Sea Costly Deaths and Property
About 2 000 vessels of all kinds disappear in the sea each year carrying roughly 12 000 people to their deaths and causing about 100 million dollars in property losses.
Defiance Starch Ad and Odd Musings
The passage promotes Defiance Starch as unique and superior adding value for 10 cents. It also contains quips about amateur musicians and a tongue in cheek remark on women and origins from a rib. The final line notes the ease of seeing the bright side when others face troubles.
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