Splitting Hairs and Kidney Pills in a Busy Missouri Saloon
A humorous scene shows an elderly gentleman in a Missouri barber shop debating hair length and honesty with the barber. Separately, Dowd’s Kidney Pills are credited with curing kidney disease and related ailments, with Mrs. Peter and others sharing positive results. An eagle captured by a farmer’s dog near Romans is described, the dog saving the bird until the master arrived to take it alive, wings measured at four feet nine inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowd
Mre
Peter
Paine
Dodd
Descombes
Andes
Val
N Express
New Year’s Hope Shines Through Fragments of a Poem
A fragmented verse by Mary Georges reflects the old year fading and the new entering with spring imagery. Vivid lines describe gray mists giving way to budding life, rain, and violets as hope returns for renewed youth and joy.
Myth of the Mistletoe and Druids' Sacred Custom
An 19th century note explains mistletoe’s link to Druid beliefs and winter rites. It describes oak sacredness, white bulls, priestly rituals, seasonal blessings, and the kissing custom tied to Saturnalia and Christmas celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druids
Eo Jong
Puzsie
Freya
Baogland
Students Broke Them Up
An uptown theater spectacle drew laughs as ten college students in the balcony watched a group of young women cry over a melodrama. A male student mocked the scene by passing a single handkerchief along the row, prompting hushed laughter until theater management stopped the byplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Siz
Cornmeal Proves Richer Heat Source Than Other Foods
A Michigan Agricultural College bulletin highlights corn meal as a superior heat source, showing a 10 cent market-value table where corn meal tops heat units against items like oats, beans, beef, and dairy. The piece includes aside quotes and humor from a Cincinnati Bagelver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Agricultural College
Eno Reef
Hie Sphere and Doctors in Vacation Ads and Puns
A collage of ad style quips and jokes. A nurse doctor banter about vacations leads into promotional lines for medicines and tonics. Classic sensational product pitches hawk cures for colds coughs and nerves with minimal medical credibility.
Fragmented Schoolroom Wordplay and Odd Notices
A jumble of dialogue and stray phrases appears, including a teacher asking for a word meaning and a student providing a quirky sentence about imbibing. Interspersed are medical ad claims and a stark, clipped note about a mule and a telegram to the coroner, hinting at unrelated clips from a Denver Post wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanny
Fanny
Teacher
Ray
Missouri
Khury
Denver Post
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Miesouri
Romans
Washington Aves
Mary Georges
Mise Koemin
Georgie
Linsie
Lissie
Mamms
Tom—Mise Willingski
Jack—Gay
Johany
Ae Barenters
C. Ayer CO
Maas
Ayer
Stormington Rarna
West
Arizona
Walker
Johnny
Puck
Chicago
Boston
Kiine
KR. HL Kline
Arch Bt
Philadelphia
Dusty Dennis
Freman
D. M. Ferry &Co
Detren, Mien
Bere Noel
A. U
Winn
Don
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Peresat
Cota
Byuaray
Russell
Lers
A. H. Averill
Avna
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