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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
Personal Appeal for Foley Remedies and Their Merits
An advertisement urges personal consideration of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds with a forty year cure record. It extols Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder issues, claiming to correct irregularities, restore vitality, and improve appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A. D. Knepfel
Jook
O. D. Knopfel
Corn Exposition Shows Corn King of Omaha Event
The second annual corn exposition in Omaha December 9 to 19 highlights corn dominance with exhibits from across the U S and abroad. A corn hospital treats weevil-damaged kernels with hydrocyanic gas while South exhibitors report near eradication. Modern farm machinery including a three-kernel planter and auto husker showcase advancing agriculture. A six-kernel stand test promises insurance on yield, and new methods turn waste into denatured alcohol for engine use on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
United States
South
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Pigeon Toes and Bankrupt Tales Across The Ages
A four year old reports two Meyers children have pigeon toes while catching a cold spread. An antiquated word history traces bankrupt from Genoa benches broken when insolvent. A Washington post office blue book query on marital status sparks humorous rural replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
New York Sun
Be Gentle With The Erring In This Human World
A reflective verse about mercy toward mistakes and the uncertainty of fortune. It urges restraint in judgment, notes the fallibility of every person, and cautions that today’s top may be tomorrow’s bottom. The speaker invites compassion and humility.
Woman's uncertain wit described in sharp assessment
A remark portrays a woman as equally certain to be uncertain and to be flippant and hard to understand, highlighting a skeptical view of her character and behavior.
Affable agent pitches new book to educated buyers
A humorous exchange shows an agent touting a new book to a cautious recipient. The shy person jokes about education gained from experience with book agents and dismisses eligibility. Contradictory questions about boarding houses prunes and green cows reveal a playful, absurd dialogue.
Saving Money on Home Bills and Family Finances
A man discusses his frugal habits noting three daughters being courted, gas bills that are often light, and months when he receives a rebate from the utility company.
Quandary in a Toy Market Mystery
A fragmentary dialogue outlines motives for failure tied to money and ownership. A speaker speculates that excess funds, ignorance of wealth, and another’s possession hinder progress. The tone hints at a satirical look at desire and being found out by Santa Claus.
Womanly advice and quack cure targeted to women
The passage promotes a dubious herbal remedy for female ailments claiming to cure weakness, backache, kidneys, bladder and urinary troubles. It markets itself as a sure regulator and lists druggists or mail order availability with a dubious postal address and inconsistent phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosher Gray
Princess frock designs praised in winter issue
The item highlights the Sylphbocker and Princess Oltp silken frocks with masculine and feminine appeal. It notes a princess gown cut to fit, twelve inch frill, satin buttons, and satin lacing, offered in five sizes from $3. A sample pattern can be obtained by sending 10 cents with code (123) to the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oltp
Slip
Alios
Mall
The Way of True Love in a Quick Marriage
A humorous older note on romance where a woman, turning twenty four, sighs she must marry and ends by giving her heart to the first man who comes along, with a Puck styled line about living happily ever after. The fragment reflects comic views on love and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Breaking t Gently vase birthday gift mystery
A snappy one line from the New York Herald depicts a playful exchange between a wife and George about a birthday vase. The banter hints at a gift origin and familiar flirtation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
New York Herald
Elevator falls role reversal joke headline
After a mishap, the victim quips that the ascent felt safe while the elevator operator notes the real danger is in descending. A wry anecdote from a Catholic Standard and Times column reflects on risky old lifts and cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Standard and Times
Severe on His Threat
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a man explaining his prior job at a home for friendless dogs. He says he was hired to bark a friendly welcome to homesick dogs that felt lonesome, describing the work as hard on his throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
An Enthusiastic Audience and The Stenographer Joke
An exchange in Washington Star jokes about dictating speeches to a stenographer. A cartoonish dialogue the audience laughs at. A separate quip contrasts a goblet of bone with a tumbler of flesh and blood at the circus. A Mansfield Story recalls a salary dispute over a big success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Mansfield
Mrs M McRaney Recovers After Foley Kidney Remedy
Mrs M McRaney Prentise Mies reports three months of kidney and bladder trouble confined to bed. Two physicians failed to help until Foley's Kidney Remedy was taken. After two bottles she claims a dramatic improvement and renewed health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre. M. McRaney
Prentise
Mies
Ae Foley
Street and avenue cross streets listed in city notice
A jumble of street pairs and intersections including West Seventh and Ohio, Tenth and Floyd, Seventh and Main, Market corners, East Fourth and Spring, East Eighth and Culbertson, Thirteenth and Market, Vincennes intersections, Main with Vincennes, Oak with Pearl, West Union and Green, and other urban points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Seventh
Ohio
Floyd
Reel Hove
Lower Fourth
Atreeta
West Second
Market Atreeta
River
Pearl
Main
East Fourth
Spring
Culbertson Ave
East Eighth St
Upper Sixth
River Ghise
East Eleventh St
Vincennes
Beeler
Vincennes and
Spring Streets
Oak and
Thomas
Pearl and
Oak
West Union
State and Green
Poplar
Thirteenth
Stone
Eighteenth
State and Ly
Lower Fleet St
Southern K. Railroad
Chartres
Cherry and
Constitution
East Ninth and Market Streets
East Tenth
Elm Streets
Fifteenth St
Culberteen Avenue
Charlestown Road
Vincennes Street
Robinson's Pants
East Third and Railroad
Vincennes and Ewin Avenue
Silver Street
R Silver
Willow Streets
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Yapville
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Triben
Abad the Tribune
Preung
Epectaiy of
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King of
All Grains
Little Louise
Meyers
Elster
Genoa
Venice
Florence
England
Urth Herald
Duncan M
Don
Ered
Santa Claus
Brother Bob
Norge
MacDonald
Mes
M'Raney
the Tribune Company
Pearl St
New Albany
Ind
Ely
Steudbenk
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction Company
Hoosier
Seymour
Columbus
Edinburg
Frankin
Greenwood
Indianapolis
B. & L. Traction Co
Louisville
B.& C. Brr
Southern Indiana R. R
A. A. Anderson
Gen. Megr
Colusbes
Colonial Country Club Club
West Baden Springs, Ind
American Plan
Sym Ibte
Werth
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