Two Dozen Rules for a Baby’s First Tooth
A humorous list from the New York Evening News offers practical and playful guidance for new parents. It includes cautions about dental bills, social appearances, and managing the first tooth’s arrival with balance and restraint.
Test Lessons From A Loving Mothers Life
A reader recalls a dying mother teaching her daughter to care for the family and prepare the home for her end. The piece contrasts this selfless plan with a Milwaukee man facing impending insanity after a skull fracture and rising brain damage. Both narratives echo themes of duty, care, and preparation.
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Daudet
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Misunderstanding and a French Latin Lesson
A colloquial exchange shows Bobby mispronouncing Latin for people and his father reacting with mock scorn. The dialogue shifts to a reminiscence about a valued dog, ownership suing for five hundred dollars but not recovering it, and a missing link in the case later found at a butcher show.
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Popull
Poe Hall
Moaghanton
Duplicates in City Box Office Seek Front Row Seats
A trio of women arrives at the box office in a frantic scene asking for matinee seats. They bargain over which seats to take while the clerk lines up options, all of which are eventually declared sold. The girls express desire for good views and fashionable dress, moving on to inspect other options. Time records the comical exchange as the crowd watches with mixed delight and disgust.
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Cote
James
Vermont
Chicago Tribune
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Mim
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Diekans
Dawson
Does It Pay to Be Strictly Honest
A Lime Kiln Club meeting opens with Brother Gardner seeking views on whether strict honesty pays. Old member Sir Janae Walpole recalls returning wallets for rewards and facing distrusts. Bobeo recounts times of strict honesty causing theft losses, then notes personal gain after changing.
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Gardner
Janae Walpole
Tiny
Bobeo
Honest to a Fault or Steadfast Rogue in Detroit
A Detroit crowd recalls strict honesty as a path to ruin and wealth. Stories by Whalebone Hawker and others reveal how honesty backfired and how moral tales framed honesty as misguided, with a final quip about maple sugar signs and Vermont purity.
BeFORE AND AFTER A TIE OF EXPERIENCES
A fragment from a Dewoit Free Press column features a witty exchange between a bride and groom in which they of discuss married life. The wife jokes about dinner and baby care while the husband jokes about a tired romance and missing gas light.
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Porks
Maud
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy Claim
An old physician abroad touts a vegetable remedy for consumption and many ailments. He offers to mail a free copy of the cure instructions in German, French or English, and asserts it has cured thousands with dramatic claims. Sent by W A Novus, 19 Pianer's Block, with various testimonials and cautionary notes.
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Bloche
Nee
Scott
Posoley
Lone Star
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Golden Medical
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Cornish
N. J
Paine
Bright's Disease Cured By Remedy Claims
A letter from Demarest New York lauds Kennedy's Paventure Rewepy and Braxonery's Pines for curing Bright's disease and chronic skin disorders. The writer credits the remedy for restoring kidney function and removing swelling, and cites a former Army veteran who says his eczema vanished after three months of use. The note advertises remedies and a book on curing kidney liver and blood disorders.
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Rondout
van Meskirk
Demarest
N.Y
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Pines
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Mich
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Cure for Consumption Promises Free Remedy Bottles
An advertisement from TOA Slocum offers a positive remedy for consumption claiming thousands were cured. He pledges to send two bottles of his remedy to readers who provide express charges and postage, citing his New York address at 181 Pearl Street.
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Pearl St
New York
HG Root
A Terrible Misfortune and Tonics Offer
A period advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a nerve and digestive tonic for fatigue and weakness. It claims benefits for dyspepsia, nervousness, rheumatic and kidney issues, and invites readers to order a list of world symbols and chromatic cards by sending a box wrapper and stamps to Lemivo Bros. Pittsburgh Pa.
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China
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Prrrsnure, Pa
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