Honest Doctor Endorses Peruna for Recovery
A St Louis doctor and patients praise Peruna as a health restore for catarrh and bronchial issues. Letters detail rapid improvement after starting Peruna, with urban Brooklyn and Chicago endorsements and ads mixed with satirical quips and distant jokes.
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R. Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Peruna
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bed Bound for Months Hope Abandoned No Cure Found
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington reports long illness with weakness, sleeplessness, swelling, and pain. After four months bedridden and doctors saying no cure, she used Dus Ridney Pills and recovered, with Foster Milburn Co. selling them. 50 cents a box.
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Streets
Centralia
Washh
Faust
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Truth and Quality laxative appeal to the well informed
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative. It claims cleansing and relief without debility or dosage increases, noting pleasant natural action and physician approval. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Fragmentary historical dates and events list
A compiled OCR snippet records numerous historical events with dates and brief notes. Entries include battles, treaties, political appointments, disasters, and notable deaths spanning from 1174 to 1907, with scattered formatting and some obvious OCR errors.
Costly Wheat Farming Reveals Farmer Margin and Costs
The Department of Agriculture surveys show a farmer spending per acre on land rent fertilizer ground preparation seed sowing harvesting thrashing housing and marketing totaling about 16. The average yield is one bushel per acre with farm gate price near 60 cents a bushel giving roughly 12 dollars received against 11 dollars in costs. Critics note rent and fertilizer charges may be inflated and that the farm price used reflects nearby market levels rather than farm gate reality.
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Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Surat
Mary
Eyewitness notes on secrets trial and distant wars
The report cites a man accused of intent to sell state secrets to a foreign power and describes British punitive actions in the Northwest frontier, with 16 sunken losses and 15 wounded. It also covers Belgian election gains, Korea's suppression, Persian unrest, Russia and the Shah, and a Panama election intervention rumor.
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Charles Bo
Ullmo
Hias Teen
Ber
Gen
Willcocks
Tpndia
Belgium
Seoul
Korea
fMacrix
Teheran
Russia
Shah
Edward
Queen Alexandra
England
Nicholas
Reval
Peterhof
Germany
Thom
Taft
Amador
Panama
Washington
Isthmian Republic
United States
School chief argues against presidents role at NY summer school
Commissioner Draper of New York drew sharp criticism with remarks at the New York University Summer School urging limits on youths aspiring to high office. He contrasted American and foreign youth and warned the nation may mislead children about who can become president. The piece notes linked debates on trade schools and educational reforms. It also reports Iowa farmers visiting Ames for corn growth experiments by Iowa State College and a New York Board of Education proposal about married teachers, plus faculty change at Dunn County Wisconsin agricultural school.
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Draper
New York
New York University
United States
Iowa
Ames
Iowa State College Agricultural Department
New York Board of Education
Q Charter Revision Commission
Dunn County
Wis
James A. Wilson
F. R. Crane
University of Illinois
Michigan College of Agriculture
Prudential Heasons Lunch Counter Omelet Exchange
Customer asks about ages at a lunch counter. Waitress suggests they would be better in omelet form, implying a humorous or surreal dialogue.
Free Sample Offer for Allen's Foot-Ease Powder
Promote Allen's Foot-Ease with a free sample from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The powder relieves tired sweaty hot swollen feet and eases tight shoes. Claims to cure corns bunions and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Lay of the Last Minstrel Note and Transcriber Toast
A historical quip on Scott composing the Lay of the Last Minstrel is followed by a wry bow to a gifted vocalist named Spuytentuufel as she prepares to sing a comical ballad titled Mamma Your Little Darling Is Too Full to Eat Any More.
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Scott
Spuytentuufel
Bank rule in comic exchange about withdrawals
Mrs Ferguson George asks what to do to draw money from a bank and the reply says you must deposit funds first, noting it has always been the rule in their experience.
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Mrs. Ferguson
George
Mr. Ferguson
A Delicious Custard Recipe Passed Through Generations
A family recipe for delicate custard instructs using one egg yolk per cup with a heaping teaspoon of sugar two gratings of nutmeg and five tablespoons of sweet milk. Cups sit in a pan of hot water and bake until set then top with meringue using egg whites. Finish with powdered sugar and orange marmalade accents.
Itching Humor on Boy Cured by Cuticura in Four Days
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana reports a severe itching rash on her son covering the hands and body. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with nightly applications, noting a full recovery in four days. The note dates September 16 1907.
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Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Impatient Husband and Witty Comeback at Home
A man complains he has waited forty minutes for his wife at the foot of the stairs. She replies that before marriage he would have waited forty years for her. He mutters a retort but stays silent.
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Maria
John
Amur River Rail Extension Aims to Open Vast Corn Lands
A proposed extension of the Siberian railway along the Amur River gains strong ministry backing and is expected to be built. The project would unlock about 40 million acres of corn land, boosting agricultural potential and regional development.
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Amur
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