Endorsing Dean's Kidney Pills by Frances Gardner
Mrs Frances Gardner of Chicago endorses Dean's Kidney Pills after five years of kidney problems and spending over $100 on useless remedies. She credits the pills with saving her in two weeks, restoring health, digestion, and restfulness. The ad notes price 54 cents a box from Milbury Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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Frances Gardner
Jack
Chicago
Dean
Mae
Milbury Co
Buffaio, N
Paulist Speaker Discusses National Religious Doubt
The Paulist spoke on religious questions across the country noting wide regional differences. He cited questions about natural religion, God, and immortality, and said Protestants often misunderstand Catholics more here than elsewhere. He implied deeper doubt in Boston than in many cities.
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Boston
Density of Earth Supports Metallic Core Hypothesis
The earth’s average density is estimated around 5.5 to 5.7 times that of water, while accessible surface materials average about 5 to 5.2. The contrast suggests a denser central region, potentially metallic, aligning with the nebular hypothesis according to the London Engineer via the Engineering and Mining Journal.
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Engineering and Mining Journal
London
Domestic Hen 2 Wonder and the seeds of self sufficiency
A quirky promotional piece extols hens as a living source of food with vast eggs and protein, promising high yields per bird and urging readers to learn poultry care from a seasoned expert. It advertises a book for 25 dollars in stamps from the Book Publishing House in New York. It also cites a Punch quote about monastic longevity.
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Leonard St
New York City
Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertised with rewards
A 100 dollar reward offer for catarrh cures by Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. Endorsements from local wholesalers Weert Trouax WaLpine Kinnan Mannix attest to Cheney’s honesty and solvency. Also promotes Hall’s internal remedy and Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Banana plantations at Bluefields leveled by a recent storm. eight to ten months before shipments resume. vessels redirect to Fort Simon.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
If. J. Cheney
Weert & Trouax
WaLpine, Kinnan & Mannix
Hail
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Fort Simon
Women in Quotes and the Man in Them
The piece contrasts two kinds of women in quotes: coy and obliging serving others versus modern independents who seek power and voting equality. It notes Rev Edward Bull and Ethel Barrymore comments on womanhood, influence, aging, and public perception, with a wrap of Pall Mall Gazette praise.
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Hyde Park
Edward Bull
Edward
Pall-Mall Gazette
Salads and a Cough Mixture Mix-Up
A notable hostess prepared salad dressing for guests but the dish vanished and was replaced by a similar color mixture. The mother, visiting with a baby sick of a cold, had prepared cough syrup from cough medicine, which guests mistakenly ate as dressing while the baby consumed the actual dressing.
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Philadelphia
Lady Like Appearance Promised for Plain Girls
A 1910s style exhortation argues plain features need not accompany ugliness. It urges plain women to develop poise, graceful posture, good manners, and dressing well. It also notes the ugly can gain charm through polished hands, beauty routines, and a kind heart that shines through the eyes.
The Star and Public of course and business instinct
The star is portrayed as financially secure, capable of earning $500 a week plus a percentage of box office receipts. The passage notes public adoration is immediate but fleeting, suggesting the risk and volatility of fame and fortune in the spotlight.
Rainy Night Fashion From New Haven Theatre
A dark-eyed woman entering a theatre on a rainy evening wore a wine colored short plaited skirted gown with a matching bodice and net design. Velvet trim, puff sleeves, a wine felt botera, and a turban completed the elegant one-piece outfit amid bedraggled gowns.
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Thasa
New Haven Register
New Hair Ornaments And Fashion Notes of the Season
Fashion notes describe the season’s hair ornaments as impractical and angular with florals and feathers. a Paris report notes a wife of a lawyer seeking a cab license and stylish coats with mink emphasis. textiles highlight metallic embroidery, soutache braids, lace bodices, chiffon veils, and jeweled trim on gowns for a refined yet casual look.
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Playhouse
Third Avenue
New York Press
Paris
New York
Mme. Benezech
Police
Bois de Boulogne
The
New York Sun
Halian Filet
Foreign Schools in China Regulation by Board of Education
The Board of Education issued rules restricting registration of schools established by foreigners in interior China and offering no encouragement to such schools. The Shanghai Times reports the new policy details and its impact on foreign educational ventures.
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Board of Education
China
Shanghai Times
Should Be a Handy Man
A clipped anecdote recalls Private Allen of Mississippi who ran for office after championing the view that the office should seek the man. He quipped that the man should be around so the office may find him during his campaign.
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Allen
Mississippi
Congress
Tupelo
Rochester Herald
Oddball Health Remedies and Nostalgic Snippets
An OCR fragment lists old time medicine ads and trivia: women’s tongues, Dr Kline’s Nerva Restorer trial offer, Lancing pills, carrot diet for gout, Bromo Quinine cold cure, Winslow’s syrup for teething, pickle consumption stats, Pile cures, Paro Ointment guarantee, and a note on The Pilgrim’s Progress translated into 203 languages.
Cure for eczema praised by Thomas M. Rosater
Disorder medical claim details a lifelong eczema improvement after Cuticura products. Rosater describes severe skin sores covering face scalp neck body and hips, hindering employment, then rapid recovery after a five week course. He endorses Cuticura for skin diseases. March 30, 1908. In separate note, Switzerland earned $25,000,000 from tourism last summer.
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Thomas M. Rosater
Prospect Street
Orange
N. d
Mar
Reward Offered for Return of Disobedient Dog
A husband in a Cardiff Times tale offers 125 dollars for the return of his vicious pet to please his wife who fears the animal. Friends wonder why he rewards a dog they think he hates. He reveals the dog is dead, explaining the plan to mislead others.
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Cardiff Times
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Robert d'Aurillac
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Arbeerican Rug Manufacturing Company
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Mili
Baasta
Aurora
Fant of
Ethel Barrymore
Harper's Bazar
the Star and Public
California
Gufornia
San Francis
Olor Age
Putnam
Faceless
Colorathan
Alyther
Apark
Trap Bookiet
Howie Lye
Bleack
Max
Moenkoor ‘prUt
R. Cal Journal
St. Vitus
Kline
H. BR
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E.W. Grave
Winslow
United States
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Guthura
Switzerland
Hale
Pike
Nickel
Japan
Standard Oil Company
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