Bennetha Myers Sees Kidney Relief After Five-Year Struggle
Mrs Bennetha Myers of Ironton Ohio suffered years of kidney pain fatigue and swelling from weather exposure. After using four boxes of Dean's Kidney Fills her pain bloating and restlessness subsided and she has remained well. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennetha Myers
South Tenth St
Ironton, C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Much Traveled Cat Returns Home After London Trip
A High Wrcombe furniture firm reports a cat hid in a van carrying chairs to London. The frightened feline escaped in the city but later returned, thirty miles from home, to sit by a window with her kitten, proving remarkable homing instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Wrcombe
London
High Wroombe
Dreadnaughts Guns and Powers
Article outlines Dreadnaught battleship specs including displacement 18400 tons armor 11000 tons length over 500 feet breadth over 30 feet turbine power 23000 hp and speed 21 knots. Main battery ten 12 inch guns muzzle energy 49568 tons. Cost about 8 million dollars with future ship Skeered o Nuthin costing about two million more.
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W. H. Wil Ben
United States
Delaware
Waterloo Tales and the Myth of the Charge
A Scottish officer recounts that the famed Waterloo charges by cuirassiers and dragoons never occurred as depicted. He describes British squares as steady and the horsemen trotting around, with lances and sabers rarely meeting the enemy as artists and poets claimed. The story challenges legendary battlefield bravado with observational detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Everyboiy
Cambronne
Wise Doctor Praises Postum For Goan Valescents
A physician recounts using Postum in place of coffee since five years ago, noting improvements in digestion and nervousness. He reports wide adoption by grocers and patients, endorses it for convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid, and offers to let his letter be used as a reference.
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Ostum Co
Battle Creek
Mitch
Tead
Wellville
I Like the Arguments That Come Up
A speaker notes how arguments happen daily and although he does not understand them he enjoys them. He says debates feel like a meeting and move him to shout aloud with the lively rhythm of speech. He admires the man who speaks with soul and favors the current speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Stai
Not Invited Guests Revealed In Dinner Exchange
A private exchange reveals that one guest lists are for those not invited to a reception. The dialogue shows a misreading as the responder clarifies the list belongs to people they will exclude rather than include.
There's the Expense in New York Living Costs
A dialogue from Catholic Standard and Times questions whether living in New York truly costs 50 but notes the real price is convincing others you are thriving rather than merely existing. The exchange contrasts perceived cost with the burden of appearance.
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New York
Catholic Standard and Times
Beni
Ead Hee
Mo Hook Publishing House
Leonard St., MY
Remarkable Kansas Corn Tops Ground to Hear With Trumpets
The Kansas farmer reports ears growing so tall they need trumpets to hear events. Punchline lines from New York Sun and Detroit Free Press mock a comical scene with a joker and two mice reflecting on luck, fear, and vanity.
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Kansas
New York
Quotations From Era Comedy Fragments
A collage of brief humorous lines from various papers including Chicago Record-Herald Beeston Transcript Life Boston Transcript and Chicago Tribune. The snippets cover social etiquette dating manners household rules and playful wordplay in short caption style.
Beggar and Music Lanes in Old Papers
A fragmented exchange shows a beggar asking for food in Philadelphia and a remark about health food. The scene shifts to a mother boasting her daughter loves music as two women in Atlanta discuss a drum and piano. The public Ledger and Atlanta Constitution are cited.
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Goodman
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Nothing but boils and questions about Job’s suffering
A brief, fragmentary exchange noting boils and bruises on Job’s heels with a reference to what Job may have known about suffering, presented in a local newspaper voice.
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Tommy
Job
Mr. Tucker
Chicago Tribune
Medical student recalls calling for help to save patient
In a Chicago News report the chief examiner questions when a physician should seek a second opinion. The medical student replies that he would call another physician if he feared the patient might die under his care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Sure of That
Dialogue snippet from a Philadelphia Ledger item shows a mother scolding Mabel about a young man kissing her, with Mabel downplaying the frequency of the kisses.
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Mabel
Philadelphia Ledger
Fortunate Circumstance Leads to Acquittal Conversation
A humorous exchange features a lady and a young lawyer. The lady asks about the murderer who was acquitted and whether he confessed. The lawyer replies he feared a confession but the suspect fell asleep during the trial.
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Bembe
The Age of Machinery and Resistance to Progress
The article argues machinery increases workers’ welfare over time, citing sewing, spinning, and agricultural innovations. It notes workers often resisted tech advances, yet history shows benefits and rising demand for skilled labor, with paint and book industries expanding due to new machinery and processes. P. G.
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Elbert Hubbard
Longevity Among England’s Prime Ministers
A Birmingham Ledger piece compares lifespans of British premiers. It notes William Ewart Gladstone’s remarkable late-age tenure, Lord Palmerston as another octogenarian in office, and lists several others who reached or fell short of age eighty.
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England
William Ewart Gladstine
Lord Palmerston
Lord Sidmond
Henry Addington
Earl Russell
Duke of Wellington
Earl Grey
Beaconsfield
Chatham
Pitt
Cambridge University
Great Britain
Birmingham Ledger
Pig and Puppy and Other Contradictions in Language
A collection of quips on animal beauty and human names, noting playful contrasts between puppies and piglets. It cites biases about animals and comments on John Sharp Williams, Franz Ferdinand, and a remark on women and stock investing, as reported by the New York Press.
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New York Press
Aoman
New York
Sea Terms and Naval Origins Across Languages
The article traces nautical terms such as sheet and sheet anchor to sailing practice, with shifts in meaning over time. It explains how sheets operate on sails, why sheet anchors are emergency gear, and how windward casting is misused by foreigners. It surveys etymologies of admiral commodore captain mate and other shipboard words, noting linguistic borrowings and historical usage.
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Frram
Emir el Baeh
Caput
Bo’sa
Davy Jones
Tuffy Jacon
Jonah
Nineveh
Jesus
Jehovah
Leonard St
New York City
Earthquake Survival Credits and Rescue Voices
An Easterner visiting California praised locals for their handling of a recent earthquake disaster. A building collapsed trapping residents, including a New Yorker beneath brick timbers who urged rescuers to remove him first. Over six months, eastbound passengers from New York City totaled $113,573.
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California
Severa
Uis
Reacuers
New York City
The Galorada fox and Hying animal leaps
Readable fragments report a Galorada fox and a Hying animal event with chee tak or Banting leaps noted. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer advertised cure claim
An advertisement touts Dr E R Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising cure for fits St Vitus dance and nervous diseases. It offers 82 trial bottles and a treatise free from his Philadelphia address amid mentions of earth’s insect species.
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St. Vitus
Kline
E.R. Kiine
L.d
Arch $T
Phila
Cure of Eczema by Cathars Remedies Promoted
A disgruntled patient recounts severe facial eczema cured by Cuticura Remedies after prior doctor visits proved ineffective. The account includes other medical claims and a promotional note about poultry farming books offered by a New York publisher.
Question on women’s wellbeing and daily fatigue
A fragment questions how many women are perfectly well and strong and notes a 3 percent rate hearing the same story daily about feeling unwell and tired. It reflects a recurring health concern conveyed in a brief, ambiguous line.
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Ruggles
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John Sharp Williams
John Sharp
Sharps
Franz Ferdinand
Hungary
Elpheres
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Ray Husban
Nein
Jones. Ave
Selma
Ala
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Paris
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Fiolia
Sapplie
Frank
Aia
Pagabu
B. Pinkhai
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Kate McYona
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate McDonald
Woodbritga
W.J. Dongiay
Moss
Aly
Milasen
W. L. Douglas
Mines
Brockton
Mass
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Skye Water
Dy J. Barilion Ayers
ML. R
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