International Peace Lecture by Theodore Roosevelt
Former U S president Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Christiania on May 5 before the Nobel committee, outlining treaties of arbitration, the Hague tribunals, and steps to curb naval armaments. He urged a world court, strong peace enforcement, and a league of peace led by major powers to prevent aggression.
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Hague Tribunal
Christiania
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Wmne
The
Hague
Europe
America
Asia
Supreme Court
World Federation For International Peace
Feu ‘al
Cooper Daily Crowds Highlight Stomach Health Claims
A Boston stay drew estimated daily over two thousand visitors to Cooper’s medicine, claiming to fix digestive issues by restoring stomach function. Testimonial from Frank D. Brown details long indigestion relief after using Cooper’s New Discovery, with distribution through druggists and a Dayton, Ohio address for sourcing.
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L. T. Cooper
Boston
Mr. Cooper
Frank D. Brown
Bloomingdale Street
Chelsea
Mass
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Con
Dayton
Ohio
Church crowd grows in town with tense crowding
Mrs Oldcastle laments crush at church as locals crowd in for sermons. Hostess comments on the Gobelin tapestry and the sermon by Doctor Goodman with indecorous intuits. Episcopals’ robe remark becomes a pointed joke about religious difference.
Quick Transition From Pain To Pleasure With Resinol
A Boulder Colorado dentist Geo E Ames D D S reports giving a neighbor a sample of Resinol for a months old child with a rash like eczema. The sample relieved distress instantly and within two days the child fully recovered. Grateful mother praised the quick fix.
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Tion
Geo
E. Ames
Boulder
Colo
Murine Eye Remedy Ad From Marine Eye Co Chicago
An old advertisement promotes Murine eye remedy from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. The copy includes a humorous domestic note line and claims relief for eye troubles with a suggested price of 10 cents at druggists and a free eye book offer. The style mirrors early 20th century promotional language with a signature quote by W Stewart Royson.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Sinclair Mission Forch
Itchy Burn Vanishes After Cuticura Treatment
Frank Gridley of New York City describes rapid relief from a severe burning itching spreading from hands to body after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He reports complete relief by April 1 1909 with continued use. Pot ter Drug & Chem Corp markets Cuticura remedies.
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Frank Gridley
Eastward Street
New York City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Only Nine Left
Lee Wyman promotes a plan to preserve children's sayings for future readers. He recalls his son appearing before his mother who chastises him for breaking a commandment and replies that there are only nine left, prompting gentle humor about memory and tradition.
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Lee Wyman
Wyman
Mrs. Wyman
Crisis tale ends with a laughing baby ethics warning
A mother awaits a baby while seven year old Bobby tests patience. The father intervenes to avoid a crisis, joking that it means either a boy or a girl, as the boy calmly explains the term.
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Bobby
Papa
Robby
Effectual Cure and Sisterly Treatment Advice
A dialogue counsels winning affection through kinship like treating a woman as a sister. It suggests a strategic, individualized approach to romance, with lines implying playful manipulation and social manipulation among men.
Uncertain Age Girl and Father Clash Over Birth Date
A Howard girl unsure of her birth year visits a physician who jokes about consulting old ledgers. He returns to report that her father is charged with a girl baby born on the steenth day of April and notes he still owes for her.
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Steenth
Howard
Ixan
Ocean liner term and a fading joke in a sports page scene
A woman asks why they call them ocean liners and a man jokes about a hot, poorly infielded ball. She then calls the doctor after he leaves for business, reflecting concern over a person in the scene.
Deafness Cure Claim By Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness comes from inflamed Eustachian tubes and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hull's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with circulars available free. The notice references J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and Wakefield’s Pills for constipation.
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Hull
J. Cheney & CO
Tulcdo
O. Scia
Druegiste
Hel
Absorbine, JR
Y. F. Young
PB. D. F
Teaple St
Springfield, Damm
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Claims Broad Uses
An old advertisement touts PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER as an ouncr of prevesition and a pount of cure for phonel troubles skin wounds colds and other ills with various sizes. It also links good thoughts to greatness and features Lee Lewis' Single Binder extra quality tobacco and a note that signature on a check signals prosperity.
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Perry Davis
Lewis
Strange Adage Refers to Slipper and Laxatives
A fragment notes impressions from a mother's slipper and mentions constipation linked to serious diseases. It cites Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pallets as a cure-all laxative and cathartic, referencing five pills and three cathartics. The snippet ends with a quip about young men marrying heiresses despite issues.
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Doctor Pierce
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Nobel
Red Terror
W. Stewart Royson
the Centaur Company
New York
Infante Ints
Bears
SE Centaun Company New Yorn Citt
Syou
Kansas City Journal
Lee
Guarant
Carter
Sporting Goooes
R. J. Leacock Sporting Goods
Pine Street
St. Louis
Missouri
Coleman
Washington, D.C
W. N. UL
Eesagia
Ussienalls
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
Fisher
Roanoke
C .C
Sinclair-Allen Manure, Co. Inc
Pottville
Dr. Chase
North
Philadelphia
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