New Strength for Old Backs
Mrs Joannah Straw of Canton South Dakota reports three years of rheumatic limb pain backache headaches dizziness and kidney trouble but says Dean’s Kidney Pills transformed her health at age 51 claiming she is as well as a typical 50 year old. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Vases in Autos. Flowers now accompany closed automobiles with vase options beside doors including hanging Japanese porcelain and metal slip cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joannah Straw
North Broadway
Canton
S. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Disappointed Office Boy and a Buffalo Bill Appearance
A boss taunts the office boy with a Buffalo bill sighting, but the boy rushes to the door and searches the street, unable to locate the procession. The boss muses that he never expected a kid to spot it.
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Buffalo Bill
By Elimination. Train Boy Peddles Popular Novels
A train boy hawks new novels to a prosperous passenger. He touts Booth Tarkington and Elinor Glyn titles while the man resists, insisting he is not Tarkington or Glyn. The exchange reflects lighthearted posturing in popular fiction sales.
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Booth Tarkington
Please Mama Don’t Talk Anymore Or I’ll Go Agraughel
A brief vignette shows Elsie being bathed by her mother who lectures on daily conduct. Elsie, loving yet weary, asks her mother to stop talking as the endless advice feels repetitive and tiresome to her.
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Elsie
Mamma
Future Ideal Town Picture by Sir Oliver Lodge
The ideal town of the future features gas for heating and cooking from coal, and electricity for lighting. Gas will be piped from distant mines, with crude coal burning in towns to be forbidden. Air purification is a major city improvement goal, and plans are being considered in at least two English towns.
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Oliver Lodge
Salting a Diamond Mine Tale Told to Tech Men
Howard DuBois recounts a mining engineer story about salting a diamond mine in South Africa. A man assays soil on his property and eight rough diamonds are found, prompting a flurry of activity until the host’s wife asks where the other two. The rest is left to imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard DuBois
Tech
South Africa
Boston Record
Old Soaker coffee blamed for health woes in Huntsville
A Huntsville Alabama woman drank coffee for about four decades and after twenty years of stomach trouble she stopped coffee. She tried Postum and four months later reports greatly improved health including better sleep and appetite. She credits removing coffee as the cause and endorses Postum. A note invites readers to “There’s a Reason” and to read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
Eiver
Paul and Barnabas at Perga and Antioch in Pisidia
In Perga and Antioch the prologue of Paul and Barnabas’ mission unfolds. John Mark departs, Paul’s leadership emerges, and the sermon to Jews centers on forgiveness through Christ. Envy and expulsion mark early reception, with lessons on attitude toward truth and missionary perseverance.
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Ramsay
Perga
Pamphylia
Asia Minor
Antioch
Pisidia
Galatia
Barnabas
Saul
Paul
John Mark
Cyprus
John
Mark
Jerusalem
Gladstone
British Museum
H. L. Wayland
Israel
Holy City
St. Paul
Donald Fraser
D. D
St. Luke
Athens
George Francis Greene
Christ
Lyman Beecher
Jesus
Judson
Calcutta
Milne
Canton
China
Malay Peninsula
Japan
John G. Paton
Tanna
Paint Every Year Houseowners Painting Outfit No 49
The article promotes careful painting practices and offers a free National Lead Company kit No 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building New York. It includes a color schemes book and a device to detect adulteration along with guidance on timing surface condition and materials. It urges checking white lead kegs for the Dutch Bay Painter trademark as purity proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Trinity Building
Awful Crusted Weeping Eczema on Little Sufferer
A brief item notes a young child suffering severe eczema with a score of failed treatments. The report hints at ongoing struggle for relief and urges consideration of effectiveness for the affected child.
Eczema Case Recounts Cure With Cuticura Remedies
A parent recalls a boy's severe eczema cleared after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The story cites improvement within two months and includes a testimonial from George F. Lambert of Mahanoy City Pa. Potter Drug & Chem Co props. The text also contains a separate telephone prank anecdote.
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George F. Lambert
West Centre St
Mahanoy City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Church fair raffle tale ends in unlikely marriage
A young woman questions a bachelor about kissing a pretty girl at the church fair. He protests he does not take chances until a past bachelor did and six months later married the same girl.
Castoria Safe Remedy For Infants And Children
The notice touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children with the claim it has been in use for over thirty years and that the signature is often verified. It emphasizes that this is the kind you have always bought.
Made of Herbs and Quack Remedies in a Derailed Editorial
An old newspaper page blends satire and ads. The editor pushes to cut a long hanging story while the reporter asks for a fresh angle. It then promotes Made of Herbs as a potent remedy for constipation liver and kidney issues with retail availability.
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Garfield
Dorothy Drew and the Bible Answer on Early Rising
Dorothy Drew, granddaughter of the late W E Gladstone, recalled a childhood exchange with her grandfather. When urged to rise early, she quoted Psalm 127:2 and argued that early rising is vain, asserting the Bible counsels rest.
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Dorothy Drew
W. E. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Dorothy
Nobody Lives Here But Us Sign Sparks Complaint
Warning to all concerned describes the Langworth family troubled by street inquiries about inhabitants. Their frustrated son Harold printed a sign reading Nobody lives here but us to deter visitors. The humorous note appears in Lippincott's.
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Langworths
Biddles
Endless Chain of Alphabet Struggles in Family Tale
A father and mother teach Effie to pronounce the letter A but the child refuses. Effie explains that saying A would force her to say B, ending the parental pressure as the mother consoles her daughter. The sketch highlights familiale tradition and childlike logic.
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Effie
Mamma
Murine Marine Eye Remedy Advertises Eye Care
The Marine Eye Remedy Co promotes Murine to relieve eye strain and irritation linked to chalk dust in schools. It claims to soothe eye pain without harmful drugs and notes availability through druggists at 50 cents. The ad cites a NYC census showing 17 928 children needing eye care and suggests use in babies for eye concerns.
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New York City
The
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
The Way It Appeared to Her
A five year old recalls her first church experience. Her aunt brought her to service where she believed God appeared in a white nightgown and spoke softly, causing the congregation to repeat prayers. The child did not like the experience.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Ad Claims Deafness Cure
An advert asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous in the Eustachian tube and promises a $100 reward for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It touts constitutional remedies and bills Hall's Cure as effective, with price and distributor details.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
The Small Brother Again
In a spring night park scene two youths sit under the stars. A twig snaps and they notice eyes peering from a tree. George identifies the tree as a rubber tree with a sheepish remark.
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George
Senator Sorghum Debates Tariff Burden as Comforter
In a lively exchange Senator Sorghum contends that the consumer should not bear the tax burden in a tariff dispute. He argues the argument consumes time but showcases a case where the consumer doesn't pay the tax.
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Sorghum
Hamlin's Wizard Oil Offers Quick Local Relief
The advertisement claims pain and swelling are typically due to local cold or inflammation, not internal illness, and can be quickly relieved by Hamlin's Wizard Oil. It urges readers to try the product and see its effect.
Religion Dies Not If Man Measures Actions by Golden Rule
A reflection states that a person’s faith endures only while guiding behavior by the golden rule, implying moral accountability and ethical living as eternal proof of belief.
Wings of the Dove as a long story, not a collection
A youth, curious about Henry James, reads The Wings of the Dove and debates whether it is a short story collection or a single long work. A friend asks for a verdict, and the reader affirmatively declares it a single long story.
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Henry James
Delver
James
Romulus and Remus Fight to Mark New City Wall
In the fledgling city, Romulus builds a wall while Remus taunts the plan. The first boxing match ends with Remus knocked out, a tale the story notes as a famous outcome of the founding event.
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Romulus
Rome
Remus
Evanston
Daily Fly Killer Ad With Seasonal Appeal
An old newspaper ad touts a fly killer product claiming it kills thousands and lasts the season. It urges readers to send 20 cents to H. Somers in Brooklyn or buy Lewis' Single Binder cigars and includes a moral reminder that God is everywhere.
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Jxiller
H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
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Elinor Glyn
Everybody's Magazine
Boy
Cuticura
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Adam
Lewis
God
Dodds
Guar
Dr.d.jayne
Carters
Califoirnia Fic Syrup Co
DRUGG
Western
Canada
Correspondence National Editorial Association
Ottawa
J. S. Crawford
Ninth St
Kansas City
C.J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust Bldg
Illinois
Bie
Crescent Mfg. Co
Seatile
Distemper Ag
Abu Bre
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S.A
W. L. Douglas Gs
Frees
L. Douglas
Spark
REET
Brockton
Mass
Cascarets
Chas. H. Halepern
E. 7Th St
N. Y
Wilson E.coleman
Washington, D.C
W.N. U
ST. Louis
EA Creole
Retalia
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