Swamp Root Cure Recalled by Kansas Druggist's Statement
W C Summers of Kansas City Kansas testifies that three dollar bottles of Kilmer's Swamp Root cured his stomach and bladder troubles after other medicines failed. Notary public verifies the sworn statement in 1903. Grand View Drug Co sale advertised with brochure offer.
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L.s
W. C. Summers
Cerntrat Ave
Kansas City
Kans
Grand View Drug Co
Kansas County
Wrandalls
Personnis
Ciuahles Wilson
The Very Worst. Driscoll Tells Weights and Measures Tales
Clement G Driscoll recounts satirical tales about his life as commissioner of weights and measures in New York. An anecdote recalls a grocer who admits he has been selling only fifteen ounces to the pound while another quips about seventeen ounces.
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Clement G. Drisc 1
New York
Weights and Measures
Iaet Root
Mr. Driscoll
Fragmented OCR Note Skews Historic Speech
Text appears as garbled OCR of a historic speech or article with many misspellings and unclear phrases. It references a West or American context, mentions great grandfather settlers and anxious people, but readable facts and coherent narrative are not present in this fragment.
Rive iry. Meee sour aute neblle go faster than veur medehbor
Mr Chueeins replies that a neighbor’s faster ride is mocked as favored by eigenabiaakes a mueca more noise than his.
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Chueeins
Salve to Conscience in a Museful Concert Scene
A fragmentary scene shows a woman with a conscience resisting hints removed for a concert. She turns to a neighboring woman and a brief exchange follows about comfort and decorum as others strain to glimpse the performers around them.
Secret Society Advocates Scientific Marriages
A fragmented plea from a group calling itself an advisory or ordinal society seeks to stir public opinion against traditional marriages. The text advocates pairing based on mind over emotion and hints at a planned union involving a young woman and an elderly, wealthy suitor, labeling it an experimental match.
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Mars
Diet claim letter touts Grape-Nuts health miracle
A Philadelphia woman describes a years long malaise improving after using Grape-Nuts and cream, saying she gained weight and felt brighter after a few weeks. She cites Postum Co and “The Road to Wellville” and notes new letters appear from time to time.
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Postum Co
Pattle Cree
Mich
Wellville
Iorer -Ead
Tin and Bronze in Ancient Times and Bolivian Tin Fields
The article surveys bronze and tin use in antiquity, noting bronze's metal union gives strength. It details tin's modern mining in Bolivia, with key mines, districts, and companies near Lake Titicaca, Huayna Potosi, Milluni, Quimsa Cruz, Monte Blanco, and Huanuni, plus production figures and transport improvements.
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Berenguela
Bolivia
Huayna- Potosi
Milluni
Quimsa Cruces
Araca
Santa Vela Cruz
Lake Titicaca
Carmen
Huayna-Posoti
Quimsa Cruz
Tres Cruces
Inquisivi
The Son of Platter pool from gray spike terror tale
A London Chronicle excerpt notes in remoter Scotland children still fear a legendary specter called The Son of Platter pool from gray spike, silken spike, great cater pillar. The bogey peers at windows, teeth bared, and carries away crying children, though a house is safe if not summoned.
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Scotland
Platterpool
London Chronicle
Crickets Used for Betting Battle in China and Luck in Europe
The piece notes crickets served as fighting bets in China with brisk wagering. In Florence Ascension day markets hawked crickets in cages to be released for good luck. Theophile Gautier cites Madrid residents keeping pet crickets in decorated cages, likely also for luck.
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China
Florence
Theophile Gautier
Madrid
Where He Drew the Line
A humorous exchange quoted by Tit-Bits where Mr. Brown tells Ethel to convey a message to her young man. He notes the parents do not object to large gas bills but object to him taking the morning paper as he leaves.
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Ethel
Mr. Brown
Contagious Skin Ailments and Resinol Ointment
The piece promotes Resinol Ointment as a universal skin remedy for various contagious conditions. It touts medical endorsement, safe ingredients, and availability in 50 cent to 1 dollar sizes, with samples offered by mail from the Resinol Chemical Co. in Baltimore.
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Department No
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Munyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Pharmacy College President Praises Course
A college president tells a father that the school offers a fine course in pharmacy. The father replies his son expects to become a druggist. The president adds the lectures cover soap stamps cigars perfumery soda water candy and stationery.
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Wwlife
Eczema Sufferer Credits Cuticura Remedies
A 64 year old woman from St. Louis recounts years of failed treatments for eczema on her foot and ankle. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, she slept eight hours and recovered after three months, praising the products and inviting readers to request samples.
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Mie Hushind
Ars
Julia Finnegan
Hebert Sr
St. Louis
Poets Keep Neighbors Warm Through Winter and Summer
In winter I write poems to keep the wolf from the door and in summer I must keep writing so the iceman will stop at the door. The lines suggest a poet's need to produce work across seasons to meet daily needs.
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Iberia
Adu
Cornwall
England
Malay Peninsular
Dutch Islands
Straits Settlements
Island of
Banka
Australia
Island of Billiton
South Attica
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Negro Pabellon
Morococala
Antiquera
Oruro
Poppo
Antofagasta
Huanuni
Department
Machacamaca
Cataricagua
Vilacollo
Huanunt
Paria
Cochabamba
Cerro Ataranti
Santa Fe
Monte Blanco
Barossa Cota
Santa Rosa
la Florencia
Copacabanca
Santa Vera Cruz
Concordia Tin Company
Colquiri
Lun Tate
Poltvla
Eczema
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