Showing the Way It Cured My Kidney Pain
GC. J. McMurray of Freeport Illinois says Dean's Kidney Pills cured an acute back pain and imperfect kidney function. He endorses the remedy publicly and offers a free trial by writing Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Sold by druggists for 56 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. J. McMurray
Freeport
Troquois St
Dean
Mr. McMurray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Clergyman Resists Undertaker Over Seating Order
Rev. Bush of Chelsea recounts confronting an undertaker at a Massachusetts Embalmers meeting who tried to command his position in the church. He refused to submit, counting off seconds until the undertaker relented and allowed the preacher to speak from any spot.
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BR. Perry Duek
Chelsea
Massachusetts Embalmers’ Association
Mayor Welling
Boston Herald
Mr. Bush
Portly figure earns occasional pose for cartoonists
A fragment from the Philadelphia North American notes a stout man who once earned good money as a hero and demigod figure but now supports himself by occasional portrait work for cartoonists. The observer recalls the man’s earlier success and current obesity.
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Philadelphia
North American
Widow’s heartfelt tribute and sale of farm in mourning
A Miami county widow writes a gratefully worded thanks in which she thanks the band for comforting music and Mrs Avering the milliner for mourning wear. She announces her dear husband’s farm will be sold at a bargain once proper legal steps are taken, lamenting death.
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Miams County
Avering
Chicago Chronicle
Monkey party memory sparks social jibe in Tribune style
A clipped exchange recalls a past encounter at a fashionable gathering, with one partygoer insisting they met at a lively social event and implying the other has misremembered the meeting. The reference to the Sirs'-Caieaxgo Tribune signals a period newspaper voice.
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Caieaxgo
Yale Sao reminiscences and assorted quotes
Reminiscences from Yale class WL include a stout member who quips he is better fed than taught. The page also quotes a string of humorous lines about doctors, doctors’ electric remedies, fashion and wit from various publications, noting many light aphorisms and captions.
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Yale
Springfield Republican
Workshop of God in a Modern Revival Sermon
A Chicago 1908 sermon compares Christian renewal to a divine workshop where God reshapes raw human life into a useful product through the Trinity. It explains the process from conviction by the Holy Spirit to new birth in Christ and ongoing growth toward likeness to Jesus, producing good works.
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Coperight
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
Jesus
Christ Jesus
Dad
God
God the Father
God the Holy Ghost
God the Son
God the Holy Ghoer
Jess Christ
Raphael
Michael Angelo
Oo Shakespeare
Christ
Raphel
Paul
Ezekiel
House of Israel
Paradise
Adam
Heaven
Swith
Nicodemus
Satan
Earth
Moses
Elijah
Jerusalem
Mas
Peter
Lake of Galilee
Nut
Temple Gate
DIY Vegetable Washer You Can Build At Home
A cheap serviceable root washer can be made by any handyman using a water tight box 12 by 21 by 30 inches with a 30 inch height. It uses a 15 inch diameter cylinder heads, axles and a crank, 32 slats as a rotating drum and a hinged door to wash vegetables with water revolved slowly for a minute or two.
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J. E. Morse
New Yorker
Best Egg Preservers Tested in Ten Month Study
The article reviews methods to preserve eggs, noting ashes and various chemicals useless or flavor damaging. Dry salt preserves some but harms taste. Vaseline or grease fails in long trials. The old lime-salt-water mix partially succeeds but flavors suffer.
Ladle for Storage Eggs and Water Glass Method
A fragment discusses a method for storing eggs using water glass or silicate of soda. It notes costs 40 to 60 cents per gallon and potential reductions with water. Fresh eggs are required and the procedure mentions a tested approach among others but the text is incomplete.
Nose insult and moral prompt in a child's honesty tale
A boy fixated on a visitor’s red nose asks if it is right to tell a story about it. The mother weighs sparing feelings while a gentleman questions honesty. The tale ends with a moral about not monkeying with morals and a child’s curious challenge.
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New York Herald
Grill room chair car debuts on Chicago and Alton line
The Chicago and Alton introduces a grill room chair car between Chicago and Kansas City. Fore part houses a small kitchen and a 10 by feet dining area, with mahogany fittings, sideboard, and a six-seat round table. Diners stay in touch with the steward cook as meals from sandwiches to champagne suppers can be ordered anytime.
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Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Kansas City
Alloy of Vanity Echoes Through a Tragic Love Tale
In a stark reflection on jealousy and pride a rejected suitor fueled by vanity contemplates death and despair. The fragment hints at a grim line between love and self destruction underscored by the cruel iron of vanity.
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N. World
Odd snippets from newspapers and ads from 1900s
A collage of stray quotes and brief assertions from various papers and ads dating around 1900. Items reference Love and Justice, a Barlow-like “summer complaint” remedy, political campaign talk, patent medicines by Burdock Blood Bitters and Piso's Cure for Consumption, plus short aphorisms and readers’ remarks.
Peruna praised as home medicine for family ailments
A household testimonial parade endorses Peruna as a versatile cure for coughs colds catarrh and stomach and liver issues. Louis J Scherrinsky and Mrs Nannie Wallace share success stories while Congressman George H White commends Peruna to the House. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrh and strengthens health urging readers to write for free advice.
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Louis J. Scherrinsky
Locust Street
Atlantic
Iowa
Peruna
L. J. Scherrinsky
Nannie Wallace
Tulare
Cal
Western Baptist Missionary Society
Veruna
George Henry White
Tarboro
N. C
Hartman
Perune
House of Representatives
Washington
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
George H. White
Philadelphia Lover at Summer Hotel Twist
A Philadelphia woman and a New York man meet at a summer hotel where six others await a signal. In moonlight the woman asks if he knows anyone there and he replies he knows only her, before a sudden blow changes the scene. The Herald reports the moment with terse dialogue.
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Philadelphia
New York
Quoted Bits of Wit and Prose Snippets
A collage of short remarks and quips from various papers. The snippets include a Philadelphia Bulletin cartoon line about a small church congregation and a sarcastic remark from Uncle Si about farm life. Also quoted are quips from the Indianapolis News Chicago Post London Tit Bits La Bruyere Raim’s, Lavater and others.
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Nodd
Todd
London
Putnam Fadeler
Jobo
Vwe
Gttel
Gladatone
Knocker Juat the Esame
Chicago Daily News
Indianapol
Indianapolis News
Ram's Hors
Lydia E. Pinkham
Storm
Workshop OF God
Jeans Hermon
Bynary
Vekometal O
Taea
Bo’gon
W. M. Taylor
F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Hannah
Washington (Ja
Democrat
Market Report
Cincinnati
Tim'y
Baltimore
Western Weve
Louisville
Indianapolis
Congressman White
North Carolina
Perina
Hartman Sanitarium
Y. Herald
Flora
Dora
Philadelphia Bulletin
Chicago Post
la Bruyere
Raim
Ram’s Hern
ST. Jacobs
Carter
Carters Ue
Estey
Estey Organs
Brattleboro
Vermont
Eatey Factory
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
West Fifth Street
Atlanta
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