Doan’s Kidney Pills Enduring Kidney Remedy Claim
John J. Scharschug of 474 Concord St Aurora reports three years ago kidney backache and urine trouble cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. He claims no recurrence since and praises the remedy. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents a box.
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Bright
Dean
John J. Scharschug
Concord St
Scharschug
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Long Life Through Hustle debated in census survey
A Harper’s Weekly discussion cites a census bulletin claiming modern life is longer yet more strenuous. The piece notes widening median ages and contrasts between groups, while contrasting doctors who say overwork harms health with others who argue bodily fitness can sustain it.
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Census Bureau
Harper's Weekly
Mit
Flea Collection Rivalry Sparked by Polar Expeditions
The Rothechild family and especially Charles Rothschild boast a vast flea collection. He claims to own over 10,000 varieties gathered from global expeditions, noting polar explorers recently added many specimens from Arctic mammals and birds.
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Rothechilds
Lord Rothschifls
Charles
Arctic Circle
Paris Social Scene Involves Wealthy Clubman And Adored Beauty
A London Globe notice reports a Paris amuse bouche where a prominent clubman with social influence befriends a famed beauty. The event centers on a fashionable restaurant visit in the Bois de Boulogne with her poodle, which cause a playful scene as diners receive notes in red chalk.
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Paris
London Globe
Inds
Bais de Hautegne
Pecias
Dictates of Fashion Signal White Themed Winter Gowns
The Chicago Daily News outlines autumn and winter fashion trends with emphasis on white fabrics. White net and tulle dominate evening dresses, with laces and black velvet ribbons as trims. Sleeves widen at the top, skirts shorten, and bright trims like pompadour vests appear.
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Chicago Daily News
Roast and Cold Dishes Assortment Menu Items
A list of roast meats with sauces and accompaniments including roast beef with horseradish and tomato sauce, roast veal with horseradish, roast mutton currant jelly, pork with apple sauce, lamb with mint, turkey with chestnut dressing, venison with jelly, goose with apple sauce, quail with currant jelly, canvas-back with apple bread, chicken with bread sauce, fried chicken with cream gravy, duck with orange salad, tongue with tartare, veal sausage with tomato sauce, pork sausage with apple sauce, frizzed beef with horseradish, croquettes with tomato sauce, corned beef with mustard, lobster cutlet with tartare, sweetbread Bechamel, reed birds with hominy, cold boiled fish with piquante, broiled steak with maitre d hotel butter, tripe with bacon and apples, broiled mackerel with gooseberries, fresh salmon with cream sauce and peas.
American Tourists and London Guard Clash Over Seats
An American traveler in the House of Parliament backs into a bench and is told the seats are for lords. The guard insists the space is not for “the like of ye,” prompting a retort about Washington’s Capitol and plush chairs for viewing great paintings.
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London
New York Times
America
Washington
Capitol
Lord Cornwallis
Quince Preparation Notes for a Penang Dish
Pare and core a dozen quinces, fill cavities with granulated sugar, add a little grated lemon or orange peel, and bake in a shallow earthen dish with a small amount of water.
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Penang
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Fame Grows
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York City testifies to the value of Lydia E Pinkham's remedies. Skeptics gave way as cured women increased, drawing attention from scientists and physicians to the product's alleged benefits for women across America.
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Irs
Frances Stafford
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Wise
Small Farm Ice House Built For Twenty Five Dollars
A 12 by 12 foot ice house can be erected for 25 dollars with careful framing and drainage. Build on a gravel or stone base, use 8 by 5 inch timbers, rough pine exterior with battens, interior lined with inch boards and sawdust, and a vented ridge cap. Doors tight and padded with straw, shade from sun, and reuse farm waste lumber to keep costs down.
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Orange
Judd Farmer
Recognized Resemblance and Hair Styles
A city youth adopts the pompadour and faces his father’s side part disdain. An old friend notes the boy’s likeness to his father, who concedes the resemblance but jokes about brain health. Advertisements mix in, inclining with tonics and remedies for common ailments and cautions about dangerous tools.
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Chicago Chronicle
Durable Post Brace Illustration Ships With Wire Device
An advertisement touts a durable post brace for small gate passes. It describes a single wire doubled around each post with a center twist stick to tighten. The device is marketed as easier and neater than traditional large brace poles.
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F. ¥. Bush
Humorous Injured Frenchman and Grumbling Theme
A collection of light anecdotes includes a Frenchman famed for chronic grumbling who suffers inflammatory rheumatism. His devoted wife nurses him as tears flow in sympathy. A friend asks about his condition and the patient blames his wife for humidity in the room. Also notes an ad for Dean's Dinetment and a coal mine joke.
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Detroit Free Press
Noted Slander of Consumption Remedies and Quotes
A collage of mock testimonial phrases and ad lines mocks remedies for consumption and colds. It references Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Pike’s Toothache Drops Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and fading quotes about charity and advice.
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Dr. Wood
Hale
Pike
Peruna hailed by Kansas woman after seven years of illness
Miss Kate Brown of Kansas City Kansas writes of a long seven year struggle with a severe cold that led to kidney and bladder catarrh digestive disorder and overall decline. She credits nine months of Peruna treatment with full recovery and urges others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not immediate.
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Kate Brown
L. C. B. Association of Kansas
N. Seventh St
Kansas City
Kan
Peruna
Hartman
Restaurant Requisites in New Cheap Eatery
A Newark Net joke shows a new budget restaurant preparing to open with comical checks of basic goods. The proprietor asks if the sugar has been sanded and other items pass inspection from salt to butter, while a sign painter is hurriedly hired for mottos.
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Newark
Prorietor
Ave
Scott
Quoted Remarks on Names and Manners Across Papers
A compilation of witty lines from several newspapers praising blunt humor and sharp turns of phrase. The Philadelphia Record mocks a dentist office as a dental parlor while suggesting drawing-room as a better label.
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Philadelphia Record
The Man of Importance
A grave man tries to impress others with his seriousness and sedateness. His aura of importance draws smiles as friends remark that he seems to believe the world revolves around him. The moral is that a man may be earnest yet view himself as the center of gravity.
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N. Y. Herald
Colonists and Settlers Rail Tickets Offered from Missouri
To the West Northwest and Southeast the Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route sell one way Colonists and Settlers tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points as well as to Missouri Arkansas Indian and Oklahoma Territories Louisiana and Texas on the first and third Tuesdays from October 21 to April 31 at half standard first class fare plus $2 For details contact nearest Agent or H C Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
California
North Pacific Coast
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian
Oklahoma Territories
Louisiana
Texas
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Unclear Duty Comment From Cleveland Plain Dealer
A quotation stresses that all officials should do their duty while noting customs officials must collect it, attributed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The remark underlines government expectations and tax collection roles.
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Uncle Sam
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Milkman’s Cream On Top Stirs A Delicate Debate
In a lighthearted Indianapolis News item a young husband questions why his milk lacks cream. The wife says the milkman explained he fills bottles to the brim, leaving no room for cream, a reply she calls satisfactory and creditable to him.
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Indianapolis News
Youth author quits after publisher rejects dinner offer
The Philadelphia Record notes a young writer who left after the publisher refused to pay 50 cents for his dinner. The exchange raises questions about editorials and support for aspiring authors.
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Philadelphia Record
Quotes About Knowledge And Truth From Indianapolis News
A reflective piece notes that continued study reveals ignorance and that necessity becomes a luxury, while a Samuel Clemens maxim urges truth in doubt. The collection frames skepticism, honesty, and wit as guiding principles.
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Samuel Clemens
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