Coffee Alternatives Prove Gentle Cure for Stomach Ailments
A reader recounts severe stomach pain linked to coffee and relief after switching to Postum. The letter credits Postum with stabilizing digestion and improving health, noting a resumed coffee aversion and no longer needing medicines. It ends by urging others to read The Road to Wellville and consider Postum as a remedy.
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Wellville
Ambitious Virginia Professor and Millionaire on a Sleeper
In a Georgia to Virginia train carriage, Prof. Henry Maine Griswold and Thomas Ardmore, a bored millionaire, cross paths with a young woman linked to Gov. Osborne. A threatening message hints at political intrigue as Griswold debates informing the governor and decides to delay his continuation to Richmond, leaving the next morning’s train for Columbia.
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Henry Maine Griswold
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Gov'nor
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Bill Appleweight
South Carolina
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Preach Gospel of Health Tuberculosis Sunday Plan
National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis launches a nationwide Tuberculosis Sunday on April 24. Churches across the United States will hear sermons on health, receive literature, and promote prevention and cure of tuberculosis. Clergymen can obtain information from state, local, and national health groups.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Boards of Health
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America's Opportunity in Turkey Dr George Washburn
Dr George Washburn president of Robert College 1870 1908 argues Americans have a great opportunity in Turkey. He says Turks trust US and view Americans as honest and selfless and that mission is to spread Christ and explain his meaning to the world.
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Turkey
George Washburn
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Auctioneers Or Opera Dreams For Jerry
Mr Dolan praises Jerry's grand voice and ambition to sing opera while Mr Rafferty suggests he should be an auctioneer instead. Jerry claims crowds will lean in to hear his tones, expressing things no one else can fully comprehend.
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An Easy Job in a Conversation with Sir Walter Scott
A dialogue excerpt features Mr Cum Sox asking if the gay daughter can be made happy by the youth. The youth replies he thinks she has been happy, and the exchange implies a light moral tone about ease of pleasing another. The quotation notes that many worries stem from perceived privileges.
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Mr. Cum- Sox
Absence of Gov Osborne Delays Capitol Resolve
Griswold, in Columbia, seeks access to Gov Osborne amid reports the governor is detained in Atlanta. He encounters a tense reception at the office, a hostile desk clerk, and Miss Barbara Osborne who confirms the governor’s absence and implies a tense situation surrounding the governor’s duties.
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Bill Appleweight
North Carolina
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Dangerfield
South Carolina
Capitol
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Miss Osborne
Easter Customs Long Celebrated In Many Lands
Long article describes Easter hat superstitions and the custom of coloring eggs. It traces egg symbolism to Egypt Persia and Rome, notes Russian and German practices with eggs and hare imagery, and mentions US White House egg roll and Lancashire Easter lilies myth.
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Pollux
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Asphareus
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Hades
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Rome
Egypt
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Prize Fight Probe Stirs California Town
Sam Berger, manager of Jamea J. Jeffries, toured a small California town seeking prospects for a prize bout. A pompous marshal warned the investigation affronted the law, while Berger dismissed the challenge as a misdemeanor in public.
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Jamea J. Jeffries
California
Sam
Borger
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Cunney Firm Promises Reward for Untreatable Catarrh
Frank J. Cunney a senior partner of F. J. Cunney & Co. of Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Palnt's Catarrh Cure. He made oath before A. W. Gleason on December 6, 1886, in Lucas County Ohio.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cunney
F. J. Cuney & Co
Easter in Venice and bells ring round the world
An ancient Venice Palm Sunday tale explains why St Mark’s pigeons enjoy sacred status while freed to roam. Across the globe bells from Westminster to Nazareth toll cheerful hymns marking Eastertide in churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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St. Mark’s
Mark
Westminster Abbey
England
Cape Town
South Africa
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Old Trinity
New York
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Largest swinging bell claimed in world in Cincinnati church
The nine foot diameter bell in the steeple of St. Francis de Sales church in Cincinnati is touted as the largest swinging bell in the world. It is rung only on festival days and national holidays, with its mighty voice expected to be heard this Easter.
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St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Cincinnati
Divorce Sparks A Humorous Misdeal Remark
A woman notes a coming divorce while a man cracks a joke that the husband asked for her hand but the outcome was a misdeal. The exchange hints at domestic conflict with wry social commentary.
Nature's Remedy tablets promise morning relief for ailments
An old advertisement touts NR tablets as a thorough digestive aid that sweetens the stomach corrects the liver bowels and kidneys and prevents biliousness and rheumatism. It claims superiority to Pill for Liver and urges readers to buy a 25c box from all druggists. The closing quip notes a proverb about ill fitting shoes.
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A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Allen's Dung Balsam Promoted for Cough Relief
Advertising copy touts Allen's Dung Balsam as a quick remedy for barking hacking rasping coughs. The claim notes long term sales and urges readers to ask their druggist about it.
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Allen
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