Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Cure
In Roan Maine Mrs Witt credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her long lasting backache and weakness after three bottles. She urges others to seek the remedy and notes free health advice from the Lynn Mass contact for sick women.
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Roan
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Sie Elakitm
Yun
Ham
Lynn
Mass
Woman and Groom in court wedding interrupted by joke
A Shawnee County Court ceremony halted when a disruptive guest presented both bride and groom with apples and golds as a prank. The scene sparked shock as the improvised moment interrupted the planned nuptials amid local newspaper humor and commentary.
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Shawnee County Court
Howe
Schoch
Grimes Goldes
Kansas City Journal
Post Toasties Ready to Eat Delights Ephemeral Epicure
Ready to eat direct from the box Post Toasties offer a cream or milk pairing. The product promises exquisite flavour and crisp tenderness pleasing fastidious epicures and invalids alike.
The Lure of Beauty Judith Getteth the Great General in Her Power
A critical note on the apocryphal Book of Judith chapters 10 to 19. The essay analyzes Judith as an ideal heroic type and discusses its historical reception and possible connections to Hellenistic and Roman sources. The piece weighs claims about date, authorship, and symbolic meanings within ancient texts.
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Judith Getteth
Judith
Sermonetee on Chastity and Thought in a Biblical View
A sermonette discusses Assyrian general Holo fernes and Judith as cautionary figures. It argues moral danger from inner lust, cites Jesus and James, and stresses heart purity and the verse Keep thy heart with all diligence. It links impure thought to ruined homes and national life.
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Holofernes
Judith
Jesus
James
Judith in Assyrian Camp Boldly Seeks Deliverance
Judith covertly enters the Assyrian camp at night to confront Holofernes with a planned act of deliverance for Israel. She prays for guidance, then kills Holofernes and escapes with his head, proceeding toward Bethulia to aid her people.
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Judith
Holofernes
Isreal
Bethulia
Nabucehedomeser
Jerusalem
Israel
Rest and Repose in Faithful Retreats Across Scripture
The passage reflects on seeking quietude through reconciliation with God. It cites David in Psalms urging rest in the Lord and patience, contrasts the wicked with a troubled sea from Isaiah, and references St. Augustine's perspective on spiritual rest and judgment.
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David
God
Isaiah
St. Augustine
Rest in God as cure for restlessness says author
The writer notes a personal conviction that the human soul remains restless until dwelling in God. Faithfully seeking this safe retreat in reconciled grace removes the cause of unrest and fulfills Jesus’ invitation to find rest for the heavy laden. The text warns that idleness corrodes fortune like a moth.
The Genuine Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna Claim
The California Fig Syrup Co touts its exceptional equipment and chemists for producing Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna. It stresses only the genuine product uses its original method and full name on the front of the package. It warns against imitations and urges buyers to verify the San Francisco company name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
California
Unstable Tale At Dinner With Gen Buffington
Gen Adalbert Buffington recalled Civil War tales at a Madison New Jersey dinner. He described Mahone, thin and imposing, chasing his old servant Uncle Davy across the cold dawn as the general lunged with a scabbard. Davy fled shouting for mercy in a rattling night shirt.
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Adalbert R. Buffington
Madison
N. J
Mahone
Davy
Furiounly
Dale
Mars” Wiliam
Local Aid Tales and Pole Expeditions in 1908
A fragment lists a winter appeal by a feeble Irish widow, then shifts to jokes about questions readers ask and newsroom policy humor. It notes twelve expeditions toward the Pole in 1908 with leaders Peary, Cook, Bernier, Erichsen, Rasmussen, Charcot, Shackleton, and Geer.
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Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Russia
Sweden
United States
Peary and Cook
Bernier
Erichsen and Rasmussen
Charcot
Shackleton
Geer
Testimony Touts Postum Benefits For Family Health
A southern school superintendent credits Postum with improving his mother’s heart trouble sick stomach and headaches noting the family’s switch from coffee. He recalls watching her health improve after using Postum and becoming as well as other family members. There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Three Coins Teach Economics in a Philadelphia Lesson
A Sunday school teacher in Philadelphia used three coins to teach faith hope and charity. The pupil failed to name them and admitted only faith remained after his mother used the other two to buy meat to make hamburg steak.
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Philadelphia
Fanny
Faith
Eczema Cured After Year of Suffering Using Cuticura
Henry Searle of Lime Rock Arkansas describes severe eczema on ankles arms and scalp lasting twelve months. After trying many remedies he found relief after two or three applications of Cuticura Ointment, continued with Cuticura Soap and Pills, and was completely cured. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston is sole sponsor. Oct 10 1907.
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Henry Searle
Lime Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Propa
Boston
Kidney Pills Story and Varying Wit Column Fragment
A collage of consumer testimonials and humorous vignettes: Mrs Hammonds cites relief from kidney stones after using Dean's Kidney Pills, with claims of weight gain and restored health. The page blends quips from rabbinical wit to light humor about manners, manners, and daily life, plus ads and brief anecdotes.
Patch tells me that Plodding Pete has been this way
A fragmented note from the Utica Observer recounts Sherlock Holmes style musings about Tired Tom and his old pal Plodding Pete. The scene blends odd dialogue with stray lines about an owl, a big eyed chick, and humorous asides from John.
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Tom
Patch
Pete
John
Utica
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