Doans Kidney Pills Prove Quick Cure for Miss Nellie Davis
A Kansas City club woman Miss Nellie Davis writes praising Doan’s Kidney Pills for a rapid cure of kidney troubles caused by a cold. She describes back pains headaches and overall misery ending after a few boxes with no aches. She endorses the remedy and notes its availability 50 cents.
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Kansas City
Doan
Nellie Davis
Michigan Ave
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Knickerbockers and a Pauper Bill Exchange
A humorous exchange highlights a husband noting his wife’s bills after marriage. He jokes his wife’s efforts made him a pauper, while the New England and Old England ladies discuss Knickerbockers and the History of the United States in a light cafe scene.
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New England
Old England
England
The
United States
Newspaper Men Clash With Subway Tunnel Ills
A party of reporters after touring the Harlem river subway tunnel discuss dangers. Some suffer ears buzzing and heart complaints while one burly man turns pale and fears his throat swelled from tunnel exposure. The civil engineer suggests swapping collars to test relief.
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Harlem
Harper’s Weekly
Eminent Astronomer Reflects On Insignificance In Cosmos
The dialogue frames an eminent astronomer remarking on being a trivial atom in the universe. A guest named Littleton responds affirmatively after a wife’s club meeting where suffrage qualifications are discussed.
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Littleton
Building food to bring the babies around
A Colorado mother credits Grape-Nuts and milk with rebuilding a fifteen month old’s strength after pneumonia brain fever and convulsions. After trying the food in Kansas City the child gained weight and health, later using Grape-Nuts for her daughter as well. The ad, from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, promotes Grape-Nuts and cream as nourishing for brains and nerves and mentions The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Poem Reflects Quest for God Behind Life’s Echoes
Harriette Robinson Shattuck writes in the Springfield Massachusetts Republican that true answers come when man seeks God with humility. The piece contrasts nature and heroism with a deeper spiritual message, concluding fulfillment lies in divine discovery beyond life’s questions.
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Harriette Robinson Shattuck
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Denny and the Red Dog Mine Airing on St Patrick’s Day
A miner named Denny defies a holiday ban on St Patrick's Day at Red Dog mine. He urges a celebration with a green flag and a dynamite blast at ten, but four drunk workers remain in the shaft. Denny runs to the shaft to warn the others, risking his life to expose the lurking danger.
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Golden Crown Mining Company
Red Dog
Sam
Denny
Mr. Hopkins
St. Patrick’s Day
G&t
Pat
Ireland
Jim
Green ribbons flutter over Denny’s mine grave
In Red Dog the explosion at the mine kills Denny after a delayed cartridge. Four drunken Irishmen escape injury and the crew holds a funeral in his honor. Engineers arrange green grass seed to grow over Denny’s grave as a yearly St Patrick’s Day tribute with a ceremonial planting and ongoing vigil.
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Denny
Mr. Hopkins
Red Dog
Chicago
Balden’s Ridge
St Patrick’s Day
Electric railways planned for New York State power shift
The Vanderbilt controlled New York Central plans to convert the West Shore line from Buffalo to Utica and major interior routes to electric traction. A Niagara Lockport Ontario Power plant at Niagara will feed lines for the Hudson river division and other routes with Horace Andrews and the central group asserting the project will create the world's largest electric power facility.
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Vanderbilt
New York Central
Hudson River
the Central
Vanderbilts
West Shore
Buffalo
Utica
Albany
City of
Hudson
A. M. Young
New York
Horace Andrews
Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Company
Niagara
Cleveland Traction
New York Central Railroad
Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Company
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Millionaire at 21 Years Receives Million Dollar Legacy
Alfred C Bourne celebrated his twenty first birthday at Oakdale Long Island as friends and family gathered for the transfer of a one million dollar legacy left by his godfather the late German Clock. The fortune has grown with interest to about 1.5 million through careful investing.
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Alfred C. Bourne
Oakdale
L. I
Young Bourne
Oakdais
Islip
Hempstead
Westbury
New York
Commodore F. G Bourne
New York Yacht Club
Arthur
Marion
Mae
Young G Bourne
F. G. Bourne
Alfred Corning Clark
Clark
Alfred Bourne
Alfred
Berlin special reports lese majeste case from Colmar
A poor bookbinder named Decker in Colmar was sentenced to two months for lese majeste after entering a police office and writing remarks insulting the Kaiser. He faced nine prior similar offenses, four of which led to lengthy imprisonment.
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Berlin
Colmar
Decker
Lonton
Caring for Gas Stoves and Cost-Saving Tips
The article offers practical steps for maintaining gas stoves including daily cleaning of spills and burner slides, relighting tips, and using a pilot for ignition. It suggests economical setups like one burner ovens and steam cookers, with advice on placement near a meter and window for efficiency.
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Gas Company
Whims in Dress Details for Summer Styles
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the shift from narrow belts to burnt orange bags with button trim and ample lace. New fashions feature batiste fabrics, jeweled yokes, and braided brown handles, plus mottled seal bags and chameleon taffeta. Linen coats gain gold embroidery while kimono cloaks remain popular. dust cloaks receive equal attention. Chenille braids and bird of paradise plumes dominate millinery as mauve browns yellows greens appear in outfits, with white as a leading hue. An orange jelly filled treat recipe follows.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Sweet Plum Pickle
A historic recipe from the New York Herald describes pickling ripe plums. It instructs to simmer five pounds of sugar with a pint of vinegar, spice with cloves cinnamon and mace, boil and skim, add plums, remove when scalded, bottle, then thicken the syrup and pour back. If fermentation begins, reseal after boiling the jars uncovered in water.
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N. Y
Asparagus Soup From The People's Home Journal
Slice asparagus crosswise and cook in salted water with green onions or old onion slices, spinach or parsley if available. Rub through a colander when tender, return to the liquor, thicken with flour mixed in cream, add sugar if desired, and serve hot with crisp trackers.
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People’s Home Journal
Stolen Navajo Girl Affects Intertribal Pact In Old West Tale
A Navajo council at Canyon Bonito considers railroad plans while Ute warriors abduct a Navajo maiden. The girl is taken north toward Ute lands and recovered after her father negotiates a double payment of horses and silver trinkets. The exchange ends with a grim, ironic view of relation between cultures and a remark about buying wives.
That Church Bazar Attracts Store Of Temptation
Miss Robinson woos Mr. Jones at a church bazar promising a grand event and money collection. She reverses her suggestion, urging immediate payment as she hints at moral rot in bazar schemes and the risk of postponing funds.
Why did you marry your divorced wife again Old love comes back
A humorous quote contrasts rekindling romance with financial motives. Judee recalls marrying for money after alimony left him with nothing to live on, highlighting ironic motives in past relationships.
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Judee
Roebugk 2 CO
Chicago, Il
The Deaf Mute Husband
A Philadelphia society gathering included deaf mutes. a man spilled wine on his wife’s skirt and she scolded with swift mouthless gestures. A guest read a note saying women can still scold, and a friend replied that the husband is luckier since he need not look.
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Philadelphia
Enyars
Visiting the President by Vane Humorist Wilder
Marshall P Wilder recalls his first audience with a U S president during Harrison’s term. He reports a brief, awkward meeting after being announced by secretary Halford. The exchange ends with Wilder asking Halford to kick him after leaving.
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Marshall P. Wilder
United States
Harrison
Wilder
Woman's Home Companion
Halford
Presid
Presiont
Mystery of Gastritis Diagnosis Amid Virginia Visit
An elderly Virginia woman visits a doctor with her seriously ill husband. The physician examines him and says the case is not hopeless gastritis. The woman protests, recalling her land and hard times, adding a string of fragmented local dialect that hints at cultural and personal hardship.
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Virginia
Mechanical Genius Proposes for Lovelorn Letter
An egotistical youth boasts of being a mechanical genius able to make almost anything. He is asked what that means and the girl asks if he can make a proposal. The brief dialogue appears in the Columbus Dispatch.
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Columbus Dispatch
Slumber Song Protest and Public Health Ads
A fragment from the Saturday Journal requests quiet for a sleeping grandfather. An ad touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial offer and address in Philo Pennsylvania. A Chicago Journal line praises wives' judgment in choosing partners. A Trinity Springs reader endorses Piso's Cure for consumption. A Philadelphia North American quote questions the wisdom of early marriage.
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Dr. Kline
Kline
Arch St
Philo., Pa
Man who talks loud in argument savors brain wear
In a Washington Star quotation Uncle Eben mocks the idea that loud talking saves mental effort, calling it a foolish notion. The remark highlights skepticism toward using volume as a substitute for reasoning.
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Eben
Washington Star
Local quips about Sunday school and cigars
A Philadelphia Press line mocks a boy who attends Sunday school calling it Sabbat school. A Somerville Journal quip notes a millionaire may smoke only dollar cigars but must smell five cent cigars others smoke.
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Philadelphia Press
Somerville Journal
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Ures
Bazar
Humorist
Shy Leap Year Maid
Elsie
Cnesell
Saturday Journal
Chicago Journal
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mclear
Pav Weussiitz
Seneca St
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Pryxuam
Bright
Oran Smone
Dalton
DRS
Clarinda
Florinda
Fido
Frederick
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Big Mo
Realera
West
COURS
McGee's
Mahes
Mayfield Medicine Mnfg. CO
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
Canada
Boston
Paxtim
Partine
BR. Paxton CO
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Mellogy Rewepapers
Jefferson Mt
Kemphis
Godays
H. H. Green
Germa Kati
Box O
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Hoi Sss
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