Favorite Prescription Promised Relief for Women’s Ailments
A worried Baltimore mother relies on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription from The Common Sense Medical Adviser to treat her child’s whooping cough and her own health. The ad touts the remedy as a cure for painful womanly diseases, citing a testimonial from Margaret Zuerbert and urging readers to buy the 31 cent volume to learn more.
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R. V. Pierce
M. D
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Argaret Zuebert
Bentalon Street
Baltimore
Grch
Tr Pierce
Crippled Inmates and a Lesson on Medication Etiquette
A guide recounts two blind ward residents at an asylum who rely on feeling for crepe on doors to sense deaths. An elderly man recalls a nurse’s missed cue while another laments a $2 mistake from pouring medicine on the label side. He notes professionals pour from the opposite side to keep labels clean and urges laypeople to learn from experience.
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Crape
Road Finances: McClung Urges Modern Public Funding
United States Treasurer Lee McClung to chair the finance section of the American Road Congress calling for reform in road funding. He urges careful accounting, bond regulation, and modern methods to match private investment standards, and notes bankers' support for a national road effort.
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United States
Lee McClung
American Road Congress
McClung
State Bankers Association
Cause of wilt in russet apples storage issues noted
The Rural New Yorker states russet apples wilt in storage due to lacking wax on their skin. The wax on ordinary apples protects moisture but reduces keeping quality when rubbed off. To prevent wilting, store in a cool damp place, though avoid over-ripening. Also described is the split log drag as a key implement for maintaining earth roads, leveling surfaces and packing material into a brick-like layer.
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New Yorker
Illinois meet backs plan to pull state from mud
Bankers farmers automobilists and educators from across Illinois approved a general program to fix roads. The Illinois highway improvement commission warned $55,000,000 will be wasted in twenty years unless methods change. Proposal includes a small state railway commission state trunk lines county highways state prisons for work and honor-system crews.
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Illinois
Peoria
Illinois Highway Improvement Commission
Ilinois
Lnes
Colorado
State Highway Commission
W. G. Edens
Central Trust Company
Jesse Taylor
Jamestown
Belgium
America
Joe
Cannon
Farmers
A. H. Grout
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Labor
Eewin R. Wright
State Federation
Bankers
Grapes Pruning and Raspberry Care in Cold Climates
The text explains fall pruning for grapes and raspberries, noting pruning removes about half to two‑thirds of new growth depending on training systems. It mentions northern states where plants may be laid on the ground with earth over them.
Thoughtful Wife Sparks Late Return Concerns
A fragment notes a husband praising his wife as thoughtful and reflecting on her concern if he is out late, suggesting domestic tensions or dialogue about punctuality and consideration within a marriage.
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Tompkina
Thompson
Cruel Insinuation and Odd Misprints in a Judge's Library
A fragmentary dialogue features a doleful tale of overindulgence and mistaken licenses. A suffragist maid recruitment leads to a failed hire, while a slender woman’s occupation prompts guesswork from two men. Humorous misreadings and wry deductions color the scene.
Passing. ee eain think you would keep your hens shut up
A fragment from a Judge's Library entry where a farmer argues about restraining his hens to protect income and a forceful rebuttal follows in terse dialog style.
SUNBURNED Belle and the money mart
A brief verse fragment contrasts a sunburned shirt waist girl with a man who masks worry about money, noting the lure of fishing as a distraction. The tone suggests light irony about priorities when fish bite and finances loom.
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Belle
Money Mart
First Sunday pupil answers punch and lady question
A Sunday school pupil, new to the class, listened intently as questions were asked. When asked who the first man and woman were he answered with confidence Punch and lady.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Appeal
A 19th century style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot achieve and asserts trust in F J Cheney with testimonials, pricing, and internal action claims.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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