Williams Liver and Kidney Pills advertised as calomel alternative
An advertisement claims Calomel is injurious and promotes Dr. G B Williams Liver and Kidney Pills as a healthier substitute. The pills are said to stimulate the liver and bowels without weakening after effects. Sold by dealers at 25 cents per bottle with free sample on request from G B Williams Co Quitman Ga.
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South
GB. Williams
G. B.williams Co
Quitman
Adv
Fei5 Parents’ Seating Question Sparks Quiet Tension
In a fragmented note readers glimpse a tense moment as Fei5 asks about seating for parents. The incomplete text hints at social or ceremonial expectations affecting classroom or event seating arrangements.
Kidneys Warned Against Excess Meat Consumption
A health authority blames high meat intake for uric acid buildup in blood and kidney strain. It warns kidneys overwork, eliminative tissues clog, and waste remains in blood, risking kidney trouble. A remedy suggests a tablespoon of sake for back or bladder discomfort.
Jad Salts and Kidney Relief Promoted in Ad
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts for night relief from headaches nervousness dizziness sleeplessness and stomach upset. It claims four ounces taken in water daily cleanses clogged kidneys neutralizes urine acids and aids urinary and bladder disorders. The product is described as a grape lemon lithia solution that tastes pleasant and is inexpensive.
Not Often So Love Dialogue Between Lovers
In a brief exchange a woman asks if love remains and the response affirms continuing affection, describing it as the way he loves her most.
Resinol Advertises Quick Eczema Relief
Resinol soap and ointment promise immediate relief from itching burning and disfiguring skin trouble including eczema and ringworm. Soothing balsams absorb into the skin stopping itching and clearing eruptions even in stubborn cases with prior treatment failures. Regular use of Resinol Soap helps maintain clear skin. sold by druggists for nineteen years.
Caught Both Ways in Baltimore Jam Theft Tale
A Baltimore American item reports two witnesses recount observed theft of jam by a person named Tommy. Both claim seeing him stealing and jamming the steal in separate accounts, implying a charge or accusation.
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Tommy
Baltimore American
Spring Suggestion Pills Claim Best Spring Medicine
Take Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills two or three at night for several days and declare them the best Spring Medicine. Send for a trial box to 372 Pearl Street New York ad. Reputation and character are as opposite as north and south poles.
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Wright
Pearl Street
New York
Adv
Holland the Home of Peace and Liberty in History
The article extols the Dutch tradition of personal freedom and tolerance. It cites Holland as a refuge for persecuted groups and links its liberty to masterpieces by Rembrandt and Hals. It highlights Dutch contributions to science with Nobel prizes and asserts Holland’s enduring role as a land of peace and liberty.
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New York
Helland
Holland
France
England
Spain
Germany
America
Rembrandt
Hals
Potter
Don
Coster
Spinoza
de Vries
Van't Hoff
Holland's Role in World Peace and The Hague
The article lauds Holland as a center for peace and arbitration, noting Hugo de Groot's 1621 peace text as the first world peace book and highlighting the Peace Palace at The Hague as settling many disputes. It emphasizes Holland's small size yet enduring mission in global civilization.
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Holland
Hugo de Groot
The
Hague
Engineer predicts submerged tunnel to Ireland
Chicago engineer H. G. Tyrrell foresees a submerged tube rail line between Scotland and Ireland as a fix for unrest. He proposes a 20 mile tube from Black Head to Port Patrick with a double rail track costing 25 million to 30.6 million dollars.
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London
Scotland
Ireland
Chicago
H. G. Tyrrell
Black Head
Port Patrick
Thieves Pass Up Rare Roman Coins at Berkeley Library
Thieves broke into the University of California library and left behind six old Roman coins valued at about 5 000 dollars each. They stole additional coins totaling around 50 dollars. The Roman coins were excavated from Pompeii in 1891 by a joint French government and University of California expedition.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
University Library
Pompeii
New York Justice Schedules Name Change Proceeding
New York Supreme Court Justice Giegerich has set March 17 as the date Morris Greenspune may legally change his name to Greene. The order establishes the formal steps for the name change at the court and provides affected parties with notice of the filing.
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Greene
New York
Avoid Self-Consciousness in Action
Quote on avoiding self consciousness urging energy be spent in unselfish action. Emphasizes pouring attention outward rather than inward to prevent awkward embarrassment and pride. The reflection cites Great Thoughts as source.
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Helf
To Him for Instance Betty-Jack Won’t Take No
A terse dialogue about pursuing romantic advances with the line urging alternatives when refused. The text presents a playful, potentially comic exchange focusing on persistence and finding consent.
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Betty
Jack
Tom
Woman praises Cardui tonic after long illness
Mrs. Sarah Branham of Myra Kentucky describes eleven years of womanly troubles and seven years of weakness. After her husband spent everything and temporary relief came from another product, five bottles of Cardui restored her health. She urges other women to try Cardui and consult their druggist. The ad promotes a Chattanooga remedy with a pamphlet on women’s care.
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Myra
Sarah Branham
Cardus
Cardui
Chicago
Eva Hasse
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Natural Darkening
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a homey solution to fade gray hair, dandruff, and thinning locks. It claims easy use with a sponge or brush and suggests noticeable darkening after one or two applications, priced around 50 cents.
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Wyeth
Elixir Babek Advertised For Malaria Relief
A testimonial extols Elixir Babek as a preventative and remedy for malaria chills and fever. J Middleton of Four Mile Run Virginia says he can’t take quinine and would move without the elixir. Price is 50 cents. available at druggists or by parcel post from Kloczewski & Co Washington DC.
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J. Middleton
Kloczewski & Co
Washington
D. C
Paradoxical Praise from a Rare Cook in Verse
The lines play on a chef’s rarity and the implied quality of her offerings. One image asks if every dish she provides is well done, suggesting a wry test of sincerity and eloquent insult. The exchange folds humor into culinary metaphor.
Antiseptic Anadyne Ad Promises Pain Cure
An advertisement claims Antiseptic Anadyne can cure rheumatism and all kinds of aches and pains including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores burns and similar ailments offered for 25 cents.
Bolsterer Hamlet Fatt Figures in Vaudeville Retort
A Kansas City Journal blurb notes Hamlet Fatt keeps vaudeville bills afloat with a sharp edge. It defines a bolsterer as someone so rotten they make the rest of a bill seem better by contrast.
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Hamlet
Kansas City Journal
Fishermen's Thanksgiving decor in village church
A reader shares a view from a village church chancel decorated for Fishermen's Thanksgiving. The harvest of the sea was bountiful and fishermen plus their wives prepared nets and threads to symbolize seafaring life. large floats hung from the aisle for rough weather visibility.
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England
London
Country Life
Porcupines Stop Up Flue in New Jersey Home
In Hanover New Jersey Jacob Dobinson battled a stubborn chimney since fall. After replacing stovepipe and cleaning flues with no relief he began tearing from the roof. A sharp object pricked his hand as he pulled a needle or weed from the flue causing pain and alarm.
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Hanover
N. J
Jacob Dobinson
Dobinson
Bie
Chimney Rescue Ends with Porcupine Invasion
A man freed a hand wedged in a chimney and, with help from his son, dug out three porcupines nesting in a small chimney indent. The animals came out on the roof by day for food, then returned at night. The householder decided to seal the niches to avoid future visitors.
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Dobinson
Radium Found in Liverpool Infirmary Garbage Wagon
A Liverpool infirmary radioactivity scare ends with the recovery of a 50 milligram radium tube from a garbage wagon. Two tubes were used on a patient. the larger vanished during removal and could have been swept away with ward sweepings, later recovered by Prof Wilberforce after an intensive search.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Infirmary
Wilberforce
University of Liverpool
Motorcycles for Doctors In Chicago Police Medical Units
Chicago ambulances and police stations will train doctors and surgeons to ride specially equipped motorcycles with lung motors and first aid gear for emergency service. The item notes a lighthearted exchange from Mrs Beck and Mr Henrypeck about widows and marriage, tagged under Stray Stories.
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Chicago
Henry Beck
Henrypeck
An Uplifted Feeling in Saint Service
A Newark News column notes that spiritual satisfaction comes from arriving at church on time occasionally and seeing others come in late, highlighting the shared small ritual of punctuality and communal effort.
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Newark News
Hair regrowth after scalp ailment and Cuticura cure
Mrs Elia Sheffield reports years of dandruff itching scalp and hair loss improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Within two weeks hair grew longer and better, crediting the products for the scalp cure. Advertising copy notes worldwide sale and free samples with Skin Book offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okla
Elia Sheffield
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Booth-Overton Dyspepsia Tablet Ad Offers Free Sample
Indigestion and intestinal fermentation relief advertised with a 59c bottle at Druggists. Money refunded if no help, or write for free sample. Booth-Overton Co. 11 Broadway New York. Ad claims entertainment in moving pictures and cites famous quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth-Overton
Booth-Overton Co
Broadway
New York
Pleasant Pellets touted as cure for constipation
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a thorough cure for constipation and markets it as the favorite family laxative. A quirky line notes a bachelor’s uncertainty about calling a baby he or she, opting for it.
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Pierce
Fragmented Question Teases Language Puzzle
A garbled OCR style line asks about comparing the greater from the less with stilted words and stray punctuation. It appears as a stray language puzzle fragment without clear context or identifiable subjects.
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