Our Hebrew Fellow Citizens and Other Odds and Ends
A collage of vignettes from late 19th century life includes social church talk about crowds in a Kansas City church and quibbling over sermons, plus notes on Jewish demographics in the United States with major city counts and influential figures in media and business. It also recalls a humorous doctor’s books gag, a Sunday school exchange about the soul, and a dating dialogue about nerves and kisses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New York Times
World and Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chattanooga Times
Woman Receives $50 Judgment Over Faulty Store Teeth
Mrs. Helen Gray sued Dr. Selim Worster in Yorkville for faulty artificial teeth that hindered speech and chewing. The court ruled in her favor, awarding the full $50 after noting a woman must be able to talk and eat easily.
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York
Helen Gray
Justice Hoffman
Yorkville
Selim Worster
Worster
Hoffman
Bachelor Collects Hairpins In Remarkable Hoard
Indianapolis private secretary Luman K. Babcock, a bachelor, has amassed about three thousand hairpins from everyday wire pins to tortoise shell styles. His collection includes 635 pins found in Europe in 1903, with pins from London Paris Rome and Dublin. He notes Ireland as a source of many pins and recalls finding 72 in Queenstown and 40 in Cork, drawing interest from customs officers upon returning to New York.
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Ndianapolis
Luman K. Babcock
Shank
Babcock
Mr. Babcock
Grand Rapids
United States
Europe
George Eliot
London
Edward VII
St. James Park
St. Peter's
Rome
Paris
Berlin
Queenstown
Cork
Ireland
New York
Custom House
Woman Keeps Umbrella Handy After Night Water Leak
Mrs. A. C. Greenbaum of 46516 Calumet Avenue sleeps with a large umbrella by her bed after a leaking roof tank flooded her second floor apartment. The rain came only to their unit, answered by police and a janitor who traced the leak to a roof tank.
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A. C. Greenbaum
Calumet Avenue
Greenbaum
Mrs. Greenbaum
Night Desk
Hyde Park
Baby Greenbaum
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Mystery at Clark Street Bridge Stuns Chicago
Police responded to a midnight call of a murder at Clark and the river. A woman claimed two men dumped a body from the bridge into the river but detectives found no trace. the next morning Ted Erbstein reported his Indian squaw cigar sign stolen, solving the enigma.
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Chicago Avenue
Clark
Geneva Hotel
North
Clark Street
Ted Erbstein
The Way We Judge People
A dialogue highlights how Gruel misses details others notice and how perception shapes judgment. Two viewpoints clash over observation and interpretation, revealing how truth depends on what each person values seeing.
Cure for burning itch in a day touts Cuticura remedies
A reader recounts a severe burning itch spreading from hands to body on March 30 and April 1 1909. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the itching subsides completely by the day’s end. Advertises Cuticura products from Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Boston Mass.
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Frank Gridley
East 43Rd Street
New York City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
His Finish in Politics Leaves Voter Skepticism
The quotation compares early political zeal to a quick start and jokes that even honest men exaggerate. The exchange suggests a transition from bold campaigning to cautious stance, with a hint that the subject remains undecided or noncommittal.
Nature's Remedy NR Tablet Liver Stomach Relief
An advertisement promotes Nature's Remedy NR Tablet as a safe quick fix for dullness headaches and dizziness linked to stomach or liver issues. It claims the tablet sweetens the stomach and regulates the liver kidneys and bowels and urges readers to buy a 2 for St. Louis based A H Lewis Medicine Co.
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A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Aims at Broad Ills
An old advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller as prevention and cure for bowel troubles skin wounds colds and other ills. It markets with prices 85c and 50c and uses a humorous dialogue about egg preference.
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Perry Davis
Poetical Truth and Tobacco Significance in Aesthetic Prose
The text juxtaposes Byron inspired lines with market notes on Lewis' Single Binder cigars priced higher than rival brands. It also asserts a signature on a check signals prosperity, framing artful sentiment beside consumer goods and financial symbolism.
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Lewis
The Man Lower Down
A quotation from the Boston Herald notes the beef trust does not worry the speaker who instead fears a marketman who won’t trust. The line contrasts industry concerns with individual trader reliability.
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Boston Herald
Deafness cure urged by constitutional remedies
An advertisement claims deafness due to inflamed Eustachian tubes can only be cured constitutionally, not by local applications. It offers Hall's Catarrh Cure and claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh. promotion includes free circulars and a product line. The piece also mentions Hall's Family Pills and an unrelated dialogue about ocean liners.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Inactive Liver Cure Ad Claims Health Miracle
An ad touts Nature's Remedy NR tablets claiming to restore liver activity and cure yellowness. It promises improved digestion and a toned system, with extra lines promoting Marine Eye Remedy and Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes. The text uses persuasive marketing and quotes to encourage purchases and brand mentions.
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Joo
Infans
Samuel Pitcher
Bears
THE
Centaur Company
Castoria
Dodds
Dr. E
Contrell
W. N.U
Omaha
All Drugglars
A. H.ewik Medicine Co
Charles Gounod
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
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Fisher
Roanoke
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Defiance Starcherslett
Ana
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