New Strength for Women's Backs and Hope from Doan
Mrs Mary Hinson of Mt. Sterling Kentucky credits Doan s Kidney Pills with ending years of back pain dizziness and fatigue She recalls poor eyesight nervous headaches and difficulty bending to button shoes before taking Doan s Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box The advertisement urges readers to remember the name Doan s and buy from local dealers
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Mary Hinson
Strother St
Mt. Sterling
Joan
Mrs. Hinson
Doan
Not Their Fault and One Was Enough for Johnny
A composite of two humorous items: a broad minded dominie in a Susquehanna parish accepts a fisherman’s cache of pickerel, insisting the fish are not to blame, followed by a Sunday school gag where Johnny answers that one strike merits “just about once” before retaliation.
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Dominie
Susquehanna
Johnny
Johonny
Graceful mishap in Kansas dining room
A northwestern Kansas paper recounts a farmer who prays while staring at the dining room rafters. He forgets himself and blurts out a humorous grace that blends thanks with a search for a gimlet and the plan to send Jim to fetch it, ending with a traditional amen.
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Grace
Kansas
Joe
Jim
Kansas City Star
Ants Found on Back Porch Inspire Nursery Humor
A child notices large ants on the back porch and asks what they are. She is told they are ants. The next morning she spots small ants among the large and exclaims that the aunts have brought their little nieces with them today.
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Nettie
So is mine God help us all
A magazine contributor seeks urgent payment as creditors press him and the editor replies with a rueful quip about shared hard times and a looming gas bill. The brief exchange highlights financial strain era tone.
In Cannibal Land. First Cannibal Tells a Joke
In Cannibal Land two cannibals share a joke about a missionary. The first recalls the missionary was polite, the second asks why. The first explains the missionary offered an after dinner cigar before being eaten.
Woman quits coffee heart with Postum remedy
A reader letter recounts severe heart weakness tied to coffee. After years of illness a husband brings Postum. after quitting coffee and brewing Postum properly she improves, gains weight, and avoids headaches and heart spells. The piece promotes Postum as a safe alternative and notes the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Bolivia’s Railways and Border Treaties Shape Its Fate
The article traces Bolivia’s postwar land and railway strategy, noting the 1904 decisive Pacific loss after the 1879 Chile conflict, then the 1904 1906 rail concessions with National City Bank and Speyer Co. to build trunk lines from Oruro to Viacha Cochabamba Potosi Tupiza Uyuni, and the Arica La Paz corridor, funded by bonds guaranteed by the Bolivian government.
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Pacific
Antofagasta
Chile
Bolivia
Rhine
Peru
Cordillera
Pacific Ocean
Table Land
Cordillera Real
Mampu
Illimani
Ancochuma
Sajama
Great Amazon
Parana Plains
South America
National Assembly
United States
Cob!ji
Potosi
Bolivian National Office of Immigration and Statistics
Guaqui
la Paz
Lake Titicaca
Puno
Nollendo
Alto of la Paz
Guagulon
Paraguay River
Brazil
Acre
Arica- la Paz
Teann
National City Bank and Speyer & Co
New York
Oruro
Viacha
Desaguaderoa
Arica
Cochabamba
Potos
Tupiz
Caisa
Catigaita
Uyuni
Puerto Pando
London
Antofagasta and Bolvia Railway Company
Speyer & Co
Antofagasta Railway Company
Montes
A Fact Is a stout thing in a provincial tale
Miss Burden seeks legal relief over imagined neighborly disputes about water rights and a yat. Lawyer Fairman dismisses her tale, advising that law needs solid facts, not merely fancy or talk, and proclaims the value of a fact as a stout thing in life.
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Miss Burden
Carter Medicine Company Wins US Court Decree
In the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York New York City the Carter Medicine Company obtained a decree confirming its exclusive right to use red wrappers and labels on its liver pill packages The ruling traces the ownership to a 30 year prior adoption and continuous use establishing sole rights with Acco predecessors and the complainant The decision is described as highly significant due to the court’s eminent standing per National Druggist St Louis Mo
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United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of
New York
New York City
Carter Medicine Company
Carter Médicine Company
St. Louis
Pheasant Hunting Quip Cited as Prairie Wit
A quoted line praises daytime pheasant hunting and keeping quiet about it, noting no need to share with a game constable. The remark underscores a rough frontier humor about open seasons and daylight capture.
Eczema cured in a day by Cuticura trio claim
An elderly man recalls severe eczema covering his body and sleepless months. He credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for a dramatic 24 hour relief and full healing in a month, noting the product’s public promotion.
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W. Harrison Smith
Mt. Kisco
Potter Drug & Cuem, Corp
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised by Toledo Firms
An 19th century style advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $500 reward for an incurable case. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo are named, followed by testimonials from WAALUING KINNAN and MARVIN, wholesale druggists. The pitch claims internal action and mucous surface impact, with testimonials and a 75 cent bottle price.
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Hall
Kindness Wins Reform for Bucks County School Leader
Lucy Burd, superintendent at a Bucks County reform school, credits kindness for her success. In five years she has reformed over 100 boys with many serving in the navy or on farms, and few returning to former ways after her influence.
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Lucy Burd
Reform School
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
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Saturday Journal
Atchison
Kan
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