Illinois Tornado Swathes State Killing Dozens
A massive tornado swept Illinois and Indiana Sunday evening from Grant Park to Cairo, killing fifty and injuring about two hundred with property losses around $1.5 million. Towns such as Bush and Campus suffered extensive destruction. families were wiped out and multiple deaths reported near Morocco and Kankakee. Relief efforts rushed supplies and medical aid as a full death toll awaited confirmation.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Grant Park
Ill
Cairo
Deneen
Momence River
Bush
Kewanee
West Frankfort
Campus
Willisville
Murphysboro
Freeman
Limestone
Lowell
Morocco
Ind
Meta Hamlin
Bruce Hanger
H. F. Leedom
C. F. Triplett
Nelson Husie
David Jay
Kankakee
Robert Hawkins
Stone House
Grundy County
Jay
Hawkins
Twenty years of terrible itching told in one man’s words
Thomas G Hull of New Haven Connecticut describes twenty years of severe body itching and sleepless nights. He credits Resinol Ointment with immediate relief and, used with Resinol Soap, for quick treatment of eczema rashes tetter ring worm pimples burns ulcers and inflamed piles. The ad promotes samples and states prices 25c 50c and 1 and lists Baltimore Maryland as the company address.
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Thomas G. Hull
New Haven
Conn
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore, Md
He Hoped So Too Advance Agent in Barnstorming Show
Nellie McCoy recounts an advance agent who barely survived a Saturday night run, rested Sunday, and relaunched Monday. His Quaker mother, noting he is the business manager in advance, writes witty lines about staying ahead of the show.
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Nellie McCoy
Castoria and Garfield Tea Advertisement Snippet
An old ad text advises mothers to examine Castoria bottles with the signature and notes the product has been in use for over 30 years. The piece also features a joke about a weak toy and promotes Garfield Tea as a purifying laxative.
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Fletcher
Child makes witty quip about Uncle Jim’s age
Seven year old Johnnie teases his mother asking if Uncle Jim is in his second childhood. The boy quips that Uncle Jim is bald headed like their baby, eliciting a lighthearted family moment.
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Johnnie
Jim
Buddhist women’s college planned in Kyoto temple
A meeting at Nishi-Honganji temple Kyoto unanimously agreed to establish a university for high education of women as a project of the Buddhist sects Women’s Association. The institute’s estimated cost is 280000 yen.
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Women’s College For
Nishi-Honganji
Kyoto
Women’s Association
Paxtine Antiseptic Promoted for Teeth Cleaning
A preparation called Paxtine Antiseptic is advertised as better than tooth powder for cleansing and whitening teeth removing tartar and preventing decay. It is sold by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass at 25 cents a box or postpaid on receipt of price.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
B. F. Dicae
Ohio
Route 4
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
America
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Southern Pacific Company
Humboldt County
Winnemucca
Elko County
Deeth
Lyon County
Churchill
Union-Southern Pacific
Fudge Offer Sparks Candy Date Challenge
A playful exchange quotes a woman inviting a man to return Monday night for home-made fudge while he promises a “candy-dates” year, per Judge.
Shoes Feel Softer With Allen's Foot Ease
If you are sensitive about shoe size you can wear a size smaller by shaking Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder into them. Just the thing for dancing parties and breaking in new shoes. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N
Make title-Hardup buys wife a machine
A brief notice notes Make. Tittle-Hardup purchasing a machine for his wife amid a court or domestic matter as reported in local news.
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Hardup
Cole's Carbolisalve Ad Claims Painful Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Cole's Carbolisalve as rapidly relieving burning itching and torturing skin diseases and stopping burns with no scars. It lists 250 and 600 prices from druggists and offers free samples by mail from J W Cole Co Black River Falls Wis. The rest promotes health and constipation remedies with short proverbs.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Supreme Court Declines Markowitz Marriage Annulment Suit
In Brooklyn Justice Mareau dismissed Samuel Markowitz real estate broker’s bid to annul his marriage to Mildred Markowitz aged eighteen. The judge called the case absurd noting the proposal aimed to annul since she refused to kiss him.
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Supreme Court
Mareau
Brooklyn
Samuel Markowitz
New York
Mildred Markowitz
Markowitz
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Tren “Mountain Railway
Malinee
Richter & Longfed
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Tommy
Man With
Pierse
Dickover
Usin
Sporn Medical CO
Colegiaia
Coshans Inithes
W. L. Douglas Shoes
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Vaglas
Brockton
Ir Catalon
uUvery
Dango
Prepa Peleta
Gerrit Fort
Union Pacific
R. R
Dodge Street
Omaha
Neb
Tron
Eas
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