Bumblebee Cure Becomes Local Legend in Ohio Village
In a southern Ohio village, two boys Dolph and Dicky fight bumblebees with a jug of water and paddles. They stumble on whisky in a hidden jug, draw Col Corcoran, who drinks and is saved by Dr Inwiddie using a bumblebee remedy, ending with the colonel’s later fame as a judge.
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Ohio
Engelharts
Dicky
Dolph
Jug
Mr. Waters
Stewart
Col. Corcoran
John Barleycorn
Congress
Inwiddie
A Bishop's Harsh Labors Across Florida Diocese
The piece outlines the demanding duties of Dr. W. C. Gray, bishop of southern Florida, with nearly 60,000 miles of territory and 250 000 inhabitants. It notes diverse communities including Cubans, blacks, Swedes, Danes, Germans, and Seminole Indians, and describes constant travel to establish missions and visit remote areas.
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W. C. Gray
Florida
Hints on Economy and Home Repairs for Everyday Goods
A practical guide offering cheap fixes and DIY tips. Procedures include repairing agateware with paper fasteners, conserving gas by covering stoves, hardening soap, dying shoes, renewing shrunken wool union suits, using old yarn for nursery dusters, reusing bread crusts, removing shine from fabrics, resoled bathing shoes, and a protective baby clothing bag for crawlers.
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Wool Union
Kitchen Utensil Care and Material Choices
The article advises keeping copper and brass kitchen utensils scrupulously clean to avoid acid or alkali reactions and poisonous salts. It favors granite vessels for durability, lightness, ease of cleaning, and shape variety, noting bright surfaces retain heat as a useful hint for cooks.
Poultice Recipe for Boil Uses Laudanum Mix
A home remedy from garden herbs. Pound common garden pulse leaves with clean lard and add a few drops of laudanum. Apply the poultice to the boil or gathering to aid relief.
Mouth Wash Recipe From Historical Note
A colonial era mouth rinse recipe recommends mixing oil of sage two percent fluid drams oil of lemon one percent fluid drams alcohol six percent fluid ounces water twenty five percent fluid ounces The instructions present a practical oral hygiene formula using common ingredients and precise measurements.
The Safe Way to Buy Paint and Dutch Boy Lead
Property owners are urged to guard against misrepresentation in paint materials and to use the Dutch Boy trade mark from National Lead Company. The firm offers a simple testing outfit and a free paint book, with address Woodbridge Building, New York City.
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Woodbridge Bldg
New York City
Reworked Verse Tells Child’s Tale of Adam and Eve
A poet famed for honesty recalls his daughter’s doll tale. The child explains origins of sex to relatives by saying Adam was alone and lonely, so God slept him, removed his brains, and made a lady from them. Illustrated Bits remarks on the humorous fable.
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Adam
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad With Reward Notice
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure failures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin and notes the product claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and price of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
The Real Test
A bystander remarks that dying in poverty is not hardship but living in poverty imposes the real burden. The remark contrasts poverty's end with enduring poverty in daily life.
Opening of the Rosebud Indian Lands October Event
Announcement for the opening of Rosebud Indian Lands from October 5 to 17 offering homes for 10 000 people. Requests fifty cents for full information maps circulars and blanks for Soldier's Declaratory. Contact C D Tidrick U S Commissioner at Chamberlain South Dakota.
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Rosebud Indian Lands
C. D. Tidrick
U. S
Chamberlain
S. D
Hat Box for My Wife Turns Backyard Inquiry
In a humorous exchange Wallon and Scudder respond to a neighbor’s question about a project with a quip that they are not building a motor shed but a hat box for Scudder’s wife. The lighthearted moment captures local curiosity and playful banter between residents.
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Scudder
Lewis' Single Binder cigar ad from Peoria and proverb
The text advertises Lewis' Single Binder straight 5¢e cigar made of mellow tobacco from Lewis' Factory in Peoria. It includes a proverb about debt and responsibility, noting that the one who borrows trouble isn’t asked to return it and that some people only learn the other way.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
One of the Essentials of the happy homes
An advertisement extols a health product as a trusted family laxative and urges buyers to choose the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. and through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Howard Bros
Buffalo
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