Will Aid Marriage Scarcity of Maids and Plan to Import Women
Spokane Affinity club formed by 25 bachelors under 30 to import 5000 women from eastern states into the inland empire. The club will cover marriage expenses including license, minister, dinner, and flowers if a match is found. J C Power Brown heads the club as president with Wallace A McBirney and Cadwallader Jones in key roles. Branches planned in towns over 600 population. Members must own property over 1000 and be of good character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Genera
J.C. Power Brown
Spokane Mining Brokers’ Exchange
New Society
Treaser
Wallace A McIiurney
Falls City Lumber Company
Cadwallader Jones
United States Steel and Equipment Company
Spokane Society
Inland Empire
Brown
Northwest
New England
Canada
Paid with kiss loses suit in Rockville Centre case
Mineola broker Bennette Bonanno of Manhattan sued John Lester and wife Mary for 309 dollars for carpentry. Lesters defended that the work was paid by a kiss and not due. A bird house charge of 35 dollars appears in the bill. Rosie Vitro testified Bonanno kissed her in payment after a dispute over the debt. Justice Garretson granted a non suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
L. I
Lesters
Miss Vitro
Bonanno
Justice Garretson
GIVES CANNON THE IRON GRIP
Washington report describes Rep Harry Wolf of Baltimore age 27 as the house’s baby who meets Speaker Cannon. Wolf shakes with a vise like grip. Cannon winces as Wolf’s firm handshake injures his hand and the speaker jokes about keeping his district safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry Wolf
Baltimore
Speaker Cannon
Wolf
Virginia merchant aids of very big gravel stone
C L Wood a prominent merchant of Fentress Norfolk Co Va suffered months of back kidney and bladder pain with irregular kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills he passed a stone and regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Traveler's Picture Books in Paris police stations aid foreigners locating lost items. Sheer white goods rely on proper starching and Defiance Starch improves washed textile appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Wood
Fentress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Paris
Inquirer
Education’s value shown by wages in a trainyard scene
A school event in Ohio features the mayor and state superintendent addressing children. The local school committee chairman then contrasts workers on a railway job with sharply different pay. He highlights education as the key difference and urges pursuit of learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum Helps Couple Break Coffee Habit
A wife describes how her husband suffered illness from coffee use until they switched to Postum. His headaches eased, skin cleared, kidneys improved, and he regained health. she also gained strength. The letter notes others misjudge coffee quality and cites Postum as the safer alternative from the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Dear Little Cha? Hob-Say ma Were men scarce When you married
The fragment asks if men were scarce at the time of marriage or if empathy for a husband influenced the union. The tone suggests a conversational, personal note or verse. The readable lines hint at a domestic reflection from a bygone era.
Eczema Cure Claim From Cuticura Remedies
A small child suffered a severe eczema outbreak on the face and scalp. After consulting a physician, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used and the disease fully cleared. The testimonial cites Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan, dated October 20, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mich
Deafness and public morals in old courtroom banter
A fragmentary collage blends a joke about a Scotch judge and a witty advocate with a dental and medical advertisement. It features lines about deafness cure by constitutional treatment and references to products like Defiance Starch and PAZO OINTMENT, along with casual chatter about tenderness and everyday domestic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. X
Sloan's liniment and remedies praised for horses
A crowded column mix of advertisements and quips extols Sloan's Liniment and veterinary remedies citing Dr Earl Sloan of Boston as a horse expert. It promotes “Sloan's Treatise on the Horse” and includes other era product plugs and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Ear 8
Earl
S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Fragments and Advertisements from a Debris Text
A garbled OCR snippet includes jokes about married life, stray dialogue between Mrs and Mr Enpeck, and scattered product names such as Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. The readable parts hint at humor columns and early 20th century advertisements amid noisy text.
One of the Essentials of the Happy Home
An advertisement extols a trusted health product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a wholesome family laxative approved by physicians and Well-Informed of the World. It urges buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
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Pacific Coast
Carpenter
Virginia
Little Cha
Chexey & CO
Toledo
Draasis
Vasily Piite
Constipal
Mushley
Crabbe
Nevada
Dodds
Guart
Amundsen
North Pole
Klondiker
St. Vitus
Art Long
Credit Short
Hkomo
Gow
Cole
Gan Balsa Teserast
Galeneres
E. Colemeny Atterney
Fin
Terashoe, Mighews
Defiance Rcm
Matecrecues Thompson
Denver
iSce
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Denver Union Stock Yards
National Western Stock Show
National
Central States
B. O. Cowan
Exchange Ave
Chicago
Ill
Ame
United States
Chas. Gray
American Galloway Cattle Breeders
C. R. Thomas
Wrath St
Kansas City
Americ
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