prescription for cold cure Globe Pine Compound
An old advertisement touts Globe Pine Compound as a rapid cold cure. It instructs readers to obtain glycerine and Globe Pine from a druggist, mix with whiskey, and give doses after meals and at night, with adjustments for children. The note warns against uncertain mixtures and notes a six year demand. Published by Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of
Chicago
Assimilation a Baseball Joke in Courtroom Exchange
A humorous courtroom exchange questions a man’s constitutional knowledge while noting his undefeated attendance at last season’s ball games. The judge comments on assimilation as the punchline, highlighting cultural integration through sports fandom.
Electric Light Puzzles a Scot on Shipyard Wires
A Scot from a coastal town recalls the first three steamers lit by electric lights at the local yard. In a candid moment he jokes with a wireman about installing the lights, confessing he cannot figure out how to get the lie along the wires.
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Scotland
Peter
Sandy
Chicken wisdom from Puck humorist on family hen houses
A Puck writer jokes about raising chickens describing them as baffling creatures. He notes beginners think it looks easy but the skill lies in timing and space, explaining that regardless of size chickens fail to learn and may crash into wire partitions rather than use open doors.
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Puck
Fire at Bank of England damages building in recent blaze
The Bank of England, London reports its first fire in memory. The southeastern section suffered damaged flooring and joists. Bank authorities detected and halted the blaze within thirty minutes aided by Irish Guards and police keeping bystanders away.
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Bank of England
London
Leutenant
Its Class. That was a raw deal.
A terse exchange hints at a scheme or betrayal seen as unfair. The lines imply a public grievance over a constructed plan or plot that affected someone negatively, signaling tension without detailing who was involved or the stakes.
Bold Auto Bandits Aided by Woman Flee After Shootout
Four automobile bandits smashed a jeweler’s window in Chicago and fled with diamonds after a running gun battle with police. A fashionable woman fainted in the arms of a uniformed officer as the thieves escaped, later abandoning a stolen car. Policeman Sticken was wounded when pursued by the thieves, but returned fire as the bandits fled through the West Side.
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Chicago
West Side
Clark Street
Charles Hanson
Hanson
Charles Sticken
Sticken
la Salle Avenue
Stricken
Islands Want Independence From U S Rule After Eight Years
Washington January 6 Delegates report that the Philippine general assembly has urged passage of the Jones bill to grant independence after a provisional eight year period beginning July 4 1913. The measure would create a liberal autonomous government and cede full independence after July 4 1921 while preserving sovereignty over strategic sites and naval bases for the United States.
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Washington
Philippine General Assembly
Quezon
Philippines
Congress
Philippine Assembly
United States
Manila
Subig Bay
Spain
Philippine Islands
Congress of the Philippines
Senate
Found Works of Stevenson Discovered in Samoa and Hawaii
An ardent admirer reports new Stevenson manuscripts found in Samoa and Honolulu. The collection includes a highly poetic volcano essay, a South Sea fiction, several shorter verses, and an unfinished blank verse Maui legend, all tied to Stevenson's Pacific years.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Honolulu
Hawaii
Samda
Stevenson
Pacific
Savaii
Kilauea
Maui
Baby heals from facial skin eruption with Cuticura remedy
Mrs. W. J. Cleland of Kingsley Michigan reports a thirteen month old girl developed a painful cheek eruption that quickly spread to eye and nostril. After applying Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the sores subsided and healed within days with no scarring.
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Kingsley, Mich
W. J. Cleland
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Unwelcome Topic Sparks Christmas Gift Talk
A brisk exchange centers on Christmas purchases and budgeting as a playful nudge shifts the mood toward lighter conversation and away from sensitive subjects. Basen De Quiz-Paid joke accents the exchange, while De Whiz-Say steers toward agreeable topics.
Candlemaker Merges Extremes in Bright Venture
A candlemaker blends stark contrasts in a unique enterprise. The business is described as cereous and light, combining two opposing qualities to forge a singular candlecraft approach.
Guns and their simple purpose in conversation
A terse exchange notes that guns are used only to be fired. The dialogue implies a blunt view of firearms as instruments with an obvious, singular function.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Liggett & Myers
Duke
Hors Shoe
J.T
Tinsley
Getty
Constipation cures touted by patent medicines ad page
An ad page touts Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation and links laxative and cathartic uses to daily relief. It also promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and hints at marriage motives affecting women’s prospects amid various farm and rental notices.
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Pierce
Funeral of Whitelaw Reid in New York Cathedral
Funeral services for Whitelaw Reid former ambassador to England were held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York this morning Attendees included President Taft and other diplomatic corps members Bishop Greer officiated with Rev Dr Grosvenor assisting Reid had been a parishioner at the Church of the Incarnation and was a longtime friend of Grosvenor
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New York
Whitelaw Reid
England
London
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Taft
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Greer
William M. Grosvenor
Reid
Wood Urges Army Changes In Annual Report
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, urges restoration of the army canteen and legislation to remove unfit officers. He calls for concentrating the army on strategic lines and economically maintaining it, transferring most staff corps personnel to one area.
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Wood
Washington
United States Army
Leonard Wood
Resignation of South Dakota U S Attorney Wagner
Edward E. Wagner resigns as United States district attorney for South Dakota after indicating he resigned at the request of Attorney General Wickersham to seek a 60 day commitment delay for Charles L. Hyde. Wyde, a wealthy prisoner, had served 15 months.
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Mitchell
S. D
Edward E. Wagner
United States
South Dakota
Wickersham
Elliott
Charles L. Hyde
Wyde
Archbold Trial Resumes After Senate Adjournment
Washington January 6 The senate impeachment trial of Judge Robert W Archbold of the commerce court resumes after a two week lapse due to the death of Senator Jeff Davis Arkansas and a senate adjournment A B Worthington Archbolds chief counsel said the judge would take the witness stand in his own defense.
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Washington
Senate
Robert W. Archbold
Commerce Court
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Worthington
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