Kansas Notes Show Wide Range of Rural Life and Local Quirks
A mosaic of Kansas items from Hiawatha to Wellington covers canning ambitions, beet fever, quirky anecdotes, weather oddities, strikes, craft trades, and oddities about towns like Wamego and Atchison. Reports include a Great Bend woman breaking knuckles while shooing a cat, a Topeka hardware man lamenting freezing thermometers, and obsessions with beer, boxing, and politics.
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Hiawatha
Barton County
A. Harveyville
Brown
Great Bend
Ford County
Méade
Topeka
Neodesha
Wamego
Kansas
Atchison
Wellington
Cyrus Leland
Thomas
Florida
Winona
St. Benedict's ‘College
Lawrence
Cloud County
Armourdale
Winfield
Oxford
Mother Hubbard
Eudora S0
Ottawa
Fort ‘Scott
Emporia
Jessie. Morrison
Kansas City
Kan
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Alabastine touted as defense against smallpox spread
An article argues that wall coatings like wallpaper and decaying glue harbor disease germs. It asserts Alabastine provides a sanitary hard cement base that destroys germs and helps prevent contagion, urging use on infected walls.
Moody’s Water Pitcher Gaffe Delights Boston Crowd
The Boston Journal reports Secretary Moody amused 2 000 listeners in Haverhill by drinking directly from a pitcher at a city hall rally. He defended the administration’s policy on new possessions while adopting a provocative stance that drew laughs and applause.
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Moody
Secretary Moody
Haverhill
Athirst
Boston Journal
Woman Cures from Kidney Pills in Life Saving Turn
Magegie E. Decker of Eagle River Missouri endured kidney trouble rheumatism and stomach pains for twelve years. After costly failed remedies she bought six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports restored appetite sleep and energy with life saved from prior suffering.
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Eagle River
Magegie E. Decker
Dodd
Young Man Seeks Work With Clean Living Endorsement
A young job seeker supplied a written recommendation stating he neither drinks alcohol nor uses tobacco and does not smoke cigarettes. This brief endorsement emphasizes his temperate lifestyle as a qualification for employment.
Sensible Housekeepers Choose Defiance Starch Advantage
A sensible household favors Defiance Starch not only for a third more quantity for the same price but also for superior quality. It costs more to waste money than to spend it wisely, so the effort to buy better starch pays off.
Red Cross Ball Blur and Everyday Starch Patter
In this scatter of ad copy and quips a Red Cross Ball promotion urges buyers to ask grocers for a 2 oz package priced at five cents. It praises Defiance Starch as an irresistible cold water starch usable cold or boiled. The rest offers gossipy maxims on kleptomania aging and riches with mixed humor.
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RED Cross
Tiffin
Tiffin Wagon CO
Ohio
Peruna Almanac Promises Astrology Focused Almanac
Druggists report an upcoming rush for Peruna almanacs due to astrology articles. A competent astrologist provides the signs with mental traits, offering a near complete horoscope. Free questions and answers on astrology available by request. ask your druggist before stock runs out.
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Peruna
Courtroom Pause Sparks Grin From Spectators
In a U S Supreme Court session Justice Shiras delivered a patent medicine opinion with solemnity. A small girl beside her mother broke the form, asking why no one smiled. The moment turned into a wide grin among the audience while officials remained hushed.
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United States Supreme Court
Shiras
No More Ticket Scalping in Chicago Crusade
Illinois joins New York and Pennsylvania in action against ticket scalping and forgeries. Three men were sentenced in Chicago after a fortnight of trial. One pleaded guilty to a second indictment while the others’ trials will likely continue. Railroads pushed to stamp out this petty larceny harming the poor.
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Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Brooklyn Standard Union
Laughs Loudest Myth Questioned by Quiet Humorist
A concise reflection notes that loud laughter does not always indicate the strongest mirth. It suggests subtle, genuine humor can outshine booming hoots and that perception of laughter varies among audiences. The piece weighs social cues against true amusement.
When You Buy Starch Defiance 16 oz For 10 Cents
An old style advertisement promotes Defiance starch in a 16 ounce package offered at 10 cents. The copy promises long lasting quality and brand loyalty with phrases about happiness and monotony.
Opportunities and Business Chances in the Southwest
An advertise spread touts business chances in the great Southwest with pamphlet mailings from James Barker, M K and T Ry agent in St. Louis. Other notices promote cures for nerves with Dr Kuines Great Nerve Restorer and Frie’s trial bottle. Defiance Starch ad claims superior quality boosts sales and a one legged man buys shoes at a foot.
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Great Southwest
James Barker
L Pass
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louis
Defiance Cold Water Starch Boosts Upkeep Savings
A brief household guidance note promotes UP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS starch by Defiance, claiming superior cleaning and 4 oz extra for a small extra cost. It highlights better performance and value for money in domestic chores.
Purveyors Warn Against Mercury in Catarrh Remedies
A warning against mercury in nostrums for catarrh emphasizes never using such products without physician prescription. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo claims no mercury and internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Ads tout Hall's Family Pills and Piso's Cure for consumption with testimonials from N J and a note on the dull season for the scissors grinder.
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Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney &Co
Hall
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine
Detectives, like variety, are the spies of life.
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Variety
Advertising snippet with claims about Mrs Winslow's Syrup
An OCR fragment promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and teething pain, touting a 25c bottle price. It then issues a joking social remark about women and babies, followed by two other ad lines for Putnam Faceless Dyes and a quip about burning books and smoke.
All Up-to-Date Housekeepers Urge Red Cross Ball Blue
An old advertisement advises housekeepers to use Red Cross Ball Blue to keep clothes clean and fresh. It claims the product is superior to following horse racing trends and recommends grocers as the sellers.
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Red Cross Ball
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