Don't Neglect Your Kidneys Doan's Kidney Pills Ad
A Red Key Indiana reader, J L Richardson, reports severe back pain and kidney trouble. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills, he improved gradually and is fully cured. He urges others to remember the product. Sold by druggists and general stores nationwide. Price 60c by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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J. L. Richardson
Red Key
Ind
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Astonished Boy Sees Train Delights Wiscon sin Farmer
A Wisconsin farmer took his twelve year old son to a village in February and the boy, astonished by a train of cars, lost the power of speech for three weeks. If ever taken to a circus or zoo again he may remain mute. The father considers hiding the farm away.
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Wisconsin
Truth About Bluing Talk No 6
Advertisement urges buyers to avoid liquid blue and choose Red Cross Ball Blue instead. Claims blue fades in water and stains disappear, promising whiter clothes as if new. Encourages asking grocer for the product.
And They Adjourned The Mutual Admiration Society
An ad hoc club meeting opens with a playful prompt asking for favoring things. A girl seeks praise and the reply passes as a humorously blunt claim of liking beefsteak, prompting the group to adjourn.
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Mutual Admiration
Castoria Product Ad Cites 30 Years Of Use For Children
An advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature and notes the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. It promises safety for infants and children and includes the line Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Out of the Hare Hare Soup Quip At Garfield Tea Ad
A quirky exchange mocks a hare soup misnaming and a herbal Garfield Tea claim to aid digestion. The dialogue notes a halting speech as a possible consequence of a weak excuse.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Chicago Woman
A Chicago reader testifies to relief from female weakness and stomach trouble after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges persistence with the remedy over substitutions and notes the product's thirty years as a standard female-health treatment.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Janetzes
Arch St
Lydia Ek Piocea Y Bam
Clay County Votes on 150000 Bond Road Plan
Excelsior Springs road district approval triggers July 29 election to issue 150000 bonds for eight mile district from Ray county line to near Liberty. Funds to finance macadam roads, creating a Libertyward boulevard from Excelsior Springs toward Kansas City, despite local farmer protests.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Clay County
Ray County
Liberty
Kansas City
E. I. Morse
Lafayette County
Kansas farmers convene at Hays for western gathering
The second annual western Kansas farmers convention meets at the state experimental station in Hays with an expected 5000 attendees. A barbecue lunch is served daily. Notable speakers include E C Chilcott W H Campbell Gov Stubbs E M Cottrell J T Burns President Waters Dean Webster and Prof Flint. A special program for women is planned.
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Hays
Kansas
Farmers of Western
Stubbs
E. M. Cottrell
Rock Island Railroad Lines
J. T. Burns
Dry Farming Congress
Waters
E. H. ,Webster
Prof. Flint
State Agricultural College At
Manhattan
Varigated Weather Across States Pressures Drought
Washington reports a mixed weekly weather bulletin. Western corn and winter wheat areas saw moderately cool weather with showers. Missouri suffers drought in the south while Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska face generally unfavorableness. Rain fell north of the Ohio River. south saw intense heat. Spring wheat regions had favorable weather. cotton districts east of the Mississippi faced heat and dryness with scant rain. Texas and west of the Mississippi reported little rainfall and widespread rain is needed.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Two Wives and Still Happy in Pittsburg Home
Peter C C Sharp lives with his two wives, Ann Catherine and Louisa Sharp, on the city outskirts. The women share chores, one washes and tidies while the other makes beds and cleans. They deny rumors of quarrel and say the arrangement makes their home brighter.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Peter CC
Sharp
Ann Sharp
Louisa Sharp
Louisa
Ann
Ann Catherine
Plan a Large City for Clay County Across the River
Kansas City Missouri area hosts a planned city of 100000 people by Swift Armour Burlington interests across the river in Clay county. It will include boulevards parks playgrounds streetcars and public buildings. The name has not yet been decided.
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Kansas City
Swift-Armour-Burlington
Clay County
Taft Addresses Cotton Growers on Reciprocity
President Taft told the National Cotton Seed Crushers' association in New York that reciprocity with Canada would affect the cotton industry and the South. The speech reflected Senate calls from Southern lawmakers and echoed his Chicago remarks last Saturday.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
National Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
New York
Canada
Chicago
Mother of Rasco's Victim Dies in Missouri
In Maryville Missouri grief over the Hubbell family murder deaths deepens as Mrs. Oda Hubbell, mother of the murdered children, is said to have caused the death of Mrs. Delia Miller aged 52 in nearby Nodaway county. Hea Rasco remains under death sentence in the Nodaway county jail.
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Rasco
Maryville
Missouri
Oda Hubbell
Delia Miller
Miller
Hubbell
Hea Rasco
Nodaway County
Congressional Move Reimburses Topeka Flood Loss
A bill in Congress seeks $500 in government bonds for Mrs. John Mitchell of Topeka, tied to the 1903 flood. The Treasury Department recommends reimbursement as interest coupons have not been presented since 1900.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Mitchell
Treasury Department
Michigan Eclectics Open Two Day Detroit Meeting
Detroit hosts the Michigan State Eclectic Medical and Surgical society two day session with President C. H. Murphy of Byron presiding.
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Michigan Eclectics
Detroit
Michigan
Michigan State Eclectic Medical and Surgical Society
C. H. Murphy
Byron
American Troops Begin Withdraw From Mexican Border
President Taft signals peace in Mexico as U S armed forces start leaving the doors of Mexico. Warships at Guantanamo and San Diego will not be withdrawn immediately, though that question is under review.
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Mexico
Washington, D. C
Taft
United States
Guantanamo
San Diego
Per Capita Circulation Rise Reported by Treasury
The treasury estimates total United States circulation at just over 3.237 billion dollars. Each citizen on average should hold 34 dollars 70 cents this month, an increase of 15 cents per person from the prior period.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
United States
University of Minnesota official arraigned on grand larceny charge
Joseph D. Bren, treasurer and accountant for the University of Minnesota, was arraigned in police court in Minneapolis on grand larceny. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury on a $2,500 bond after stating he had been robbed of $14,000 by highwaymen on the campus.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Joseph D. Bren
University of Minnesota
Bren
Roosevelt Denies Endorsement Of Any Candidate
Theodore Roosevelt says in response to a published report that no agreement exists to support any man for president in 1912. He states he has not made such a statement nor discussed the matter.
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Roosevelt
Springfield
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Meyers Heirs to Receive Remaining Estate Share
San Bernardino California Judge F F Oster ordered distribution of the estate of George S Meyers St Louis tobacco magnate who died here The estate is valued at about 3 333 870 and will be distributed among heirs in accordance with the will and probate rules of the superior court
Storm Drives Man to Self Destruction in Madisonville
Cincinnati reports that George H. Hutton a clerk, under the terror of a night storm driven by the weather to commit death by his own hand in Madisonville suburb of Cincinnati. He shot himself in the head after hours of terror.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George H. Hutton
Madisonville
Hutton
Begin Right and Don’t Put It Off for Another Day
An old advertisement touts Resinol ointment and Resinol soap as cures for eruptive skin diseases including acne eczema herpes erysipelas erythema barber’s itch poison ivy ringworm and more. It claims Resinol heals boils carbuncles felons cuts and other skin abrasions and urges starting treatment at drug stores.
The Darwinian Theory and a Cocoanut Tree
Count De Bree presents a family tree to Miss Gottrox who exclaims about a cocoanut tree, turning the discussion into a humorous exchange.
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Count de Bree
Miss Gottrox
Cure for eczema praised by mother and four children
Mrs. Violet Cole of Philadelphia recounts using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent to cure her own eight year eczema and that of her five children. She notes head sores hair loss itching and subsequent relief after treatment. Ad encourages sending for a free skin disease booklet and mentions global sales.
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Violet Cole
Redfield St
Philadelphia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Eye Salve Tubes Marketed for All Eye Ills
Advert copy promotes an eye salve in aseptic tubes for all eye illnesses and claims no morphine. It urges druggists to stock a new 260 size and highlights a valuable eye book in each package.
Questioned Quote on Misfortune and Dead Languages
A fragment quotes Mallet praising virtue and questions whether it is time to bury dead languages, reflecting on misfortune and self-knowledge in a terse, literary aside.
Untaxed tobacco ads and moral warning in Clarksville notice
An 1870s style notice from Meriwether & Hdwards in Clarksville Tennessee promotes untaxed tobacco with a blunt line about honesty. The fragment also notes a young woman becoming anxious after her third engagement, reflecting period moral sentiment.
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Meriwether & Hdwards
Clarksville
Tenn
Coca Cola advertisement urges thirst quenching refreshment
An ad extols Coca-Cola as delicious and thirst-quenching for hot summer days. It invites readers to visit soda fountains or bottled COCA-COLA products and requests a free booklet from the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia detailing what Coca-Cola is and why it is wholesome.
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Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Hypnotic Exchange Reveals Faith in Hypnosis
In a dialogue set by Puck, Margaret asserts Mr. Baker can hypnotize people while Katherine questions the claim. Margaret describes his touch as so soothing it makes her hand fall asleep. The exchange hints at belief in hypnotic influence.
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Margaret
Mr. Baker
Katherine
Puck
Allen’s Foot-Base Ad Promises Comfort for Tired Feet
An old advertisement touts Allen’s Foot-Base antiseptic powder for tired, aching, swollen feet. It claims rest and comfort, ease of walking, and bold daily use. Sample requests are directed to Allen Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Ask a Favor From an Enemy and You May Make a Friend
A Marmaduke aphorism notes that requests from foes tend to soften animosity, while favors asked of friends can backfire, risking conflict. The adage underscores caution in how we seek help across rivalries and loyalties.
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Marmaduke
Purge and products listed in a spring cleanse ad
A vintage newspaper snippet lists various tonics and remedies including Garfield ea, Herb laxative, and blood-purifier. It notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with gum relief and mentions a 5¢ Lewis' Single Binder cigar. The text weaves advice on household health and social quips about farmers sowing wild oats.
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The
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Coase An
Porkenlarrd
Customs
Garfield
Plutarch
Hostetter
Corenger
Long Bros., Wholesale Grocery Co
Kansas City, Mo
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
C. Y
BI Watson E.coleman
Washington, D.C
Buckstree
R.V. Pierce
N.Y
Pierce
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