Doan's Kidney Pills Marketed For Kidney Health
An advertisement touts healthy kidneys as essential to perfect health and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. O W Erwin of Little Falls Minnesota praising relief from swelling breath difficulty and back pain after using the product. The ad notes 50 cents per box and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
O. W. Erwin
Third St
Little Falls
Minn
Doan
Breaking a Hobo's Heart at the Opera Box
Cleveland Leader reports a panhandler begged for a postage stamp outside the opera house lobby. Manager Gus Hartz seized the envelope and had it stamped, sending it to mail. The man and his partner retreated, noting the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Hartz
Opera House
Fred
Fred Doan
Panhandler
Cleveland Leader
Johnny’s Slate Story Teaches Simple Writing
A teacher prompts Johnny to write a short story. He submits a slate note saying Us boys all loves our teacher, illustrating early imperfect grammar and child voice in a classroom scene.
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Johnny
Harper’s Bazar
Humorous Quip Sparks City Bridge Banter
A witty exchange about bridges opens with Mrs Caswell’s Venice trip and the Bridge of Sighs. She counters with a quip comparing larger structures seen elsewhere to her Pennsylvania experiences, highlighting regional pride and local humor.
On the Level Behind The Lines in A Humorous Exchange
A short wry exchange questions how one eats with a playful bias. The line contrasts quick cleverness with a blunt reply about buying food openly. The quip reflects casual humor typical of the era.
Indolence and Genius in a Slothful Man
A fragment quotes Madame de Puysieux noting that talent may lie hidden in laziness like a beautiful ornament atop a high spire. The reflection contrasts ease with achievement and hints at overlooked potential.
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Madame de Puysieux
Sermons Boost by Grape-Nuts Diet Says Clergyman
A clergyman testifies that Grape-Nuts breakfast with cream improves digestion headaches and energy for sermon work. He notes safer mornings, steadier health, and enhanced mental stamina, joined by others helped by the product.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Irrigation plans for Hutchinson reform school farm
State capital notes report irrigation for nearly 30 acres of the Hutchinson reform school farm with water pumped by a traction engine. The 1,000 acre reform school farm will be surveyed for a full plan under the State Agricultural College agronomy department.
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Topeka
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
W. M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Reformatory
Agronomy Department
State Agricultural College
Kansas Scouts Target Fly Swatting Drive Led by Dr Crumbine
Dr S J Crumbine state health chief and chief fly swatter calls Walter Burr of Olathe to Topeka to organize Kansas boy scouts in a state wide effort to swat flies. Burr is described as a boy scout enthusiast and potential lead for the project.
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Kansas
S. J. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Topeka
Walter Burr
Olathe
Burr
State Superintendent Urges Practical Textbooks for High Schools
State Superintendent E. T. Fairchild pleads for practical textbooks in state high schools. He seeks books that teach something beyond theory and aims to improve instructional value for students.
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E. T. Fairchild
Canker Worms Threaten Kansas Orchards and Wichita Rail Plans
An army of canker worms devastates orchards in Sedgwick and Butler counties with Cowley showing early damage. Kansas State College experts rush to study control, while Wichita voters approve a 70 000 bond for $2 million elevated tracks and Union depot. German farmer Joseph Meyer bequeaths farms to his children, with several quarter sections valued up to 25000 each.
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Kansas
Sedgwick
Butler
Extension Department
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Cowley
State College of Agriculture
Wichita
Union Depot
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Orient
Frisco
Joseph Meyer
Sedgwick County
Ras and Eddie Jones Hire Bloodhound Test Run
In a witty note, Ras describes hiring Eddie Jones to run eight miles ahead with a real bloodhound to test its tracking. The dialogue hints at playful sports banter and a local anecdote.
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Ras
Eddie Jones
Better Streets In Junction City Mayor Keeps Drags At Work
Thomas Dever the newly elected mayor of Junction City vows better streets and will keep road drags in operation in residence districts after rain. City built drags will be used as part of the plan to improve neglected dirt streets in parts of the city.
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Junction City
Thomas Dever
Dever
Aged Swedish Minister Hedberg Dies in Clay Center
Rev. Isaac Hedberg a prominent Swedish minister of Clay Center died of heart failure at age 1. Earlier he suffered injuries from a run over accident and later his heart failed after a rally from the injury. He helped manage the Swedish Baptist home.
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Isaac Hedberg
Clay Center
Mr. Hedberg
Swedish Baptist Home
Truth About Bluing Talk No 2 Avoid Liquids
Consumer notice urging avoid liquid bluing and not to water down products. It warns adulteration in water content and criticizes glass bottles as costly with no added value. Recommends RED CROSS BALL BLUE and notes large package priced at five cents at grocers.
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RED Cross
Kansas Flour to Porto Rico Shipment Highlight
The Snell mill of Clay Center filled a large order of flour destined for Porto Rico. A broker supplied the sacks, printed in Spanish, each sack holding 200 pounds of flour.
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Kansas
Porto Rico
Snell Mill
Child Dies of Paralysis in Allen County
Five year old Lola or Lola Child? This line says Lola Child Dies of Paralysis. Albert Springston, five, son of Mr and Mrs GC P Springston, died at home north of Gas City recently of infantile paralysis. It is the first case on record in Allen County.
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Lola Child
Albert Springston
GC. P. Springston
Gas City
Allen County
A Wail tin the Near Future
A Judge voices frustration at plutocrats starving the poor with rising costs and new technologies. He rails against speed trap profits and machines used to cheat workers out of livelihoods, condemning the rich and their schemes.
Kansas Girl Wins Naples Scholarship Prize
The Naples Tables association announced that Miss Mary Edith Pinney of Kansas University won second prize in the essay contest, earning a $500 scholarship and a laboratory position in Naples.
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Kansas
Naples
Smokers Prefer Lewis Single Binder 5a Cigar in Clarksville Ad
Ad copy extols Lewis Single Binder 5a as higher quality than most 110c cigars and urges untaxed tobacco use. Mentions Meriwether & Hdwards in Clarksville Tennessee and wry quotes on virtue and amusement.
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Meriwether & Hdwards
Clarksville
Tenn
Tragedy at Steffen Bretch Factory Crushed Worker Dies
L. O. Greet, 55, of South Hutchinson died when a floor collapsed at the Steffen Bretch ice cream factory. Tons of sugar sacks buried him, crushing him into a shapeless mass.
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L. O. Greet
South Hutchinson
Steffen Bretch
J A Brown Dies Leader in Western Kansas Politics
J A Brown longtime Republican committee chairman and prominent Western Kansas attorney died at a Hutchinson hospital recent. He led campaigns and was a key legal figure in the region.
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J. A. Brown
Republican Congressional Committee
Kansas
Hutchinson Hospital
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Woman's National Daily
Supreme Court
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
John R. Baker
Sherman County
James B. Moore
Charles W. Wilson
John B. Baker
Baker
Wilson
Moore
M. H. Cantrell
Nelson
Neb
Frank L. Loveland
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Tax Commission
Samuel Pitcher
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York
Castoria
Bluing
W. T. Grenfell
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
U.S
Sup't
Ottawa
Ninth Street
Kansas City
Fenn Mfg. Co
Charlotte, Mich
Lea
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