St Jacobs Oil and Koenig Breast Tea Promoted for Bronchitis
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as an external remedy for bronchitis and throat adhesions, used with Dr August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea. It claims combined action clears bronchial adhesions, eases breathing, and aids coughing and expectoration, with applicability to asthma and other bronchial ailments. The piece urges families to keep both products at home for early use.
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ST. Jacob's
August Koenig
Hamburg
St. Jacobs
August Koeniz
Lincoln’s Personality as Described by Contemporaries
The Rev. Dr. Cuyler recalls Lincoln in 1861 on his way to Washington as the most august figure he ever beheld, while another contemporary found him unimpressive and forlorn. The contrast shows Lincoln’s greatness outweighed by changing personal appearances, a matter of small concern to future generations.
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Cuyler
Abraham Lincoln
Washinton
The
United States
Lincoln
Too Old or Too Young For Love
Dialogue shows Miss Youngbud teasing Mr. Oldbeau about age and wealth. He admits being 62 and worth a million. She responds that he is too young for her while he wonders if age is a barrier to marriage.
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Mr. Oldbeau
Miss. Youngbud
Miss Youngbud
Dodd's Kidney Pills Publicized By Mrs Burton
Mrs L B Burton of Gainesville Texas promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills during a visit to 507 Gladstone Street Eureka Kansas natives praise relief from kidney trouble after long doctoring. Burton says the remedy helped her and her family and she urges others to try it.
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Gainesville
Tex
L. B. Burton
Eureka
Kansas
Gladstone Street
Dodd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ateric
Lydia
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Smoothing His Path Gus and the Engaged Ladies
A dialogue fragment features Gus accused of lacking spunk and a man named George explaining his fiancée and two girls. The passage shifts to a mocked remedy Burdock Blood Bitters claimed to cure energy loss headache and stomach issues as a torpid liver solution.
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Gus
Man who does his best only when engaged in doing others
A terse observation notes a person who appears to act with fullest effort only while assisting or serving others, suggesting a pattern of motivation tied to external duties rather than intrinsic drive. The remark implies critique of selfless effort as a conditional trait.
Iowa Farms Profit Cited At Four Dollars Per Acre
A terse item notes farms in Iowa earning four dollars per acre with cash and balance payment terms. The blurb also mentions Mulhall and Bronx City in a brief, clipped fashion with unrelated boxing ribbing.
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Iowa
Mulhall
Bronx City
Dean's Ointment Promises Instant Relief and Cure
Advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a permanent cure for hives addressing both children and older bees. Claims quick relief with 50 cent price at any drug store. Also notes a common misquote about consent in a separate line.
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Dean
Kansas Oddities and Local Notices From 1900s Dispatches
Readable items include an Inman calf weight, Spring Hill baker jokes, Cowley fair notes, Conway mule death, Paola headquarters at a bowling alley, Yonganoxie pear size, Wichita runaway horse, and Italian street performers. Also counts of Meade waterworks, Miami timber, Smith Center anti trust impact, McPherson street repair, Ottawa petition to calci mine mud, Wabaunsee labor, Cherokee pecan gathering, Burling corn with 1166 kernels, Lawrence court fines, Chanute shirt factory talk, Alma marriages, Salina carrier, Dalton raid recall, McPherson pianist in New York, and Wabaunsee fossil digging. Plus Baker university term, Beloit-Glen Elder distance, and news of local deaths in Philippines service.
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Cowley County
Conway
Paola
Wichita
South Tier
Atchison Church
Meade
Miami County
Kansas
Smith Center
McPherson
Ottawa Hackman
Wabaunsee County
Cherokee County
Burlington
Lawrence
Chanute Commercial Club
Alma
Germany
Salina County
Dalton
Coffeyville
New York
Louisiana
Ottawa
Brown County World
Hiawatha
Herbert
Glen Elder
Beloit
Wellington
Baker University
Hooper
Atchison County
Atchison Champion
Atchison Patriot
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W. CL. Douglas
Douglas
Erie W. L
Goodyear West
W. Ll. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
OTR Salaty
Kamel En Verge
West
Allen Moore
Chillicothe
L. Douglas
Bees Preferred Amek
Penn
Mae
Ension
Tae
H.H. Green
Box BE
Atlanta
Hamlin
Evan Williams
Chicage
D Dept
W. N. U.—Lincoln
Toda Montgomery Ward & CO
the Journal
Scandia
Spring Hill
Franklin County
Jas Ne Davis
Wahoo
War Department
Alfred T. Davis
R. C. Turman
West 30Th St
Richmond
W. H. Pelham, Jr
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
Neb
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