Songs Mother Sang and the Man Who Heard Them
A Georgian essay traces how a powerful man credits his growth to his mother's songs from childhood. It recalls Gospel choruses, warnings against vice, and the impact of maternal influence on character, urging readers to sing those songs for guidance. It ends with a sales snippet for Man Zan Pile Remedy and a church-tinged proverb about using proper tools.
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John Anderson Jayne
Withal
Tam
America
Mother
To Mothers in This Town From Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
Delicate feverish and cross children find relief with Mother Gray's Sweet Powders. They cleanse the stomach act on the liver making a sickly child strong and healthy and cure for worms. Sold by all druggists 25c Sample free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York 5 80 41
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Cross
Gray
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Easy Marks and Their Illusions of Quick Fixes
A man pursues scams advertised as cures and life shortcuts, sending small sums to various firms for tips. He learns to pledge, lift tops of turnips, sit on dough, fold money, and more, only to receive misdirection and useless goods. The piece mocks gullible advertising schemes and the allure of easy wealth.
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Chicago
Remarkable Rescue in Fedora Tern Shows Quick Cough Cure Claims
A local tale in Fedora Tern extols Dr. King's New Discovery for lung and throat hemorrhages with instant relief and rapid recovery after three weeks of work. The ad touts trials, trial bottles, and Bee s Laxative Cough Syrup as remedies, plus DeWitt's Little Early Risers and other patent medicines.
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Fedora
BT Whitehead & Co
Fortunate Texan Endorses King’s New Life Pills and Cough Syrup
A Dallas resident touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for malaria and biliousness, praising their lack of grinding or gripping and noting a 25 cent price at E T Whitehead & Co. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup is recommended for all ages, with no opiates and honey flavor. PineSalve Carboldized is praised for cuts burns and insect bites, priced at 25c, sold by E T Whitehead & Co. DeWitts Catholized Witch Hazel Salve is hailed as soothing and healing, also sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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E. I. Whitehead & Co
E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis St. Dallas
Tex
Dr. King
E. T. Whitehead & G Drug Store
Kennedy
E. T. Whitehead & Co
DeWitts
DeWitt's
The Modern Country Girl and Changing Values in Rural Life
A vivid discussion contrasts the old fashioned country girl with an intellectual, college educated rural woman who analyzes rustic life as sociology. The piece notes shifts in values, agriculture talk, and the imagined future of the country girl amid modern sophistication. Also advertised is a collapsible tube remedy for skin and inflammation.
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Chicago Tribune
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