A Gluttonous Boy and a Miserly Merchant Tale
The piece recounts a miser in Ispahan who denies his son all indulgences, ends with a bottle cheese ruse, and a harsh lesson when the boy eats his crusts. News notes discuss variable onion yields, Georgia peach crop prospects, tobacco curing progress, promising corn outlook, Oklahoma lead in castor beans, dairy vetch seed costs, and a major harvesting machinery corporation forming with $120 million capital.
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Ispahan
Grand
Georgia
Government Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
United States
Classified Advertising Rates and Instructions
The notice lists Help Wanted, Situations Wanted, For Rent, For Sale, Lost and Found, and Cash in Advance with pricing six words per 25 cents. Funeral notices and cards of thanks are charged per line, obituary articles up to 30 lines at a $1 rate, extra space at five cents per line, and all ads must be mailed in an addressed envelope.
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Help
Wanted helper for housework and private loans
WANTED A good white girl for housework steady job to right party Mrs E Ralph Blair 1419 South Ohio street For private loans see C Lawson attorney at law Katie building Bell Telephone 467 For rent furnished rooms with electric lights and city steam heat in Ferguson building northeast corner of Fourth and Oho Terms reasonable Apply Bente and Wilson
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E. Ralph Blair
South
Ohio Street
C. ©. Lawson
Katie
Bell Telephone
Ferguson Building
Fourth and
Oho
Bente and Wilson
Sedalii Steam Dye Works Advertisement
Ladies urged to have skirts cleaned dyed or pressed at the Sedalii Steam Dye Works located at 219 South Lamine Street with guaranteed quality. Phone Q. C. 316 for service.
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Sedalii Steam Dye Works
South Lamine Street
Q. C
Sensible to the Last
A Dublin doctor famed for skill and wealth saves a rich rheumatic old shopkeeper. After finding her dead on her sofa, he notes her fingers still clasping a one pound note. He pockets the fee and sighs, Sensible to the last.
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Dublin
Dr. C
Kodol Digestion Aid Promoted By Troy Reader
Mrs. Cranfill of Troy, I T, says indigestion and dyspepsia plagued her for years until four bottles of Kodol cured her completely. The advertisement claims the product digests what you eat and strengthens digestion, urging post meal doses. W E Bard Drug Co endorses the remedy.
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Mrs. Cranfill
Troy
I. T
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Burlingtons New Fast Denver Train Promotion
The Nebraska-Colorado Express departs Kansas City at 9 35 p m and arrives Denver 3 15 p m next day, three hours faster. The morning Denver Express leaves at 10 40 a m with through scenic Colorado travel and personally conducted California excursions from Kansas City each Wednesday and Thursday.
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Kansas City
Denver
West
Colorado
France
Paris
Burlington
California
Travel Offer Promises Low Rates for Northwest Trip
A railway advertisement invites readers to describe their proposed journey to the Northwest aboard the Burlington Northern Pacific Express. It pledges the lowest costs, printed matter, and free information, with R H Crozier T P A at 823 Main Street Kansas City Missouri ready to quote.
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Burlington-Northern Pacific Express
Northwest
R. H. Crozier
Main Street
Kansas City
The Balky Horse Solution
A reader reveals a 99 of 100 method to start a balky horse without force. Tap the front hoof nails lightly at the frog, pat the horse, keep lines taut, and urge forward with calm handling. The trick rests on diversion and kindness rather than punishment.
The Little Finger Nail Past Fashion
Forty years ago long nails were common in parts of the United States. The fifth finger often bore a clawed nail an inch and a quarter long, split to sign checks. Today manicure services employ many women in first class shops with flirtatious appeal and garish dress.
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United States
New York Press
One Good Thing From the Baltimore Herald
Quote captures Cheerful John noting relief that a man who borrows trouble never pays it back. Herald phrasing reflects a moral vignette and light moral comedy.
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John
Baltimore Herald
Largest building stones found in Baalbee Syria
The prompt notes massive stones measuring 60 feet long and 20 feet square in Baalbee Syria. A garbled quote appears about appetite and begging, but the main readable fact is the claim about giant stones located at Baalbee.
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Egypt
Baalbee
Syria
Conley
Agricultural notes and prospects from across the states
Skimmilk for hogs and big profits fuel farming talk in Ohio and the push toward clover and alfalfa crops. A Western grower predicts ample coarse flax fiber demand while the St Louis world fair plans a vast agricultural complex. USDA issues interstate shipment rules for birds and game. Late blight dampens potato outlook but Western crops remain strong.
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Ohio
United States Department of Agriculture
Reward Offer for Catarrh Cure Claim
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Seller promises a remedy and payment upon verification of failure to cure.
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Hall
Cheney Endorsed by Toledo Wholesale Firms
In Toledo Ohio statements from West and Truaxy and Walding Kinnan and Marvin declare F. J. Cheney trustworthy after 15 years of association. Hall's Catarrh Cure is noted as a product with internal action on blood and mucus surfaces.
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F. J. Cheney
West and
Truaxy
Toledo
O Walding, Kinnan and
Marvin
O Hall
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Jas
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
News and Notes
S J. C. Warren
The
Nebraska-Colorado Express
F. J. Cheney and CO
Toledo, O
H. C. Anderson
South Britain
New Haven Co
Conn
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
W. Boland
Q .C
the Plaza
West Third Street
NEW Gash Grocery
R. C. Dolph & Co
Smyrna
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