Rector Claims Angel Aid in Wife's Health Decision
Controversy swirls around Rev G Maurice Elliott rector of Snitterby Lincolnshire who reported meeting an angel that warned against surgery for his ill wife. The angel guided them to Brighton and a London surgeon who then advised no operation was needed. Elliott maintains guardian angels can materialize for certain people and that faith persists. The piece also notes a Jersey City welder woman earning 30 a day on a Kingston bridge project and a series of short humorous anecdotes from American life.
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G. Maurice Elliott
Eliott
Lincolnshire
Snitterby
England
Mr. Elliott
Agel
Brighton
London
Hurley Street
Mr. Elliot
Rondout Creek
Kingston
N. Y
Catharine Nelson
Jersey City
Denmark
Open Road magazine advertising and odd clipping
An ad style fragment touts The Open Road magazine for all ages with claims of outdoor vigor stories, travel and sports content, and broad endorsements though the text is interleaved with unrelated notes and a brief rural anecdote about a hound and a rabbit and a moonshine tale. The snippet ends with scattered product mentions and dubious remedies.
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The
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidee
General Wood
Charles W. Flint
Ancient Egyptian hair remedy and a nurse’s miscue
A 1550 B C notice describes bald heads and a salve made from porcupine quills fat and local application, noting Alexandria’s possible Broad way seating for bald men. A nurse’s morbid miscue about morphine dosing ends with a dead patient and a bachelor speaker claims never having spoken crossly to his wife.
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Egypt
B. C
Ebbell
Christiana
Alexandria
Broadway
Hall's Catarh Medicine Adverts Strong Internal Cure
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarh Medicine as an internal remedy to cure catarrh. It claims local applications fail to reach the disease seat and highlights tonics and blood purifiers. The notice invites testimonials from P J Cheney Co Toledo and lists price and accompanying products.
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Hall
P. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Matt
Town Team Gives 5. C. Stiff Practice
A humorous account of a town versus college football scrimmage on Miller field. The left half back claims his feet are not made for kicking, yet helps the town win praise. The college beat the town 20 to 7, then defeated Martinsburg High School 18 to 7, signaling renewed team energy.
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Shepherd College
Legge
Martinsburg
The Leaves That Keep Us Alive Under the Microscope
Lolita Solano explains in an October American Boy article how leaves breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Each square inch of a leaf has 160,000 stomata, processing the air and sustaining life by maintaining the oxygen-carbon balance.
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Lolita Solano
The Busy Bee and the Cost of Honey Making
The Manchester Guardian notes a single pound of honey embodies the nectar of sixty thousand flowers and requires bees to make around two million seven hundred thousand visits. Beehives yield roughly sixty to eighty pounds of honey per season, illustrating the bee’s extraordinary labor.
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Manchester Guardian
Cardus Helped Regain Strength And Health
A testimonial claims Cardui restored appetite and sleep, rebuilt strength, and saved a life after illness. The speaker bought bottles on a neighbor’s recommendation, noting long use by women over 40 years and urging other women to try the tonic sold at druggists.
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StUlle
Ani Tate
Cardus
Raul
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L.A. Ambrose
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Hurwitz Creamery Company
Charles Town, W. VA
P. O. Dunaway
DOD
Martinsburg Business College
James T. Austin
W. VA
Miles
Nervine
Dr. Mace
Rector
Angel
Danville
Congressman Cannon
Lund
America
John Andrews
N. C
Mr. Andrews
Fletcher
Strengt
Crossett
Lewis A. Csomerr, Inc
Malers North
Abington
Mum
Crossett SH
S. J. Hodges
Shepherdstown
Norfolk & Western
Bristol
Ions
Broiler
Oants West
Roanoke
Cincinnati
Chicago
Shenandoah
Ligerstown
Shenan
Willamson
W.vanny Winstansalem
Hagers
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Hagerst
Phila
Phudeljihia Pass
C. Saunders
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