Eye on the Runner and the Safe Lead in Baseball
Ty Cobb cites Eddie Plank and other pitchers as watchful on runners, noting Johnson’s speed, and warns players to avoid headfirst slides. He recalls avoiding injury against Kid Elberfeld and stresses respecting umpires’ close decisions.
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Eddie Plank
Caldwell
Bender
Coombs
Walsh
Shawkey
Walter Johnson
Ty Cobb
American Bay
Elberfeld
New York
Mother’s Cook Book Recipe Notes and Guidance
Excerpts describe economical home cooking from tougher meat ends to hamburger and ground mixtures. It outlines homemade grinding, seasoning, and combining for meals, including cornmeal mush baked and fried slices and a cornmeal flour mix with milk eggs and sugar. The tone is instructive and practical for everyday kitchen use.
Glass Houses and the New Seclusion
A prose meditation argues modern life with glass houses exposing privacy and urging a new form of seclusion. It cautions that living openly defeats interior life, urging individuals to balance social life with private nourishment and a private inner space.
No-Confidence on the Field Shapes Play by Play
The excerpt notes that players use kicks to shield a called out teammate and blame the umpire as the goat to cover for failed attempts. It discusses how athletes seek an alibi after botched steals or plays.
Patriotism in the Kitchen and Food Values
Miss Bob Bell of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges housewives to act as patriots by conserving food. She warns women in 20 million homes to stop talking and start a sane plan, recommending a thorough study of food values as famine warnings rise.
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Bob Bell
Missouri College of Agriculture
Miss Bell
Simple Nutritious Dinner Advice From Households
The piece stresses economical meals with three wholesome courses and meat or substitute, a starchy vegetable, and a green vegetable. It notes a food shortage warning and urges housewives nationwide to live simply and cooperate to achieve meaningful results.
Ham burg Steak Recipe Directions
A concise cooking note describes making Hamburg steak with one pound beef, one cup bread crumbs, a quarter onion minced, half a teaspoon salt and pepper, optional sweet milk for dryness, formed into balls and fried in a buttered hot pan.
Rumor Cure Spreads by Kent Official
An official in a Kent region prone to German espionage began collecting rumors in writing. People with stories about mysterious lights or spying were asked to sign and submit them, filtering out fanciful claims and revealing that many tales held at least some truth.
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Kent
Industrial and military and real estate figures flash across cities
Fact figures show Honolulu with 2500 registered automobiles while Los Angeles has 2857 industrial concerns employing 27261 people. San Francisco counts 8249 industrial plants employing 47626 people. A Pennsylvania county holds 12000 acres of undeveloped coal lands. Hawaii reports 11000 United States soldiers and 2000 National Guardsmen. Lippincott mansion site in Philadelphia sold for 4500000 after being bought in 1916 for 2500000.
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Honolulu
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
United States
Lippincott
Philadelphia
Knowledge as the Key to Wise Choice for Women
A compact reflection on how women recognize the essential knowledge to make proper selections and substitutions, asserting that absence of this knowhow leaves them helpless in decision making.
Inventions Highlight New Power and Comfort Aids
A New Jersey teacher patents a gasoline engine powered digger for gardens and small farms operable with guiding input. A tent uses a tripod hammock and canvas enclosure, while a finger mounted signal light for drivers auto switches on. A new scale reads net contents by balancing empty and full containers. A radiator cover with automatic shutters maintains room temperature. Corrugated hulls for ships are tested for fuel efficiency and cargo gains. An Austrian scientist touts a nettle fiber substitute for cotton. A cabinet design uses 15 minute pigeon holes with an electric bell and light reminder system.
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New Jersey
Chicago
Germany
Austria
Evangelist Tours Nation in Fitted Motor Truck
A Pacific coast evangelist travels with his family in a two and a half ton motor truck converted into a mobile home. The light colored vehicle displays many Scripture quotations on its exterior and includes an observation platform at the rear that doubles as an outdoor pulpit. Inside is a room with window seats, sleeping area, beds, a small kitchen, and a pantry.
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Milwaukee Journal
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel Says Local Drugstores
Local druggists report calomel sales falling as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable tonic is promoted as safe, pleasant tasting, and effective for liver and bowel relief with a money back guarantee. A 50 cent bottle is advertised with next day vitality and no salivation.
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Dodson
Adv
Pa and son debate a fund for books
The boy asks what a fund of information is and Pa explains it as a common collection used to provide the uneducated with school books and other paraphernalia. The exchange frames a practical view of educational funding.
Take Femenina for Female Disorders Ad
An advertisement promotes Femenina to treat female disorders with claimed torture relief. The ad lists price options at 50 cents and one dollar.
Blunder Mistaken Identity at Dinner Scene
A comic exchange reveals Blunder misidentifying a coarse-featured woman as his wife Daggett corrects him noting the person is his spouse. The moment ends with Blunder acknowledging the error and the social faux pas.
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Daggett
Tetterine Promises Relief For Eczema And Itching
Advertisement promotes Tetterine as a permanent cure for eczema and related skin troubles. Claims instant relief and total cure, urging readers who have spent money without relief to try the product. Mentions availability from druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
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J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
New Language Emerges Among French and English Troops
In France a new pidgin forms between French and English soldiers. A shared language answers daily needs, baffling official interpreters. An English soldier with no French can request almost anything from a French comrade and receive it.
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France
Cuticura Emollient Ad Offer Free Mail Sample
An old style advertisement touts Cuticura creamy emollients for itchy irritated skin. It claims daily use prevents minor skin troubles from worsening and offers a free sample by mail with a book, addressed to Cuticura Dept. L Boston, sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Fearful Prospect Weathered by Vivid Garden Quip
A humorous exchange replaces doom with a wary vow as a speaker predicts a poor harvest while another jokes about burying a mother-in-law. The humor hinges on superstition and family ties amid planting season.
Heart tonic Renovine advertised for nerves and heart
An advertisement urges readers not to gamble with heart health and promotes Renovine as a heart and nerve tonic priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Snicker Pokes Fun at Photographer’s Clever Snap
A lighthearted item notes a photographer’s skill with a perfect snap. The quip plays on the phrase snack and the idea of a photo still capturing a moment.
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Snicker
Bond's Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Liver Boost
An advertising notice touts Bond's Liver Pills as a cure for headaches biliousness dizziness constipation coated tongue and malaria troubles. It promises a free sample and notes the price of 25 cents at all druggists from Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock Arkansas.
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Bond
Bond’s Pharmacy Co
Little Rock
Ark
Adv
Waitress Question Sparks Quick Café Debate
A server asks patrons at Johnson Diner whether to drink tea or coffee, prompting quick answers from customers. The playful moment highlights daily café routines and preferences.
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Johnson
Paradoxical Treatment at the Table of Oddities
A paradoxical remark highlights a unique cook whose dishes are consistently well done. The quip contrasts rarity with mastery, implying exceptional cooking skill.
Hardened Veterans
The Dallas News questions whether widowers should be sent to war or if they have fulfilled their service term, reflecting on veteran status and wartime policy.
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Dallas News
Freckles Vanish With Ethine-Double Strength Remedy
A newspaper advertisement promises removal of freckles using ethine double strength ointment. Apply a small amount nightly and morning from a pharmacist, with a guarantee of money back if ineffective. Most people require one ounce to clear the skin and achieve a flawless complexion.
First Gardener on Ions Yet Strong
Gardener notes onions are coming on as spring work continues. Second grower confirms promising progress with early yields and growing vigor.
Grove's The Old Standard General Tonic
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system for 50 cents.
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Grove
Edith Marries Odd Husband Over His Possessions
A brief note quotes two speakers debating Edith's marriage to an elderly man attributing motive to riches. The exchange marks a social curiosity about property driving a union.
Lemon Lotion Promise for Bright Complexions
A vintage ad touts a lemon based beauty lotion made by mixing the juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It claims to bleach blemishes and tan, soften skin, and improve the face neck arms and hands with daily massage.
Home From the Lake Chalk Incident
Student jokes about chalk on a shoulder while a roommate confirms the mark, noting it is not chalk. Subtle campus humor hints at a casual misadventure and everyday life on campus.
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Stude
Capadine Headache Remedy Ad Promotes Natural Balance
An old advertisement promotes Capadine as a liquid headache and body ache remedy. It claims easy ingestion and nature assisting balance, with a brief jab about the lawn mower inventor.
Indian Vegetable Pills Claim Stool Regularity
An ad-like note asserts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills restore regularity without griping for disordered stomach liver and bowels. It follows with a line on female autonomy noting a woman may act as she wishes unless her husband dictates otherwise.
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Wright
Ady
A White U Boat Reference in Boston Post Lunchroom Scene
In a Boston Post note a messenger rushes into a lunchroom shouting for a white U-boat. A clerk serves a vanilla éclair and the imaginary weapon is swiftly “sunk” with three quick bites, capturing wartime slang whimsy.
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Boston Post
Freezone promises relief for corns and calluses
An Cincinnati authority touts a new drug called freezone to remove corns and calluses. A few drops on the tender corn relieve pain, dry and shrink the area, and lift the root with no irritation to surrounding skin. A small bottle is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores or through wholesalers.
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Cincinnati
Took and Gave Father's Advice Joke
A humorous exchanges frames a father advising his son to use the old sleigh first before the new one. The son questions, and the father repeats the motto to wear out the old before the new. The caption implies a light laugh from Everybody's.
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Tommy
Save a Doctor's Bill by keeping Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial
An old ad promotes Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial as a stomach remedy priced at 25¢ and 50c, urging readers to have it on hand to cut medical costs.
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Mississippi
Knowledge of Trees Inspires Gradual Outdoor Study
Children cannot learn all the trees at once but each walk reveals one and opens eyes to countryside wonders. Gradual study builds a store of delightful knowledge and inspiring interest as now is the best time to begin.
Forlorn Hope in a Hopeless Case
A brief quip portrays a desperate situation where a husband’s case is deemed hopeless and the response is to immediately seek medical help. The line reflects a humorous or sardonic take on seeking care in dire personal circumstances.
Real Estate Dealer Promises Value for Your Money
A real estate dealer touts strong bargains and generous options, claiming buyers can maximize value and stretch budgets through their listings and services.
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Plank
Cobb
Runner
Charles G. Shaw
New York University
Verrie
Capadine
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
J. H. Guild CO
Rupert, Vt
G. Elias & Bro
Buffalo
Houston
Marine
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