Cardus credited with saving life amid long illness
Mrs J W Veach of Thomasville recounts extended bed confinement and excruciating pain before Cardus restored health and flesh. She bought multiple bottles at five dollars and now praises Cardui as life saving. The ad ends with a quip about a cyclone and Gadsville’s hencoop joke on civic rivalry.
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Thomasville
N. C
J. W. Veach
Cardus
Cardui
Adv
Kansas
Galesburg
Gadsville
Swamp Root Cure Featured In Medical Ad
An advertisement recounts a man cured of gall stones after eight bottles of Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer and Co. It urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle and a kidneys and bladder information booklet. Regular sizes sold at drug stores. Also notes a female remedy named Femenina by Dr. B F. Jackson.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Quiet quarrels behind locked doors spark a curious keyhole joke
A short dialogue reveals a maid recounting that her former employers argued behind closed doors. When asked why she left, she notes the master and mistress argued in French and even with a supposed keyhole, their shouting persisted, highlighting a tense home.
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Mamie
Katie
Missus
Bond's Liver Pills Offer Through Local Paper Ad
An Arkansas ad from Bond's Pharmacy Co. in Little Rock promises free samples of Bond's Liver Pills to readers who mention the paper. It lists ailments like head ache biliousness constipation dizziness sour stomach indigestion torpid liver and malaria conditions and asks for a postal with name and paper.
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Bond
Bond's Pharmacy CO
Little Rock
Ark
Ady
Fooled He Bit Reveals Peppermint Tab Let Tale
A fragment recalls a boy asking his father about a white poker chip described as a peppermint tab let. The exchange ends with the question if it was swallowed, leaving Hobart Her old, as a stray phrase in the record.
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Hobart Herold
By Compulsion
A meek man answers plans to go away for the summer. He expects to be miserable and spend beyond his means but cites two marriageable daughters and a strong-minded wife as reasons to depart for the season.
Regular Attendant Exchange in Quirky Church Dialogue
The item presents a brief, humorous exchange about church attendance. A speaker asks if the other attends regularly and a response notes attendance as a yearly event, highlighting a playful contrast between expectation and practice.
Roosevelt Parker progressive ticket nominated by convention
The Chicago Progressive National Convention nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president and pledged to consider Hughes statements before confirming any acceptance. John M. Parker of Louisiana was nominated for vice president, while William Flinn proposed a rule to fill vacancies, drawing mixed reaction.
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Chicago
Lll
Progressive National Convention
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Progressive National Committee
Justice Hughes
Republican Party
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Johnson
California
Raymond Robins
John Bird
Baltimore
Texas
Charles Evans Hughes
William Flinn
Pittsburg
National Committee
Railway safety push extends signals on Texas SP lines
Houston, Texas officials announce nearly fifty miles of automatic electric block signals will be installed on Southern Pacific lines in Texas this year. The addition brings total protected track in Texas to about 660 miles by the device.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Texas
Gusher taps Markham Field adds 6000 barrel flow
Bay City Texas reports a new oil strike at the Markham field fourteen miles west of town. A 6000 barrel gusher was tapped on Saturday amid much excitement in the oil district.
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Markham Field
Bay City
Tex
Markham
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the City Saloon
August Schramm
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Opera House Cafe
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Everybody’s Saloon
Welhausen
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