Elbow length and more in a violet fashion tale
Dolly forgets violet silk gloves and stocks on a dusky streetcar ride. Her admirer reveals his true colors as laughter and embarrassment surround her, ending with a quiet reconciliation and a vow of bravely.
Firesetting Riv erpoint boy taunts hell punishment
A Riv erpoint Rhode Island boy, about 20 years ago, enjoyed setting fires for thrill. He nearly ruined a neighbor’s property. His father tried corporal punishment and threatened damnation, but the child replied that eternal hellfire would be a delightful place to poke around.
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Riverpoint
R. I
Cause for Anger in Houston Post Q&A
A reader asks about the quarrel between Hen peck and his wife. She overhears him telling a friend that his hair is thinning in large handfuls, contrasting with her pride in the smallness of her hands.
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Henpeck
Houston Post
Pine Tree Bread and Pine Oil Remedies Featured
An odd mix of health claims and product pitches includes pine bark bread from Kamschatka and Pine Virgin Oil touted to heal lungs. The passage also promotes various tonics, teas, cigars, and cures with disclaimers and brand names scattered through fiction-like aphorisms.
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Kamschatka
Mr. Kennan
Pine Woods
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
One Way Out of Difficulty
A little woman buys an advertising print at a drug store to replace a picture given to her sick child. She explains the twins raise a demand for the same item, while other customers question the parenting. The mother retorts with a witty reply about twins and love.
Gold coinage by nations during annual production
United States mints about $300,000,000 in gold each year. Great Britain around $60,000,000. Australasia slightly more than Britain. France about $35,000,000. Germany near $25,000,000. Japan just over $30,000,600.
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United States
Great Britain
Australasia
France
Germany
Japan
DREADED TO EAT Coffee Indigestion Relief Promised
A Philadelphia woman describes years of nervous illness from coffee and indigestion. After using Postum as directed she reports relief, better energy, and a recommendation to friends, citing the product from the Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan. The ad urges reading The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Phila
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Lord Iveagh and His Silver Potato Ring Collection
Lord Iveagh has a rare hobby collecting old silver potato rings, large sockets shaped like rings that held the wooden potato bowls. The items are highly valued by bric a brac hunters.
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Lord Iveagh
Defiance Starch Boosts Fresh Laundered Look
Gheer notes fine wash goods gain appeal from laundering with proper starching. He urges home laundering as satisfactory if starch is strong enough to stiffen without thickening. Try Defiance Starch for improved appearance of work.
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