Trained Nurse Recommends Glando Pine For Coughs
Elizabeth McLanan recalls nursing in Indiana and finding relief from a severe cold with Glando Pine. The high concentration cough compound, mixed with syrup to make a pint, is suggested as a family supply. It is pitched as safe for children and effective for croup and bronchial issues. Granted by The Gland-Aid Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Elizabeth McLanan
Indiana
Gland-Aid Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Adv
Kidney trouble advert promotes Swamp Root remedy
Prospective readers are urged that thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder problems and often misattribute symptoms. The ad claims back pain, headaches, and nervousness signal kidney trouble and pushes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy, offering a sample by mail before purchasing a bottle.
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Dr. Kilner & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The Glory of Life Love and Service
A reflective piece extols living to love give and serve rather than seeking love or praise, praising selflessness as the meaning of life and a guiding ethic.
Ely's Cream Balm promises instant relief for cold or catarrh
Advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm to clear blocked nostrils and ease head passages. It claims rapid relief from hay fever and headaches by applying a small amount in the nostrils, describing antiseptic healing and instant comfort.
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Ely
Red Cross Ball Blue Promoted For Home Use
An advertisement urges readers to use Red Cross Ball Blue in every home to whiten clothes without harming fabric. It claims it makes garments snow white and notes it is sold by good grocers for five cents.
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Red Cross
Jud Tunkins on bridge and practical social value
The speaker asserts that a person who plays a fair game of bridge has more practical use in society than a philosopher or a student, suggesting bridge skill outweighs academic pursuits in daily life. He highlights fairness as key to social utility and credibility.
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Jud Tunkins
Dind Tunkins
Vermifuge Ad Lures With Dead Shot Dr Peery’s Vermifuge
An old advertisement promotes Dead Shot Dr Peery’s Vermifuge as a quick fix for worms or tapeworms. The taunting copy promises one dose will expel the infestation, while a Dutch proverb notes money as the enduring love.
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Dr. Peery
Dust and wealth reshape a Plainville family supper
At a summer supper Harris and son Allan share meat and talk in a plain home while Jim the quiet hired man smiles like a mask. Beulah frets over night milking as Harris recalls a shift from communal ideals to individual wealth as land prices rise.
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Jim
Harris
John Harris
Mary
Allan
Sempter’s
Beulah
Plainville
United States
Heaven
Earth
Beulah and Jim
John Harris leaves a Canadian town to homestead in Manitoba with Mary his wife. Alec McCrae aids their journey as they select a prairie homestead and begin farming. Mary endures loneliness awaiting their son Allan after a difficult early sojourn.
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John Harris
Manitoba
Mary
Alec McCrae
Fred Arthurs
Harris
McCrae
Allan
Mirage Spell In The Canadian West 25 Years After 1882
A narrative passage notes Manitoba settlement and westward immigration swelling after 1882. It follows Mary Harris in a sod house kitchen as Beulah, John Harris, Allan, and a hired man prepare the evening meal, showing aging, labor, and family strength amid prairie growth.
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Manitoba
Mary Harris
Mary
Beulah
John Harris
Allan
Jim
Gingham Dress Prompt Sparks Streetcar Tease
A fashionably dressed young woman shares a moment with an older man on a streetcar. He hints at her dress length by recalling his happier days in gingham outfits and suggests she switch from silk to gingham. The scene unfolds with a light social nudge and playful tension.
True to Form London Punch Dialogue
A humorous exchange from London Punch quotes a mother asking her daughter if she kissed under the mistletoe. The girl confirms and adds she struggled but enjoyed it, with demure replies highlighting playful domestic wit.
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Jack
London
Flying machines and the joke of thobos in the air
A quip contrasts flying machines with mythic support as a joke about their invisibility. The line playfully ponders why machines ride the air without visible prop or stay. It reflects early humor on aviation and engineering marvels.
North Seas Fishers and Fighters Two Trawl Skippers Clash
Passage from Walter Wood's North Seas Fishers and Fighters recalls a sharp tongued deep sea fisherman and a Yarmouth trawler skipper who humorously confesses a rare fib about how herrings are killed. A nosy old lady prompts the anecdote with cheeky questions about barrel caught fish.
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George
Yarmouth
North Seas
Walter Wood
Percival-five Funds Action on Cheap Burr Project
Percival-five received funding to advance a burr initiative. Naylor-Well endorses proceeding, arguing the option is cheaper than coal.
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Percival
Burr
Naylor
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Eli
Robert J Cstead
Ilustratene
Irwin Myers
Beulah and
Lik
Bayer
Festus
Nora
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mother Gray
Herrin
Fortum Cereal Company
Barner Cecen, Miersa
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
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