Peruna laxative tonic promoted for health
A period advertisement extols Peruna as a tonic laxative for daily use to prevent disease. It claims home use reduces illness, replaces cathartics, and improves appetite and bowel function, urging kept on hand and sold at drug stores with endorsements from consumers and a company address in Columbus, Ohio.
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John B. Perkins
Whiting &J
Plymouth
Mass
Perona
Maratin
Pemona Company
Columsus
Ohio
Krop
Ralerno Company
Columbus
Obin
The Story Behind the River Stateroom Term
A colonial river tale explains how steamer cabins were named after states with gilt titles above each door. The central cabin was the Texas, a symbol of the era. As river steamers faded, the term stateroom entered common language and dictionaries.
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Mississippi
Union
Texas
Briquet
Hit the Danger Spot in a Boileryard Tale
A tippler with two red noses endures a day as a boiler works laborer, then visits a hospital where a smashed nose is treated after a blast from a hammer. The patient recalls driving a eye through a hole for air, a hammer mistaken for a rivet, and a single bite. Also includes brief, satirical excerpts from Punch and Judge about manners, health, and misadventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bammer
Rockefeller activates social hygiene drive in New York
A Rockefeller backed bureau outlines aims to combat prostitution as a major social problem. The plan, drawn from European studies, argues prostitutes are largely exploited and that poverty and lack of training drive vice. George Kneeland and Abraham Frexner lead investigations with aims to publish findings before formal policy.
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New York
Mercia
John DP. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Philanthrosists
York City
Caine el Wal
Freo
Bureau
George J. Kneeland
Chicago
Abraham Frexner
Europe
Tsay
Hobis
Rare Old Naples Is City of Wonderland
Naples Italy view at sunrise reveals Vesuvius and Pompeii ruins beyond the Bay of Naples. The writer describes the beauty of the harbor, the Isles of Capri, and the busy streets, streetcars, and cafes. Thanksgiving Day in Naples is noted with American flowers and band performance during a weeklong stay.
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Naples
City
Jonathan W. Brown
Italy
Vesuvius
Pompe
Volcao
Isle of
Torear
Jafternoon
America
Ital
Bovis
Sini Goom
Ameribad
Philadelphia Decries Corruption Yet Seeks Reform
The article contrasts Philadelphia’s past corruption with a current push for reform led by Mayer Blankenberg. It notes major budget demands for 1913 and opposition to entrenched contractor practices while highlighting broader European crisis commentary and cultural musings embedded in the same page.
Miscellaneous Humorous and Editorial Snippets From Old Paper
A collage of short items includes an art inspector praising a student drawing while admonishing worship of images, a narrative about a bride returning from a wedding tour to a dull honeymoon, and a warning on cheap baking powders exposing Calumet as superior. Also features a doctor bill inquiry, a classroom joke about a red apple, and assorted stray notices and captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teirney
Fuan Pesan
Igderall
Adzioet
Watered Stock Two old Avenies in Cortland café exchange
Two elderly men in Cortland share bits of life during a Saturday evening talk at a café. One asks about nationality while the other reveals his father came from Glasgow and mentions a belt, a spark of a yarn, and a lingering sense of loss as the night passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loni Crowblow
Washington
Greensboro
N. C
Brownlow
Cortland
Glasgow
Flattéry Cites Simple Book Edition Sales Tactics
A fragmented quote suggests an agent can easily sell a late edition of books to a man named Mr. TPP. Tow Bort remarks the agent needs only to claim he resembles a man of intelligence. The excerpt highlights a casual, informal approach to sales.
Kidney Trouble Healed by Dodd’s Kidney Pills
A Otterbein Indiana man writes of 25 years with kidney trouble and bladder inflammation who improved after taking two boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy and urges others to write for more information and the free booklet including household hints and national anthem music.
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Fleener
Otterbein
Ind
Gail Hope
Fleenor
Dodd
Fleanor
N.Y
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