Cure for Eczema Promised by Cuticura Remedies
A medicine ad recounts Mary Metzger of Sweetwater Oklahoma suffering from widespread eczema and intense itching. After using Cuticura Remedies as directed, she recuperated and endorses the treatment. Also recounted is a tale of two youths pursued after shooting ducks, who escaped capture by discarding a duck and angering a farmer. The hunter story ends with the farmer still seeking them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
Mary Metzger
Sweetwater
Okla
Siberia
Cost of a World Wide Patent and Its High Price
To protect an invention worldwide one must obtain sixty four patents in as many countries, estimated at 2500 dollars. The text notes humor in pairing two chronic chores as a comic aside.
Merchants and Farmers Press Home Trade Unity
Patrick Casey of Potter-Casey Mercantile argues local shops can match mail order prices and benefit farmers, urging cooperation between merchants and farmers. J J Reiter notes merchants must advertise against catalogue houses, warning the parcels post would harm small towns and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Casey
Potter-Casey Mercantile Company
Aitkin, Minn
Aitkin
Bach
Mind Order
Rochester
Mail order caution pit in Razoo cartoon hits town health
In a Razoo cartoon the risk of mail order buying is warned as small towns and stores could fail. The piece urges readers to buy locally, support neighbors, and keep roads and towns vibrant, calling for neighborly action and prudent commerce. The excerpt ends with a vignette from London Tit Bits about a cab encounter and a sharp remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Razoo
Consum
Would Be a Farmer Pettus Seeks Farm Life Again
Senator Pettus of Alabama, aged eighty six, said if he could return to active life he would take up farming. He would purchase a well located farm and devote himself to farming, promising a fruitful home and full sustenance for his family and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pettus
Alabama
The Reason for It Story Sketch In Jail Sacrifice
Mrs Nagget reads aloud a tale of a man who pleads with the judge to send him to jail instead of his wife. He argues men sacrifice themselves, while the plot uncovers a wife who stole clothes she was to wash, complicating the proposed jail term and the couple's dynamics.
Tragedy at White Rocks A Murder Near Uniontown
Dramatic retelling of the 1810 death of Polly Williams at White Rocks near Uniontown. Philip Rogers, engaged to Williams, lured her to a ledge and caused her fall, evading justice through his lawyer. The case, long sung in ballads, is recounted with new clarity by Charles B. Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
White Rocks
Uniontown
Philip Rogers
Polly Williams
Charles B. Pennington
Cartmicchaels
Pat Polly Willits
Fayete County
Pepnastvania
Ohio
Petutiiston
Teaving Polly
Philip Roger
Toxerhey
Jeson
Polly William “Rogers
Expensive Economy Shows Perils of Saving Pennies
A malformed clipping notes people risking injury or worse in New York while chasing dropped items and money. A Paris bank clerk loses a ten franc coin as he searches for it after misplacing his bag, illustrating the cost of penny pinching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Ane
Apple dumpling suppers and other notes in a local paper
A collage of ad lines and notices from a Minnesota newspaper includes promote of apple dumpling suppers in church, rubber boots, meat market pitches, fur and hide ads, poultry and poultry products, dye treatments, and fashion notes. Mentions National Pure Food and Drugs Act and Garfield Tea Company, with prices and contact hints amid miscellaneous societal jottings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Tea Company
To Wash Velveteen Weighing Words and Wrinkled Wits
Instructions on washing velveteen advise shaking without wringing and hanging straight to avoid crookedness. A note from Eleanor R. Parker promises a father’s acceptance for a marriage proposal. A playful line suggests a pole could knock a railroad pass from a Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorougtl
Eleanor R. Parker
Bandy Brandy and Overshoes in a St Paul Ad
A fragmented advertisement note praises drinking habits with humorous lines about bandy and brandy. It mentions Rubber Co of St Paul Minnesota, urging readers to mention the paper, and hints at a prison year notional. The text reads as a chaotic OCR fragment with stray phrases and unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stouits
Goodyesy Rubber Co
St. Paul
Tend Year Rubber Co
St Paul Minn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eczema
Carters
L Carters
Tleiver Pills
Sve
Burney Bird Auto Co
Minn
Fargo Tannery A. Mo
Fargo Tannery
Fargo
N. D
Galesmen Nursery CO
le Mars
Iowa
Apenas Pulhall
Roux City
Low St
Canadian West
Western
Canada
Gove
INE
Superintendent OF Immigration
Ottawa
Agenu
Der
Olmsted County
Mr. Merchant
St. Paul Ra
Binks
Cabby
London
Eaen
Adam
Son
Witt
Powers File St
1St Ave
Minneapolis
McMilan Fur & Wool Co
Miami
Putnam
Sastoria
Samuel Pitcher
WEW
York
Castoria
Bears
H.&r
N&r
Rdson Arms CO
Park Ave
Worcester
Mass
Crete
WOODWARD @ CO
Grain Commission
Duleth
Thompson
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