Notable Woman Writes Enduring Praise to Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg of Denver, Color Bearer of the Woman's Relief Corps, forwards a letter praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recounts severe illness, a long recovery, and urges other women to seek the remedy, noting Pinkham's daughter in law continues free advice from Lynn Mass.
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Sarah Kellogg
Denver
Woman's Relief Corps
Pinkham
Wlzo
Pene
Lowell
Foiled Again by Poet and Purchaser
A humorous exchange reveals the poet selling a poem and his wife planning a new bonnet for their child. The poet admits using the money to buy a celluloid collar, prompting playful disappointment.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertisement
An old time ad promising Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain with claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and cure wind colic. Sold in bottles priced at 25 cents.
Nautical Notes: A Tug of Yacht Prestige and Mortgage
In a terse exchange Mrs. Yacht boasts of her husband's beautiful yacht while Mrs. Nachi counters that the best her husband can offer is to hold the mortgage on that yacht. The brief dialogue centers on wealth display and financial leverage between the two women.
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Nachi
Gate of Oilcloth Care Note
Cleaning instructions advise sweeping with a soft hair brush to remove dirt then washing with tepid water and Ivory Soap. Rinse with clear water containing a teaspoon of kerasen, then polish with a dry cloth. Signed by ELEANOR R. PARKER.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Rode With Dynamite on a Wild Train Ride
Two San Francisco girls flee the city and reach the station where they board a train east. A series of drivers demand money before offering rides. One wagon driver proclaims a load of dynamite and offers they may ride on it for a fee. They accept and pay a high price for the unsafe privilege.
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San Francisco
A Family Matter from a Local Story
A tale from New York recounts a fundraising effort for an orphan asylum. A pious man shows donor entries to Mr Sage, who responds by doubling gifts only to astonish with a cunning ruse by adding Mrs Russell Sage’s name to the ledger before returning it.
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New York
Russell
And
Democratic State Platform at Yatton Convention
The platform of the South Dakota Democratic state convention at Yatton proclaims government as a sacred trust, supports public ownership of transportation, income and inheritance taxes, tariff revision, and direct senatorial elections. It denounces Republican funding practices, calls for campaign finance limits, and praises William Jennings Bryan as a key leader and potential 1908 president candidate.
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Demmerane
Yatton
Democratic Party of South da Ctory
Republican Trust
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Salis
Congress
United Sta
National Republican Committee
South Dakota
Great
Commonwealth
Capitol Commission
Republican Party
Audi Locent
HS Cividilites
Andrew I
Leon
Democrate Party
Olin State Capitol
Democratic Party
Pratesman
William J. Byam
Thomas Jefferson
Highmore Town Tops State Nominee Count in 1920 Ballots
Highmore Hyde county boasts three state ticket nominees this year Howard C Sholer for lieutenant governor Frank L Latta for secretary of state and I M Burnside for state treasurer The town also plans deeper artesian well work to boost water pressure and avoid a gasoline pressure system for domestic and fire protection
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Highmore
Hyde County
Howard C. Sholer
Meir
Tile Drain Farms Elbowing Toward Prosperity In South Dakota
Around Salem in McCook county farmers are tiling and tile factories are being discussed as profitable from Iroquois in Kingsbury county to the south. Once irrigation and rainmaking dominated talks, now drainage and water control prompt action as rainfall remains unchanged while soils hold more moisture.
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Salem
McCook County
Iroquois
Kingsbury County
Easi
Plan Home Comers Day Aims To Bring Back South Dakota Residents
Aberdeen launches Home Comers day to urge former residents to return for a summer reunion. Plans include registration bureaus and committees to reconnect old friendships and form new ties with both former and current residents. A tentative program envisions addresses by prominent figures and outdoor activities, though specifics remain unsettled.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
Yartane Krisis
Count Doughlass and the cigar dilemma with an heiress
The exchange features Count Doughless and Baron Brokem discussing smoking habits when visiting an American heiress. The humor centers on the awkward need to keep and extinguish a strong cigar between calls, highlighting social vanity and etiquette.
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Count Doughlass
Baron Brokem
Cure for a boy's skin with Cuticura remedies
A Brooklyn mother recounts twelve years of severe skin misery in her son, detailing failed doctor treatments and relentless symptoms. After reading an advertisement she bought Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, reporting dramatic improvement and eventual cure by 1905.
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Lis
Tade
Iskin
Miehnor Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Hooklyn
N. Y
Fortune Hunter's Son Strives to Spend Family Wealth
Old Crossley labored eighteen hours a day to build a fortune, and now his son is pushing twenty four hours to spend it. The contrast highlights lingering work ethic and the elusive goal of enjoying inherited wealth rather than earning it.
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Crossley
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Unlikely Medical Miracles
Old newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by claiming a cure for catarrh and related ailments. It markets a proprietary constitutional remedy with dubious powers, promising a $100 reward if it fails, and urges readers to send money for “ventiments” and formulas. The piece mimics 19th century patent medicine language, naming Fd Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, and encouraging purchase through sensational claims.
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Mel
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Umpire Row Sparks Fan Banter in Grand Stand
In the grand stand a fan wonders about a player arguing with the umpire. The rooter notes the bleachers shout Dowie at him, claiming he stays out after being called out, reflecting local game banter.
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Dowie
Exchange Over Abusive Letter Turns Heated Between Caller and Lawyer
A tense exchange unfolds as a lawyer and a caller argue over an abusive letter said to be from the caller's husband. The lawyer dismisses the husband, while the caller accuses the attorney of belittling him, prompting a sharp rebuttal about a "gen teman" and suggesting placing him in a museum to preserve memory.
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Henri
Northwestern Inventors Win Week’s Patents List
Lothrop and Johnson report patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors at the Pioneer Press building in St. Paul Minnesota. Names include William C. Crawford Beaver Creek Minn machine for loading shocks Birge W Davenport Minneapolis merry go round Louis Dunn St Paul operating device for slipswitches Albert M Graf Carpenter S J milk pail holder Alexander McDougall Duluth Minn ore cleaner Col A Murphy Chatfield Minn trap William A Mushatt Brainerd Minn stump yacher.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
William C. Crawford
Beaver Creek
Birge W
Davenport
Minneapolis
Louis Dunn
Albert M. Graf
Carpenter
S. J
Alexander McDougall
Duluth
Col. A. Murphy
Chatfield
William A. Mushatt
Brainerd
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Lyn Dear M
Wrah Kel
Cuticura
Castoria
Bears
American Tent & Awning Co
W. 3Rd St
St. Paul, Minn
Pamps
Beckman Bros
Des Moines
Jows
the Daily Fly
Ena Me
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Grain Commission
Tem
Ager Sin
Misak
Egg-O-See Cereal Company
First Street
Quincy
Ilinois
Tat
Winchester
Allens
Woodward & CO
God Ives
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