Virginia Home Visit Sparks Alligator Bag Fare Scene
From Lippincott's a dusky man servant of a Washington official, on leave to visit his Virginia home, goes to a travelers' supplies shop to buy a valise. The salesman touts an alligator bag, but the servant insists he is bound for Virginia and not Florida, correcting the vendor with dialect. A closing aside notes a girl whose parents think she can sing is very smart.
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Virginia
Lippincott's
Washington
Florida
Virginna
Linwood Land Company Prospectus Ad in Rock Springs
Land irrigated land with perpetual water right and productive soil. Describes failure risks as unknown and yields of wheat per acre and 344 to 6 tons alfalfa. Claims healthful climate free timber and easy terms. Linwood Land Company, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
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Linwood Land Company
Rock Springs
Wyo
Cascarets Cure the Sick Feeling After Detox Doses
Up set sick feeling after castor oil or calomel doses. Cascarets move the bowels without the dread. By them or Cascarets 10c a box for a quick treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a year.
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News Morality and opinions mix
A collection of witty and provocative lines on politics morality love and social behavior from the Chicago News. It critiques or laments the mingling of public speech and private virtue with sharp quips about dating marriage and social pretensions. It notes behavior patterns and humorous misreads of everyday life.
Allen's Foot-Ease Ends Foot Discomfort For Camden Customer
Mrs W J Walker of Camden New Jersey reports relief from corns and the burning itching pain after using Allen's Foot Ease. The remedy quiets sore feet and is now a regular purchase for her. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
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Allen
W. J. Walker
Camden
N. J
Get Up With a Smile in Morning Grouch Verses
A Detroit Free Press poem urges readers to rise cheerful despite early troubles. It questions sour moods caused by bad coffee and minor annoyances, recommending a whistle and cheery words to face life’s bigger challenges.
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Detroit Free Press
Indian War Dance at White Earth Reservation
Keith Clark describes a White Earth dance on a hill overlooking the trading post and surrounding hills. Drummers chant while chiefs and warriors in buckskin and patchwork move in, gifts passed in the circle from women and men to invitees, including quilts and rifles, in a Sioux influenced Ojibway ceremony rich with ritual and music.
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Keith Clark
St. Paul
White Earth
Htrd Lake Band
Pi-pi-ya
Ojibway Dance Ring Captures Tribal Pride and Pageantry
A vivid account of Ojibway ceremonial dress and dance at White Earth, describing beaded regalia, eagle feather headdress, and the ring of 40 to 50 warriors moving to the tom-tom. The piece recalls Chief Mah-ge-ke-gerhiy and Joseph Charette, praising indigenous generosity and the call of the drum. The writer reflects on crossing into ancestral roots and contrasts the scene with exhibition settings.
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Mah-ge-ke-gerhiy
Old Main
Joseph Charette
Walin-che-mah-dub
Peter Parker
Minnesota
John Lufkins
Ponsford
Munyons Eminent Doctors Offer Free Diagnostic Service
An advertisement promises free medical examination blanks from Munyon's and assures a careful diagnosis by eminent doctors. It states there is no obligation and invites immediate mail requests from Philadelphia addresses. Also included is a humorous recollection of an absent minded professor who mishears a maid.
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Munyon's
Iid
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Various items and anecdotes from a Baltimore American page
A collage of brief notes and ads includes teething remedies, fashion jokes, a civics club address prompt, a humorous Paris fashion gag, a Woozy wizard oil sales line, a Wimbledon anecdote about Lord Wemyss, Perry Davis Painkiller promotion, Melba tour book plan, railway water tanks note, and a navy coal bill figure.
Shooting for Cigars at a Chattanooga Mess
At a officers mess Lieutenant A bets a box of cigars he can fire 20 shots at 200 yards without a mark or result, and Major B. agrees to witness. The guns go off at dawn and the lieutenant coolly calls Miss after each shot, insisting he is shooting for cigars, not targets.
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Major B
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
An old man with a young wife makes her seem lively though frail. It suggests ease of waking with nothing to do and staying in bed late. The piece notes susceptibility to flattery and folly, and a woman paying a nominal rent for a country house with pretenses of charm.
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New York Press
Free Castoria Advice Aids Parents In Spring Health
An article promotes Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy to strengthen children for the spring season. It cites Dr Willian J. McCrain of Omaha and other physicians, notes Castoria's 30 year presence, and claims it regulates digestion and sleep without narcotics, supported by medical journals.
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Charles H. Fletcher
Willian J. McCrain
Omaha
Neb
Charles Nt. Fletcher
McCrain
Lisit
Sayer
Hanger
Colt
Castoria
What He Has From the New York Times
Apropos of President art's boost for the possum into sudden fame, former Governor Jean tells this one: Three colored brethren, high church men all, meeting at crogas roads discuss politics. Deacon Jackson is pessimistic, Hitler Hightower is optimistic, Deacon Powell offers a playful remark about Simmons being ripe. Women wear pantaloons as fashion shifts, men are urged to adapt.
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Dr. Hathaway & Co
Wil
Mall
New York Times
Art
Jean
Crogas Roads
Deacon Jackson
Hitler Hightower
Deacon Powell
Simmons
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Great Jones Street
New York
Sioux City
P't’g CO
Bears
Chicaugo News
Cupid
Bugville
Granada
Willy Nilly
Tristan
Siam
Germany
Munyon
Wi Wes
Baltimore American
Civie Club
Paris
Chad Itoo
Custom House
Chicage News
Lord Wemyss
Wimbledon Common
Wimbleton Conservators
Perry Davis
Talon
Haarlem
Claes Tilly
Holland Medicine Co
Scranton
Harlem
RS. S. Newton
Pearl St
Brooklyn
Bole Importers Scranton
Houston Post
New York Central Lines
Lake Shore Michigan
BIG Four
Boston
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Thousand Islands
Adirondack Mountains
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Bawree Colleges Now
Warren J. Lynch
Ahan
la Salle Street Station
Chicago
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