Denatured autos and oddities from a 1910s Sun
A collage of improbable opinions and snippets from The Springfield Sun. The page muses on denatured automobiles, radium substitutes, aviators, and numbskull politics, with jests about eggs, bank thieves, war costs, love authorities, and a peppering of local notes. The tone is breezy and observational, capturing a newspaper’s miscellany mood.
Thanksgiving Turkey as American Institution and Comic Figure
Frank Finn recounts the turkey's rise as a national emblem and Thanksgiving centerpiece. He wryly details its American origins, its bold display and gobbling theater, rivalries with geese, and entertaining misadventures from domesticated pride to wild cunning, ending with a nod to its enduring, creditable final act.
CURED SIX YEARS WITH DEAN'S KIDNEY PILL
Mrs Josiah Clinker of Tama Tama Iowa reports six years free from kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says early symptoms included severe back pain and that the pills relieved pain and restored normal kidney function. The product is sold by six dealers at 60 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Josiah Clinker
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Tama
Towa
Dean
Cause for Thankfulness Thanksgiving Day Nation Observance
An archaic passage emphasizes Thanksgiving as a national day of gratitude to heaven for the nation’s preservation and health. It argues the focus is the country’s enduring well being and the founders’ establishment, not personal gain or burdens. The text frames Thanksgiving as a communal duty to preserve the nation handed down by ancestors.
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Turkey
America
New World
Poultry Association
Rome
Curran and O Leary Jest Over St Peter Joke
From Kelly's Reminiscences, Curran and O Leary dine with sharp wit. Curran says he wishes O Leary were St Peter so he could hold heaven’s keys and lock him in. O Leary replies that it would be better Curran had the other place keys to lock him out.
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John Philpot Curran
O'Leary
Curran
Fatter
St. Peter
St Peter
Kelly
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh
Fragmentary text warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and mentions a cage and names J.Chenes. o. and Grant "Prion" with half legible phrases about danger. A quoted anecdote about a hero and a rescuer, referencing a grateful lady who nearly married him after a rescue at the surf last summer.
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Sant Bena
Itesaver
The Regular Fare Tea and Sak Ada Appetite Remark
A brief quip notes a young man’s potential in society based on his extraordinary appetite for tea and sakada. The line emphasizes humorous social judgment and features a playful exchange about future success.
Safe SASTORIA bottle reminder for infants and children
The notice urges careful examination of every bottle of SASTORIA for infants and children, noting the signature and a long-used history. It references dangers from sore throat to diphtheria, hints at general health claims, and mentions a Marine Eye Remedy as a comparison for refreshing and strengthening the eyes.
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