Woman Loses Voice Amid Odd Local Exchange
A strange downtown exchange notes a regular patron who emptied a drawer by buying many small stamps. A man laments a 910 bill he could not break while the wife’s voice is said to be gone, marking a comic non combatant scene.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Lyaia E. Pinkham
Henry
Patra Gu
Lydia
E.pinkham
One. Heagum
Cadiz
Ohio
Edated B. Hilbert
Fleetwood
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Ala
Munford
F. ‘P. Morrin
Dore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Bisulphide for Ant Nests in Lawns
Instructions describe drilling several holes around a central ant nest, pouring about an ounce of bisulphide of carbon into each hole, and sealing openings. The vapor should infiltrate galleries and kill the ants, with a second treatment rarely needed.
Allen's Foot Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad Notice
Ad fragment promotes ALLEN'S FOOT EASE powder to ease tired feet. Claims it removes odor and soreness from wearing shoes. Mentions price 25 and generic substitution warnings. Regional advertising style suggests late 19th or early 20th century catalog tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Fred
le Roy
Fitting Fate and the Protruding Hatpin
A fragment Teases fate and practicality as the world admires men who mind their own business. It notes that many fail to move forward due to a backward-looking habit and hints at a stubborn, symbolic hatpin upon which progress hinges.
Retiring Knollys rejects million-dollar autobiography offer
The long-serving Lord Knollys, private secretary to King George and the late King Edward, refuses all autobiography offers including a mock blank check from a US publisher for at least 60 000 words. He quips five million dollars, and wonders if paying to reveal all he knows would be worth more. Separate anecdotes include a Kansas City minister on an Indian reservation and a blunt naval remark about a new battleship.
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Lord Knollys
George
Edward
United States
Allst
Kansas
Daho
Jesus Man
It Mattered Much by Cecille Langdon
A jewelers case theft leads to the narrator's dismissal and pursuit of a ring thief. He teams with Miss Lara Vesey, joins the Jewelers Board of Trade, disguises himself, and uncovers a ring pilferer duo. The culprit confesses, Goldstein & Co. apologizes, and the narrator becomes a secret service man, marrying the stenographer.
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Cecille Langdon
Goldstein & Co
Lara Vesey
Miss Vesey
Secret Service
Prade
Board of Trade
Jewelers’ Board of Trade
Secret
W. G. Chapman
Crowning an African King
Excerpted from Robert H. Milligan on The Fetish Folk of West Africa describes a king's selection by elders, aufrint with harsh public abuse, a silk hat investiture, and weeklong feasting. The piece argues such rites faded under modernization, contrasting with British coronations and U S presidential inaugurations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Robert H.milligan
West Africa
Badly Burned Child Treated with Cuticura Ointment
A Redwood City parent recounts applying Cuticura Ointment to a two year old girl’s severe leg burns from hot water. Blisters opened daily, skin remained intact, child slept well, and the scar disappeared after continued treatment.
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Fuller St
Redwood
Cal
Chapman
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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Dr. Pierce
the Centaur Company
New York
Castoria
Bears
the Geataur Company
York City
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Dongine
Lydia ‘Hd, Pinkham* Medicine’ Co
Ter Paxton
Toilet Co
Golleltude
Dean
Arkansas
Joseph Grass
Patt
Ilvery
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New Yorks
Dizszi & Small
Igarters Tver
Howard
Cotten
Auylm Ee
Thompson’ Riess
John L
Thompson Sons
Roy Ae
Am Rie Spohn Medical CO
Sositen Rman'e Ow “Kl
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