Backache Signals Kidney Trouble and Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a proven cure for kidney disease and related ailments. It claims backache signals failing kidneys and urges immediate use, with a Michigan firm distributing nationwide and Senator Stevenson endorsing the product.
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Michigan
Bright
Derby
St. Derby
Senator Stevenson
Washington
Olympia
Dr. Derby
Derby Medicine Co
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Notable Local Maverick Breaks Altitude Records
A witty exchange highlights the rise of a young flyer, dubbed a high-spirited prodigy, who has broken multiple altitude records. The town cheers his daring feats and imagines a skyward future.
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Highfly
Swastika Camp Grows to Three Thousand People
The new Swastika gold mining camp reports a population of about three thousand, located thirty one miles north of the Sobalt silver area.
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Swastika
Sobalt
Halloween Yarn Charm Partners Stunt Attracts Matches
An old Hallo we en folk stunt uses a ball of yarn to pair maidens with suitors. A maiden tosses yarn through a window and walks away. The man inside winds up the yarn to draw her back, then later meets her at a rear garage door. Ten couples planned with variations for safety and setting.
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Hallowe'en
Hidden coin in flour wedding superstition joke
A playful note describes perilous flour coin tests where a coin or ring is hidden. People with tied hands attempt to retrieve it with teeth. The coin signals wealth and a future marriage within the year.
Hallowe'en Chop Suey Recipe
A historical recipe for chop suey serves ten with chicken beef celery bean sprouts mushrooms and sol sauce. Cook until tender bones are removed add vegetables and thickening then sol serve with rice in bowls and use a witch kettle centerpiece with incense burning.
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Hallowe’en
Autumn Barn Party Plans With Witchy Costumes And Lanterns
A host outlines a party in a barn with autumn leaf decorations, electric lanterns, and cucumber and squash lanterns. Guests dress as witches with hats for girls and scarlet horned hats for boys. A Chinese feast will be served amid black and scarlet dragon motifs.
Halloween Party Invitation Jingle Card
A Halloween postcard invites guests to a party at our house on Monday night October 31. It promises a lively sight with ghosts goblins and witches as hosts prepare fates for the guests. The hour is 8, don’t be late and come brave at any rate.
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Hallowe’en
New and Old Tricks for Apple Bobbing
A period column describes a Halloween apple bobbing prank using a zinc tub and hidden items. Apples conceal a ring, a thimble, a button and a coin to signal outcomes for the year. The ring predicts marriage, the thimble predicts singleness, the coin hints at wealth, and the button at personal achievement.
Halloween cakes with Jack o'lantern and clock face designs
Madame Merri offers seasonable cake ideas for Halloween. Jack o lantern cakes use leaf cake cut into pumpkin shapes iced yellow with egg yolk or saffron, eyes and teeth in red. Clock faced cakes use vanilla wafers iced with melted chocolate to form clocks and midnight hands.
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Hallowe’en
Madame Merri
Fall fashion notes from a mid century style guide
Green remains the ruling favorite for evening gowns. Three piece serge suits rise in popularity as white serge gains favor. Skirts trend toward drapery with black velvet sashes and satin remains strong. Tiny button rows appear on wraps and gowns. The directoire coat may feature in fall fashion.
Bed Shelf for Invalids A Useful Corner Niche
A simple wall shelf helps an invalid stay comfortable. Place the bed in a corner and mount a nine inch by two and a half foot shelf with three metal brackets. Add a small frill of cretonne for appearance. The shelf keeps books papers watches and glasses within easy reach, reducing effort for the confined person.
Ideas for the Cook and Related Dishes You Can Make
A collection of home kitchen tips and recipes. Leftover chicken and rice croquettes, stuffed cabbage with parsley and onions, a mock cherry pie using cranberries and raisins, stuffed peppers with cream cheese and pecans, bacon baked hamburger with a lemon currant sauce, and deviled chestnuts fried in butter with hot sauce.
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Hamburg
The World We Live In Kept Hard by Thorn and Rose
The speaker notes life is tough yet compares it to roses with thorns, suggesting sweet moments exist amid hardship. The line evokes struggle and resilience in a challenging world.
Little Leaks in the Home Sink the Household
The article warns that small household leaks and wasteful habits erode finances. It urges frugal practices, such as proper portion control, avoiding out of season purchases, and planning meals. Emphasizes forethought, efficient cooking, and mindful consumption as essential to financial stability.
Not booked tomorrow night and Friday plans arise
Hallo Jones and Smith discuss schedules with Jones saying he is free soon but booked on Friday. Smith hopes for a snack together Friday, learning Jones will be dining with the Croakers.
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Jones
Smith
Doan’s Kidney Pills Public Notice Ad
Are your kidneys weak says the ad urging use of Doan’s Kidney Pills. A testimonial from Mrs J L Warrick of Lebanon Ohio describes relief after six weeks. Ad notes price 50c a box and distributes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
J. L. Warrick
W. Mulberry St
Lebanon
Ohio
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Copper Range plan for 600 acre experimental farm
Houghton capitalists consider locating a 600 acre experimental farm on copper range railroad land south of Houghton. Lands secured but timbered, with timber cutting planned this winter and stump removal next spring. Crops unlikely before 1913, but project could become a major agricultural venture in the copper country per Michigan Manufacturer.
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Houghton
Copper Range
Michigan
Truth About Bluing Talk No 4
An ad touts liquid bluing as mostly water and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the best blue for laundry. It claims the product pleases laundresses for a week and advertises a large package for six cents at all good grocers.
Where It Selonged. Water Quest in Old London Opinion
A humorous London Opinion snippet depicts a chatting exchange about fetching water. The speaker asks where the other goes and his reply mentions a pail rather than disreputable trousers. The brief vignette captures social quirks of everyday life.
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London
Castoria and Remedies Advertisements Mentioned
The notice promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy with a 30 year signature claim and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria. It also references Hamlin's Wizard Oil for various pains and ends with a proverb on financial sense.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets Snack Ad Claims Gentle Digestive Boost
A promotional blurb touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated tablets that regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels without causing griping. It implies the average man enjoys himself only when he makes a fool of himself.
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Dr. Pierce
Hardest forgiveness for a girl in a missed kiss scene
A brief social vignette explores a girl struggling to forgive a young man who did not kiss her, capturing tension, longing, and the moral weight of romantic expectations.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla touted to cure eczema and blood diseases
Mrs Inez Lewis of Baring Maine recounts her four month old baby’s severe eczema spreading to the face hands and arms and how after a cloth mask and hand restraint he was cured with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up the system and cures blood diseases with liquid or Sarsatabs.
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Hood
Inez Lewis
Baring
Maine
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Sloan
San Francisco
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Rman Whittier
Calif
E. Rim
Brooklyn
Earl S.sloan Boston
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Polce
Canada
U.S
Fedons
Wales
Gartner Suliding
Toledo
Obie
Lotz Bros.insus
Elm St.st Louis
KKB
Kek
Feewrcar
Mr. Pig
Hamlet
Bluing
Aeea
Sra. Winslow
O. K
Baby
California Fig Syrup CO
Senna
California
Fated Eanteleo
Fic Syaup Ca
Spohn
Spohn Medical Coc
Rayo
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
W. L. Douglas
Oneear
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
W. LE. Douglas
W. L Douglas
Spark St
Belle Es
Belle Hona CO
Elyria
H.channon Company
N. Market St
Chicago
Sisrnayssana
City
L. M. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis
Ehigan
Partlou
N. B
Burton
Whittemore
Rich
Minnesota, Valley
Southern
Glmantesd Land & Loan Agency
Bianten
Hise
Indianapolis
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