Pony Sold Sparks Prayer Request in Reader's Childhood Tale
A boy named Ralph mourns the sale of a beloved Shetland pony to a young girl about his age. He had prayed nightly for the pony, then asks God to bless the pony but not the girl who owns it, highlighting a child's tender, funny view of loss.
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Ralph
Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Cleveland
Iowa
Frank
Tary
Wkating
Eekeon Pana
Stat
Frank Almphelty
Trade charity tale sparks charity office debate
A charity official from New York cites an anecdote about a man’s unsatisfactory recommendation. The tale compares insurance choices to a wife selecting a calendar, illustrating skepticism toward aid decisions. A man named Gray explains his stance, saying a certain pose makes him look taller, reflecting pride.
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Homer
New York
Gray
Tita
Postum Coffee Alternative Converts Nervous Coffee Drinkers
A reader recounts a mother plagued by seven years of nervous headaches who quits coffee after switching to Postum. The tale follows a daughter who embraces Postum, noting headaches fade and coffee is banished from the home. A friend also switches after tasting Postum prepared properly. The source cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, and advertises The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
Wellville
Inebriated Snippets and Wit From a 20th Century Page
A collection of humorous quotes and anecdotes on love pride and daily life includes lines about love making wealth seem useless, playful poems, jokes about poets and porch climbers, and editor banter about dieting and breakfast routines. It reads like a light feature of 1920s social humor.
Experience of a worker links kidney cure to Dean's Pills
A Lonaconing resident recounts fifteen years of kidney weakness and tiredness eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The notice promotes the product sold by Foster Milburn Co. and includes other items such as seed catalogs and ring watches, reflecting a mix of medical ads and commercial notices.
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Bernard P. Woods
Jackson Treet
Lonaconing
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Reminders of Home Photographs in Ciudad Juarez Tour
A party of tourists in Ciudad Juarez admire its old world charm and adobe houses while a maiden lady gushes over the quaint scene. A New York man contrasts it with the United States and a local teen’s skating club anecdotes follow.
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Ciudad Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
United States
New York
Hekhoin Town
Plain Statement From School Board Hearing
A school board hears a curious statement by the principal nicknamed Professor Mentor. The president cites Misa Squirming’s complaint against Mr. Dennis, who visited her clan last Friday. The principal defends Mr. Dennis as a poor man and notes his son’s bad behavior and the need for discipline.
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Mentor
Misa
Dennis
Mies
Peruna Almanac Distribution Expands to 8 Million Homes
The Peruna Almanac now reaches over eight million homes and is available free from all druggists. The 1908 edition is published and supplies will soon be exhausted. Inquire early and speak for gue today. The ad notes growth and achievement depend on self knowledge.
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Gue
Cardus
Annie Hamilton
Stetsonville, Wis
Museis
Peruna Widely Praised By Clergy For Catarrh Relief
Rev Troutman of Mt Washington Missouri reports his throat spasm and breath loss eased after taking two bottles of Peruna. Pastor P B Swanstrom of Grantaburg Wisconsin says Peruna cured chronic diarrhea and catarrh. Also notes Peruna tablets now available mirroring a standard dose of the liquid remedy.
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A. E. Troutman
Mt. Washington, Mo
Geally
Hertiunn
Tie Ensistants
Italy Hosts World’s Largest Churches In History
Italy claims ownership of the world’s three largest churches led by St. Peter’s in Rome the Duomo in Milan and St Paul’s in Rome amid a fractured text about duty and memory.
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Italy
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Mr. Woolson
Byron Williams
Andewou
Ottage
Thor
Nero
Greece
Thousa
Ilinois
la Crosse
F Salter Seed Co
Sttle
London
J Cheney & CO
Propa
Benapiers
Mary Ellen Barraby
Brockton, Mass
Seneca
New Yorker
Dodds
Rev. Troutman
Pe-Ru-Na
George A. E. Troutman
Washington, Mo
Fev
Trouthan
Hi. W. Tate
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
State St. Chesebrough Mfg. CO
York City
Wichita
Jeno Asta
Bans
Eppilimucunma
Channing
Froude
Lewis
Fastory
Peoria
Ill
W.l.douglas
Aden
Douglas
Daeole
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