Cure for Eczema Promised by Cuticura Remedies
A reader from Sweetwater Oklahoma recounts severe eczema that covered the body, tormented by itching and bleeding until using Cuticura Remedies. She reports rapid relief and urges others to try the treatment, with a testimonial from Mrs. Mary Metzger dated June 28, 1905. Also included are assorted ads on patents, a six-cent Northwest booklet, and rubber boots promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
Mary Metzger
Sweetwater
Okla
Expensive Economy and Lost Coins in City Tales
A columnless montage recalls penny saving hacks and mishaps in New York and Paris. Vignettes describe gloves in mud puddles, streetcar accidents during rescues, a bank clerk losing a bag of gold as a franc disappears, and a cheeky marriage proposal overheard in a doorway.
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Costa
New York
Paris
Little Man's Woe at Hotel 23 Ends in Verbal Breakthrough
A proprietor and guests witness a dramatic hotel scene in which a powerful wife restrains her terrified husband in room 23. The elevator ride, piercing shrieks, and a dramatic entry lead to discovery and confrontation as witnesses rush in to find the man fatally injured and the wife clutching a brown plaster.
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Jess
No. 23
Horses Fond of Beer in a New Jersey Town
A bay horse owned by contractor John Sems ter of Bloonsfield wandered from Glenwood avenue into a restaurant and bar. After the boy reader left, the rein freed, the animal entered the bar, drank beer from two bottles, and left seemingly content, still wally ing straight at last sight.
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John Semster
Bloonsfield
Glenwood Avenue
Maryland Inventor Designs Combined Life Boat and Raft
A Maryland inventor presents a one piece life boat raft that combines a rectangular raft with an open center, airtight compartments, a net suspended inside, rope handles, and cork floats around the edge. Sides double as seats and the raft supports several people when the boat capsizes, aiding rescue by the crew.
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Maryland
Peculiar Tree Shape Near Ridge Town Ont
An illustration shows a tree near Ridge town Ontario with a strangely bent trunk from sapling damage. Also notes a French process making paper gas pipes by wrapping Manila paper around an iron core with asphalt, pressed and sand coated, claimed to rival metal pipes in cost and quality.
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Ridgetown
Ont
France
Manila
Kittens and Kiths in Court Clash Over Claim
Wilkes-Barre Alderman Donohue settles a dispute over ownership of three newborn kittens born to Miss Minnie Custer's cat. Miss Fannie Moore and the Humane Society backed separate claims as the judge awarded the kittens to Miss Custer after a straw-pulling procedure. A stray note reports Col. W. B. Wicker sporting an Adam's apple, a calf injury in Mulhall, Oklahoma, and Reginald Worthington’s two deer shot at once on his father’s preserve. The piece also notes Rhodesia’s antelope arms on stamps from Nowanukat town in India.
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Donohue
Wilkenbarre
Solomon
Minnie Custer
Fannie Moore
Reginald Worthington
Stroudeburg
Philadelphia Record
Worthington
Merchants and farmers debate home selling and mail orders
Patrick Casey of Potter-Casey Mercantile in Aitkin argues local merchants can offer low cost goods to attract rural patrons while farmers benefit from supporting home dealers. Rochester merchants advocate stronger home advertising and oppose parcels post. both sides emphasize local prosperity and cooperation.
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Patrick Casey
Potter-Casey Mercatile Company
Aitkin, Mine
Aitkin
Rochester, Minn
Fice
Rochester
Clty
Pwiningne
Olmsted County
Sunnot
Mall order debate sparks small town concerns
A Razoo cartoon warns that mail order dominance could shutter small shops and erode town life. It urges consumers to buy locally, noting roads, farmers, and neighbors suffer when shopping moves to distant centers.
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Razoo
Consumer
Would Be a Farmer United States Senator Peitus
United States Senator Peitus of Alabama, after eighty six years of life, says if he could begin again he would choose the high calling of a farmer. He would purchase a nicely located farm and set ve down a farming as lifework, ensuring happiness for his family with a full crib and work useful to others. A Scottish music note follows.
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United States
Peitus
Alabama
Oldest English Clergyman Tours Northamptonshire at Ninety Nine
Mrs Nagget recounts a tale of a man who begged the judge to jail him for his wife, while Rev Thomas Lord, England’s aged Congregational dean, is still heard from the pulpit at ninety nine. He recently preached twice in a church he once led seventy years ago, a feat noted with amusement.
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England
Thomas Lord
Northamptonshire
Bucka to Stop Pursuit After Duck Shooting Incident
A farmer chased Bucka and two young Inuit hunters who had shot ducks. The group fled by tossing a duck decoy as they were pursued by the farmer and his friends. The farmer recovered eleven ducks but failed to catch the youths who remain at large, while he travels the city telling his tale.
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Bucka
Avery
Sliwria
Hhem
Diana’s Hunt and the Madison Square Garden pose legend
A fragmented newspaper item mentions Diana as a playful metaphor tied to a Madison Square Garden pose, references the National Pure Food and Drugs Act and Garfield Tea Company, and notes local ads for apples, turkeys, ducks, geese, and leather goods. It also cites fashion lines, fur and Wool Co. Minneapolis ads, and a proverb about work and heaven.
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Garfield Tea Company
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Goodyear ‘Rubber ‘Co
St. Paul, Minn
Northwestern Distributors
Dodd
Rae
Milton, Dairy CO
Ram
Canadian West
Law and Order
Ottawa
Canada
Charles Pilling
Clifford Blech
Grand Forks
North Dakota
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Stenera
Mrs. Henpeck
Oba
Mr. A
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Ition of Maryland
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Mulhall
Bill
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British South Africa
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Diindustan
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Ite Z
Aluce
West
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Binks
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Drummond Castle
London Globe
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Parker
Pittsburg
Diana
Madison Square Garden Tower
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Sth
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Minneapolis
Min
Meaulhin Fur & Wool Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Year Rubber Co
St Paul, Monn
Bears
Castoria
Hong of Dirly Mily
Carters
Sharoc
Burney Bird Auto Co
Toadwail
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Sloan
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ST. Jacobs Oil
Um Woodward
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