Odd Moral Lessons Spur Mixed Faith and Fear
A fragment from a periodical recalls a stern father explaining punishment and heaven to Johnny, a front page anecdote about beauty potions by Dr Gouraud, an incident of a tour bus driver gracefully refusing a pedestrian, a cautionary tale from a Philadelphia Record about reckless driving, and a kirk class joke on Joseph and his brothers with a humorous “sold him over cheap” punchline.
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Johnny
Philadelphia Record
Kirk
Joseph
Jacob
Not Such a Feat From Everybody's Magazine
Denny recounts a tall tale about Ol chasing him inland on shore leave across 60 miles of road and 120 miles through woods, finally leaping a lake to escape. Jerry quips that the jump wasn’t so great given the starting run.
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Everybody's Magazine
Denny
Jerry
Cuticura Heals Severe Eczema After Three Months
A Boston man reports skin nightmare from eczema with itching burning and raw blisters on hands and wrists. After three months of suffering, Cuticura Remedies provided a complete cure in one month, per testimonial dated Sept 25, 1908.
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Cuthura
Walter H. Cox
Somerset St
Boston
Mass
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Something of a Philosopher
Mrs Silas Bennett, described as a philosopher, speaks in a fatigued, humorous voice about family worries and health. She recalls raising four children, fears smallpox, recalls a melancholy summer, and notes a fall on rotten steps that left her with a broken leg in two places.
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New York Times
Silas Bennett
Bennett
Ten Sermons in Thirty Seconds and Moral Reflections
A miscellany list includes Ten Sermons in Thirty Seconds by the Rev Charles Stelzie plus a catalog note from Klug Bure Hides offering guns and traps at 105 N W Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis. The page mixes advertising copy with sermon snippets and moral observations on sin virtue and human folly.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Mina
Charles Stelzie
Kidneys Hurt in Railroad Wreck Prompts Patent Remedy Claim
An injured Three Rivers man William White reports kidney damage after a railroad collision and attributes rapid improvement to Deans Kidney Pills. Police or railroad officials not mentioned. The clipping also includes light humorous anecdotes from the Dundee Advertiser on female financiers, a rat reward idea, and a Moses joke from London Opinion.
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William White
R. R
Constantine St
Three Rivers
Mich
Ae Hospital
Dean
Wester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Dundee Advertiser
London
Paris
Denmark
Copenhagen
Johnny
Moses
Ferdinand of Bulgaria Restores Nation with Reform and Growth
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, crowned tsar after two decades of suzerainty under Turkey, faced poverty and chaos but pursued reforms. Bulgaria now counts about 6,000 teachers, a railway network, rebuilt public buildings, expanded towns, improved agriculture, and a well-trained army, signaling the ruler’s enduring reform influence.
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Ferdinand J
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ferdinand
Giant 1000 grain Texas pearl found near Menardville
J G Millsap of Brady Texas owns the 1000 grain giant pearl recovered from the San Saba river near Menardville. The irregular, lustrous gem is among the largest seen by dealers, with value hinted as substantial. Pearl fishing has surged in Western Texas with strong yields reported on Concho and Liano rivers and an expected record season nationally.
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Nod Vone
T. Felio Gouraud
T. Horerns
Great
Jones Street
New York
United States
Canadas
Europe
Cleveland Plain
Canada
Hadeon Bay
Inchog
Can Saba
Menardville
J. G. Millsap
Brady, Tox
Texas
Colorado River
San Saba
Millano
Concho River
Concho
South Concho
Middle Concho
Bank Uses Thumb Impressions for Foreign Depositors
A Cheyenne First National Bank branch requires foreign depositors to place a thumbprint on an ink pad and sign a card to verify identity. Assistant Cashier A D Johnson devised the system after difficulties reading signatures from diverse nationalities, aiding forgery detection and matching checks to records.
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National
Cheyenne
Europe
Union Pacific
Burlington
Tirai National Bank of
First National
A. D. Johnson
Mark Twain
Wilson
Peruna Drug Co Ad Cites Ailing Woman’s Recovery
A reader letter from Mrs A La Wetzel of Terre Haute Indiana endorses Peruna Drug Co medicine claiming that after starting Peruna she could smell taste and regained health. The note extols the remedy and urges others to consult their druggist for a 1909 Peruna almanac. Also a brief theater segment hints at an early 1900s stage skit about a sleeping car berth with a talking brakeman.
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Peruna Drug Co
Calumbus
Obie
la Wetzel
Terre
Haute
Ind
Peruna
Peruna Drug Mig. Co
Columbus
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Western Canada
W. D. Scott
Ottawa Canans
EF. Holmes
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
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Bill
Brander Matthews
Columbia
Eddie
Thomas A. Edison
North Pole
Globe
Mr. Edison
Stes
Winslow
Ice Trust
Thompson
Convey
Wisconsin
Thera
London Illustrated News
Sayen
Sofia
Mr. Black
Peavey
Wyoming
Ivice
Ila
Chicago News
Slowx City
Athoscer
Om Sean Cuy
Perunta
Fred Peruna Aloanac
Joseph Fall Caa
Redman
Peter Piper
Pember
FIDE
FUR
Rio
Carters
Iver Pills
W.l.douglas
Spork
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