Always Tired No Ambition Prompts Health Remedy Note
Mrs Herbert of Larwill Indiana reports fatigue nervousness dizziness and right side pains. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she feels well again and recommends it to friends noting it helps with exhaustion and low ambition. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to try the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert Lona
R. R
Box 7
Larwill
Indiana
Ptakhem
Big Money Hosiery Ad and Ozark Guests
An old ad for Paul L. Bryant Co selling hosiery appears alongside a humorous item about Tobe Smithers and Gabe Gunshaw from the Ozarks staying in a hotel in Mount Piggy. They wake to a fire chief’s car with a siren, joking about a chased husband.
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Paul L. Bryant CO
First Ave
31St St
New York City
Tobe Smithers
Gabe Gunshaw
Mount Piggy
Ozarks
Mr. Gunshun
Mr. Smathers
Kansas City
Return of the Native and Local Character Exchange
A witty exchange shows a local character rebuffing a returning native and an unseen Kasper from Stockholm. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment for sore hands and general toilet use. An anecdote features a boarding house matron rejecting a book on living, citing a hectic twenty four hour daily grind.
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Uncle Anderson
Anderson
Kasper
Stockholm
Thicker After Theyve Dined
The dialogue centers on a humorous exchange about mosquitoes. One speaker notes mosquitoes are thick nearby, while the other quips that they are long and slim, turning a nuisance into a witty contrast.
Seen Through English Eyes on American Women
The Manchester Guardian correspondent Muriel Harris notes American women are domestic, seldom rely on maids, and often handle home tasks from cooking to furnace maintenance. She observes they are less educated than European women, yet versatile with bright successes and occasional lapses. Their practical approach dispels the notion of luxury-loving fickleness.
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Manchester Guardian
America
Muriel Harris
England
Europe
Peat Bogs to Be Utilized in Ireland as Industry Grows
Reports from Washington Star describe plans to develop Allen bog in Ireland as a major industry. German efforts to cultivate peat aim to supply fuel for electricity and town power within fifty miles, with canals draining land and peat dredging. Gas from peat expected to yield 600 horsepower hours per ton and ammonia for fertilizer.
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Germany
England
Allen
Ireland
Washington Star
High Speed Steel Cuts Ahead in Sheffield Discovery
Reports from Sheffield claim a new high speed steel with four times the cutting power of existing tools. It hardens in cold water or oil, reduces wear and grinding, and endures high temperatures longer though makers say further development is ahead. Imperfections in brick gain value as old-fashioned charm boosts prices for brick seconds and old-time appearance.
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Sheffield
England
Washington Star
Alumna aids Radcliff endowment drive with soap sales
An Indianapolis News report says a Radcliff alumna organized a soap fundraising effort for the endowment. She used two young boys to deliver to friends, one boy explaining that the goal is 3 million dollars and noting another helper beside him.
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Radcliff
Radcliff Endowment Fund
Indianapolis News
Johnnie
Hard-Fighted Fielder Makes Spectacular Catch
An Los Angeles outfielder collided with a fence while making a remarkable catch against San Francisco and was knocked unconscious. He was carried to the clubhouse with the ball still in his hand in a grip resembling a gig.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hold the Fort Guard Aaron Ross Dies at Ninety Three
Aaron Ross known as Hold the Fort Ross an old Wells Fargo guard died in Ogden Utah at age ninety three. Born in 1829 in Old Town Maine he fought Indians and repelled robber bands on stage and express routes across the West earning a $650 watch and a $1000 gold reward for bravery.
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Aaron Y. Ross
Dad” Ross
Aaron
West
Old Town
Ogden City
Utah
Wells-Fargo
California
Sutter Creek
Oregon
Idaho
Wells- Fargo
Fort Benton
Sunriver
Ross
Baker
Silver Star
Aaron Ross
Jack Davis
Nevada
Hold-the-Fort
San Francisco
Montello
Nev
Hayes
Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Heartless Family and a Thunderstorm Wakeup
An aged woman, Mrs. Cocker, laments waking to the storm only after it passed. She complains her family should have woken her to avoid potential doom, stating she felt she was among her own kin rather than boarding. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the incident.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Boy Uses Floodwater to Ferry a Baby Bath Tub Boat
After a heavy rain at Crotona Park in the Bronx a clogged sewer created a one block long lake nearly a foot deep. A child charged one cent for rides in an improvised tub boat and soon saved enough to take himself and his brother to a nearby movie house.
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Crotona Park
Bronx
New York Sun
Mosquito numbers shrink as bootleg products deter pests
Farmer Corntessel jokes that mosquitoes avoid his area due to summer boarders experimenting with bootleg products. He notes no mosquitoes nearby and quips they would rather starve than approach the area.
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Corntessel
Quips and Jests From a Busy Local Page
A collage of humorous exchanges and short witticisms from a local paper. Jokes range from legal advice about witnesses to bakery misadventure and a bevy of light anecdotes about trains, refreshment rooms, canning, and a playful Shakespeare-quip about weddings.
He Ought to Be Mobbed But He Remains Single
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes an old bachelor declaring the sweetest thing is waking to find oneself still single. It adds that an active mind spends its fullest hours in politics with no idle moments.
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Boston Transcript
Boy refuses offer for beloved collie
Evidently Nothing Doing, a five year old boy, walks with his beautiful collie when a man stops him offering twenty five dollars. The boy replies he would not sell the dog for that price, saying he wouldn’t sell its tail.
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Buddy
Sonny
Bobby
The Profligate Dialog on Wages and Loneliness
A brief exchange contrasts spending past means with the need for stable, well paid work. The characters debate the value of a secure salary versus low paying positions as a remedy for loneliness and financial strain.
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