Dean's Kidney Pills End Years of Suffering
An aged sufferer recounts suffering gravel attacks and kidney pain for nine years before taking Dean's Kidney Pills. After using four boxes, he claims rapid improvement and no recurrence, sold for 60 cents by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. This is followed by a chain of eclectic ad-like vignettes.
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Buffalo
Onal g Dropping Sparks Linguistic Comedy
The dialogue features Gwendolin critiquing her father’s speech as he defends dropping final g sounds. A playful exchange centers on pronouncing words ending in g with or without the final consonant. The humor hinges on regional pronunciation and stubborn speech habits.
Coffee Usage Tied to Poor Health in Elder Guidance
A speaker recalls prolonged coffee drinking from childhood due to elder influence and notes worsening digestion headaches and skin tone. After trying Postum instead of coffee, symptoms improved and coffee was abandoned with better digestion and clearer skin.
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Gunma
Counterfeiters Operate in a National Bank
A wartime style reminiscence recounts counterfeiting in high circles linked to a national bank plot. An inspector and colleagues shadow a bank president, cashier, and teller, uncovering a scheme connected to forged coins but concluding the top official may be innocent.
Bank Counterfeit Ring Exposed by Gardeners and Couriers
A wide counterfeit operation is uncovered after a janitor turned saboteur, spilling out fake gold at the vault. The gardener, an ex Frisco mint worker, and three society men are linked to the scheme, with $18,000 in counterfeit money seized and $10,000 recovered. The ring used a bank vault and a residence furnace to manufacture coins and manipulated weekly payroll.
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Mason
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San Francisco DA Heney Reviews Retraction Demand
District Attorney Heney, wounded in San Francisco, told a reporter at his bedside that retracting his statement on boodlers would be like a Tombstone editor’s stance. He recalled pressure over a rival editor’s father once said to have served 37 years in jail.
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Heney
San Francisco
Tombstone
Clarion
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Football Prayers and Childhood Faith at a Game
Five year old Willie goes to his first football game with his father and prays at night with zeal, blessing his family and the team in a burst of football enthusiasm. Amid ad blurbs and advertising pitches, the fragment notes quirky lines about brands, remedies, and social quips from era magazines and ads.
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Papa
Mamma
Success Magazine
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