Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises Urgent Kidney Warning
An old newspaper ad warns of kidney neglect dangers and urges immediate use of Dean's Kidney Pills. A testimonial from W P Miller of Pender Nebraska claims the pills saved his life after costly failed treatments. Stated price is 60 cents a box, distributed by Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Nature
Bright
Dean
W. P. Miller
Pender
Nebr
Dean’s
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Cascarets Candy Cathartic sales rely on merit and persistence
The piece warns that strong advertising alone won t sell worthless goods. It cites Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a genuine success earned by merit and word of mouth, while cautioning buyers about fake tablets imitating popular national products.
Optical Illusion and the Bullion Twins Gag
A playful exchange features misidentification between the Bullion twins and a quip about private looks. Miss Miami Brown jests that Rastus Pinkley is trouble, while Cleopatra Jackson notes not teardrops but a fountain pen gift in a Christmas scene. The joke closes with a pun about how Hewitt profited from keeping a hen as eggs rise.
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Rastus Pinkley
Miami Brown
Avoiding the Executioner in a Chicken Pie Joke
A humorous quip frames a judge’s line about why a hen crosses the road to avoid ending up in a chicken pie. The exchange blends dark comedy with legal cadence.
Frick Bill Would Eliminate U.S. Senate Age Rule
Ohio lawmakers debate a bill by Rep. Adam Frick that would remove the 30 year age limit for U.S. Senate candidates and reform petition filing rules. The measure envisions county level petitioning, a clerks convention to fill ballots, and potential cross party ticketing. Other proposals include municipal reform bills and a recall push for all elected officials.
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United States
Ohio
Adam Frick
Scioto
United States Senate
Frick
County Board of Elections
State Board of Elections
Columbus
Senate
National House
Reform Bills Move Through Legislature Amidwide Proposals
Senator MacDonald of Ashtabula introduced a reform bureau marriage license restriction bill. The bureau also proposed an anticigaret measure by Representative Plank of Medina imposing prison terms on repeat offenders who manufacture sell or give away cigarets or wrappers. Kilpatrick of Trumbull offered a bill mandating eight hours rest for railroad workers after 18 hours of continuous duty instead of 15.
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MacDonald
Ashtabula
Reform Bureau
Plank
Medina
Kilpatrick
Trumbull
Optional Commission Plan For Municipalities Urged
Senators Stockwell Reynolds and Representative Friebolin lead a Cuyahoga delegation drafting a bill for an optional commission government plan to be used if voters approve by referendum. The group discussed operations under the plan and other Cleveland bills in a senate judiciary committee room meeting. A separate bill by Representative Hillenkamp proposes a state bank depositor guarantee fund funded by a semi annual one tenth of one percent levy on average daily deposits with drafts by the banking department.
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Reynolds
Ohio
Crosser
Cleveland
Lee
Oho
Public Pawny Hall
Selfrat
Mill
Stockwell
Friebolin
Cuyahoga
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hillenkamp
Lucas County
State Banking Department
Public Hearings on Dean Bill Spark tense Debate
Bitter exchanges mark the first clash between Dean bill supporters and opponents. Percy Andrea of Cincinnati accuses Wayne Wheeler of slander as temperance forces press petitions and telegrams to senators. A Monday night public hearing is granted under temperance pressure. Gregg proposes a non partisan municipal government plan with mayors, commissioners, five departments, civil service rules, and recall provisions.
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Dean
Percy Andrea
Cincinnati
Brewers’ Vigilance Committee
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Wheeler
Harmon
Temperance Committee
Temperance Forces
Senate
Gregg
Cleveland
Civil Service
Newark Bill Clash Delays Troop Bonus Amid Riots Strike
Lawmakers clash over a Newark item in a bill to fund troops for duty during the Newark riot and Columbus streetcar strike. The emergency board funds the measure, with Cleveland Savings Society charging interest until repaid. The bill cites nearly 200000 dollars. Hogan keeps Miller for Lucas county cases involving Circuit Judge Machiel Donnelly of Napoleon in a perjury embezzlement and false pretenses scheme tied to the German Fire Insurance Co. of Toledo.
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Newark Item
Goodbread
House Finance Committee
Newark
Columbus
Emergency Board
Cleveland Society For Savings
Fulton
Licking
Hogan
Miller
William H. Miller
A. G. Denman
Webster
Lucas County
Machiel Donnelly
Napoleon
OMO German Fire Insurance Co
Toledo
Donnelly
Ten Million in the Canadian West by 1920
The New York Commercial predicts Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia will reach ten million people by 1920. It cites vast wheat lands, rapid rail expansion, and rising immigration as drivers, noting Canada could surpass U.S. production and yield large returns for settlers.
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Toronto Star
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
New York Commercial
Canadian West
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Ontario
France
Father's Vocal Talent and the midnight visitor
Eddie begs to greet Aunt Emma as she arrives from Europe at midnight but his mother refuses. He insists he can stay awake if his father sings lullabies. The second line notes a political dig at suffragettes potentially changing office hiring.
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Eddie
Emma
Europe
Papa
A Medical Compromise in Treatment Advice
A patient reports two doctors gave conflicting recommendations and finally advised mixing them. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the contrast between professional and tradesman, suggesting many tradesmen can buy and sell a professor.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sarsaparilla advertised as cure all for humors and blood
An old promotional note touts Hoods Sarsaparilla and Sareatabs as cures for scrofula and all humors, claiming to enrich the blood and strengthen organs. It urges readers to get the liquid form or chocolate tablets.
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New York Lunatic Asylum
Jack
Lady Kitty
Hewitt
Jewitt
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Buckeye Law Builders
For Women’s Reformatory
Representaive Calvey
Purinton
House
Dore
Russell
Senator Stockwell
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Natick
Mass
Lydia E
Pinkham
Nathan B. Greaton
No. Main St
Natick,Mass
Cornwallville
Lydia Reg Pinkham
Wm. Boughton
Greene Co
Goshen
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Bors’ Shoes
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Peed
Pensacola Realty Company
Pensacola
Florida
Patent Sisitessss
W. N.U
Ch Waters
Witte
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