Keep the Dollars Home to Build Schoolhouses
Wright A. Patterson urges local citizens to fund schoolhouses through home taxes, arguing community prosperity raises property values and school quality. He promotes mutual buying and local spending to keep money in the town, supporting new schools and thriving communities.
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Asia
Africa
Citizen
Wright A. Patterson
Buttermilk Cocktail Recipe From University of Chicago
A quirky beverage idea from the University of Chicago proposes a dampness cure: fill a tall glass with ice, add cucumber slice, then pour in buttermilk. The bold concoction aims to soothe a parched throat with a chilled, cucumber flavored dairy drink.
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University of Chicago
Games of Sharpers Warn Farmers of Fraud Schemes
The article warns farmers about confident schemes that steal millions yearly. It describes swindlers using forged deeds to secure loans, fake notes, and altered checks by adding letters or ciphers. Farmers are urged to beware signatures and carefully fill amounts.
Help the Town Promote Prosperity and Local Trade
Community message urges merchants and residents to support local markets, fix infrastructure, and keep money in the town to boost home opportunities. It highlights cooperation over rivalry and notes Belgium girls learning household skills as part of domestic education.
Tragic Hotel Double Suicide After Love Denial
In Chicago’s Saratoga hotel Room 342 Charles A Andrews shot Ethel Blaine who he listed as wife and then killed himself. Witnesses include vaudeville actor Christopher Richards and maid Mary Williams. Police offered love denial as the only explanation for the tragedy.
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Chicago
Saratoga Hotel
Charles A. Andrews
Indana
Ethel Blaine
Andrews
Elkhart
Ind
Christopher Richards
Mary Williams
Richards
Hoffman
R. D. Jones
Blaine
Flora
Miss Williams
Andrew
Central Police Station
Split Open Head Of Doctor In Texas Tragedy
Dalas Texas August 27. D B Herring a farmer living 18 miles west of Dalas surrendered at police headquarters claiming he killed a man after finding Dr B S Schasper in a compromising position He killed him with an axe then took his wife to her parents home The killing occurred across the line in Tarrant County leading to his transfer to Ft Worth Texas police file this as an unwritten law case.
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Dalas
Tex
D. B. Herring
Dallas
Herring
Dr. B
Schasper
Back Pain Relief Use Doan’s Kidney Pills
James R. Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia New York says he suffered back and kidney trouble for about fifteen years. After trying many remedies he found relief from the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills and two boxes restored his health. He recommends them to his wife and friends. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Fenner St
Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
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Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
W. 85Th St
New York
Notable Adams Letter Delays Massachusetts Case
A Massachusetts case is postponed after John Quincy Adams omits appearance and sends a letter claiming important business. The judge reads a note pleading to continue the case to Friday to keep Isaac Walton’s fishing lore alive.
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John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Adams
Isaak Walton
Great Discovery Anounced By Crookes On Atmospheric Nitric Acid
Sir William Crookes and Freiburg University professors Krowalski and Moscicki have developed a commercial method to extract nitric acid from the atmosphere. The process promises to revolutionize the nitrate industry and aid the world food supply.
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William Crookes
Krowalski and
Moscicki
Freiburg University
Coffee Poison Shown By Woman’s Sudden Relief
A North Dakota woman reports chronic nervous symptoms and sleepless nights due to coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee she says the twitching and fear of cold disappeared and she sleeps soundly through cold nights. She calls Postum absolutely worth its weight in gold.
Wilson on farm aid and future cheaper goods
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, cites benefits from darum wheat, the wheat-testing machine, and potash extraction. He believes future products will be affordable for all, making old tales of hunger and fruit scarcity obsolete. A bootblack cartoonish anecdote contrasts high prices with a hunger for fruit.
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James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Readers
An early health ad cautions against mercury in catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The notice claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges buyers to ensure the correct bottle. It notes the cure's price of 75 cents and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F.J Cheney & Co
Bettie
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller After Using Allen's
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Soothes for swollen sweating hot aching feet. It claims a cure allowing women to wear one size smaller shoes and invites readers to try a three package free offer with address to A. S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Kase
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Russia Behind England in Churches per Capita
The text contrasts church density with England and Russia, notes Russia has 65 churches per a similar population while England has 144. It then markets Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and various quack remedies with testimonials and promotional lines.
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England
St. Vitus
Why He Was Jolly Follies of a Mixed Up Wedding
Kidder meets Kidder and both brothers joke about happiness over a marriage that turns playful confusion. The scene ends with laughs as the joke reveals the bride wed to the wrong person, and cigars are shared in lighthearted mischief.
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Kidder
Bidder
Browning
Neweds in a Quarrel Rumor
Gossip claims a serious quarrel in the Newed household with the bride allegedly considering returning to her mother. A tale mentions a disputed supper from her cooking school recipes and a biscuit given to neighborhood boys after their ball fell into a fence hole.
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Neweds
Not What She Wanted
A lawyer offers a surnameless young actress a private divorce in six months. The actress rebukes him, asserting she must differ on publicity and implies she seeks public visibility rather than a discreet settlement.
Riches Attract Worries Amid Growing Wealth
A short reflective note on wealth noting riches bring anxiety and new worries as possessions increase, attributed to Goldsmith. The quotation frames wealth as a source of continual concern rather than contentment.
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Goldsmith
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