Last Prop Knocked Out Ignorance of Law Quip
A humorous exchange unfolds as a justice of the peace and a prisoner spar verbally. The judge quips ignorance of the law is on edge while the prisoner retorts that the judge would have no leg to stand on, mocking the legal posture.
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Castoria and Defiance Remedies Adpromotional Excerpt
An old advertisement fragment touts Castoria as a safe infants remedy while promoting Defiance products as superior value. It cites motivators like stock on hand and price parity, plus old fashioned claims about nerve restorers and teething syrups. TheWeather commentary mocks forecasters, and a casual remark links marriage age to bank balance.
Greatest Wheat Crop in Canadian West Seen Expanding
The article celebrates the Western provinces of Canada as showing the largest wheat crop on the continent and near 100,000,000 bushels. It notes rising yields in spring and winter wheat, gains in rye barley peas and flax, and thriving dairy farming. It forecasts further land openings with new railways, continued German and American interest, and a Westward rush to Saskatchewan and Alberta with Dominion Government agents providing up-to-date district information.
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Canadian Prairies
Toronto Star
Ottawa
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New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Woman Endures Kidney Sickness Then Healed by Pills
Mrs. B. W. Wright of 173 Main Street Haverhill Massachusetts recounts a four year struggle with back pain irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid relief after starting treatment and says three boxes cured her permanently.
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Main Street
Haverhill
Mass
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Ambitious Insurance Venture Attracts Wealthy Backer
The plan drawn by organizers aims to recruit thousands of stockholders and create a grand company. The wealthiest man in the country requests a role, and is promised a leading position and a large stake, including fire policy involvement, as sacrifices are deemed necessary for wealth.
Unconscious Poisoning From Coffee Prompts Switch to Postum
A Duluth man recounts headaches dyspepsia and nervousness from coffee. He switched to Postum and reports rapid improvement including fewer headaches stronger digestion better sleep and restored energy. He credits Postum alone for the change and cites the product from the Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan.
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Duluth
Postum Co
Battle.Creek
Mich
Irving’s Witty rebuke of harsh cross examination at a New York banquet
Sir Henry Irving praised gentleness in the courtroom after a lawyer heckled a young thief in a robbery case. The young witness calmly replied that a lawyer’s scornful questioning was unnecessary, prompting the remark that he could not talk without thinking.
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Henry Irving
New York
Wandering Son Returns Home To Meet Trembling Mother
A tramp knocks seeking news of a lost son at a door in Philadelphia. A demure woman confirms years of absence and shares little hope until she learns the wandering boy has just returned and is bathing. The tramp departs, offering congratulations and moving on to a new doorway.
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Earth
Hiladelphia Telegraph
Prank Tales of a Strong Subaltern and a Split Coat
A New York joke recounts a tale of a boastful English guardsman, a strong subaltern craving coattails, and a prank in a country house. The narrator sketches the scene in a smoke room where a coat is split and later swapped to reveal the ruse.
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Waldorf Aator
New York
Woman Leader Anna Shaw Shaped by Public Debate
A biography depicts Anna Shaw as an ordained preacher, medical graduate, and lecturer who earns a substantial income from speaking. It notes her focus on arguing that women lack fair opportunity for advancement and that she remains actively engaged in public discourse.
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Anna Shaw
Remarkable Lydia E. Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound
The article traces Lydia E. Pinkham born 1619 in Lyon Massachusetts from a Quaker family. It covers her early teaching years, marriage to Isaac Pinkham, and how her knowledge of herbs led to the creation of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It notes the 1870s rise from home remedies to nationwide fame after family effort, the kitchen lab, pamphlets, newspaper ads, and ongoing guidance for sick women, with her daughter in law continuing the work after her death.
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Lyon
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Lynn
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Boston
New York
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. .Pinkham
Widow's Grief and New Leaves Turn The Page
A reflective adage contrasts grief and happiness, noting that sorrow endures as long as joy. It likens life to a page turning a new leaf, yet finds the new moment still linked to the past.
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