California Fig Syrup Co Promotes Genuine Syrup
The advertisement claims the California Fig Syrup Co offers genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna with ethical manufacturing methods known only to the company. It urges buyers to obtain the product from leading druggists and emphasizes the figs’ pleasant taste and plant-based medicinal action.
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Eason
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Theatre blaze narrowly averted by quick action
A quick thinking action prevented a serious theater fire after a villain lit a cigarette and discarded a burning match into the snow. No injuries reported.
Coma Patient Claims Alive After Near Burial
A young man thought dead by friends was in a coma. When revived he explains he knew he was alive because his feet were cold and he felt hunger, reasoning that heaven would lack hunger or cold feet.
Child studies prayer and asks mother to speak
In St. Louis a little girl refuses to say the family prayer insisting it is her mother's place to ask God for blessings. The girl, after a grave moment, declares this will be the last time she prays and asserts the parent's role in intercession.
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St. Louis
Neighbor Gleaned Health From Coffee To Postum
An old Baird Texas resident credits a neighbor with prompting him to quit coffee and try Postum. He reports rapid improvement in dyspepsia kidney pain and bowel trouble with regular Postum use. His son also recovered from indigestion after switching and both praise the product highly.
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Baird
Texas
Postum
Gold Brick scheme spills through New York streets
In a busy New York scene two men discover a heavy gold brick and trade it for cash with a country couple. The counterfeit partners split fake bills, suspect a setup, chase leads through Grand Central and a bar, and end with a fruitless search as trains pull away.
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Uncle Sam
New York
China
Hiram
Cynthia
Sam
Luke
Bill
Grand Central
PBS
Eady Street
Jack
Sport
Inexperienced Caddie Questions Club on Toozle’s Miss
After Mr. Toozle’s fifteenth miss an eager but green caddie asks if he should make the hole larger. The exchange shows the light hearted friction of a club course moment.
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Mr. Toozle
Weston promotes walking cure and Allen's Foot-Ease
Weston claims walking helps mood and health and cites Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder as comfort for tired feet. He promotes a 25 cent package with 90,000 testimonials and urges readers to order through local druggists, noting Le Roy New York origins.
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Weston
Allen
Len
le Roy
N. Y
National Tuberculosis Fight Expands Across Nation
The fifth annual report from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes at the Washington convention May 13 15 that over 280 associations focus on prevention and relief of tuberculosis. Three hundred sanatoria and hospitals treat tuberculosis, with 225 clinics and dispensaries offering medical advice and home treatment.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Washington
United States
Little Marian Defies Guess With Cow in Lot
A three year old, Marian, resists answers from her mother by saying the cow is a horse. When asked what else eats grass besides a horse, she repeats “more hoss.”
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Marian
Hoss
Household Hint Punching a Hole in a Chafing Dish
A Washington Star quip has Mr. Sirius Barker suggesting a novel idea for using a chafing dish by punching a hole in the bottom paint it green and plant flowers in it.
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Sirius Barker
Washington Star
A Plea for Bachelors
A brief community voice argues bachelors are generous and self-denying, questioning why they should be taxed while suggesting a tax on married men who are pampered and ungrateful. The remark reflects a London Daily Graphic stance on social taxation.
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London Daily Graphic
Memory Lapse Over Debt Recalled
A quip from Fliegende Blaetter contrasts a forgotten seven dollar debt with a remembered six dollars and thirty nine cents, illustrating a comic memory lapse.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Lewiston Man's Health
Samuel D Ingraham of 24088 Main St Lewiston Idaho suffered two years of rheumatic pains in his thighs and crippling sciatica. After using Doan's Kidney Pills his condition improved quickly and he became free from suffering. He credits the remedy with saving his life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Samuel
D. Ingrahma
Main St
Lewiston
Idaho
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
One Thing That Was Certain
A fragment from a San Francisco Argonaut item describes a cheese maker in an emergency using a rough oblong box to transport 200 pounds of Limburger by train. The scene features a baggageman noting the man’s claim that the box’s contents are a dead brother.
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San Francisco
Continual Doubt Elusive Count Of Children
Tourist asks how many children. tired woman jokes she cannot know until supper. She lists Willie, Tommy, Georgie, and Esmeralda Ann, noting one is fishing one breaking in with a colt, another borrowing a shotgun to hunt, and another considering eloping.
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Willie
Tommy
Georgie
Esmeralda Ann
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