FeW CaresSes In Her Life Dr Herman L Daring
Dr Herman L Daring head of the Philadelphia City Mission has long served the poor and devised a pretzel test for street beggars. If a beggar accepts a pretzel and eats it he is honest. if he refuses he is a fraud. In a talk at a rally he recounted a dialogue between two Rumakey girls about kisses and hospital nurses.
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Herman L. Daring
Philadelphia City
Daring
Rala
Rumakey
Maggie
Bright Idea at a Virginian Village Dance
A piece from a summer tale at a country boarding house in Virginia recalls a mutual benefit dance plan. Girls and men split hall and refreshment costs with the girls supplying sugar and the men lemons. A separate note praises Defiance Starch for laundry, claiming it renders starch effective with thinner application and better fabric wear.
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Ole Virginie
Necklace theft worries Mrs Cumrox in quiet inquiry
Mrs Cumrox laments a stolen diamond necklace and hesitates to involve police fearing public judgement while unsure how to proceed. The remark reflects concern over social perception amid a crime.
Pigs in Clover by Realiam Critte
An artist titled a piece Pigs in Clover explaining the pigs ate the clover, while acknowledging the visible pigs in the artwork.
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Realiam
Taft Attends Mecklenburg Celebration in Charlotte
President Taft arrived in Charlotte to mark the Mecklenburg declaration anniversary with a city parade, reviews, and speeches. The event featured military drills, band concerts, Governors Day addresses, a large music festival, and a public reception at the Selwyn hotel. The piece notes a historical Mecklenburg controversy over independence claims and cites Dr. Brevard and Nathaniel Macon in tracing the May 20 1775 Mecklenburg declaration origins.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
United States
Taft
Charlotte Fire Companies
United States Cavalry
Fairgrounds
Guy, Kitchin
Fair Ground
Auditorium
Order of Red Men
Mayo
Stonewall Jackson
Hiddle University
Selwyn Hotel
Mecklenburg County
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Virginia
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Congress
Navideon
Nathaniel Macon
Senate
Joseph Graham
Davidson
Macon
Joseph McKaitt Alexander
Johan McKnitt Alexander
Alexander
Raleigh
Register
Mecklenburg
Boston
Lexington
Mecon
Brevard
America
Cme
Vis
Eral
Cotabinbad
Blind Tigers In China Fined For Unlicensed Liquor
F. Ziffenburg was fined ten frames at the French consular court in Shanghai for keeping a toxicating liquor without a license at 889 Chapoo road on the 29th instant. He must obtain a license or close the establishment at once.
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Blind Tigers
China
Chapoo Road
F. Ziffenburg
Shanghai
Healthful living and the virtues of Syrup of Figs
An advertisement extols right living and timely remedies, promoting the California Fig Syrup Co. as offering the one perfect laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It asserts that wholesome cures may reduce medicine use and urges purchase through leading druggists.
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California Fingeyeup Co
California Fig.Syrup Co
Wandering agent questions fads on porch encounter
The agent asks Remus about fads in the state. Remus clarifies his “collections” include the longstanding stereotyping of people as he jokes about “pickaninnies en dogs.” The exchange reveals a grim racial stereotype in a rural setting.
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Elling
Remus
Lane’s Family Medicine praised as cure-all in
Vague advert texto extols Lane’s Family Medicine as the best remedy. claims it aids stomach pain, blood cleansing, skin care, and headache relief. Mentions selling by ice and dealers.
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Lane
Aera Tee
Obscure Ad Lures Readers With Quip on Mutual Esteem
A fragmentary newspaper item brushes on social bonds and satire, cites pineapple eaters and haddock fin eaters, then shifts to assorted ad copy for Allen's Foot - Ease and other products. It mentions a misquoted note about newspapers named after heavenly bodies and references Hamline Wizard for sore throat.
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Singapore
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Little Philadelphin
Willie
Nebraska
Sharples John Deer
Neprechs
South Dakota
Beatrice Creamery Co
Frantz HW
Wray
Mr. Taft
the Secret
Allen
Alillen
Mia
W. J
Walker
Canden
Luna, Stars, Comete & Co
Hamline Wizard
Lewis
Peoria
Canada
Lette Be
Owe
Carier
Dres
Seadaghe
Rem
Libby
Lipery
Nna
Dr.d.jayne
Efiance
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