Backache and Kidneyache Promote Special Remedy Cure
Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas reports relief from back pain and irregular kidney secretions after using Deans Kidney Pills. The ad claims kidney congestion and inflammation cause backache and urges readers to use Deans Kidney Pills, sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 23Rd St
Parsons
Kan
Dean
Dean's
Ell
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New Yellowstone geyser erupts near Fountain hotel
Reports from Mammoth Hot Springs describe a new geyser near the Fountain hotel in Yellowstone Park. The cone rises 150 to 200 feet high, spewing hot water mud and steam, with irregular eruptions every five to six hours lasting about an hour.
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Yellowstone Park
Fountain Hotel
Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
Fountain
Many Were in the Same Boat Story Recalls Roosevelt Era
The Saturday Evening Post reports a humorous tale that delighted Congress in the closing days of the Roosevelt administration. A shivering man asks a Washington woman for food, then inquires if he is addressing a senator or a representative.
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Saturday Evening Post
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
House
Polar nights delay discovery joke exchange
The Philadelphia Record quotes a quip about late north pole discovery due to long arctic nights. A second exchange features a humorous line about turning off gas and kissing, with a disappointed friend saying she never wants to see his face again.
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North Pole
Arctic
Harold
Rupert
Philadelphia Record
Banker’s nerves steadied by Postum not coffee
A prominent Chattanooga banker explains his nerve trouble from coffee, notes tremors and slow thinking, and credits Postum with restoring steadiness. He claims he remains as steady as a 25 year old, though over 92, and urges readers to try Postum with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Chattanooga
Postum
Wellville
Oan Ati
Aan Deak
The Story of Helen of Argos and the Trojan War
An account of Helen of Sparta, Paris, and the Trojan War. It covers Helen’s beauty, the oath of Greek suitors, Paris abducting Helen, the ten year siege of Troy, the wooden horse deception, Paris’s death, Helen’s return to Sparta, and her ultimate murder in Rhodes as mythic history.
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Paris
Helen
Troy
Helen of
Argos
Greece
Ulysses
Menelaus
Sparta
Priam
Asia Minor
Hellespont
Agamemnon
Mycenae
Trojan Walls
D. C
Palamedes
Hector
Deiphobus
Andol
Arab Courtship and Matrimony Traditions Amid Proverb Shields
The passage discusses Arab courtship as largely unreliant on romance with proposals via intermediaries. It cites proverbs reflecting gender attitudes and notes rituals at betrothal where elders observe. Physical affection is restrained with hugging and kissing forbidden. parting is marked by a light touch on the head.
Witty quotes and a patent medicine pitch in one page
A compact clipping blends a stock joke about wives with an old time remedy claim for Hamlins Wizard Oil. It adds a Disraeli aphorism on seizing opportunity, reflecting period humor and advertising style.
Transmitting Photographs by Gelatine Relief Method
A new method uses a gelatine negative with relief to transmit images. A stylus reads the relief and modulates a rheostat in the line, sending light intensity changes to a sensitized plate at the destination. The Paris Lyons line reportedly achieved a successful trial.
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Paris
Lyons
William's Whiskers
Short column notes a humorous observation about men's beards, claiming the right side grows thicker in most men and humorously attributes this to quirks of facial hair growth.
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William
Mischievous Monkey Delivers Fontanes Manuscripts to Basket
A Chateaubriand tale recounts a clever monkey tearing Fontanes drafts into four and stuffing them in the waste basket. When manuscripts vanished, a search uncovered the scattered sheets. The culprit was found and the monkey was dismissed for a cat took its place.
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Paris
Chateaubriand
Fontanes
Chateaubresand
Nervousness Relief Through Deep Breathing
Advice on using deep breathing to ease nervousness. The piece notes many people ward off acute nervous prostration by taking frequent deep breaths throughout the day.
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Jersey Lily
Mr. Brown
Cook
Mary
Lily
By Albert Payson
Terhune
Chaan and
Na Ealeas
Rie
Calumet
Egnre Medlton
T Mase
Disraeli
Allen
Seneca
Dodds
Daley
Rayo Lamp
RAYO
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Defiance
Japan
Nickel
Western
UNION
W. Adams
Chicago
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