Thoughts on courage to pork and punishment for spoiled meat
A collection of brief observations and items notes moral reflections on wit and judgment. It reports a Taylorville man fined eleven dollars and four months for embezzling eighteen thousand, questions the purpose of dust studies, praises civic workers, cites French snow bullet tests, and quotes a war department ruling assigning the cost of spoiled Swift meat to the government rather than the packers.
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Taylorville (Jr
Two Widowers and a Double Matrimony Scheme
A Boston Post fiction scene features a woman planning to marry a wealthy widower Mr. Smith. She manipulates a friend to arrange a first meeting at a table for four, aiming to secure Mr. Smith as her fiancé while judging a companion described as a lady in a distractingly odd hat.
Lingual Diversity in the Philippine Archipelago
An independent writer cites ten languages spoken by island inhabitants, while Dr. Daniel G. Brinton notes official Spanish recognition of thirty five languages. The text highlights the heterogeneous racial and linguistic mix and the governance and Christianization challenges amid a new U.S. commission proclamation.
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The
Independent
Philippine Archipelago
Daniel G. Brinton
University of Pennsylvania
American Anthropologist
United States Commission
The Only Policewoman of Hawaii Helen Wilder
Honolulu profiles 23 year old Helen Wilder a regularly appointed Hawaiian policewoman She wears a felt hat with a silver star carries a revolver and has made several arrests un aided She loves children and animals and always carries handcuffs ready to use on wrongdoers
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Honolulu
Helen Wilder
Miss Wilder
A Change of Diet
Barlow keeps Lent strictly while Bunting and Larkin debate his diet. Larkin denies strictness, noting Barlow eats meat three times daily, but Bunting insists he is a vegetarian.
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Barlow
Bunting
Larkin
Paper Lace Wears Delicate Nightly Charm in Paris
Paris actresses don paper lace fabrics that gleam like real lace by night and cost only a trifling sum, offering an affordable elegance.
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Paris
California Fig Syrup Co laxative advertised remedy
An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, Syrup or Fics, manufactured by the CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxative principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxative, cleansing the system effectively, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation permanently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the idea laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. Y. For sale by all Druggists-Price 50c. per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
California Fie Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N. Y
Drumsvists
Alabastine Wall Coating Promoted Over Cheaper Kal So Mines
A vintage ad extols Alabastine as a durable ready mix wall coating in white or twelve tints, warning against cheap kal s"mines" and counterfeit products. It urges buyers to verify five pound packaging, proper labeling, and avoid inferior whitewash products to prevent damage.
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ADIES
Alabastine wall paneling advertised for various ceilings and walls
An old advertisement touts Alabastine as usable on plastered ceilings wood and brick with no rub or scale off. It claims ease of use by a child and urges readers to ask dealers for a tint card and write for the Alabastine Era from the Grand Rapids company.
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Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Michigan
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Frank T. Ctearce
Di.ler
Nebraska
Chicago
France
War Department
Porto Rico
Manitoba
Swift & Co
Smith
Mr. Smith
Jove
Thackeray
Miss de Roy
Boston Post
PWARE
Chean
Ensible
C.O.D
Hall’s
J.J. Deright &Co
Farnam St
Omaha
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