Munyon's Free Medical Examination Offer
Munyon's eminent doctors provide a free full medical examination. Send a postal request with a filled examination blank for diagnosis, with no obligation and no charge. Located at 53d and Jefferson streets in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Fashion Hints and Eye Poultice Warnings in 1900s Column
A fashion note advises semi fitted linen dresses in dark shades with Irish lace or batiste collars for cool weather. It also warns against eye poultices for any eye condition, noting they can cause permanent damage and that oculists condemn moist applications overnight.
Helping Him Out in Rivers Quotation Jumble
A garbled passage features Rivers grinding a pencil and quoting lines about competition and nature. The fragment hints at a literary or editorial exercise with Brooks referenced in the stray text. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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Rivers
Brooks
Right Foundation of Food Grape Nuts Promises Health
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape Nuts with curing severe indigestion and stomach pain after switching from her former diet. She reports improved digestion, clearer mind, restored energy, weight gain, and renewed ambition, claiming to be a "new woman" overall.
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New Hampshire
War of Wills at Orkwell Ends in Ailing Sir James
In chapters from Orkwell, Stewart debates duty and loyalty as his wife Mathilde flirts with departure. A skating accident fractures Hazen’s arm and triggers tensions around Miss Thorne. An argument erupts over Paris memories and loyalty, climaxing in Sir James’s collapse and Mrs Herbert’s escorting shaming retreat. Mathilde attempts to flee with Nomad in frosty allotment, while Stewart confronts the fallout and Sir James sinks toward unconsciousness.
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Orkwell
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Summer Boarder Newsroom Banter
A Kansas City Times excerpt features playful banter about mosquitoes and a sly man named Jones who gets by without effort. The exchange includes Mrs Oldwed and Mrs Newwed joking about obedience and marriage dynamics in a humorous domestic vignette.
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Kansas City Times
What They Did to Him Redd He Must Belong to a Team
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a football team member with visible injuries a black eye and a broken nose. The piece identifies Greene as the team manager and mentions the incident affecting the player.
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Yonkers Statesman
Blarney Rejected Wishes to Be Ferrl With Purty Face
A humorous Irish dialogue from Punch features a speaker wishing to be a ferrl to prove a girl with a pretty face is not unique. The exchange preserves playful regional banter and social tone without graphic content.
A Close Shave With Mrs Haytime and Son in Congress
Mrs Haytime jokes about never imagining her son serving in Congress. Mr Haytime responds with cautious humor about possible campaign twists and public scrutiny.
Post Cards Kept Out of Mail Due to Tinsel Particles
The postal department reports 15000 to 20000 cards withdrawn daily for lacking sealed tinseled or frosted post cards in envelopes that prevent unsealed particles escaping. Dealers supply flimsy envelopes leading to unstampable stamps inside and eye irritation for railway mail clerks.
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Lake traffic grows as June shipments surge above 1908
National Bureau of Statistics reports June lake port shipments of leading commodities at 10,179,633 net tons, up from 7,427,616 in June 1908. Season to date reaches 19,589,552 tons, about 65 percent above last year, with iron ore and lumber leading gains and Duluth and Superior accounting for over half the June load.
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Superior
Erie
Buffalo
Oswego
Chicago
North Tonawanda
Detroit
Harry Sanford’s First Haircut at Sixteen Near Franklin
Harry Sanford, a 16 year old resident near Franklin Pennsylvania, had his hair cut for the first time. The hair weighed over a pound. His parents opposed but he chose to cut it before starting college next fall. He wore it loose until eight and has braided it recently under his coat.
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Stewart
Metropole
Southampton
St. Malo
Harry Sanford
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Harry
Astor Plans Peat Fuel Machine for Heating Gas
John Jacob Astor unveils a new process to convert peat fiber into uniform heat as fuel. The machine will run on gas produced directly from peat, with Colonel Astor promising further developments.
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Scientific American
John Jacob Astor
New York
Perimeat
Ebensburg Protestant churches may form united church
D E Park of Pittsburg now living in Ebensburg offers 25000 to three congregations the Presbyterian Congregational and Calvinistic Methodist if they unite. A deacons meeting has occurred and merger is likely. The Congregational Church owns valuable property and is central to plans for a large new edifice with a $3000 salary pastor and $1000 assistant plus staff. About 700 members expected.
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Pittsburg
Ebensburg
Congregational Church
Clemenceau Referenced in Mixed European Reactions
A compilation of editorials and comments reacting to Georges Clemenceau. The remarks span threats to quit politics, potential medical practice returns, and varied opinions on his leadership style and bold actions.
Galvestons Sea Wall Stands Amid Gulf Test
The Gulf of Mexico again struck Galveston with a strong surge but the seawall held firm echoing praise from several papers. The defense is credited with saving the city and showing value for the energy and funds invested.
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Atlanta Constitution
Omaha Bee
Kansas City Star
Augusta Chronicle
Gulf of Mexico
Philadelphia Inquirer
Agai
Kan City Times
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