Operation Her Only Chance and Lydia Pinkham Advertisement
A mixed excerpt shows a woman from Adrian Georgia describing fear of surgery and turning to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief, paired with a separate classified note offering needle sets with a mail order ad and price details. The piece reads like a vintage health testimonial and sales pitch.
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Adrian, Ga
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Drian
Gaby
Vegee
Land and water rights dispute over irrigation in Wyoming
A note discusses equal water rights and fair water policy for an irrigated Wyoming area. It mentions crop failures, 50 percent wheat yields per acre, and a healthful climate with free timber. The case involves Writer v. Linwood Land and Springs.
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Easy Writer
Linwood Land
K Springs
Wyoming
A Sort of Cousin in Courtship Explainable to The Lawyer
A bemused witness explains a tangled family link to the defendant. She describes multiple marriages and distant kin connections, concluding the defendant is “a sort of relation” whose exact ties she cannot fully map. The lawyer probes the confusion as the court listens.
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Jones
Joe
Harry
Man asks police which town as drunk man is found wandering
A dazed man described as having been on a jag wandered in a half delirious state and asked officers where he was. He could barely recall his destination, leading to confusion in the moment reported by the Tribune.
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California
P. G. Holden
Iowa State College
Middle West
What Colors Shall I Use in Painting a House
A guide on choosing exterior and interior color schemes and their impact on curb appeal and market price. It advises studying color scheme books and offers a free resource from National Lead Company with a painting outfit and purity testing instrument.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
Ienseowner
Roosevelt May Not Bag White Rhinoceros in Africa
A writer notes there is no true white rhinoceros in Africa, only a yellowish gray animal. Distinctive traits include a taller stance, a larger squarish snout, and one sometimes dwarfed horn. The skin is tuberculated and the species has largely disappeared, with a 19th century retreat to Zululand reserve.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Zululand
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
The passage cites G. W. James arguing that Indian women tolerate rain without fear. It claims outdoor life and activity keep blood circulating and body temperature stable, making rainfall benefits outweigh discomfort. It links cultural attitudes to health and vigor.
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G. W. James
Baron Munchausen Defends Truthful Intent in Tale
A crowd questions a Baron Munchausen story and he concedes, I know I'm a liar but I lie for fun not for spite or profit. He rejects being part of any Ananias Club, framing his tales as playful exaggeration.
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Baron Munchausen
Ananias Club
Farm Notes on Livestock Feeding and Lawn Making
Practical tips cover humane feed for horses, roomier cow housing, milk yields, and beef economics. Advice on hog rations, pumpkin feeding, horse collars, and wagon wire tension. Lawn prep, seed mixes, staking tomatoes, and dry farming concepts follow. Emphasis on seed selection with fanning mills and efficient seed wheat cleaning.
Training Tomatoes for Compact Space Growth
A brief guide on growing tomatoes in limited spaces. Focuses on compact plant training to maximize yield, with tips on pruning, staking, and container selection for efficient urban gardening.
Wedding at Home Feasibility Debated by Lovers
In a tense chat, Myrtle questions a church wedding while Algy and Tom discuss the possibility of marrying at home. Tom worries home matrimony may be forbidden or prohibited by rules or customs.
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Myrtle
Algy
Chicago Tribune
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
MAG
A Cure for Hog Cholera
A remedy guide claims Sloan's Liniment cures hog cholera by isolation and fumigation plus a milk mix. Patients are given a tablespoonful twice daily for three days, with testimonials from Idaville and Peru Indiana praising quick relief and low losses.
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A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
Sloan
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Ear
Boston
Mass
Defeated Candidate Reveals Plan For New Weekly Paper
In a bitter exchange the defeated candidate declares intent to launch a weekly newspaper to prove the critics wrong and gain a platform for future influence. The remark underscores a vow to continue public engagement despite loss.
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Gad
Notre Dame Lady Promises Home Cure for Rheumatism
A Notre Dame woman offers a home treatment claimed to cure rheumatism muscular and joint pain lumbago backache kidney pain and neuralgia. She says the remedy removes uric acid from blood purifies it and brightens the eyes and invites sufferers to write for proof at Box 3 Notre Dame Indiana.
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Notre Dame
Me I can go and you must stay humor in a general’s household
A French general’s wife curses a loyal old servant to leave. The servant floods with dramatic gratitude then learns the general must stay, a reversal that underlines humor in wartime households. The anecdote, quoted from Success Magazine, highlights wit amid military life.
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Jacques
Success Magazine
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Family Needle
D. L. C. Dean
South Omaha
Ienco Tribune
Chew Ms
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Post
Leslie F. Paull
Colorado Agricultural College
Zasiy
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Dodds
MSC
Hel
Guare
Cascarets
Canada
Gnaer
V. Nifet
W. D. Scott
Imm
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
St., St. Paul, Minn
J. M. Mac
Watertown
Dakota
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