Peruna claims life saving cures and maternal praise
A blotchy advertising letter row extols Peruna and its claimed effects on infertility and catarrh. Mothers and women from various towns credit the medicine with restoring health, strength, and successful motherhood after long ailments and failed treatments.
The String Habit Warned by a Prosperous Man
A prosperous businessman recounts a string tale to his secretary about thrift and habit. He warns that childish economy can waste time, temper, and money, citing his father’s frugality and his own costly knot untangling, urging the secretary to avoid relentless frugality.
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Office Boy Delays Daily Report Blanks Mix Up
In a busy office scene Mr Brown presses for daily report blanks. The bookkeeper and Bob argue with a stationery firm about faster delivery while staff members scurry. The miscommunication reveals the common office chaos and a stray jab about a woman.
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Treasured new cook wins praise amid kitchen waste tale
A householder recalls firing a wasteful former cook after repeated garbage analyses. A new cook is praised for frugality and skill as she saves a pan of dough and vows to bake it rather than waste it, even planning to share with a needy tramp.
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Fonny
English Shanghaied and a Teak Cabinet Chit
A Chinese Shanghai era humor piece notes a European official’s wife receiving a peculiar note about a teak cabinet drawer arrangement. The caption and gag highlight social quirks abroad and a local parlor joke about furniture and miscommunication.
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Lipton's Luck and Shamrock III in Saline Burden
The text questions Lipton's Shamrock III sailing endurance as a three and a half ton load sinks under salted ballast. It ponders if failure to lift the cup will spur Sir Thomas to seek a fourth clover leaf. The New York Tribune notes a four leaf clover is especially lucky to the rider.
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Effort of New York Clubman Thali Becomes Historic
At a Tilden club dinner New York society figure Thali gave a brief five word speech “Let me say the bill” that drew roaring applause. The event topped chatter as the greatest after dinner speech ever delivered at the club and was hailed as historic by the New York Mail and Express.
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Tilden Club
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Keep a Cheerful Mind in Adverse Times
A Milwaukee Journal excerpt extols maintaining cheerfulness under hardship. It claims cheerfulness amid poverty, failed prospects, illness, and envy of others is a true virtue, likening it to heroism greater than facing cannon. It emphasizes daily frugality and resilience as essential character.
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Milwaukee Journal
Teachers Learn From Postum At Oklahoma City Convention
A group of young women at a teachers convention in Oklahoma City heard a sister educator describe stomach relief after quitting coffee and using Postum Coffee. She said her health improved, enabling her return to teaching, and reported benefits for eight other teachers at her boarding home who adopted Postum.
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Oklahoma City
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