Mark Twain Tells Schoolchildren Humorous Tale of Ill Boy
The Philadelphia Record quotes Mark Twain recounting a true story about a schoolboy who wakes ill and questions the doctor about pains in his body. The boy shows alarm at the date, insists today is Friday, and is declared healed by Monday, only to be sent to school on Friday.
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Mark Twain
Hannibal
Philadelphia Record
Weil
Malf
News and Courier
Spartanburg
Sioners
Lancaster County
MC Garvie County
Spoiled Her Beauty with Eczema and a Remedy
Harriet Howard of 200 W 84th St New York describes years of Salt Rheum or eczema and claims Bucklen's Armila salve cured her skin notations. The advert notes the remedy as a quick healer for cuts burns and sores costing 25 cents at Crawford Brow Jo Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy.
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Harriet Howard
His Afternoon Job
A Cleveland Baptist recalls John D. Rockefeller praising small duties and a bright office boy who unwittingly sparked distrust in a later unreliable bookkeeper. Rockefeller noted the boy’s role in noting his return and waking him on a hot August afternoon during a bill collection.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Dr. King's New Discovery touted to beat consumption
A testimonial from F. G. Huntley of Oaklandon Indiana describes his wife’s recovery from consumption after doctors lost hope. The advertisement claims the remedy cures coughs colds and consumption and is sold by Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co Funderbark Pharmacy with a free trial bottle offered.
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F. G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
Crawford Bros
J. F Mackey & Co
Funderbark Pharmacy
Two Bottles Cure Kidney Trouble Says Mt Sterling Writer
A. H. Davie of Mt Sterling Indiana states that after two years of kidney trouble two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure cured him permanently. Sold by Kunderburk Pharmacy.
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A. H. Davie
Mt Sterling
Foley
Kunderburk Pharmacy
Cotton's Condition Worse
The Weather Bureau weekly crop summary reports cotton conditions deteriorating overall, with rust and shedding widespread and dry hot weather harming crops in many eastern districts. Some states show improvement, including Arkansas, parts of Texas and Louisiana, northern Alabama, and areas of South Carolina, while picking remains active in central and southern Texas and the southern belt.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
A Profound Secret Dinner Quote by Parker
At a New York dinner, Alton B Parker dismissed the idea of two leading financiers as illogical. He recounted a cafe scene where one sailor reads a letter aloud while the other covers his ears, explaining the letter is from his sweetheart and the reader is Jack who cannot read himself.
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Alton B. Parker
New York
Iti
Jack
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Malaria and Sickness
An 19th century tonic, Electric Bitters is promoted as a cure for malaria and jaundice with claims of strong healing power. Testimonials from E. S. Munday and local pharmacies endorse the medicine at 50 cents, while editorials cast moral judgment on excess alcohol consumption as a public hazard.
Miles Nervine Promises Rapid Sleep and Vitality
An advertisement extols Miles’ Nervine as a superior sleep aid and nerve builder, claiming it relieves irritation and congestion, restores exhausted vitality, and strengthens all nerves. It cites a personal testimonial of recovery from insomnia and fatigue after using the product, offered with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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Miles
Neryine
Miles’ Nervine
Miloa
Habit of Observation Learns Family Secrets
In Newark News style a father urges his son Willie to observe, a family council prompts Willie to reveal secrets—an uncle with whiskey, aunt with teeth, and a father with cards and chips hidden away—sparking a family outcry and a plug for reading She Ledger.
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Willie
Newark News
Jim
Jennie
Reshivive Phone Numbers and Local Practice Notice
Reshivive phone numbers 187 Omlee Davis Building corner Main and Dunlap streets 72 Will practice in both town and county of Lancaster Alliatls either day or night will occur prompt attention Jan 10 105.
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Omlee
Davis
Main
Dunlap Streets
Lancaster
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Cleveland
AGRIM
Cotton
Weather Bureau Weekly Report
E. S. Munday
Henrietta
Tex
J. F. Mackey & Co
University OF North Carolina
Kuineeriyur
Taw
Vodteine Vinemaey
Adayenn
Francis P. Venable
Cuaver Una
N, Cc
Lancaster Marble
A. J. McNinch
Lancaster, S
Lear
Puting
Minerva Smith
Dunville, J
Funderburk Pharmacy
CO Floyd, Kershaw
John EB Welsh
Qe" Ollice
Girma
Eastoria
York
Bears
Castoria
The
Board of County Commis
the Ledger
Atlanta Journal
Charleston News and Courier
Tor
Southern Cultivator
Atlanta Constitution
NEW York World
the Ledger, Atlanta Journal and Home
T. S. Carter
Pub, Ledger
Oues
M Moore
New York City
Wylie
Winthrop College
Nannaow Rook Hill
Pleasant Hill
J. Montgomery Caskey
J. E. Rutledge
Lancaster, S. C
Sharry Foster
8. C
Ieepare
Macfest
Business College Columbia
Iradi
Price Inc
Lancaster and
Fort Lawn
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