Early Morning Mirth and Nightlife Warned By Poem
The piece recounts a poet Walt Mason style lament on late nights and hangovers, urging readers to sleep early and avoid nocturnal waste. It mentions a fatal accident in Martin county where a boy died after a truck strike, and a separate incident with a driver named A D McLean. It also notes Turkey pledging protection for Americans in Persia and a Virginia bill defeat on school Bible reading with a syllabus directive.
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Picayune
Walt Mason
Hoy
Martin County
Will Taylor
A. D. McLean
Mr. McLean
Turkey
Persia
Aramiah
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Crumiah
Work Easter Plea and Dean's Kidney Pills Ad
Monroe North Carolina reader Mrs Hargett shares relief from a weak back and kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. The ad promotes 50 cent pills as effective for back pain dizziness poor sleep and irregular kidney action.
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Dean
Monroe
Down's
J. Hargett
N. C
Bear Dances With Dancers Costly Palm Beach Prank
Edward B. McLean of Washington and Quincey Shaw visit Palm Beach with an Italian bear. The bear drinks beer and champagne as McLean pays dancers to dance, writing checks on a Washington bank. The playful spree, costing about 2400 dollars, ends as the pair depart the next day.
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Edward B. McLean
Washington
Palm Beach
Fla
McLean
Quincey Shaw
Boston
West Palm Beach
Shaw
The Sad Tale of Dorothy Farr A Philadelphia Case
A twelve year old girl, Dorothy Farr, lies dying in Philadelphia from poison self harm. The piece portrays a frightened, burdened child mothering siblings after their mother’s death, begging pity and urging society to rescue the fragile family from urban neglect.
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Philadelphia
A Safe Way to Stop Indigestion Stomach Tablets Ad
A vintage ad argues weak stomachs should not rely on artificial digesters. It promotes Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets as a remedy that strengthens digestion, stops pains, gas, and bloating quickly, and improves stomach walls over a few weeks. English Drug Company and other druggists sell it with a money refund if relief is not complete.
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English Drug Company
Hunting a Hollow Banquet Tale This Night
A guest at the Taft banquet, after drinking persimmon beer, told the waiter this possum beer is going to my head. The waiter, with a nod, replied that a possum always hunts a holler when you crowd him, a humorous exchange from the event.
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John
Darkey
Dashing Soldier Reunites Lovers After War Era Romance
Bett A Bishop of Scranton Pa and Mrs H Skiles Simpson of Wilkes Barre Pa wed after a brief courtship sparked by a Civil War era tale. Emmett A Bishop then rescued a young girl from a burning home near Chancellorsville, later learning she was the daughter of Capt Burgess Skiles, linking past and present in a marriage years later.
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Hoy
Bett A. Bishop
Scranton
H. Skiles Simpson
Wilkes- Harte
Walden
Chancellorsville
Emmett A. Bishop
Bishop
Capt Burgess Skiles
Dishop
Wilkes-Barre
Skiles- Simpson
Capt Skiles
Lever
Milk, luxury, and danger in John Nicholas Brown’s life
A curious portrait from 1906 highlights John Nicholas Brown, heir to Brown University fortune, living in extreme privilege with medical supervision, fumigated rooms, a private yacht, and a cow fed on premium hay. The piece notes elaborate care, constant attendants, and even a plan to kidnap him rumored in 1906, alongside a North Carolina hog cholera burial law set for May 1, 1915.
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John Nicholas Brown
Brown University
Providence
New York City
John
Brown
Hylis
Croesus
John Nicholas
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sunday School Lesson Prompts Kind Deeds This Week
A Sunday school scene features Johnny earning a smile by helping an aunt, illustrating a simple weekly duty to make one person happy. The dialogue shows pride in the act and a positive family moment.
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Johnny
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Viront
Rheubarb
M. Waller
Heath Hardware Company
Chero-Cola
Oal Rogers
Chero-Cola Bottling Co
Monroe, N. C
Dorothy Farr
Gil Herscard
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