Reluctant Recruits Grumble Over Guard Duty
In a wartime rattling dialogue two new recruits discuss army life with one complaining relief from guard duty is worse than the duty itself. Another recalls the burden of momentary liberty and losing track of his rifle. The piece also advertises Cuticura products and notes a rare sugar melezitose found in starved honey.
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Rhine
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
United States Department
Father's Amendment
A father questions his son's post graduation plan as the son boasts of seeking a five thousand dollar per year job in New York. The exchange highlights generational optimism and the lure of high salaries after college.
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New York
Pathfinder
New Jersey church questions Sunday worship around the fire
A small New Jersey church near New York displays a provocative sign asking Where do you spend Sunday Around the fire and Where will you spend eternity Surrounded by fire signaling a bold shift in religious thought within the local congregation.
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New York
New Jersey
Burglary Tale Ends With 60 Cents in Pocket
A three o clock burglar scare ends with the intruder captured after a window crash and a pistol shot. The couple learns the thief had only 60 cents, while a comic aside about stage props follows.
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John
Dauce
The Hammering Campaign Lesson Prompted by Mischief
A teacher recalls thrashing two troublemaking boys in the morning and, during history class on the Civil War, mentions the hammering campaign. A student jokes about the earlier beating, sparking amused laughter in the afternoon.
Hydrant-headed octopus reference in village paper
Mrs Field reads the Torch of Liberty in the village newspaper and wonders if a phrase about a hydrant-headed octopus of Wall Street is a typographical error or a sly insinuation. Farmer Field suspects the editor implies the octopus has water on the brain.
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Mrs. Field
Torch of Liberty
Wall Street
Farmer Field
Kansas City Star
Meaning in a Joke About a Pet Poodle Compared to Husband
A humorous exchange claims a woman said she would make her Billy happy but reveals it was about her pet poodle, not her husband. The remark contrasts marital intent with a pet’s affection. The line plays on misinterpretation for comic effect.
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Billy
Cotterill Warns on Rail Plans at Charlotte Meeting
Charles E. Cotterill of Atlanta warned business leaders at the Selwyn hotel that private rail operation faces a test and that socialism could lead to nationalizing coal mines and related industries. He urged avoidance of such a path while analyzing provisions of the new railroad law.
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Mr. Cotterill
Calotabs Promoted For Quick Cold Cure By Physicians
Advertisers urge readers to take Calotabs at bedtime with water to prevent influenza and complications. The ad promises no side effects and offers refunds if users are not delighted. Also includes a fictional dialogue excerpt from a Cincinnati Enquirer piece about a bar scene and a love letter gag.
Freezone cures corns and calluses with drops
An advertisement touts Freezone as painless for removing hard corns soft corns and calluses from feet. A tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and instantly relieves pain then lifts the corn or callus away root and all. Also notes unrelated items about a statue titled The Disk Thrower and a remark on jazz records and flirtations.
Important Advice for Women on Courtship and Health
The column urges women to consider independence in courtship and warns many women suffer kidney and bladder trouble. It touts Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy with sample offers, and cites Hall’s Catarrh Medicine with a sworn statement from Frank J. Cheney. It notes product availability and claims cure for catarrh.
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Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Barcel Post
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lum County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Chen & Co
Hall
Frank J
Seal
A.W. Gleason
Notary Public
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
Grace the Clumsy Grace Messenger
A quirky Arkansas snippet features a talking cat naming Grace as a likely moniker for a clumsy and space-occupying figure. An aside promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills to tone the liver, while a note on habit urges men to change before being set in their ways.
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Wright
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Ots Fantity
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Tate
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Concord
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Elizabeth City
E. F. Aydlett
Raleigh
Baptist Board of Education
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Pinetops
North Carolina
Wilmington
Charleston
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Washington, D. C
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Cincinnati Enquirer
France
Ancient
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Grace
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Roya Cook Book
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