Puzzled Parson hears groom answer for bride in Georgia wedding
A Georgia country church wedding ends with the minister asking the bride to vow. A gruff male voice replies I will twice. A groomsman explains the bride is deaf and he answers for her. The scene amuses the congregation.
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Sulphur: the great home remedy endorsed by a Columbus man
A Columbus resident testifies that after eczema covered his body and multiple doctors and ointments failed, Hancock's Sulphur Compound and Ointment gave instant relief and left the eruption nearly gone within a week. He invites readers to verify the testimonial by contacting him.
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Dollars Come Home to Roost in Our Town
A local plea urges residents to keep money at home by shopping with town merchants to fund roads, taxes, and community services. It argues mail order houses drain local prosperity, harm roads, and reduce town vitality, urging residents to support home stores to boost taxes and infrastructure.
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Market Values and Local Prosperity in Farming Communities
The piece argues land values rise with market demand and location while farmer profits depend on local markets and storekeepers. It urges keeping money in local circulation, supporting hometown stores, and resisting mail order shopping to sustain community growth and land value increases.
Lesson for July 26: The Pounds and The Talents
A sermon outline compares the parables of the pounds and the talents. It explains their shared message of fidelity while noting their distinct contexts and the responsibility entrusted to each servant, with the reward varying by faithfulness. The absent lord represents Jesus awaiting return to establish his kingdom.
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Tibet Alaska Proposal Sparks Arctic Yak Crossbreed Plan
A US official proposes bringing Tibet to Alaska by crossing Tibetan yaks with Galloway cattle to yield a hardy Arctic suited beast. The notice blends quirky quotes and vintage ads, citing Hanford's Balsam remedies and other light interludes amid a dated editorial tone.
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Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Benefit Letter
Unionville Missouri resident Martha Seavey recounts severe female trouble and weakness. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved and now recommends the remedy to other women. The letter emphasizes testimonial honesty and confidential handling by the company.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha Seavey
Missouri
Lois & Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
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For the Sake of Shopping Excerpt
A light humorous note on women who enjoy shopping and hope items won t endure as long as clerks claim so they can enjoy the pleasure of another purchase sooner.
Six-Sixty-Six Remedies and Miscellany
An assorted snippet includes an alledged malaria cure claiming five to six doses break fever with tonic effect, a factory leather belt running 1,800 feet per minute in England, notes on mining depth values, a bromine quinoid laxative brand with ER W Grove signature, and a quip about bachelors marrying to avoid breach of promise costs.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a General Tonic
An old advertisement touts Grove's The Old Standard Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic. It highlights quinine and iron as key ingredients and claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. The price listed is 50 cents.
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Grove
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