Farms on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for sale
Describes 125 acres with two crops per season, half fine farm land and remainder timber, a new five room house, barn, and outbuildings priced at 7000. Also a 20 acre property with six rooms at 1800 and a village home with four acres and five rooms at 1000. Timber and land on 50 acres near station at 16 per acre. Malcom and Hayman Princess Anne Maryland offer postcard descriptions and additional inland and waterfront farms.
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Maryland
Good Rd
Malcom & Hayman
Princess Anne
Johnny visits aunt's farm in England and jokes about pubs
A tale from an English farm scene shows Johnny remarking on early public houses and hiccups as he shares a story about an ancient sword. An old dealer narrates a battle anecdote, while a customer feigns interest, joking that he’s heard the anecdote before with a musket. The quip ends with a moral about opportunity.
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Johnny
England
Interloo
Brand
Bill Jones Seeks Sleep Advice Shipboard and Home
A traveling man, Bill Jones, asks for a clear rest strategy after hearing varied medical counsel. He tests side and position advice on sleep, and wonders how to stay upright while sleeping standing. Treasury proposes color seals on bills to denote denominations, but officials oppose using different dyes.
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Bill Jones
Bull
Treasury Department
Washington
Philadelphia
Treasury
Prune whip to maple sponge and more in old kitchen notes
Classic recipes outline prune whip tapioca pudding oatmeal cookies and marshmallow pudding with gelatin and pineapple. Also described are cherry olives preserved in vinegar and a note on human life and civilization by Helen Campbell.
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Helen Campbell
Creative cabbage salads and fruit desserts guide
A vintage recipe collection outlines quick cabbage salads and fruit layered dishes. It details Cabbage Salad with shredded cabbage marinated in cold water and marshmallows pineapple almonds and dressing, plus a gelatin pineapple mold with lemon juice sugar and cucumbers, and fruit filled salads with peaches pineapples pears grapes and cream.
Swamp-Root Endorsed By Drugists and Readers
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promotes itself as a long standing kidney liver and bladder remedy. The ad claims physicians prescribe it and urges readers to test with a sample by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Roo
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Lift Off Corns With Freezone For Quick Pain Free Relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover for hard and soft corns and calluses. A tiny bottle is sold by druggists for a few cents and promises instant relief without irritation. It credits a Cincinnati genius for the ether discovery and claims efficacy on corns between toes.
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Cincinnati
Cuticura Promises Pimply Skin Relief Ad
Advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum to remove pimples and blackheads and keep skin clear with daily use. It urges cleansing with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minutes and mentions including Cuticura Talcum. A second note questions progress of political protests and asks if a dog named Rover remains.
Prohibition and Oddities in Scattershot Snippets
The clipped text combines street banter and ad like lines about cigars and birthday gifts, with a bewildering mix of dialogue on prohibition and a jab at a doctor’s identical appearance. The fragmentary items suggest a humorous or satirical newspaper roundup of stray stories.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Use Across Decades
An advertisement touts Bayer aspir in tablets branded Bayer with instructions for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes affordable 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists while stressing the product’s purity and long history of physician use.
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Bayer
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement Caption
Antiseptic foot powder promises instant relief for corns and bunions when shaken into shoes or sprinkled in a foot bath. Claims 1,500,000 pounds used by the Army and Navy during the war and notes availability everywhere.
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Allen
Army
Adv
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
Public health warning urges readers to monitor sluggish blood flow and seek purification. It promotes S.8.S vegetable medicine as revitalizing and urges buying at local drug stores with free medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Alta GA.
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M. Timerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
W. F. Nelson
Hixon
Tenn
James Robertsa
Thacher Medicine CO
Sole Props
Mfrs
Chattanooga, Tenn
U.S. A
Swiftpees Co
Swift Laboratory
Alta, Ga
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