Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ends Long Illness
An elderly Minneapolis resident recounts how Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cured years of kidney trouble after doctors warned surgery might be necessary. The testimonial, sworn before a notary in 1909, promotes Kilmer & Co. sample bottles and a pamphlet on kidney and bladder health.
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Margaret FE. Anderson
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Mima
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Shott
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Cure
A Milwaukee woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing long standing female troubles and back pain after other doctors suggested a tumor. The letter from Mrs Fanta L Mie of Milwaukee is among many grateful testimonies received by the Lynn Massachusetts company claiming the remedy prevents surgery and offers free advice from Lydia Pinkham.
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Vigorous Wooing and a Silent Price in Tale of Two Families
A comic scene opens with a suitor demanding the daughter’s hand from a banker who balks at silence as the price of consent. The banker capitulates, while a neighborly confession about a secret romance surfaces amid a broader urban farce. A doctor’s warning about daily showers contrasts with a wife’s worry over morning chores.
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Air
George
Modern Osmulation and the First Three Kisses
A fragment poem shows three sterilized kisses described with antiseptic imagery and hygienic satire. A later dialogue captures a widow praising novelist Scribblington, confessing she has written a novel herself and seeks publishing insight.
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Scribblington
Velvet blossoms brighten winter hats in couture millinery
Julia Bottomley notes the rise of silk and metal rose motifs and poppies in fur hats, with satin foliage and silver sealskin turbans. The piece describes how elaborate hat ornaments, crafted by home milliners, add color and luxury while reflecting trends in decorative millinery and social satire.
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Maida
Julia Bottomley
The Weeds Return and The Modern Way Abridged Intrigue
A fragment from a era paper blends comic vignettes about romance and humor. A show girl’s brief love, a couple of youths on Market Street halves exchange flirtation on a viaduct, and a joke about an accidental birthday gift from cigars once bought as a “bargain” for a wife.
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Market Street
Youngstown Telegram
Harker
Grace Marjorie scandal inquiry persists in whispers
The exchange hints at ongoing curiosity about a private matter involving Grace and Marjorie. Questions arise regarding a potential tract or plan, while concerns about publicity and privacy linger among confidants.
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Grace
Marjorie
The Milkmaid Explains and a Parental Exchange
A playful dialogue imitates dialect and misheard phrases about trust and monopoly. A mother asks about differences between a trust and a monopoly, and a child replies, suggesting trust leads a girl to want monopoly, reflecting social attitudes.
Perfectly Proper Station Name Confusion, Old Glory Tale
A reader questions the best station name and why a station is called Old Glory. The exchange notes the speaker has four stations and wonders about the origin and fitting of the historic nickname.
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Old Glory
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Black and White Costume Description Fragment
Costume description notes a black and white outfit with a skirt not exceeding a couple yards round foot. Front panel uses black taffetas and a deep band at the hem, edged by a row of ma.
Found Guilty stitching and costume details emerge
The text lists sewing notes for a fitted jacket with no collar and finished edges, plus a dancing frock description. It details fabrics required such as 6 yards checked material and 2 yards white taffeta for jackets, along with trims like white wings and black ribbon. It mentions satin linings and sheer fabrics for elegant outfits.
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Sille
Gett
Omissions and a Tender Offer in a Patchwork Tale
A quirky piece describes Pope Gregory reforming a calendar with a stitched fabric held together through centuries. It pivots to a playful tender offer scene where a woman declines a lender’s hand, citing that four lenders prove the proposition too tough.
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To Make Milliners Fold Technique Guide
Instructional excerpt on milliner folds describing threefold width, backing on the wrong side, raw edge finishing, slip stitches, and rules for a double fold. Includes steps to create a center ridge, position folds, and keep stitches neat and exiting edge.
Chic Hat for a Child in Fall Millinery Display
A charming child’s hat appears in a fall display with a white French felt and droopy mushroom shape. It features a ribbon passe crown trim, rosettes at each ear, a variegated holly wreath around a left rosette, crimson berries, soft white ribbon ties, and an overall attractive millinery design.
Workbasket Hint on Neatness and Pinning Tools
A compact tip suggests using large safety pins to organize a workbasket. Fasten pins to one side of the basket’s stringing, grouping pins by size, and pairing similar items such as buttons hooks and eyes. This method keeps items visible and accessible, preventing untidy delays in filing.
Starch and dye hints for color matching in old linens
Instructions advise using tissue paper in a shade matching the fabric when starching mourning items. The paper dissolves after starch is strained, leaving only the dye, enabling a starch that preserves the exact intended color. Also notes color embroidery on starches for women who work with such fabrics.
Doan's Kidney Pill Endorsed By Idaho Man For Kidney Trouble
A reader from Keb logg Idaho Ernest Ab bright recalls severe kidney illness with blood in urine and weight loss, crediting Doan's Kidney Pill for rapid recovery. The ad urges readers to remember the brand, price 50 cents, sold by all dealers, Foster Millburn Co. Also includes Murine Eye Remedy promotions and a rural humor anecdote about faith and a jail visit.
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Ernest Abbright
Keblogg
Idaho
Cage
Doan
That First Invented Sleep From Cervantes Quote
A fragmentary quotation reflects on sleep as a universal need and equalizer. It extols sleep as nourishment and warmth while noting a wary similarity to death, echoing Cervantes on the human condition. The passage contrasts the first sleep with the last, suggesting life’s rhythms and mortality.
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Cervantes
Reputation Desk in Senate Sparks Talk of Influence
A desk near the aisle in the senate chamber is prized for speeches as it lets speakers be heard by all. Washington reports say over a dozen senators borrowed it for special utterances, provoking a protest from the desk’s regular occupant who warned against earning a reputation for constant talking.
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Senate
Washington
St. Louis Star
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby
A reader recalls starting coffee in infancy and suffering nerves and insomnia until switching to Postum. She describes headaches easing and better sleep after adopting the praised caffeine free drink. The letter endorses Postum and mentions reading The Road to Wellville.
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