Terrible to Recall F Mrs Mary Wagner Case
A Bridgeport woman describes severe kidney disease symptoms and back pain before crediting Deans Kidney Pills with improvement after five boxes. The ad promotes dietary tips, wheat benefits, and a product named EGG-O-SEH with claims of health gains and a booklet offer from the EGG-O-SEL Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wagner
Kossuth Ave
Bridgeport
Conn
Dean
Pouter-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. J
The Newspaper Maker and Editorial Integrity
A fragment from a Philadelphia Letter discusses the newspaper maker's duty to grid and sincere work with community service as the client. It insists on fairness, discouraging bias and color to suit factions, while stressing brains memory judgment elevating purpose for successful publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cuticura Healed Scalp After Severe Dandruff
An 1905 testimonial describes severe scalp itching and hair loss requiring cutting hair, cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After weekly shampooing and twice weekly ointment use, hair length recovered to a French twist in two months and remained clear of dandruff and itching for years.
The Modern Nazareth in Palestine's Rail Era
Nazareth, famed as Jesus childhood home, appears as a rail and telegraph hub in today’s Palestine. Modern hotels replace sacred sites. hosts of Tarael fade, camelbacks give way to compartments and elevators while an Armenian telegraph operator keeps Nazareth linked to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Jesus
Far East
Palestine
Cafen
France
America
Alligator Lightning Joke Trroots Search Ends in Cellar
Police at No 4 station chased a joke over a storm incident. Patrick Lacey, a colored officer then sweeping walls, fled after lightning struck the patrol wagon gong. Inspector Gray found him on his stomach in sawdust, quipping he hid to avoid being struck like an alligator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 4 Station
Patrick Lacey
Lacey
Gray
Plitsburg Press
Kentuckian at Sea Prayer Becomes Noted Liar Debate
A historical tale recounts Colonel Throckmorton of Kentucky aboard a sinking wooden ship. He prays aloud asking God to aid him if it is His will. The scene contrasts with sharper editorials labeling certain statements as prevarication and untruthful, sparking wider public scorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Kentucky
Remarkable Umbeluzi Catch Off Delagoa Bay Fishermen
A South African paper reports stall officers at Delagoa Bay fishing from a launch near Umbeluzi in darkness. Lanterns aglow, a large shoal leaped into the boat, followed by more fish. About 400 fish, roughly a foot long, filled the craft, creating a surprising haul and valuable take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delagoa Bay
Sayls
Anchhor
Changed Conditions From Philadelphia to Bill Biggs
A traveling acquaintance from Philadelphia asks about a local official named Biggs. The Philadelphian confirms Bill Biggs held office but notes his income after an election has become insecure and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Biggs
Bill Biggs
The Wandering Hat and Oddities of Lake Michigan
A humorous trio of colonial style vignettes on fashion and idiom, a river of light verse and limericks, plus notes on a Tarahumare endurance feat. The column blends quips about hats, poetry from jailed authors, and a famed 600 mile fast in five days across Sierra Madre terrain with pinole and camp gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Madre
Kaffir Woman Steals Lion Prey With Hoe Courage
An 19th century note recounts a Kaffir woman rescuing a man from a lioness near Mabotee. She chased the predator, grabbed its quarry by the neck, and struck with a hoe until it released the victim and disappeared. The tale reflects bold frontier bravery and colonial-era gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
William Cotton Oswell
Livingstone
Mabotee
Fox terrier hunts squirrels and disturbs sleep
A small fox terrier finds more joy and noise treeing a squirrel at five in the morning than a brass band playing music all evening. The writer notes the repeated lack of beauty sleep for six weeks and attributes a pinin gawk to the head of the volume.
Very Clever Vet and His Oven Cure Tale
A humorous vignette from WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION about a clever vet who bakes an overfed dog in a brick oven with bread onion and boot to indicate progress in the dog's health. Mischievous mistress is informed the pet is doing nicely decidedly better and ready to be removed as operations progress. Also includes an ad line from a rail line and a dialect joke about flattery and a lazy girl who loves music.
Merit System Indorsed by Washington Conference
Civil service reformers who met in Washington to confer with the national civil service commission received the president's endorsement of their work. He praised merit and warned against political influence in appointments, saying the service remains the least efficient in government when leaders try to circumvent merit rules.
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Missionary Society
Sabetha Herald
Washington
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Quincy, I
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Saothion Stray
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Sterne
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Mrs. Beverley
Milt
Charley
Mr. Beverley
Millie
Charles
Louise Vane
Louise
Mr. Vane
Papa
Landee
Mamma
Darling
Vane Lodge
Stepmother
Mille
Piddlesticke
Gazelle
Laurae
THE
Ln Alligator
New York
Kansas
Milwaukee Press Club
Lake Michigan
Mars Daily Graphic
St. Clair
Blarney Castle
G. B. Lancaster
Kaffir
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Division of Entomology
United States
Nlwaye
View
Idaho
Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company
Geo. T. Odell
Gen. Mgr
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Idaho Falls
Montpelier
Salt Lake City
UTAN
Union Assay Office
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe
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Kansas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
Warren
Dooly Block
Utah
Jang
Mire
Har Mali
Jane
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Hoya
Aed Gold
Ourna- Ye Institution
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Romparent Mauter
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