Oklahoma State Fair Contests Offer Cash Prizes and Washington Trip
In 1914 Oklahoma State Fair contests for boys and girls across the state offer cash prizes totaling 2710 dollars plus special awards. Senator Gore and the Oklahoma Cotton Seed Crushers Association back free Washington trips, plus prizes for corn kafir corn cotton canning pig clubs and Spanish peanut efforts. Major sponsors include Morris and Company and the Oklahoma National Stock Yards Company. Exhibits must be grown in Oklahoma and open to all residents, with prizes for top scorers and best pack of Spanish peanuts among new features.
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Washington
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Oklahoma City
Alkjoven, Warren & Healey Company
Farm Loans
Han Ust
Orla Me
Math
Reed
Neve
Rusanth Duncan Jobbers' Mills
Oklehoma
Okistom
Ft. P Gore
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma Cottoneed Crush Te’ Association
Ft Mith and Western Railroad
Ft Smith and Weern
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cited By Women In Vermont Iowa
Readable patient testimonials from Moretown Vermont and Gifford Iowa claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased pains weakness and displacements. Both women describe relief from abdominal soreness headaches and fatigue allowing them to work daily after using the remedy and associated Sanative Wash.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Moretown
Vermont
Mia. W.¥. Sawyer
River View Farm
Morestown
Gifford
Town
Ina Mites Blagle
Iowa
Fragmented Local Real Estate Story of Whining Dog
A garbled OCR style scene shows a real estate agent who is fired arriving at a suburban home. A spouse greets him and a dog whining is mentioned as the likely cause. The dialogue mentions confusion, a dog, and a house situation with unclear names and actions.
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Cuburb
Lieorge
Jona
Georges
Bla House
Baby's eczema cured by Cuticura after eight months
G A Dye of Reedy West Virginia recalls a three week old baby with severe eczema on head and face. Sores caused hair loss and intense itching. After eight months of worsening condition the family used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. In two months the child was completely cured. Ad for Cuticura products with sample offer.
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Reedy
W. Va
G. A. Dye
Cuticura
Dept. L
Doxton
Adr
Modest Governor Observed in Uniformed Crowd
In a quiet crowd a modest, retiring fellow stands out with restrained dignity. A contrast to an assertive display, the scene evokes thoughts of a governor amid a parade of officials in uniform.
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Coronele
Kt Lous Republic
Joya of Convalescing Doctor Patient Dialogue
A fragment presents a dialogue between the doctor and patient about fads as a mental safety valve. The patient jokes about the doctor inquiring what the fad might be, speculating it could be unpaid bills.
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Joya
Ming
Hin Social Statue in The Pullman Car Porters Era
A fragmentary OCR style item questions social status and respect for Pullman car porters. It notes disparaging views and asks why society devalues certain workers, implying tension between class and occupation during the era. Contains partial quotes reflecting attitudes of the time.
Wrinkles Reveal Character From Forehead to Mouth
A vintage account explains how vertical forehead indents signal seriousness and amiability while crow feet hint at worry and fatigue. It notes horizontal forehead wrinkles show fretful temperament and describes Gladstone’s packing tip for a sponge bag, asserting the proper method is to wrap it in a bath towel and stamp dry.
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Faye
Tilmus
Enay
Shangh
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Fragments Hint at Medical Elixir Ad Claims
A garbled OCR fragment mentions CASTONIA bottles and a remedy for infants and children. It references a signature and mentions Fletcher, possibly a brand or person, with a courtlike or product notice tone about child welfare and crying claims.
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Infanta
Fletcher Toria
Music's Meat and Bread Opinions Clash Over Taste
A Cincinnati Times-Star piece argues public taste is not as degraded as critics claim. It notes a hunger for higher quality in entertainment despite producers’ constraints, contrasting modest revues and ragtime with real nourishment. The author likens popular tunes to edible items, urging restraint and refinement.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Worth That Anyway Exe-Well Deft Exhibition Frame Value
A dialogue fragment notes a dispute over a photograph at an exhibition. Mrs Exe chides Mr Dauber for lying about the picture’s worth, while Exe counters that the frame is valued beyond six bits. The exchange centers on perceived art value and framing.
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promote Quick Liver Relief
Millions praise Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a remedy for liver stomach and bowel troubles especially constipation. The pills tone up the liver drive out waste and quickly make you feel splendid. Avoid calomel and harsh purgatives with this remedy. Also said to help sick headache dull eyes and skin issues. Available nationwide for 2 cents with free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co Hot Springs Ark.
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Hot Springs
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Ark
The Caller remembers the nurse in Cleveland tale
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a jocular exchange about a nurse being nabbed and asks how Uttle Fido and the children fared In a brief domestic vignette reflecting newspaper humor and dialogue style.
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Uttle Fido
Cleveland Plain Dealer
What Was Left Did He Leave All His Money
A Detroit Free Press line questions if a husband left his widow all his unspent funds. The brief remark frames a riddle about inheritance and spending before death.
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Detroit Free Press
Grove's Tasteless Quinine Tonic Card Promises Strength
Peculiar old style ad text touts Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a strong quinine based general tonic. Claims describe malaria protection, improved appetite, increased energy, and benefits for nursing mothers and sickly children, with guaranteed satisfaction.
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Grove
Fragmentary quotes on romance and theater from a noisy page
Readable snippets show dialogue about money fashion and a diamond ring followed by banter about a baseball cabal and spurs Waiting for the Spur Maud and a ten year courtship question Then a snippet on acting emotion and a suffragette reference plus a police interrogation question from Saturday Review quoted in fragmentary form
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of
Bove
Morris and Company
Fuleberger & Sone Company
Oklahome National Stock Yards Company
Oklahomea Srockyarde National Bank
T. M. Jeffords
Eczema
Alb Hunt
Isin
Fe Conte Semler
Klempet
Cape Cod
Addy
Maud
Heatric
Carter
Ier
Pherabion
aTake
Uwe
Tom
Foley
Winchester
W. L. Douglas
Bette Teas
Imovine
Stterin
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