Washing the Kidneys and Anuric Marketing Claim
An old health ad explains kidney function and disease, promoting Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York and his Anuric medicine. It urges washing the kidneys with water and taking Anuric to purge uric acid and soothe kidney channels, offering free medical advice and water testing.
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Pierce
Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Doctor Pierce
One thorn of experience worth more than warnings
A lone proverb echoes the value of personal lessons over cautions, reflecting on how difficult experiences teach more than warnings alone. The quote attributes insight to Lowell, underscoring experiential learning as a practical guide.
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Lowell
Minstrel Bos Sparks Boy Johnny at Village Concert
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recalls a village concert where Johnny, the squire’s son, grows restless until a piping girl reaches a line about his father’s sweat. He eagerly asks his mother to be quiet and hear what happens when his father learns.
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Johnny
Squire
Bos
London
Hie
Lessons in Geography and a Dog Tale
Readers puzzled by General Allenby’s planes below the Dead Sea learn the sea’s 1202 feet below the Mediterranean explains the elevation. Henry Ward of La Mina is jailed for tying a bulldog to a “flivver” and a tin can on the dog’s tail. The court fines him eleven dollars for the city ordinance violation.
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Leson
Allenby
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Henry Ward
la Mima
Rap
Ward
Washingtons market cart and Carlyle House tale
One hundred eighty sixth anniversary of George Washington recalls his era of market carts and direct farm to consumer trade in Alexandria. The Carlyle House near Belle Haven hosted Washington as he shaped early American leadership, with Braddock era councils, tobacco as currency, and social life in the blue and white room.
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George Washington
Washington
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
MD Parson Weems
Belle Haven
Belle Haventes
Nome
Dustin
Nee Rossters
Colonel Washington
Carlyle
Virginia
John St. Carlyle
Hunting Creek
Carlyles
Sean
Far East
Europe
West Indies
Carly
Sally Fairfax
John Carlyle
General Braddock
Star
Bradcock
Braddock
Military Council
Virgina
Christ Church
James Wren
London
St. Paul’s
Christchurch
England
Cocoanut Cake Hinted, Johnny Goes to Kitchen
In a短 brisk scene a boy named Johnny waits for cake at grandma’s, then acts on a hopeful scent and rises to fetch it. The tale centers on a simple domestic moment and a child’s eager anticipation for refreshment.
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Johnny
Florida Land Reclamation Prompts Broad Drainage Drive
Florida holds about four million acres awaiting reclamation through drainage schemes. Contracts for draining nearly the Everglades are in place. Odd items include a hedgehog rescued from a tree, a French aviator deviation device, a compact two wheel coal hauler, and a magnetic pulley system removing metals from nonmetals.
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Florida
Everglade
Hennifler
X. H. Ippere Ing
France
Teater
Amen Eee
Bolk
Wry Snippets and Witty Digs From A War Time Page
A jumble of quips and anecdotes appears, featuring Private Mulligan dodging a shell near the Irish parapet, Judge Ben Lindsay’s remarks in Chicago, a Paris bride honeymooning by airplane, and light jests on fate, fashion, trench life, and science. The snippets mix humor with wartime absurdity and social notes across varied topics.
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Mulligan
Emerald Isle
Pat
Patrick
Shell
Ben B. Lindsay
Chicago
Itching Disturbing Sleep Promises Piles Relief
Advertising boast claims PAZO OINTMENT instantly relieves intense itching from piles and lets users sleep after the first application. It cites numerous customer letters saying permanent cures and states druggists can refund unhappy customers with a box sent today for immediate relief.
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