Chicago death linked to soapsuds in humid room
In Chicago Mrs Bardena Amundsen died at home over a washtub from asphyxiation caused by vapors and improper stove combustion. Deputy Coroner Kenny ruled the hot, humid air from washing and vented vapors as the likely cause amid accidental death findings.
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Chicago
Bardena Amundsen
Point Street
Kenny
Elgin
Elgin Commercial Club
D. B. Ellis
J. M. Blackburn
Pearsall
A. L. Hall
A. H. Lowrie
Otto Pbusche
W. 3
la Parle & Co
Kinzie Street
Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific Railroad
Eighty-seventh Street
West van Buren Street
Busche
James Busnan
John Sullivan
Barnett Greenberg
South Halsted Street
Tihler
Neil J. Kolar
Sullivan
Greenberg
Madison and
la Salle
St. Luke's Hospital
Moline
Victor Wiliams
Christian Horst
Jigin
O. N. Olson
Morland
Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church
J. T. Kraft
Wakefield
Neb. Sterling
C. J. Mewherter
Sarah Goodwin
Duluth
Minn
Freeport
Edward Leiby
Warren
Rockford
J. C. Lyons
Oregon
The Power of Faith Sunday School Lesson 1910
A vintage lesson text from 1910 explores Matthew 9:18-34 focusing on Jairus faith a unnamed woman and a mute man. It links belief to miracles stressing prayer worship perseverance and the Messiah as Son of David while urging readiness to live faithfully. The piece blends biblical exposition with practical thoughts on faith and action.
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Mattthew
Capernaum
Jairus
Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Mark
Matthew
Luke
Christ
Chypist
David
Son
Messiah
Son of
Man
Israel
Jerusalem
Garvie
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises Cure for Weak Kidneys
An advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for weak kidneys, claiming relief from rheumatic pains, backache, and urinary disorders. Rev Abram Weaver of Georgetown Texas testifies after an injury worsened kidney function. the product is sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. at 50 cents per box.
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Dean
Abram Weaver
Georgetown
Tex
Baptist Herald
Jackson
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn, Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Blood relations and family status dialogue
Robby asks about blood relations and Papa explains near relations. Bobby notes that mom and the speaker are the bloodiest relations they have.
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Robby
Pop
Papa
Bobby
Mom
No Healthful Skin Restored By Cuticura Ointment
A Chicago mother describes her five year old son’s severe itchy skin eruption. After four applications of Cuticura Ointment the sores dried, skin peeled repeatedly, and the child recovered fully twelve years ago. The testimony dated October 9, 1909, names Robert Wattam of Forty-eighth Street.
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Robert Wattam
Chicago
Ill
Lovers’ Rise to Wealth Ends in Registry of a Home
A man and woman saved to amass $10,000 and, despite joint labor and equal sacrifice, the man uses the money to buy a home rather than the anticipated automobile. The wife, angered by the betrayal, joins suffragists as a reaction to the injustice. The anecdote is cited by Puck.
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Puck
Warning on a stray dog ends with unexpected return
A scientist posted a notice calling his dog stray and warned it posed risk due to experiments with poisons. He described the dog as affectionate yet potentially fatal if licked. The dog returned home the next day.
Unpublished Utterances by Historical Figures
A fragmentary quotation presents imagined baby talk by Hmerson and notes variations by Carlyle Shakespeare Bacon Hume Dickens Newton Eliot and Puck. It contains playful phrases and nonsensical expressions attributed to age old luminaries in a humorous catalog. The text lacks concrete events or dates and reads as a whimsical pastiche.
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Hmerson
Carlyle
Shakespeare
Sir Francis Bacon
David Hume
Charles Dickens
Sir Isaac Newton
George Eliot
Puck
Right Spirit and Saint Valentine Starch Endorsement
The text recalls a Valentine anecdote about a Boswell Irish wooer and Twain style wit, then shifts to advertising Defiance Starch. It claims Defiance Starch is free from injurious chemicals and safe for fine fabrics, offering strong stiffening with less product for a perfect finish equivalent to new goods.
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Bermudian
Mark Twain
Valentine
Absolute Necessity Punchline in Domestic Exchange
A wife and husband exchange lines about luxury and necessity. He justifies a cab ride as an absolute necessity, delivering a compact domestic joke with a pun on the phrase. The exchange humorously plays on expectations of frugality versus practical needs.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonials
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo. Walding Kinnan & Marvin Toledo attest to Cheney's honesty. Cure taken internally, 75 cents a bottle. Teatimonia offered free. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Thoughtful Child and Zoo Visit Sparks First Fearful Moment
A three year old on her first zoo visit clings to her father as an elephant appears, whispering she may frighten him. The clipping then advertises Spahn's Distemper Cure, Emerson quotes, Wall Street style promos, and various medical and consumer notices from early 20th century catalog copy.
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Detroit News-Tribune
Bringing Up Mollys and Cars Jibe in Quip
A humorous exchange notes a baby being raised as a mollycoddle. The joke contrasts old style care with modern transportation by suggesting a nurse takes the infant out in a go cart instead of an automobile.
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Bette
Spahn
Spelm Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
Emerson
Pettit
Howard Bros
Waterman
Annie C. Lynch
DAVIS
Mitgerald&Co
Box K
Washington, B.C
ST. Louis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cresson
Ella E. Riley
Baird
Sarah Leigh Baird
Pinkham
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Francis A. Groves
Boston
Mass
THE
National Dairy Machine CO
Goshen, Ind
Colt
Binkley Medical CO
Nappanee
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