Following Strange Gods in Solomon's Decline
A sermonette warns Solomon's adoption of foreign gods for domestic peace led to idolatry and national ruin. Ahijah the prophet confronts Solomon near the Chemosh high place as the king’s wives’ influence widens worship beyond Yahweh, foreshadowing the kingdom’s split.
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Solomon
God
David
Israel
Jesus
Nathan
Eods
Ahijah
Ashtoreth
Milcom
Chemosh
Molech
Jerusalem
Moab
Solomion
Ahtjah
Royal
Sulaman
How to Stop a Nose Bleed Travel Tale
An elderly traveler explains a nose bleed treatment in a strange scene. He instructs a bellboy to slap his face beside the head to stop the bleeding, claiming the shock paralyzes ruptured vessels and ends the attack. He cites learning the method from an old Mexican physician.
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Mexico
A Alabama man teases a boy about schooling at Atlanta University
An old Alabama man jokes with a neighbor’s son about education and arithmetic after he borrows a hatchet, insisting time has stretched. The exchange ends with the challenge to return the hatchet within an hour.
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Darkey
Alabama
Atlanta University
From Corporal to Minister in Austria’s Cabinet
M Praschek, formerly a corporal and Daegler in the reserve forces, joins the Austrian cabinet replacing Count Auersperg. He is a farmer managing about 60 acres and earns part of his income from retail milk sales from his cows. He served three years in the army in the reserve.
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M. Praschek
Count Auersperg
Hatchet Fetcher Question Echoes School Years
A fragment asks how long it would take for a person named Eddy Cashun to return with a hatchet after spending a full year at school. The line hints at a rural speech pattern and a hunting or frontier context without providing a clear event or outcome.
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Eddy Cashun
Loyal to Her Lord in a Five Dollar Gift Tale
A poor widow bought five dollars worth of gold to give to missions in Dr. William M Paxton's New York church. She raised chicks atop her tenement roof to fund the offering, a sacrifice said to outshine the wealth of the rich. The story notes the widow’s continual care over a single sinny of Constant.
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William M. Paxton
New York
First
Woman's Inhumanity Over Bird Killings in Florida
Mrs Lapsling condemns cruelty to birds in Florida where she notes the killing of beautiful birds. She questions how any woman can wear a vinaigrette on her bat during such acts.
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Florida
Alifornia Fic
Practical Fashions Pattern No. 3617 for children
Garments shown in the illustration suit woolen and cotton fabrics and are easy to laundry. The original blue linen model inspired a one-piece box plaited dress suitable for three sizes ages one three and five. Materials include heavy cottons linen pique gingham and surtaxed trimming with narrow sontache braids. Send 10 cents to the paper for pattern No. 3017 with name address size and pattern number.
Surplice Jumper Waist Pattern No 3778
This pattern offers a versatile jumper waist suitable for cotton woolen or silk fabrics. It advises careful selection of pattern, ironing when damp, avoiding overtrimmed styles, and proper tucks alignment to ensure a correct fit across the bust. Six sizes 32 to 42 inches. Yardage given for 86 bust: 1 3/4 yards 27 or 1 1/2 yards 36 inches.
Dr Simmons and the Southwest Hailing Homes in Sunny Land
Dr C F Simmons, a Southern born, broad minded gentleman, advertises in this paper and has helped many people own homes in the fertile Southwest. He promises a square deal, never misstates facts, and invites readers to negotiate with him for land in the sunny region with full assurance of fair treatment.
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Dr. C. F. Simmons
Dr. Simmons
Rockefellers
Southwest
Advertising memory and relics across eras
A quirky collage of ad pitches and past pop culture snippets shows early 20th century marketing echoes. References range from patent medicines and cigars to door to door remedies, with local legalese and a joke exchange about a lemon shaped head, all framed by a historian noting selling methods and a Guam verse.
Helpful Advice From Mrs Pinik ham Seeks Private Illness Letters
A promotional note urges women to write to Mrs Pinik ham of Lynn Massachusetts for confidential guidance on private illnesses. It highlights decades of correspondence with sick women and claims letters from grateful readers prove the advice’s value.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proven Heals Women
Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen town Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after years of headaches nervousness and recommended surgery She notes the remedy helped restore her health and urges other women to try it The advertisement touts 30 years of use and claims to alleviate displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and other female illnesses.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia HE
Pinkham
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