Pilgrims To Mecca and Medina Estimate 170000 This Season
A chaotic mix of notices, ads, and humor fills the page. The season’s pilgrim count to Mecca and Medina is estimated around 170000, while unrelated items mention Tetterine for various skin ailments, Savannaty Georgia products, and dramatic humor in Shanghai venues. The mix includes trials of a faux medical remedy and, briefly, street theater scenes and quips about a woman imitating celebrities.
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Islam
Mecca
Medina
Post unveils new Budgetle for motorists in Town Topics
The Town Topics column reports a lively boast about a newly issued Bultle for drivers. It promises a comprehensive directory of inns across the state with rates and a complete list of capitals. The item hints at wide coverage and useful detail for travelers.
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Post
Auto Speed and Road Damage Debate in Indiana Farmer
Farmers face speed limits and road wear as autos routinely exceed limits. Government tests near Washington show higher speeds ruin roads, while oiling reduces damage. Authors urge highway widening at autoists expense for safety and fairness. Urban auto owners resist regulation, but fines and policy shifts may follow.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Autoista
Indiana
Good roads policy credited to New York and Georgia
The Boston Transcript notes that without expert direction roads remain uncertain in the countryside. It praises New York for a solid model and compares it to Georgia for provisions to use fall inmates in road work, highlighting an improvised approach to road construction.
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New York
Georgia
Boston Transcript
Problem in road building tops smooth wear surface
The chief issue in road construction is finding a topping that yields a smooth surface and endures varied usage. State road commissions are actively trying to solve this phase of the problem, per the Baltimore Sun.
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State Road Commission
Baltimore Sun
Let Him Stay a Man Says Taking Awe from Wives
A columnist argues men tire of treating wives as goddesses and crave ease at home. He asserts men will not become ladylike, even if wives push for equality, noting men value comfort and traditional freedoms. The piece reflects early 20th century gender norms from the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison Globe
Munyon cures and odd ads prompt free medical exam
A collage of 19th century ad blurbs offers free medical diagnosis from Munyon's eminent doctors at 53d and Jefferson Sts Philadelphia. Includes quips on legal advice, rough on pests products, a corny joke about a burglar and lawyer, and notes on hemp plans in Tabasco.
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Munyon's
53D and
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Publicity and Mock Stage Meal
A 1930s style advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney derangements and backaches, featuring a Danville Pennsylvania testimonial from Robert G. Miller about Bright's disease danger and insurance denial, with 60 cents per box. A Louisville Courier Journal quip about rural drama stage meals follows the ad.
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Dean
Robert G. Miller
Ferry
Danville
Bright
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Curious Stamp Discovery From Paris Portrays Royal Hat Scene
A Parisian philatelist reports a playful likeness on current English stamps. Viewing through a magnifier allegedly reveals a young woman placing a hat, with the king's eye as her head, eyebrow as the hat, and facial shading as her arms. The claim blends whimsy with misread imagery from the Servian Corona era.
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Paris
Alexander
Peter
London
Ants teach a skeptic through field observation
A traveler recalls a naturalist lesson that ants can be industrious and persuasive, using a camping mistake to prove the point. The piece notes theatrical distractions and a dramatic punishment scene observed in foreign theater, with humor and cultural contrast.
Eczema Remedies and Pensions Mentioned in Patchwork Notice
A cluttered historical passage discusses eczema treatments and claims Cure via Cuticura Remedies, cites a testimonial from Charles T. Raver in 1908, and notes various church and railway notices. It also contrasts a church with a divorce court and lists transportation and convention details from 1908 to 1909 across multiple states.
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Handa
rArmaa
Charles T. Raver
Volant
Potter & Chem. Corp
Boston
Masa
Alliots
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
Mobile
Ala
National
Ol Convention Knights of Salamis
Iban Ibany
Fiovilla
Tnditan- Forages Holiness
Jaly An
Farmers
Georgia
Alaska
Alaska Pukon Repoeln
Reat
Wake Tof
Capanie
Bookane
Waah
National Irrigation Congress
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Bres
Libby
Vienna
Chow Chow
Abby, McNeill & A Ubby
Savannah
Reia
NASA
Sian Tora
Tetterine AG
Mel
Turer
Uptrine Co
Wennah
Shanghai Mercury
J Ewes
Mr. Jewback
Veland
Gand Roads
Department of Agriculture
France
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Munyon
Philadelphia Press
Tabasco
Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Philippine
Perry ‘Davis
A. Brooklyn
Jennie Jones
New York Times
Dr. Bigget
Huckleber
China
Kansas City
California
Europe
Roumania
American Coffee Company, OF
New Orleans
Draughon
Svsness
Atlanta
Meneien
Tene Oes
Wes
Florida
Royall Terrace
Jacksonville
Sumter
Greenwich Observatory
Atlante, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
W. H. Lasky
Gen’l Passenger Agt
Atlante, Ga
Cascarets
Eeley Iy
Wiiske
Walt Alico Kreewe
NEAVE
UAE Confidsatial
Mtoe
Oney
Keeley Vinstitute Inngeor
Ehh
Oso Woodward
Woodward Avenue
Aoe GA
Mitchells
Expen
Candler
Atizate
Kew
York
Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
Brenau College Conservatory
Gainesville
Milltown
Baptist College
South Georgia Land & Industrial Co
Thompson syeWater
Grey Hire
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