How He Met His Fate and Other Odd Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes and anecdotes. A married man recounts how fate led him to his wife after a bizarre hotel room encounter involving a mustard plaster. Additional pieces include Hans von Bulow’s quirks with a overbearing conductor and a club discussion about sight versus sound with Todgers’s wry England joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Purgatory
Little Todgere
Todgers
Harper’s Weekly
Waterproofing Matches For Camping And Canoeing
A reader describes a simple inexpensive method to waterproof matches by dipping ordinary parlor matches in melted paraffin cooled to a low temperature. The coated tips scratch off and light as usual, with six to seven hours water immersion still lighting. The wax coating makes them moisture resistant and harder to ignite accidentally, useful for outdoor use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
The Battle for Health The Nerve Pill Promise
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for nervous exhaustion prostration and paralysis and as a tonic to build energy and sleep. It cites a Dayton Ohio testimonial and notes the pills are sold by Williams and Anderson and Buffalo New York makers with a portrait and signature on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Chase
G. B
Stewart St
Dayton
Ohio
Dr. A. ‘W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A.W. Chase
Williams & Anderson
Salt Lakes and Desiccation Across Inland Seas
Salt Lakes are drying due to lack of outlet, a fate echoed in Aral and Caspian changes, with examples like Koko Nor and Lob Nor shrinking in arid deserts. Other excerpts recount historical figures and distant places, including Sitting Bull’s courage, Auckland’s gender imbalance, and New Zealand’s male-to-female disparity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Koko
Lob
Sven Hedin
Taklamakan
Thedin
Persia
Tibet
Aral
Caspian
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Negro Eloquence and Sitting Bull Footnotes
A Dallas street anecdote recalls a former Texas statesman helping an elderly former servant who begged for 60 cents. The exchange ends with the man receiving a dollar and blessing the leader’s virtuous heart and heavenly prospects. Also a brief note on Sitting Bull’s steady demeanor when seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Marster
Dan
Darky
Rascal
Abraham
Tasac
de Lorg
Not Sanguins Majestic Person Prime Minister Chance
Humorous Tit-Bits exchange where a British boy considers his slim odds at becoming prime minister and cheekily offers to sell his chance for a shilling. The dialogue captures playful political curiosity and childlike pragmatism.
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England
Marked For Death Doctor King’s New Discovery
Mrs A C Williams of Bao Kentucky credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a graveyard cough and restoring her health after three years. She says the remedy strengthened her, helped her gain 58 pounds, and prevented pneumonia. sold under guarantee at Williams Andersons drug store 50c and $1.00. Final bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Andersons Drug Store
Bank of Estherville Insurance Ad and Health Claim
The Bank of Estherville advertises insurance on city and farm property at reasonable rates and invites customers to visit before policy expirations. A testimonial notes Foley's Kidney Remedy helped a woman with kidney and bladder trouble after two bottles, claiming renewed health and urging others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Estherville
Foley
Williams, & Andersons
Mrs McRaney’s Experience Seeks Relief After Bed Bound illness
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Migs writes of a three month bed confinement and her subsequent recovery she describes as a difficult but hopeful experience.
Also Mentioned on This Page
von Bulow
Hans von Bulow
Hanover
Bulow
Moosier Kitcher Cabinets
GUNN
Bissel
Best Boys
Elks Block
Henry C. Brees
Washington
Sitting Bull
General Howard
St. Nicholas
Auckland
New Zealand
New Zealand Herald
Aliting
Carl Olson
Jeweler
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