Kidney complaint cure advertisement from 1900s
A testimonial ad claims Boag's Whiddiey Pills cure kidney pain after failed remedies. The speaker references medical misery, a voyage memory, and suggests the product as the solution. The copy lists Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as the sale agent and urges readers to remember the name Loan's and take no other.
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Bertone
Ko Wilson
Lauie Ana Gure
Vuclurn
Gale
All Deafere
Price
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Notice to Estherville Readers on Patent Medicine
A fragmented plea addresses the people of Estherville urging attention to a claimed sole distributor status for a patent medicine. The text laments unmet expectations and warns readers about purported remedies and ready packs, reflecting a wary local notice.
Janus Mythic History Tracked By Ancient Warnings
Fragmentary text describes Janus in mythical history and ritual offerings of wine to appease him, with references to gods, the new year, and ancient omens. The piece mentions cholera and diarrhoea in a garbled, stylistic transmission likely from a historical column.
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Janus
The Pessimist on a Perfect World and Comfort
A speaker muses that even a man blessed with luck, love, a healthy child, a good job, and a comfortable home might still seek more. Yet he concludes no one should expect a perfect world with flawless outcomes or conditions.
Sweet Little Harry and the Muluminedaos Country
A fragmentary tale follows Harry urging his mother to move to a land where people admire fat women. She warns him with threats, while the text veers into garbled lines about virtue and great men attributed to Chinese or Greek-sounding phrases, mixing moral musings with nonsensical phrases.
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Harry
Record breaking milk producer Geneseo Belle sets state marks
An Iowa State College cow Geneseo Belle Polka Dot No. 94910 tops a week’s milk and butterfat records with 792.8 pounds of milk and 27.245 pounds of butterfat. Her best day yielded 108.8 pounds of milk and 4.074 pounds of 80 percent butterfat. Breeding stock valued with three Holstein cows offered in exchange, the college aims to build a top dairy herd under Prof. H. A. Kildee.
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State College
Geneseo Belle
H. A. Kildee
Animal Husbandry Department
Axel Hansen
Geneseo Nelle
College
Pontiac Pet
Method of Scoring Hogs by Iowa State College Card
A farm hog scoring guide explains using the Iowa State College score card to estimate hog value. It outlines parts to evaluate, like back, head, neck, shoulders, chest, and hindquarters, with point deductions for weaknesses and a total score across 22 parts.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Ilawa State College
Russian Royal Balalaika Band Planned for City Tour
The Russian Royal Balalaika Band will appear in peasant costume with a tuneful and interesting program. Sixty artists toured major cities after arriving from Russia, performing in New York for a fee of 500 dollars. The ensemble features balalaikas with added brass for variety and aims to bring a rare musical novelty to Armenian audiences, despite language barriers.
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Membber
Rosaian
Cis
Balataika Orchestra
Magazines Highlight Vawter Chautauqua System In Coverage
Magazines and periodicals widely feature the Redpath Vawter Chautauqua system. Joe Mitchell Chapple of National Magazine and Ralph Parlette of Lyceumite publish illustrated pieces praising its work. Articles across the West report surprising, strong results and note towns sometimes refused admission due to season limits.
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Redpath
Vawter
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magaziiie
Chantiuquas
Chauhan
Middle West
Ralph Parlette
Lyceiumite and Talent
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Parlette
Treasure in Old Arab Gun Sparks Turquoise Fight
In a Paris shop, an antique Arab gun packed with 41 turquoises yields a fierce dispute between a shopkeeper and a buyer over rightful ownership. The two men jealously claim the jewels, while a panel must decide who legally owns the treasure.
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M. Zucconi
Victor Masse
Paris
France
Name, Reputation and the Dodgin Name Game
Mayor Whitlock questions a trust magnate's name and the impact on a square deal. A biscuit company manager named Dodgin confronts a shop worker found in a shed at three pm reading and smoking. The exchange ends with shared humor as the worker and manager reveal matching names.
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Lrand Whitlock
Toledo
Dodgin
Hayes
Surveyor from New York Encounters Distant Wilderness Worker
A New York surveyor travels ten miles from camp into deep wilderness, finds a woodsman clearing a log cabin site a few rods wide. The woodsman greets the traveler, learns he is from New York, then expresses amazement at his far distance from civilization.
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New York
Ava
Why a Tallor's Thimble Has No Top
The article explains that tailor thimbles lack a top to allow heavy fabric work. It notes mothers and sisters use tops, but tailors press the needle with the thimble’s top against it, finding the top unnecessary for coarse materials.
Not Like Canute at Acorn Club in Philadelphia
A young woman at the Acorn Club in Philadelphia memorializes the wit of the late bishop Mackay Smith. She recalls his ready pun and a Broad Street Station encounter about bathing on Sunday off Palm Beach. The bishop quips that such Atlantic baths are beyond his jurisdiction.
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Canute
Acorn Club
Philadelphia
Mackay Smith
Broad Street
Florida
Atlantic
Palm Beach
Miss Porkingham Claims Fame With Brand Names
A Chicago beauty Miss Porkingham boasts that a patent ham and lard brand has been named after her, asserting the publicity and pride of having her name before the public mind in a sensational claim to fame.
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Miss Porkingham
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