Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted by Edward Rook in Esther Ville
An early 20th century column touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for kidney discomfort. Edward Rook shares personal experience praising the product, claiming relief from back weakness and kidney troubles. The ad notes price and selling agents Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo, New York.
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Mstherville
Edward Rook
Doan
Dean
Price
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
U. S
Estherville Ad Promotes Pill Remedy in City
To The People of Estherville. We wish to call your attention that we are sole agents in this city for eight Pill Remedy. Our success with this remedy has far exceeded our most san got expectations. We are pleased to rechristen the pair ante every packtie of crttol Vile Remedy, de Klay.
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de Klay
Snake Eats Eggs Prompting Quick Shot to End Reptile
In Custica Ohio Michael Helseman found a speckled snake in a hen nest while checking for eggs. He shot the reptile after it swallowed a fine meat into its throat, noting a declining egg supply may have driven the forays. The report mentions Chamberlains Cough Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a popular product.
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Michael Helseman
Custica
Helseman
Editor's charitable take on Unitypees mockery in Weekly Plain Dealer
A fragment parodies editorials and a Village Dewepaper casual note about the Unitypees perversity and the death notice of Lule lab sack. It quips the deceased was broadly viewed as roughly decent, not as bad as others, noting the relatives’ feelings. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended for cough ease. Sold by BOS Shadle & Co.
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Plain Dealer
Harner Horibeck
Dewepaper
Puck
Lule Lab Sack
Chamberlain
BOS
Shadle & Co
Officer, He’s Loose Again and We Don’t Know Why
A fragment notes an officer being loose again and questions the meaning of “ther mometer earrings” while guessing they may be paid for by degrees. The remark carries a humorous, ambiguous tone as readers ponder the quirky phrase.
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T. Paul Plonesr Prewa
Hon W I Nolan to Speak at Chautauqua on The Average Man
Hon W I Nolan, a long time Minnesota legislator from Minneapolis, is billed to deliver a semiserious humorous address on The Average Man at Chautauqua. He will be accompanied by aides, with Nolan known for easing audience tensions and entertaining the crowd.
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Iton
Nolan
Humoriat
John Atlen
Millstestopf
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Chautauqua
Mrs Compton Chooses Dress With Husband's Help
Mrs Compton tests four gowns for Mrs Darnley luncheon choosing between blue black teal gray and fawn. Henry Compton hesitantly endorses the gray then the fawn colored gown, and Mrs Compton selects the fawn for the occasion praising his taste. The scene ends with his relief at avoiding a fashion misstep.
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Mrs. Compton
Henry
Mr. Compton
Fight of Duck and Oyster Ends in Tragic Loss
An April tale describes a dramatic clash between a large duck and an oyster in Maryland waters. The oyster wins but fatally, as the duck dies after the shell clamps shut and drags the bird under with the oyster and three smaller shells clinging to it. The scene ends with the oyster still attached to the beak when the duck is retrieved.
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Maryland
How He Knew Parler Fisherman Clues Revealed
A fragmentary dialogue ponders how someone can be a fisherman and master many trout signs. The exchange questions the possibility of juggling real fishing with vast knowledge of names and signals, hinting at a hidden skill or clever deception.
Fragmented, quirky clippings reveal social rifts and oddities
A collage of stray notes satirizing society includes inflated price claims by a Washington shopper, jokes on bachelors taxation, a Philadelphia official’s marriage label idea, a hair graft notion, and irony about Mars years, fashion trends, and a savings story of a Chicago teamster.
Irish Women Follow The Hounds In Keen Hunting Lore
In Ireland fierce sportwomen prove nerve under tough obstacles such as turf overgrown walls and brooks. The London Daily Graphic notes Irish courage, hospitality, and the famed Meath and Blazers hunts with five and four days weekly respectively.
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Ireland
Saya
London Daily Graphic
Austria
Ray Middleton
Meath
United Kingdom
Galway
Dickens Guests Entertained with Comfort at God's HIN
The article notes Dickens kept rooms for guests with beds, sofas, an easy chair, a cane-bottomed chair he favored, a large writing table, abundant papers en velopes and quills, a small library, a winter fire, copper kettle, and side table with cups and tea items. A peculiarity was no servant seen except at meals.
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Dickens
Charles Dolby
Charles Dickens
God’s Hin
Mr. Dolby
Nicola Dream to Civic Center in Pittsburg Rise
F F Nicola, Pittsburg’s famed operator, is profiled by Isaac I Marcos Jr in Munsey. A 12 year tale shows a once-mocked hotel in a corn-field growing into a civic center with memorial hall, armory, clubs, and a forthcoming University of Pittsburg. Nicola also revived derelict rail properties sold to George J Gould for the Wabash Pittsburg division.
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F. F. Nicola
Pittsburg
Isaac I’. Marcosson
Milionaire
Munsey
Nicola
University of Pittsburg
George J. Gould
How Life Appears To Pessimists Invitation Poster
A vintage style notice mixes warnings and friendly offers. It contrasts cautionary phrases like no smoking no admission beware of the dog keep off the grass with welcoming lines inviting visitors to come in take one free sample and browse goods with money back if not satisfied.
Lawyer narrows timeline for big corporate case
A lawyer tells a friend he secured the major corporate matter for his son and will prepare thoroughly. He plans to ready the case for trial by the time the jury process is completed, signaling a strategic early push and confidence in the defense.
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Puck
Impossible encounter with painter and housemaid remark
Bronson recalls how the painted cobwebs on the ceiling fooled the eye and exhausted the housemaid who tried to sweep them away. Johnson counters that there was such an artist but no such housemaid.
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Bronson
Johnson
The Last Ride of Old 97 at the Bridge
An aged engineer Al Reece, nearly blind after fifty years tending locomotive 97, is pensioned. His final night, a showman-driven farewell on the old engine ends in tragedy as 97 crashes toward the upper bridge, its blaze lighting Reece’s fixed white face in death beside his beloved iron steed.
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Reece
al Reece
Hegan
Son
Newton
Alon
Gotag
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