Old-Time Clown Praises Doan’s Kidney Pills
An interview with noted circus performer Mr Agier aka Tony Parker from Winfield Kansas recounts a long battle with kidney trouble. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills for a lasting cure over five years, noting he is now in his late eighties and remains mobile. Also mentions other quirky dialogue and names in the piece.
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Agier
Tony Parker
Pralees Dean
Agiler
Winfield
Kana
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Wasted Fortune on Skin Trouble Leads to Cure
A patient recalls seven years of itching from knee to toe and failed treatments before trying Cuticura remedies. After two sets of Soap, Ointment, and Pills, the inflammation cleared and she was cured. Included are witness statements from Morris Sachs and Bertha Sachs of New York and a brief note about Johnny exposing graft in class.
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Bertha Sachs
Second Ave
New York
N. Y
Morris Sachs
E. 89Th St
Deutsch-Ostroweer Unt.-Verein
Kempber Hebrew Benevolent Society
His Inalienable Right and the Pocketknife Gift
Willie faces a new teacher next week who initially harms him as she gets to know him. The process may take several terms, but she grows fond of him near year’s end and offers a four bladed pocketknife, with the warning not to cut school furniture. Willie begs her to take it back.
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Willie
Wille
Cleveland Plaindealer
Abel
Cain
Goliath
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dr Martel's Female Pills Ad Claims Seventeen Years Standard
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as the standard for seventeen years, prescribed for women's ailments with a claimed scientific review and proven worth. It promises quick and permanent results and urges purchase at all drug stores. The copy includes decorative lines and a quotation about cheerfulness and sunlight.
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Gale
Briand denounces rail strike as insurrection in France
Premier Briand denounces the railway strike as criminal insurrection. He vows prosecution for instigators as negotiations with ministers continue. Paris mobilizes food relief with Seine river boats requisitioned while rail lines suffer, and readers’ call to arms is largely ignored by workers.
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Paris
France
Briand
Seine
Lyons
Mediterranean
Cnll
Cal
Four masked bandits terrorize Proctor town raid
Four heavily armed masked men rode into Proctor Colorado seventeen miles northwest of Sterling Wednesday. They dynamited the State Bank of Proctor and fled after a running gun battle with residents. Sheriff Brush and others pursued. The bandits fired on anyone in Main Street during an hour of chaos. They failed to obtain any money. The group split, with two guarding the bank and two drilling the safe door before abandoning the attempt.
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Sterling
Colo
Proctor
Here
State Bank of
Brush
Logan County
Nossa
Main Street
Missouri Man Stain Near Kinloch Park Found Dead
Ferdinand Greely of Florissant Missouri, a member of a wealthy family, was found near a haystack close to the aviation grovids at Kinloch Park in St. Louis county. His throat was cut and his face mutilated to prevent identification, though relatives later identified the body by clothing.
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St. Louis
Ferdinand Greely
Florissant
Kinlock Park
St. Louis County
Commissioners Order $1000 Reward Drawn in Hickman Case
Beaver Pa county commissioners direct the court treasurer to issue a $1000 check for the capture of Charles Hickman the jail broker and wife murderer. The reward goes to Mrs Frances Ellen Williams at the request of her husband Daniel Williams who made the arrest at Monongahela Pennsylvania.
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Beaver
Charles Hickman
Frances Ellen Williamuas
Daniel Williams
Monongahela
Italian Cholera Report Sees New Cases in Italy
The official cholera report from Rome records twenty-four new cases and eight deaths in the twenty-four hours ending Wednesday, reflecting ongoing public health concerns across Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Navy picks Keyport for Puget Sound torpedo station
Secretary of the Navy Meyer selects Keyport near the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Seattle Washington for the new torpedo station, establishing a strategic expansion on the Puget Sound.
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Seattle, Wash
Meyer
Puget Sound
Keyport
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Sioux City Stock Market Quotations
Sioux City live stock quotes from Wednesday show top beef cattle at 96.25 and top hogs at 8.75 dollars. Local market reports list bid ranges and receipts for the Sioux City stock market.
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Sioux City
Warner Escapes Prison in Bribe Case
St Louis former delegate Perdinand Warner is acquitted in Judge Mitencock's court of accepting a bribe tied to a bill permitting a garage establishment.
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St. Louis
Perdinand Warner
House of Delegates
Mitencock
Greek Cabinet Quits as Dragoumis Leads Resignation
Greek cabinet led by Premier M Dragoumis resigns on a Wednesday. The ministry was formed on January 34.
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Athens
M. Dragoumis
The Hobble Skirt Craze and Suffrage Irony
New York readers learn the hobble skirt origin may trace to Horace Greeley via a famed green umbrella. The piece humorously links fashion to politics, predicting a tie up for suffragettes and urging women to resist fashion’s push for restrictive dress as a step in broader progress.
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New York
France
Horace Greeley
Mr. Greeley
America
International beauty queen crowned at Folkstone show
Miss Kitty Darling of Devonshire England won the International beauty title at Folkstone, defeating Miss Mamie Whittaker of London for England’s crown. Darling is 17 and had not previously claimed the distinction.
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Kitty Darling
Plymouth
England
Folkestone, Inc
Europa
Folkstone
Mamie Whittaker
London
Devonshire
Lydia E Pinkham Plant Based Remedy Praised by Women
A Sabattus Maine writer praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for childbirth guidance and testimonials. A Graniteville Vermont testimonial adds relief during Change of Life and nervous symptoms. The letter notes the thirty year history of the remedy helping women with female illness and encourages others to try it.
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Sabattus
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
H. W. Mrroxxit
Graniteville
Mia Cranis Banclay
B.F.D
Lydia Em. Pinkham
Lydia E m
The Mother’s Influence Shapes Tomorrow’s World
A reflective piece on how a mother’s behavior sets patterns for her children. The author argues that a refined, consistent mother influences morals, speech, and manners, guiding sons and daughters toward gentler conduct. A loving mother, through kind words and smiles, uplifts her family and ultimately rules the world of tomorrow.
Editorial Bargain Seeks Another Rejection After Sale
A writer recalls offering a story for seven dollars, being rejected, then selling it for forty. He asks for one more rejection, claiming the process helped. The brief exchange highlights value found in editorial feedback and persistence.
Conservatory Linked to Baseball Enthusiast Mentioned
A brief note hints the conservatory belongs to a baseball fan noted for many pitcher plants. The playful clue suggests a botanically themed setting tied to the sport, with wordplay on pitcher plants referencing the hobby.
Dame Nature Hints When Food Is Not Suited
An Arizona man reports lifelong breakfast distress with headaches from toast and coffee. He switched to Postum and Grape-Nuts, noting improved digestion, no headaches, and 12 pounds gained in three months. He praises Postum as easily digested and non dyspeptic, and endorses The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Arizona
Wellville
Naked living in a Swiss colony near Zurich
A reporter visits the Waldbergers at Lienblaftheim on Waidberg near Zurich where men wear only bathing pants women wear a single chemise and children are naked. Residents claim nudity is natural, healthful, and tied to open air living with simple meals and daily exercise and social refinement contrary to public prudery.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Casuy Hess
Waidberg
J. P. Muller
Herr Muller
Carl Block
Walchbergers
Waldberger
Waidberger
Hite
Katzensee
Quixotic Inquiries and Old Tales From Press Boxes
A jumble of comic vignettes and snippets from newspaper life including reporters mocked by a burned clubhouse rescue tale and a joke about Cain and Goliath. Also a German university anecdote and a Diogenes reference tied to a student paper exchange.
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Wise
Gladys
Johnny
Johnnny
DR. Martel
Tmerson
the Vindicator
Republican
Estherville
Iowa
Vindicator & Republican CO
Seesek
Shien Doree
Proctor, Colo
Missouri
Warner
Devon
Whittaker
Trcke
Shauneda
Parts
Sapulpa
Olaf
Perune
Tively Cure
Webley I
Nstitute
Cass St
Omaita, MB
Barato
Regey
Cyril
Reggey
Diogenes
Post
Postum Cereal CO
Lid
Datile Creek, Mien
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