Mrs Viola French Endorses Golden Medical Discovery
A testimonial from Mrs Viola French of Danville Illinois praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for improving nervous weakness and interest in life. She reports new strength after a few doses and urges readers to obtain tablets or liquid from a druggist and request free medical advice from Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola French Danville, Sr
Viola French
N. Collett St
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Modern Kiddies Cause Uproar In Sussex Home
A London Tit-Bits piece describes two American children whose antics provoke a vicar scene in a quiet Sussex family. The younger daughter retorts to the clergyman after he teases her about her christening, highlighting playful cross culture tensions.
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America
Susseex
States
Preacher
London
Hop Growing the Key Industry, Says Baltimore Ameri can
A satirical note from the Baltimore American proclaims hop growing as the vital industry to propel prosperity, while a Judge voice questions in a joke about a friend named Bessie and a remark on political vindication implying public gullibility.
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Baltimore
Rival in the Flood Resolves Love and Rescue
Dorothy Gordon braves a flood to reach her sweetheart Howard Freeman amid a raging river. A rival stenographer Alice Wispert menaces the rescue by steering a drowning log toward the boat but Dorothy foils her plan, saves Howard, and forgives the rival as they reach shore.
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McClure
Dorothy Gordon
Howard Freeman
Howard
Dorothy
Alice Wispert
Alice
Severn Tunnel Reveals Hidden Underground River
London Answers notes the Severn tunnel longest UK railway tunnel four and a half miles long. Contractors faced sudden floods and resumed with GWR taking over. Engineers later found an underground stream beneath the river feeding a giant culvert that supplies Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Severn Tunnel
Great Western Railway
Severn
London
Bristols
Critical dinner remark sparks domestic tension
A supper with old schoolmates turns tense when Jack criticizes biscuits as subpar. Vera explains the baked goods were sent by his mother, prompting hurt feelings and a quick end to the evening. The narrator notes a pressing engagement afterward.
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Jack
Vera
Chicago Tribune
Diamond Dyes promise simple home dyeing for wool to linen
An advertisement claims Diamond Dyes dye sweaters skirts coats and more without spotting fading or running. It assures easy use with clear directions and urges buyers to specify fabric type wool silk linen cotton or mixed when consulting a druggist.
Virginian judge on horseback halts illegal distilling in district
A recently elected Virginian judge rides to a hillside blaze he suspects is a moonshine operation. The boy with him asks what to do with the horse if the judge doesn’t return. The story highlights law and order themes from a Saturday Evening Post piece.
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Saturday Evening Post
Farmer Bassett Seeks Plain Talk on College Training
When choosing a college for his son John Bassett, Farmer Bassett bluntly tells the president that John does not need setting-up exercises as he already wakes late. He asks for practical getting up drills if any are proven effective, and jokes about alternative transport with a flivver.
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Bassett
John
Water color and tint in pure and impure samples
A discussion on why pure water is virtually colorless yet shows a blue tint in large quantities, with notes on Loch Katrine water's faint brown tinge and the role of light interference. It explains why some waters appear colored due to surface life and reflections, and mentions taste from dissolved salts and atmospheric gases.
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Loch Katrine
Scotland
Inviting Trouble
A speaker questions a man's prudence noting he allows his wife and a would be successor to have charge accounts at the same store. The remark implies deceit and self-serving truth telling between individuals.
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Raw
Mseton
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Roofer
Mtel Poe
Yellowstone Park
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Postum Ceres Company, Inc
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