Caddie Tale Sparks Laughs in English Weekly
A boastful amateur arrives at the links with overconfidence. The caddie answers his query on distance with a quip about the failed attempt, noting the foolhardy hope for an easy putt. The exchange captures humor from a bygone era.
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N. Y. Tribune
Pain Relief Promises Quick Cure With St Jacobs Oil
The text urges immediate use of St Jacobs Oil to curb aches and pains. It claims the remedy penetrates to the pain site and can ease rheumatism neuralgia sciatica and lumbago. It recommends keeping a bottle in every household for injuries and wounds.
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St. Jacobs
Cleveland Woman Fends Off Burglar With Alarm Clock
A Cleveland woman struck a burglar with an alarm clock and knocked him out of a window. The incident underscores that a woman can throw straight when given time, highlighting quick thinking and defense.
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Cleveland
Indianapolis Journal
Cuticura Products Promote Female Health
FOR WOMEN Much That Every Woman Destress to Know Is Found in Cuticura Curtain Works Wonders. Cuticura Soap ointment and pills are praised for antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces blood and circulating fluids. They claim local and constitutional treatment for weakening discharges ulcerations inflammations itchings irritations relaxations displacements pains irregularities and sympathetic ailments like anaemia chlorosis hysteria nervousness and debility.
Fixing price of poetry and the editor's test
A Chicago Post tale shows a magazine editor paying for poetry by a method adding ten dollars for each reader who fails to understand and subtracting ten for each who does. It contrasts with a waiter in a Philadelphia restaurant and a quip about a man feeling safer with a wife and five children.
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Chicago Post
Robinson
Principal credits diet change for health improvement and longevity
A high school principal from Galifey credits 23 years in poor health to indigestion and rheumatism, but after following an exclusive diet of Grape-Nuts milk and fruit under a physician’s guidance two months later he reports relief from headaches rheumatism and liver trouble and says he feels stronger and plans for many more years. He praises Postum Co. and urges physicians to try Grape-Nuts citing The Road to Wellville as a reference.
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Galif
Methuselah
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Army of the Summer and Baby Joy in Poetry
A mixed selection of verse evokes springtime scenes and maternal joy. Poems like The Army of the Summer celebrate seasonal growth with vivid nature imagery, while lines from The Baby dwell on parenthood, affection, and faith. Other pieces recall rural memory and nostalgic holidays in a warm, reflective tone.
Russia's Manchurian Rail Line in Wartime Focus
Angus Hamilton notes the Chinese Eastern railway from Port Arthur to Harbin central to Russian military logistics in Manchuria. He details lines, distances, troop capacity, guard forces, and local attitudes, asserting incomplete reconstruction and wartime postponement of upgrades amid looming conflict.
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Manchuria
Port Arthur
Moscow
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Kaidarovo
Dalny
Harbin
Kaidalovo
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Liaotung Peninsula
Amur
Mukden
Cologne
South Africa
Russia
Seismographs at Heligoland Track Rock Swings in Gale
German authorities report two seismographic instruments on Heligoland show the rock swaying in strong westerly gales. Further experiments will test rock response to firing heavy howitzers to gauge vibration effects.
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Heligoland
Wealthy suitor demands more in tactful exchange
In a pointed exchange, a British nobleman boasts of a grand match for a daughter and her fortune. Mr Handsense counters with a demand for added concessions and immediate action, highlighting the clash over dowry and prideful status.
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Europe
Mr. Handsense
Philadelphia
Poems of Hope and Virtue From Youth's Companion and Chicago Record
A collage of quoted verse and brief reflections on joy, effort, and kindness. Lines from Mary L. Manning praise singing despite gray skies, L. M. Montgomery stresses honest striving, and S. E. Kiser urges acts of cheer to ease sorrow.
Dexter recalls first drawing the sword incident
Professor E G Dexter of Illinois, famed for claiming football is harmless, once drew a sword in a student gathering at his home and declared he first drew the blade at Re rattle, a remark sparked by a quiet moment in the library.
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E. G. Dexter
University of Illinois
New York Tribune
Dexter
Prof
Efficiency demand for grain saving on farms
The article urges farmers to cut grain waste and time using modern equipment and highlights Nichols & Shepard Co of Battle Creek Michigan in a referenced ad. It also notes a Russian official at a railway station and mocks General Kouropatkin’s salute as a war folly, echoing a New York Press remark.
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Europe
Asia
Angus Hamilton
Nichols & Shepard Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Kouropatkin
Sherman
N. Y. Press
Red River
Nichols & Shepard CO
Mich
Washing Machine Bargain and Oddities Echoed in Ads
Vintage clippings show a Star Washing Machine offer at 2.70 dollars plus wringer option 3.90 dollars from John A. Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin. The note includes humorous exchanges about intelligent dogs and a fish that can talk, plus ads for Piso’s Cure, Putnam Fadeless, and remarks on King Edward’s medical studies.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
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