Lights in Literature and Authors Reflections
A summary of literary figures and publishing prospects. Mommsen's unpublished writings edited by Hersenheld are noted. Rider Haggard is praised for social concerns in Britain. Anthony Hope laments a lack of dramatic life events. Hay and Lowell are quoted on their past works and regrets. Howells offers encouragement to new writers and advice about age and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Mommsen
Otto Hersenheld
John Hay
Jim Brudso
James Russell Lowell
Inventions and their varied practical uses from 1900s
The article notes Prof Baiardi of Turin perfecting eye photography for diagnosis and Otto's home water purifier capable of 50 gallons per hour with ozone to sterilize. It mentions a west irrigation current motor powering pumps and a British patent office trend showing cooking as a leading invention area with umbrellas and hats among prolific categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baiardi
Turin
Otto
Clergy Receive Honors As Longtime Figures Noted
Rev Joseph W Cross the oldest Harvard Andover alumnus turns ninety seven. Ohio Wesleyan grants D D to Rev Byron Palmer novelist of Gods White Throne. Rev Dr Barnard M Kaplan Boston rabbi gets autograph Roosevelt speeches for Bush Street temple. Glasgow Uni awards D D to Rev W H Bentley Congo missionary author Congo dictionary and grammar translating scriptures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Cross
Harvard College
Andover Theological Seminary
Ohio Wesleyan University
Byron Palmer
Ohio
Barnard M. Kaplan
Bush Street Temple
San Francisco
Roosevelt
California
Glasgow University
W. H. Bentley
Congo
Mr. Bentley
Africa
Boy lives on Grape-Nuts from age two, proud mother says
An Ohio mother mails a photo of her four year old son who has eaten only Grape-Nuts since age two. He eats three times daily with milk or cream and ignores other foods, even turkey on Thanksgiving. She praises his health and beauty, and asks for Postum Co. to prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum Company
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Need of Nem Baptism in Civic Righteousness
Speech urges a new baptism in civic righteousness and public honesty to defend the republic. It condemns corporate influence in politics and calls for strong virtue and active citizenship to ensure the common people reign and laws are wisely made and enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Embrace Beauty: A Call for Art in Education and Life
The essay argues beauty enriches life for all and should be taught in schools. Drawing and art instruction should rival math in importance, shaping observation and symmetry. It condemns excessive focus on Greek and numbers, urging education to cultivate happiness, virtue, and artistic spirit.
Work and Originality Key to Success
The text urges relentless effort and originality as keys to progress. It argues current work standards lag, calling for improvement over ten to twenty years past methods, with emphasis on self reliance, hard work, and efficiency as the price of success. It contrasts self confidence with self conceit and notes many bake as in prior generations while using hired help to cope.
Praiseful Arcific Explorer Recounts Ziegler Tales
An Arcific explorer recalls William Ziegler praising expeditions of discovery in the white north. The San Antonio Press notes Ziegler as a witty man who could read character in open talk. A parable about a flour merchant and a clerk highlights shop bravado and references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ziegler
White North
San Antonio
Sound as a Dollar in Monticello's Bright's Cure
J W Moore of Monticello recounts being told he would die from Bright's Disease in a year. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills, he recovered fully and now claims to be as sound as a dollar. An editorial note from the Washington Post cites the quack claim and mocks the prescribing of abstinence as a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Minn
J. W. Moore
Bright
Dodd
J. Moore
Cuticura Ointment Offers Rapid Relief for Skin Troubles
Cuticura Ointment is hailed as the most successful cure for disfiguring skin and scalp humors including hair loss. A single application after Cuticura Soap and possibly Cuticura Resolvent Pills provides relief, aids sleep, and hints at a speedy cure, especially in infants and children.
Fine Opportunity for Agents at Perry Nursery Co
The Perry Nursery Co of Rochester New York seeks a live agent to solicit orders for their products. No experience required. They offer 25 percent weekly commissions on orders received. No delivering or collecting. Send name address and references to obtain a free outfit and full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Nursery Co
Rochester
N. Y
U. S
Pusheck’s Euro Remedy and Household Patches
Advertisements urge readers to try Pusheck's Euro as a remedy for rheumatism weakness blood and nerves. Dr Pusheck of Chicago advocates the medicine while other ads promote Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry and cite a reader letter praising Piso’s Cure for consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusheck
Chicago
Twenty Years Of It Henry Soule’s Kidney Cure Story
Henry Soule of Hammondsport New York says Dean's Kidney Pills cured his severe kidney trouble twenty years ago after years of backache gravel and terrible urinary disorders. He dropped from 168 to 100 pounds and was told he could not live due to diabetes before finding relief. Since eight years ago he has remained well. Price 50 cents per box. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Soule
Hammondsport
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tumors Conquered Without Operations by Pinkham Remedy
The advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as conquering tumors in women without surgery. It cites letters from Fannie D. Fox of Bradford and Luella Adams of Seattle describing tumor relief and restored menses after the treatment, with an invitation to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fox
Miss Adams
Fannie D. Fox
Chestnut St
Bradford
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
New Engand States
Lydia B. Pinkham
Tom
Iss
Luella Adams
Colonnade Hotel
Seattle
Wash
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