Doan's Kidney Pills Help Nurse Hattie Brigham
A nurse from Montague Massachusetts credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing long standing backache and kidney issues. She describes spinal cramps and nerve distress followed by marked relief after one box and urges others to try the remedy, noting easier work and purer blood. Free trial offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
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Montague
Mass
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Dean
Doan
Hattie Brigham
What the Poets Say Home Works Best
Poem reflects on home as the dearest place and the mother’s smile as the center of happiness. The author Will Ward Mitchell honors home travel and return, contrasting wandering with the comfort and warmth of family life.unday Orange Judé Farmer.
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Will Ward Mitchell
Orange
Judé Farmer
When the Spirit Joins Your Evening Song
Poem notes a speaker promising to sing in spirit as a beloved person recalls singing at dusk. The speaker lingers by a window as sunset fades and the reader feels a near presence across miles. The Houston Post attribution anchors the verse.
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J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
When a feller has the blues poem note
A verse by F L Stanton from the Atlanta Constitution portrays a man in gloom finding solace in love. The speaker laments financial cares and loneliness until, with gentle arms and a loved one, he discovers renewed hope as love brightens his world.
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Earth
Heaven
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Verses on Faults and Love Across Poems and Columns
A collage of poem excerpts and comic verse from Washington Star and Ram's Horn reflects on personal faults, reform, love, and mortality. The snippets pair reflections on ethics with lyric stanzas about Mabel, Sylvia, and domestic scenes, illustrating early 20th century literary magazine style.
Prairie lands of Western Canada described by an American editor
Editorial notes depict Western Canada as vast unspoiled prairies with grass across the Canadian Pacific railway corridor. Moose Jaw is highlighted as a farming hub with beef cattle and dairy herds, shelter belts, and timber needs. The piece urges readers to request a Canadian government Atlas and railway rates.
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Moose Jaw
Assiniboia
Farmers’ Review
Chicago
United States
Canada
Assiniboine
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountains
Henry F. Thurston
Western
Bible in Safe Brings Luck to Sycamore Firm
In Sycamore Illinois a well known business firm keeps a Bible in the safe money drawer. The practice begun years ago and the safe is never locked when the Bible is inside. The firm credits the habit with their long unbroken run of good business and says all members attend church though they hold liberal views. Locals believe the holy book brings good luck.
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Sycamore
Ill
Bayonet origin traced to Basque knife tie near Bayonne
The Bayonet is not an English invention but originates from France where Basque soldiers, out of ammunition, attached long knives to muskets. This improvised weapon repelled a cavalry charge in a conflict near Bayonne, giving the name bayonet.
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France
Bayonne
Dodd's Kidney Pills Touted by Doctors in Kidney Cure
Physicians across multiple states endorse Dodd's Kidney Pills as standard treatment for kidney diseases and related ailments. Dr. Dunaway reports diabetes cured after other remedies failed, while Dr. Simes notes miraculous improvement in a child with epileptic fits post Scarletina. Dr. Williamson praises them as best medicine for kidney disease.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dodd
R. H. Dunaway
M. D
Benton
Iil
Jesse L. Simes
St. John
Miran- Bas
Editor rejects story for originality exceeding limits
A Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonish exchange notes a writer’s complaint about originality being flagged. The editor with a blue pencil responds that originality is welcome but spelling must be controlled.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
80 Bushel Wheat Per Acre Promised By Seed Co
The U S Dept of Agriculture introduces 80 bu per acre macaroni wheat claiming high yields on fertile land and 40 to 60 bu on arid soils in Montana Idaho the Dakotas Colorado and similar regions. John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers free seed samples and a catalog for ten cents.
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U. S. Dept. of Agr
Mont
Idaho
Dakotas
Colo
Speitz
Hanna Bailey
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Fix Color at Birth Experiment Claims Whitening Color Inheritance
Report outlines Dr J W Hill of South Bend and Dr George L Hager planning a controversial trial to prevent pigmentation in a child of colored parents. The plan uses red light to suppress pigment production and a fully red hospital room to keep lighting uniform.
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J. W. Hill
South Bend
Indiana
Hill
George L. Hager
Tropics
Fenson
Birthmark In Family Sparks Interest At Bower's Mill Mo
Mrs. Belle Harvey of Bower's Mill Missouri belongs to a quartet with a rare birthmark. The three sisters aged 23 21 and 19 and a two year old baby share a black hair style with a white forehead plume extending downward. The mark is described as an ostrich plume appearing on each bearer and said to be hereditary.
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Belle Harvey
Bower's Mill
Salter Seed Co catalog offer with seeds mailed for 16 cents
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a large plant and seed catalog plus seed for 1000 cabbages 2000 carrots 2000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 flowers for 16 cents postage. If 20 cents more is sent a Lerliner Cauliflower packet is added. A light town topic aside follows.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
How to Wash China Silk Dresses
Instructions for cleaning china silk dresses with benzine spots then warm soapsuds Ivory Soap guidance. Wear gloves, avoid rubbing soap on fabric, rinse, wring dry, wrap in cloth, and iron when partially dry. Includes quotes from Eleanor R Parker and F W Murray about success through work.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Nothing More Dangerous Than Cutting Corns
The advertisement promotes a corns treatment from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. It claims the base saxt rany corn piastre cures by absorption through sanitary oils and vapors. A large mail box can be obtained for 25 cents in stamps with a free sample.
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Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Dr Skirvin Rheumatic Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims rapid relief from rheumatism after taking 10 tablets of Dr Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure. It markets 25 doses for 25 cents postpaid and is issued by Wisconsin Drug Co in La Crosse Wisconsin, with an endorsement from Ram's Horn.
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Arge
Dr. Skirvin
WIS. Drug CO
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Ram’s Horn
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Ends with Refund Promise
An old styled advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure colds in one day with a money back guarantee. The copy cites multiple newspaper quotes and addresses, including J W O'Brien of Minneapolis and a Ram's Horn motto.
Meekison’s Catarrh Battle Promoted by Peruna
Prominent Ohio politician David Meekison credits thirty years of catarrh with Peruna ending in his recovery. The ad quotes his letter to Dr. Hartman praising Peruna for relief and urging early use to prevent chronic catarrh. Mrs. A Snedeker of Cartersville cites weight gain and general improvement after using Peruna. Free book and doctor’s advice offered.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Hartman
David Meckison
Congress
Atchison Irishman Demands His Pew
An Atchison man recalls his uncle, an Irish immigrant who suddenly grew wealthy. He buys the best church pew and rides in style, only to discover two women occupying it. He orders them to leave then tells them to return, insisting on showing who owns the pew.
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Atchison
Globe
Winter Tourist Tickets On Sale For Lookout Mountain Routes
Winter tourist tickets available through Queen and Crescent, Southern Railway, and connections to the South East and Southwest with return validity to May 31, 1904. Travel to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta, return via Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Information from W C Rinearson G P A Cincinnati O.
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Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Florida
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Music of the Spheres and a Remorseless Songstress
A humorous exchange from a 19th or early 20th century publication notes Mrs. Gusher praising her daughter’s heavenly voice while Mr. Weereigh questions it. A villain taunts the heroine with do your worst, unaware she will sing the latest popular song.
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Mrs. Gusher
Mr. Weereigh
N. UO
Times-Democrat
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