Practical Fashions Paris Pattern No. 2719
The waist of this frock blouses over a belt with narrow backward plaits and a wide box-plait at the front and back. A plaited short skirt attaches under the belt and centers at the back. Frills have cape-like edges, square neck and cuffs with contrasting banding. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department for pattern.
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Paris
Paris Pattern 2709 Under Garment Set for All Seams
Pattern Paris No. 2709 offers a corset cover drawers and petticoat in one. It uses cambric gossamer lawns and lace edging with beading to finish round necks armholes and lower hem. Includes size and pattern number details.
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Paris
Suffocated in His Hat in Massachusetts Death
Alfred Parlow was found dead by a neighbor along a road in North Raynham Massachusetts. He tripped while walking home and fell with his derby hat sliding over his eyes causing suffocation. The death certificate records the suffocation as the cause.
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Alfred Parlow
North Raynham
Mass
Idle Brain as Advance Agent of a Busy Tongue
A tersely stated proverb notes that an idle mind fuels a talkative mouth. The saying links mental leisure to verbal excess and social friction.
Baronet’s Wife Spotlight Sparks Private Discourse
A witty exchange notes the baroness talks constantly about herself and never about other women. The remark hints at her vanity and social behavior within aristocratic circles.
Woman’s Kidney Pain Relief After Suffering
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York credits prompt relief from a lame back dizziness headaches and languor to Dean’s Kidney Pills. The advertisement urges readers to try the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N. Y
Dean
Foser-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N, Y
Skin Eruption Cured By Cutiura Remedies
Mrs R R Whitaker of Winchester Tennessee reports her two and a half year old daughter suffered a painful itchy eruption on hips and legs with oozing sores. After two doctors failed, two weeks of Cutiura Remedies ended the condition. the child, now fourteen, has had no relapse. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
A Slight Misunderstanding Delights a LA Child
Five year old Helen Bentley loves her grandma who visits Seattle. The grandma writes of a cold trip and a fight with the grip. Helen repeats the news to a neighbor calling it a terrible fight with her va lise.
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Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Grandma
Seattle
Helen
For the Public Taste Funny Paper Dish Recipe
A satirical note describes a popular dish called funny paper. It blends three mothers including in laws, two Irishmen one German and tough kids with a coon, adds a jag, spice and ginger, garnishes with drawings and hardsense, uses chestnuts for stuffing, and is usually roasted though poaching occurs.
Boy and Grandpa Clash Over Spending Money
Dialogue shows Bobby clashing with Mr. Tytes over allowance. Mr. Tytes sternly recalls his own frugal upbringing and urges thrift, while Bobby retorts that Mr. Tytes should share his troubles with grandpa.
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Mr. Tytes
Bobby
Grape Nuts Promises Health Through Proper Breakfast
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a daily nourishing food linked to health and work energy. It cites testimonials and urges readers to try the product, asserting breakfast quality sustains livelihood and brain function, with a nod to the Road to Wellville.
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Arch of Health
Wellville
Alberta Homestead Tale Shows Prosperity For Austin
A letter from P S Austin of Birch Lake Alberta recounts leaving Western Washington for peace and success in farming. He describes building a family homestead, expanding cattle to about fifty head, and buying farm equipment on time with a strong grain market. Austin praises Alberta’s communities, roads, schools, and climate while urging others to consider land at ten to fifteen dollars per acre.
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Austin
Western Canada
Ranfurly
Alberta
J. N. Grieve
Spokane
Washington
Edmonton
Birch Lake
Canada
Western
P. S. Austin
Almanac promises moon science and character reading
Professor Munyon issues a comprehensive Almanac offering lunar data and articles on phrenology palmistry birthstones dream interpretation and beauty culture. It includes weights measures poison antidotes and readings and is free by application from the Munyon Remedy Company Philadelphia for all families and rural readers.
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Munyon
Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
A Cruel Innuendo in a Family Quip
A brief, sharp exchange evaluates man-hunting tribes as extinct until the next leap year, reflecting a facet of regional humor and social tone. The dialogue captures a quip about endurance and time in a rural or small community setting.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children advertised cures
An 19th century advertisement claims Mother Gray a New York nurse operates a Children’s Home and offers Sweet Powders that cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms with 20 040 testimonials. The ad mentions Ze Semutene and Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy New York and notes water from the River Styx for mucilage preparation.
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Mother Gray
New York
Ze. Semutene
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
M.Y
Rheumatism Prescription Sparks Medical Debate
An increased use of Toris for rheumatism prompts discussion in medical circles. The suggested formula mixes Toris Compound with syrups and whiskey, dosed before meals and at night. Toris is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Chicago, and the other ingredients are available from druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Spohns Distemper Cure and Marine Eye Remedy Advertisements
A page features various patent medicines including Spohns Distemper Cure for horses and related livestock diseases, Marine Eye Remedy for eye issues, and Garfld Tea laxative. It advertises prices, agent opportunities, and a free book, with several epigrams and quotations interspersed.
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Ella
Fred
Stella
Father
River Styx
Spohn
Mirs
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Carlyle
Horace
Dodds
Samuel
the Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
Crescent Mfg. Co
Salzer
Salzer Seed CO
Box W
LaCrosse
Wis
Chicago Jewelry Engraving CO
Boyce Building
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Remingtons
Smith
Olivers
Cleveland Typewriter Co
Cleveland
Ohio
G. W.capp
Mansfield, C
Luther Burbank
California
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
Putnam
Boon Roe Drug CO
Quincy
Illinois
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