Weston Walks from New York to San Francisco at 72
Edward Payson Weston aged 72 completed a coast to coast trek from New York to San Francisco totaling about 4 600 miles in 100 days excluding Sundays. He faced desert heat or mud and long stretches of tough road but he maintained a cheerful outlook and received strong hospitality from western cities.
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Denver
New York
Colorado
Golden Gate
Weston
Great
Salt Lake Desert
Frisco
Pacific Ocean
Dward Payson Weston
San Francisco
Broadway
Frisco City Hall
New
Portland
Chicago
Great Salt Lake Desert
Lemay
Utah
Hogup
Lucia
Laramie
Wyoming
Illinois
California
Ogden
Rockies
Pacific Coast
West
Plains
New York-Chicago
Indiana
Hich
O’leary
Pedes
Dan
O'Leary
Windy City
Dr Jayne's Carminative Balsam and Tonic Vermifuge Ad
Dr Jayne's Carminative Balsam is claimed to be the quickest acting remedy for various ailments and stops pain immediately. The ad urges keeping it for children and notes a 25 cent bottle price sold by all druggists. It also promotes Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge as an excellent tonic to overcome exhaustion after severe dysentery attacks.
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D. Jayne
Old Maid Jokes About Marriage In Heaven
A joke exchange where Old Maid asks if marriages are made in heaven and the Doctor confirms then Old Maid resigns that there is no need for further visits.
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Old Maid
Embarrassing remark by Louisville social figure shocks neighbors
The Courier Journal reports a well known Louisville woman famed for saying things without thinking berates a toddler on a porch. Her daughter entertains a young man while the mother chats at a fence, and a year old baby nearby struggles to walk. The mother criticizes the child’s pace, recalling her daughter’s bow legged infancy. The young man shifts topic to the weather.
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Courier-Journal
Louisville
Puck Accounts Cromwell Portrait With Bold Demand
A humorous note cites a Cromwell era scene where a woman demanded the painter capture her truth by saying paint in the hips. The quip frames gender Equality in historical humor and ends with the remark attributed to Puck.
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Cromwell
Oliver
Puck
Origin Of a Famous Human Food
The article recounts a brain worker’s quest for a nourishment that builds brain and nerve tissue. Through experiments he devised Grape-Nuts, a digestible meal aiding vigor without stimulation. It emphasizes albumen and phosphate of potash from food and notes Post’s signature on packages and the tying book The Road to Wellville.
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C. W. Post
Wellville
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