One Kidney Gone But Cured After Doctors Said No Hope
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a severe kidney injury five years earlier that left him paralyzed and in pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function, ending crutch use, and enabling full recovery after three months of treatment. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
PENSIONS Queries and Answers for Soldiers and Heirs
A colonial war and Civil War pension column answers readers on eligibility and benefits. Questions cover Revolutionary War and War of 1812 descendants, Spanish American War or Civil War cases, widows, guardianship, and Home eligibility with final rulings and required applications. Answers specify laws, dates, and conditions.
Practical Fashion Pattern Request Instructions
A notice instructs readers to obtain a sewing pattern by sending 10 cents to Pattern Department of the paper. Readers should include name and address, size, and pattern number to request the pattern.
Paris Pattern No 2630 Simple Frock for Little Girls
Pattern details a one piece body and sleeves frock for young children with adjustable necklines and sleeve lengths. Describes box plaits, deep hem, embroidered neck and wristbands, and yoke with all over tucking. Materials listed include cotton voile and challis across five sizes with yardage for age five.
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Paris
Golf Caddie Responds to Awful Language
In a colloquial exchange a golf caddie admits listening to crude talk without restraint. The blunt remark highlights a streetwise bluntness in a scene likely from a bygone era.
Cure for severe infant eczema by Cuticura remedies
A Virginia parent describes horrendous eczema in their infant, saying the child had almost no skin and oozing blood for months. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the child’s condition cleared. the note cites two doctors and dates in 1906.
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James J. Smith
Durmid
A Matter of Heredity Bride Sparks Rumor in Crowd
A bride wearing rice on her hat shares a playful claim that marriage runs in the family. A bystander greets her husband and learns Agnes has recently wed, with her blush and quick defense revealing social gossip about enduring family ties.
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Agnes
Notable motor club visit to E R Thomas after accident
A member of the Automobile Club of America reports E R Thomas doing well after a motor accident. He criticizes road conditions, noting southern country roads are fine in summer but dull in fall and winter. A friend in the country says cars get stuck in the mud nightly.
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E. R. Thomas
Automobile Club of America
Thomas
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Difference Dialogue Exchange Between Jones and Bones
Dialogue snippet shows Jones noting criminals are rarely fat and Bones arguing that being stout would hinder wrongdoing, highlighting a humorous contrast about body size and ethics.
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Jones
Bones
Prize Given For Missing Leather Strap Mystery
Mr L believes sparing the rod spoils the child and keeps a leather strap in a closet for punishment. The strap vanished, prompting a search of the flat. He offers five cents reward for its whereabouts. Four year old Ben claims to know the answer and says he hid the nickel down the air shaft.
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Mr. L
Solomon
Ben
Beaus and Birthday Revelry Amid a Toledo Tale
A small girl Edith celebrates her sixth birthday with friends while a whisper of a former beau prompts her mother to explain that young girls have boyfriends not beaus. The scene shifts to a 19th century Toledo notice where Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. offers a cash bounty for every cataract cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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Edith
Prince Charming
Gladys
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo O
Immigration in Nine Months Shows Net Loss to Europe
In the current year nine months 210,000 aliens arrived while 570,000 foreign-born left for Europe. In the same period last year 1,135,000 aliens arrived and 330,000 departed. The contrast highlights a larger emigration than immigration this year compared with the prior period.
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Europe
America
Uncle Reuben claims pension and confronts Allen
Arkansas planter Allen, a white Republican, employs Uncle Reuben who says he has earned a pension for service in the war. He insists on swearing before a magistrate and accuses Squire McCabe, a Democrat, of playing him for a fool in the process.
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Annapolis
Washington
W.S
Mr. Allen
Arkansas
Uncle Reuben
Marie
Reuben
Squire McCabe
Marse
Ole Rube
New York Times
Fox dressed fox hunters teased by Newrich-Will gag
Mrs Newrich asks if hounds would follow a fox and Newrich jokes they would if the fox were dressed and cooked. The St Anthony chapel car ended a long Wisconsin Minnesota tour and had a prosperous week in Philadelphia.
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Mrs. Newrich
Newrich
St. Anthony Chapel
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Pettit's Eye Salve and Other Remedies Advertised
Howard Bros. Buffalo promotes Pettit's Eye Salve 25c for tired congested eyes and rapid relief. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain claims calming effects. Allen's Foot-Ease advertises 30 000 testimonials and free trial offers. Also quotes Dr Johnson on truth and a remark about widows and young girls. Time isn’t money yet people are always spending it.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
Do you think the people ought to rule
A brief quoted exchange presents a patriot asking about popular rule and a nervous umpire admitting bias against a certain identity. The line underscores a tension between civic idealism and personal prejudice in a sports-tinged dialogue.
Grape-Nuts Helps New York mother and son recover health
A New York mother recounts months of sour stomach and weight loss before a specialist advised Grape-Nuts. She reports rapid improvement, better digestion, rested mornings, and renewed energy for housework after weeks on the cereal. Both continue eating Grape-Nuts for meals and feel well and happy. The letter is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Magic Button Inventions Transform Office Work
The article argues that rapid growth in office machinery could cut the office to a master and mechanical devices driven by buttons. It foresees a future where presses of a single button perform tasks and drastically reduce human labor in routine office work.
Sublimity of the Lord's Prayer Napoleon
A compact reflection links the sublime quality of the Lord's Prayer with Napoleon’s repetition. The piece prompts readers to consider whether repeating the prayer reveals its true depth.
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Napoleon
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Joseph H. A
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Fort Collins
Col
Kate K. W
Secretary of the Interior
Truxton
Margaret McD
Quartermaster’s Department
Onio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Darky
Samuel
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York
Foodan
THE
Centaur Company
Yor City
Dr. Johnson
Dodds
Guare
Iwer
As Tower CO
Boston
Uss Tower Canadian CO Limited
Fomonto
Watson F.coleman
Wastington, D.C
B. Maxim CO
Kingsessing
Thompson
Ube
Portland
Straight Way
Union Pacific
Pullman
Northwest
Seattle, Wash
Yellowstone Park
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Nebraska
Putnam
Mionroe Drug CO
Quincy
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