Declines to Buy Powder Not Labeled Cream of Tartar
The speaker refuses to purchase or use any baking powder unless it is plainly designated as a cream of tartar powder, showing strict labeling requirements and preference for a specific ingredient.
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
3
Evening Clothes Rider Falls From Car in Chicago
A man in formal attire clung to a crowded Chicago surface car footboard as it rounded a curve. He fell onto the cobblestones after a sharp jerk, was helped by the conductor and about 200 passengers, and asked if there had been a collision or a track fault. He quipped that knowing so would have kept him aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Popular Magazine
FBI
le Clerc
Haverstock Road
Hampstead
London
Eng
Oklahoma Rail Con Slow Trains Mentioned in Tale
A Tulsa youth seeks a daughter's hand but is refused as she seems too young. The father, a traveling man, jokes she will be old enough after a Pawhuska visit, prompting a quip about potential matrimony delay. The note echoes Western era courtship satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siow
Oklalahoma
Pictland Valley
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Kansas City Star
Digestive Health Claim for Garfield Tea
An advertisement asserts most illnesses originate from digestive organ conditions and promotes Garfield Tea as a remedy. It also claims culture cannot stop a person from shelving in his sleep.
Fog Tales From Old Mariners At The Seaport Tavern
A San Francisco Chronicle anecdote recalls ancient mariners in a seaport tavern sharing fog stories. One sailor describes Newfoundland fog so thick crews leaned on the deck rail and, when the fog unexpectedly lifted, they fell into the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
Piecing Out with Dialect Letters Frayed on Typewriter
A busy author explains to a caller that only dialect will work now as several letters are damaged on his typewriter forcing creative adaptation. The exchange reveals pressure to produce a dialect heavy story despite technical setbacks.
Destined for Many Trips and a Seller's First Step
An amateur writer asks how to sell a short story and is advised to start by buying ten dollars worth of stamps. The piece notes quiet courage in small acts and includes an old advertising line about Paxtine Antiseptic as a pelvic remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton Toilet,Co
Boston
Mass
Knickerbocker Exchange Sparks A Baseball Joke
A playful exchange about explaining baseball to a girl leads to a quip on understanding diamonds and the sport. No names or places are given. The light note captures a moment of humor in sports talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bocker
Cole's Carbolisalve Piles Cure advertised
An advertisement promotes Cole's Carbolisalve as a remedy for itching and skin diseases with mucous membrane involvement. It claims curing powers for piles and offers 25 and 50 cent sizes and a free sample by J. W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
It Is Possible for a Man to Be Straight and Make Ends Meet
A witty observation on male thrift and industry asking if a man can be productive without harming others. The remark frames frugality and diligence as admirable while cautioning against exploiting others.
Confined in Coffin Harvard Student Details 33 Day Fast
Harvard dental student M F Tufts describes Professor Agostino Levanzin being kept in an airtight zinc coffin for 33 days with mouth sealed and air supplied by tubes. The report also alleges cold water tests, harsh diets, and dog vivisections at a Carnegie Institute nutrition lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Agostino Levanzin
Carnegie Institute
Roxbury
Francis Lane Benedict
M. F. Tufts
Harvard Dental School
Lavanzin
Taft
Levanzin
Government Employes to Organize Nationwide
Washington reports plans by George L. Cain of Lynn Massachusetts president of the National League of Government Employees to unite all arms of federal service. He travels to arrange a delegation to appeal to Republican and Democratic conventions to seek civil service pledges in party platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George L. Cain
Lynn
Mass
National League of Government Employes
Cain
Infant speaks at eight hours old in Georgia rumor
Reports from Pelham in Mitchell county tell of a baby that allegedly spoke within eight hours of birth. The infant supposedly predicted the end of the world and warned its mother that both would die within a few hours, frightening local Black communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pelham
Mitchell County
Woman with Phone Mania Causes Trouble for Cincinnati Figures
In probate court Miss Bertha Heida, 33, a cook, was committed to Longview Hospital for the Insane after years of calling as a doctor to impostor orders. Dr Thomas Dickson testified that the calls began a month after he operated on her, prompting wrong deliveries and odd requests to grocers, a monument maker, and others. Edith Tomhagen of Chicago earned the Wisconsin athletic W for swimming, racing, jumping, boating and baseball achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thomas Dickens
Bertha Heida
Longview Hospital
Dickson
Jewish Hospital
Miss Heida
Madison
Wis
Edith Tom
Hagen
Chicago
University of Wisconsin
Kisses Go Astray In Divorce Emotions
Charles G. Bostwick, district manager of the Federal Casualty Co., confronts his wife Mrs. Mary E. Bostwick over forty seven mailed superheated kisses from Walter J. Kincaid in 1898. He testified in cross petitions amid accusations of drunkenness as the couple, who reconciled and separated multiple times, unravel a volatile marriage with earlier in Indiana and Wilmington incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Walter J. Kincaid
Mary E. Bostwick
Charles G. Bostwick
Bostwick
Wilmington
Ind
Kincaid
Federal Casualty Company
East Highth © Street
Mrs Speakman Shoots Self After Son’s Tragedy
Martha T Speakman wife of Frederick W Speakman Coatesville Pa shot herself in a bathroom after suffering a prolonged mood decline linked to the loss of a young son in Florida. The couple, longtime Swarthmore College attendees, were described as a happy family at their Drumplie r suburb home on East Main Street Church of the Trinity member Mrs Speakman was 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Martha T
Frederick W. Speakman
Paul
East Main Street
Drumpelier
Chase
L. I
Col
F. B. Speakman
Speakman
CHAIR CAUSES MORE DEATHS IN KENTUCKY
Kentucky officials report a rise in first degree murder convictions after replacing the gallows with the electric chair. Eddyville penitentiary holds 13 inmates awaiting execution, the largest number ever. Previously sheriffs executed prisoners, but they opposed the duty and often supported commutations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kentucky
Eddyville
Permitted to Die by Wife in Delaware Home
John M. Dewey, second cousin of Admiral George Dewey, died at home on West Thirtieth Street after a February acetylene gas tank explosion maimed him. He chose to return home to die beside his paralytic wife, who kissed him as he slipped into unconsciousness and died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
John M. Dewey
George Dewey
Delaware Hospital
West Thirtieth Street
Hillcrest
Nurse Leaves 100 to Five Hazard Children
The will of Margaret Sweeney, longtime servant in the Hazard household, leaves $100 to each of the five Hazard children she nursed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Sweeney
William Hazard
Hazard
Only a Little Girl DefIES Law and Fear
A West Side group of noisy youngsters prompts a stern visit from an old man with limited sight. He guides a child to the door and warns of arrest and jail, while the girl retorts she does not care, for she is only a little girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
United States
New York Mail
It Is Criminal To Neglect The Skin And Hair
An advert extols care for skin and hair using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It claims neglect causes suffering and disfigurement, promises clear skin and good hair, and offers samples by mailing to Cuticura Dept. L Boston with a booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. L. Boston
Brimson Faces Troubles and Tongue Tied Troubles
The excerpt paints Brimson as a man who, when misfortune strikes, resorts to swearing and invents new profanity to vent frustration, ultimately letting his problems slip from memory as his focus shifts to his foul language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimson
How He Got Them
A collection of humorous quips and adages woven with local color and regional idiom. The items mock boasts lies aging women and a stereotype humor while noting health tips with Garfield Tea and playful proverbs from a bygone era.
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
A Rochester mother reports her 13 year old daughter relieved from monthly cramps after two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A Stoutsville teen says headaches backache and irregularities eased with the same remedy. Dozens of letters from mothers praise the product to Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Richard N. Dunham
Exchange St
N.Y
Stoutsville
Ohio
Cora B. Fosnaugh
R.F.D
No. 1
Lydia Pinkham
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