The Youths Companion and Wartime Advertisements
A scanned fragment from a periodical page mentions The Youths Companion and its 1598 Vespartus illustration, with references to calendars, paper gifts, and a Columbus Avenue address in Huston Massachusetts. It also notes a lithographed wall map and wartime education law in Indiana adding 25,000 pupils.
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Rudvard
the Youths Companion
Columbus Ave
Huston
Masa
In Mana
Humorous Priest Describes Hell Beyond Coke Fires
A jovial Columbus priest entertains a hotel crowd with a tale for his next book. He mocks an ineffectual sermon to miners, exaggerating hell’s heat by claiming coke furnaces reach three thousand degrees, a gag the audience finds irresistibly grim yet approving.
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Columbus
Ohio
Coke
Pennsylvania
Hell
Mercury Containing Catarrh Remedy Warned Against
Neware of Ontmnts for Catarrh that contain Mercury warns that mercury can destroy smell and derange the nose. The ad claims the product cures catarrh internally but notes risks and advises consulting physicians. A Toledo area sale by Cheney & Co through druggists at 75 cents per bottle is advertised.
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Ruth
Prascrip
Foha
Acta
Nindo
Toledo
Otay
Poo
Cheney & Ca Wa
Druggiats
Rival Daily Yen Gets Comical Compliment From Editor
The editor praises the rival paper in a playful exchange. An assistant echoes the gag, noting yesterday's exclusive news was printed by their own paper. The banter attributes the Yen with a flawless authority, as quoted in Puck.
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Ab Gard
Yen
Puck
New Route to Health Carve Candied Tablets?
An adlike fragment touts small fragrant tablets in a dun metal box to fit a purse or seat pocket. It claims cures for disease by promoting bowel strength and vitality, with garbled text praising “Cinearets” and urging readers to try them.
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Catharne
Tours
Reuters
Wry the Blind and Mary I Encounter City Characters
Snapshot from Cincinnati Enquirer notes street encounters with quirky locals. A passerby recalls giving a quarter to a beggar this afternoon and a candid exchange with a companion about restraint. The piece reads as light local color with informal dialogue.
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Mary
Indy
Sarah
CineInnati Enquirer
Conching Leads to Denamiption and Kemp's Balsam Claim
An unreliable ad copy touts Conching as a quick remedy for coughs using Kemp's Balsam and Golo draggist recommendations. It markets 25 and 6 cent bottles with supposed free samples and references a dubious mineral wool like steel fiber preparation for cleaning and polishing instead of sandpaper.
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Kemp
Eventful Life of Missionary Sarah Edmondson Revealed
Sarah Edmondson, a lifelong missionary among western Indians, travels from Dakota to West Franklin Ind. penniless and aged 75, reuniting with a sister thought dead for nearly two decades. She recalls years of selfless work amid harsh conditions, enduring poverty and hardship, and now faces an uncertain rest of life back home.
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Sarah Edmondson
Indiana
Black Hills
Dakota
Sarah Gadmondson
Sid
West Franklin
Ind
West
Far West
West Cranklin
Noward
Sarah Admondson
Sarah Mdmond
Lands
Ambitious Girl's Illness and Fraudulent Remedy Mentioned
A Greenaburo Indiana New Era report details a ten year old girl from Siartmville battling illness. Parents sought education as motive, while local investigators traced a string of questionable pills sold by a Pink Mall outlet claiming health cures. The piece notes allegations of deceptive practice and concerns about medicine quality.
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Greenaburo
Ind
Plia
Rebell
Chadren Laure
Shi Wuly
Echuol
Moy Caan
Ania
Els
Hazardous plants and poisons cited in New York Post
An article notes varieties of poisonous plants and toxins, claiming some cause death and others not, with references to antidotes and remedies. It discusses tested effects, author opinions, and safety warnings, citing a New York Post source.
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New York
Rening Post
New York City
Grain-O Grain-9 Drink Promises Pure Grain Beverage
Ad claims Grain-O replaces milk for children and adults. It touts a brown mocha java flavor, made from pure grains and toast, claiming easy digestion. Package price listed as 230 per package with wide grocery distribution.
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Java
Lane's Family Medicine Moves to Hone
A garbled health advertisement mentions Lane's Family Medicine shifting to a new location daily to provide remedies for headaches and liver and kidney concerns. It references Pise's Cure and a comic or fictional tone with uncertain names and a request for stamps to buy maps and lithographs.
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Lane
Unclear prompt text on nickel brat matter and Lylot plea
Fragmented OCR style passage references a request by the Nickel Brat party and a dominant army of tyranda wheel Ypwels. It mentions a Draggst, a Heed loot, and a Klons te Ge'd fied. Details are incoherent and names are inconsistent or garbled.
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Tor L. Thosrail
Ohio
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