Thanksgiving Dinner Foyer Turns on a Pinch of Promises
A year into marriage Tom Kingsland and wife Kate host Cousin Horace for Thanksgiving. Kate hopes to introduce Horace to Martha Dinwiddie, planning an intimate dinner with eight guests. When guests fail to arrive, Horace and Tom improvise a private feast, while Kate discovers Horace still wears her invitations in Tom’s raglan coat. Martha remains unacquainted with Horace, and Kate’s matchmaking ends unresolved.
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Kate
Tom Kingsland
Horace
Horace Kingsland
Toronto
Tom
Martha Dinwiddie
Thomas
Thomas Kingsland
Martha
Jove
Chicago
Mrs. Kingsland
Chicago Record-Herald
Where is that tail the day before Thanksgiving
A playful paradox from the New York Times narrates a farmer’s coin toss contest. A participant loses the tail but retains the head, turning the joke into a quip about luck and clever reversals.
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N. Y
Boarding House Dog Sparks Curiosity at Mrs Trona's
A caller at Mrs. Trona’s boarding house notices a lean greyhound sunning near the kitchen door. Mrs. Irons explains the dog stays in the back yard and has never been allowed to roam, prompting the witty remark about the establishment’s publicity.
Boy near death cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
In John Kansas on November 16 a McBride child survived a malignant scarlet fever after seizures and paralysis. Dr Simes swore the patient improved after Dodd's Kidney Pills, with epilepsy spells ceasing within a week. Uncle Eben quips and railway ads interrupt the tale.
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John, Kans
William McBride
Simes
Dodd
McBride
Jesse L. Simes
Dish washing hazards in winter and soap quality
Housekeepers fear winter dish washing as hands chap and harden. Impure soap worsens injury. Ivory soap with careful rinsing and drying prevents chapping. Eleanor R. Parker notes the remedy. Old Salt joke about fish biting ends the column.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ad
An assortment of vintage medical and lifestyle quotes and ads. Price 25 cents for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Piso's Cure for Consumption touted as infallible. Mentions Ocean Grove New Jersey and Chicago Daily News. Included are quotes on virtue and happiness, selfishness, butter quality, and oats in bread.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Kidney Pills Endorsement From Concord Justice
W J Hill Justice of the Peace in Concord N G testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills efficiently treated his kidney disorder and backache. He notes irregular dark secretions cleared, no back pain since, and overall health improvement. Oster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes, price 50 cents per box.
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W. J. Hill
Concord
N. G
Justice of the Peace
Dean
Oster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Nay
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Farm Journal
Florence Mnboyce
Eben
Washington Star
Doulie
California
Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Francisco
H. C. Townsend
Philadelphia Ledger
Southwest
H. C. Towne
Uncle Eben
Harvard
Virtue
Happiness
Chicago Daily News
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago & North-Western
Grym
Dr. Price
Price Bakina Powder Co
Cuxicaco
Largo
Excelsior
50 Ag
M. Bawyer
Bob
East Cambridge
Dr. Joseph
DR. Joseph Rheumatic Cure CO
Joliet, Il
Aghtan
Olive St
St. Louis, Mo
Nitro Glub & Arrow
U.M.C. S
The
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport, Conn
Prease
Miont
UTNAM
Andy Norepoe
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