Asquith rises from barrister to British premier
A portrait of Herbert H. Asquith tracing life from Yorkshire upbringing and Moravian influences to Oxford and the bar. It covers early political rise, defending Parnell in a landmark case, Gladstone era promotions, Rosebery years, and eventual ascent as Liberal prime minister after Campbell-Bannerman’s resignation.
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London
Herbert H. Asquith
Mr. Asquith
Yorkshire
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
City of London School
Asquith
Oxford
Balnel
Jowett
Udiversity
House of Commons
East Fifeshire
Cunninghame Graham
John Birns
Trafalgar Square
Charles Russell
England
Charles Stewart Parnell
The
Times
Sir Charles
Mr. Sommes
Mr. McDonald
Simon
Gladstone
Lord Roseberry
Lord Rosebery
Women Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Sickness in 1785 H Rich St
Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio writes that Deane's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble and fatigue after irregular secretions. She notes prompt relief and continued use, with the product sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Rebecca Mack
H Rich Street
Col
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Deane
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Sloan Liniment Cures Sweeny and Fistula Tales
A fragment from a humorous page recounts horse medicine claims for Sloan's Liniment curing fistula and sweeny after a stubborn veterinary diagnosis. Anecdotes from Iowa and neighborhood readers praise the product’s effectiveness and note similar endorsements from others who used Sloan’s Sure Colic Cure. The humor piece closes with Irish village banter and a Punch-like skit about wealth and laughter.
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Sweeny
Sloan
A. D. Bruce
Aurelia
Built Right Diet Offers Recovery Through Grape-Nuts
A Wisconsin woman details long dyspepsia and severe weight loss before trying Grape-Nuts. After starting with a milk and water mix, her digestion improves and she begins to regain strength. She reports able to eat fruit, meat, and vegetables again and credits the cereal with rebuilding her health.
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Wis
Kansas News Roundup Includes Army Pay Discovery and Local Developments
A Kansas dispatch notes William Wooldridge of Arkansas City finally receives $1.65 in back pay after a 40 year gap from 1862 and 1864 service with the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin. Other items cover college editors forming a Kansas Student Editorial association in Emporia, orchard tests in the sand hills near Garden City, an indictment of H. H. Tucker Jr. for mail fraud, planned Arkansas Valley development with electric power and pumping, and local notes from Caldwell, Topeka, and Emporia on taxes, monuments, coursing meets, and regional agriculture.
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Wisconsin
William Woolbridge
Arkansas City
Sam
Samuel
Ife
Em- Porta
Kansas
Nannie Dusenbark
State Normal Bulletin
Albert G. Kittrell
The
Students Herald
Manhattan
William I. Jones
College Life
Emporia
Arthur J. Carruth, Jr
Washburn Review
Topeka
W. S. Jones
Association
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Pueblo
Col
Northern Electrical Company
Madison
Wis
Canon City
Dodge City
Kan
Arkansas River
Neodesha Sun Details Local Prohibition Shift
In Neodesha the Sun reports a ban change local town limits. The piece contrasts past and present conditions noting the building once tied to prohibition era revelry now hosts fruit and dried apples. A window once filled with old newspapers shows prices and dates reflecting wartime inflation.
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Neodesha
Borax In The Dairy Cleanser For Milk Purity
An advertisement extols borax as a dairy cleanser that kills bacteria and preserves freshness and sweetness. It urges use in utensils and udder washing, notes soap and hot water fail, and promotes a free Jingle Book for mothers with an offer tied to 20 Mule Team Borax.
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Niegerlinaigyat Mt
Borax
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago
Easy Victory for Pat
An old joke pits an Englishman an Irishman and a Scotchman against each other over fast trains. The Englishman boasts telegraph poles like a hedge, the Scot cites milestones like tombstones, and Pat recalls passing fields of vegetables and a pond of water so fast it felt like broth.
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Pat
Baby’s Itching Humor Leads to Quick Cure
Mrs. William Geeding of Attica Indiana reports her sick child suffered months of itching sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment three times, sores healed with no scarring and no recurrence. She endorses Cuticura remedies for others with similar afflictions.
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William Geeding
Washington St. Attics
Ind
Skipping in the Jungle and Household Laundering Tips
A fragmentary column touches on laundering white goods with stiff starch for a better look, praising Defiance Starch. It then quotes a humorous exchange about a young lawyer claiming to practice economy, followed by a comical two year old’s moonlit longing and a sister’s mischief.
Testing Linseed Oil Adulteration and Pants for the Orphans
An old note explains detecting adulteration in linseed and white paint using a black surface and blowpipe tests, with National Lead Company offering free instructions. It also tells a tongue in cheek tale about families sending pants to orphans, highlighting a child sliding down banisters while jokingly making pants for the poor.
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National Lead Company
National Lesd Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Fred
Sam
Ragged OCR Plot Summaries Medical Claim to Cure Catarrh
A garbled passage cites a claimed cure for catarrh and describes a mechanism of action to strengthen tissues. It mentions figures and procedures in unclear terms and combines with a quoted exchange about police in plain clothes from the Philadelphia Ledger. The fragmentary text blends medical theory with reportage.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Do You Eat Pie A pie ad with scattered brand names
Irregular ad copy mentions pie, groceries, and brands like OVR-PTIC and Vernon chocolate and Custard. It riffs on consumer choices, beauty talk, and a punchy line about rushing to seek value, ending with quips about trouble seekers.
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Maxa Vernon
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