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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
10
A humorist vents fury over a misrouted letter as his wife handed him a note to mail and he inadvertently shipped it himself. The Baltimore American quotes the exchange with sharp comic scorn and a dramatic outburst.
The piece catalogs native demonyms for U S states, noting Alabama Yellowbellimers Arkansas Toothpicks California Gold hunters Colorado Rovers Connecticut Nutmegs Delaware Muskrats Florida Fly up the creeks Georgia Crackers and Buzzards Illinois Suckers Indiana Ilosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Kansas Squatters Jayhawkers Freesoilers Grasshoppers Sunflowers Kentucky Bluegrass or Colonels Louisiana Creoles Maine Fexes Maryland Craw thumpers Massachusetts Bay Staters Blue Stockings Michigan Wolverines Minnesota Gophers Mississippi Tadpoles Missouri Pukes Montana Bonanzas Nebraska Bug-eaters New Hampshire Granite Boys New Jersey Jersey Blues Spaniards Crows Clam catchers Nevada Sage Hens New York Whnickerbockers North Carolina Tar heels Tarboilers Buffaloes Tuccoes North Dakota Sioux South Dakota Coyotes Ohio Buckeyes Oregon Web-toot Hard Cases Pennsylvania Pennamites Leather heads Rhode Island Gunflints old South Carolina Weasels Tennessee Whelps Virginia Beaches Vermont Green Mountain Boys Washington Chinooks West Virginia Panhandlers Wisconsin Badgers Idaho Wyoming Centennial States meta note Kansas unique before statehood
A commercial traveler recalls visiting a Maine country court where a pompous trial justice questions a red faced old witness. The witness lampoons the judge, questions his knowledge, and ends with a contempt warning and a $10 fine.
Afterward she asks how the proposal happened and he recalls riding a street car because he could not afford a cab. The Detroit Free Press piece captures a whimsical, understated moment of courtship.
Dr Roche of Baltimore reports statistics on eighteen American cities lacking public baths finding only 23 percent of residences equipped with tubs.
A humorous exchange depicts a wife asking why her husband buys many stamps at once and the husband joking that the stash ensures some won’t stick together. The brief reflects a light domestic moment from a period newspaper.
An old advertisement notes foreign tensions over China and pivots to health claims urging readers to avoid dyspepsia constipation and stomach diseases with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. A dialogue from Harper's Bazar mocks engagement timing, reflecting period tone.
Ned Yerkes Hawley of Spokane recounts illness starting June 1899 with biliousness dizziness back pain and dark spots before the eyes. After medical care and a pills remedy he reports rapid relief and endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People reaching many others.
U S Senator from North Dakota Hon W W Roach writes from Larimore praising Peruna as a tonic that boosted strength vigor and appetite. He notes friends say it cures catarrh and highlights Peruna as a universal remedy with national appeal and enduring efficacy. Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio markets Peruna as a systemic catarrh remedy.
A judge notes a Boston woman referring to mountains in Asia as the Hemol yons, remarking on the unusual term and the speaker’s unfamiliar prior meeting. The exchange highlights confusion over geographic names in dialogue.
Advertises a “cure a cold in one day” with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Promises full refund if it fails and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box with a price of 2 cents.
The tiny ruler governs over a people numbering more than a million in Bhopaul. The monarch, Pjihan Begum, is about fifty years old yet appears no larger than a ten year old child.
A collection of whimsical lines from Chicago Tribune and Colorado Springs Gazette snippets. The starfish jokes about marine architecture aboard Noahs ark while a barnacle and others riff on public figures and a misnamed Mrs Nation.
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