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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
10
Dyspepsia sufferers are advised that eating less is not the answer. Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the stomach and digestive system. A Boston girl, niece of Frank Fay, recovered after six years of poor appetite sour stomach and headaches with two bottles, as she had tried other medicines without success.
A collage of light humor, medical ads, and quotes appears from early United States newspapers. Jokes about chauffeurs and misfortune sit beside patent medicine pitches for Allen s Foot Ease Piso s Cure and Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup. Quotations include playful exchanges, anti flirtation lines, and classic hokum from the era.
A Denver Times excerpt shows a young man asking what a penny would mean to Johnny as a gesture to conciliate. Johnny retorts that the money would likely be spent to buy an automobile and cause harm by risking a neck breaking accident.
An advertisement extols S S S blood purifier as safe for old and young, claiming it cleanses all impurities, builds the weak, and renews digestion and nerves. It urges readers to request a free medical booklet and consults physicians, noting the product is mineral free and herb based. The copy cites Richard T. Florence and Gardner, Georgia, as endorsers.
A satirical column notes ideas on labor gender roles and social expectations. It lampoons lazy workers and playful perceptions of work and home life with humorous observations about marriage, wages, and society. The piece ends asking for another plan.
A compilation of judicial notes covers liens on logs after owner's sale, bank liability for forged checks, foreign corporations conforming to state law, liquor sale acts and spouse's loss of support damages, elevator safety duties, and a church school remark provoking a humorous response about returning with better brains.
A Vermont rag picker discovered money sewn into an old coat lining large enough to fund retirement and a comfortable house. The discovery prompts questions about life in the Green Mountain State and what the brighter side might hold. The Buffalo Courier-Record highlights the find as a striking contrast to rural hardship.
A peculiar city with a population near 70 000 spans 28 miles along the lake front and has a width of one to two miles. The description highlights its unusual urban footprint and compact shape.
A Yonkers Statesman tale describes a former dry goods clerk who ends up in a coal office. A female customer asks for two tons of coal at once and the clerk, idly tipping ashes from a cigarette, asks if she will carry it or have it delivered.
An agitated woman complains she has searched for her husband for two hours while a calm companion responds she has sought a husband for twenty five years. The dialogue plays on domestic worries and humorous perspective.
In a witty exchange, Joshua tells Mr. Warren that arriving in town the first thing he noticed was a trolley car, adding that it did not hit him very hard. The Detroit Free Press notes the humorous response as a light moment.
An anecdotal Brooklyn remark recalls a man who never visited Brooklyn, but once missed the right ferry and ended up in Jersey City, as recounted in the New York Weekly.
Quotations recount a church visit and a minister seeking reasons for absence. Town gossip labels Mrs Ascum as nosy while Mrs Snappe notes her habit of intruding into neighbors affairs in a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
The speech notes vessels built or authorized since the Spanish American War exceed the tonnage of earlier regular ships. It also claims gun effectiveness has doubled, highlighting a major build up of naval strength.
The record notes that there are 270 cities with populations over 100,000, 35 exceeding 500,000, and 12 surpassing 1,000,000 residents. It presents a summary of urban scale distribution without regional specifics.
A collage of itemized snippets including a Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonial and sale note, a Glasgow Exhibition surplus offer, social chat about golf couples, a Garfield Remedies promotion claiming over three million users, and witty exchanges about marriage and money.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer remark notes Napoleon Bonaparte can get along without the statue prepared for him in St Louis. The comment highlights his Corsican origins and independence from ceremonial tributes.
A Chicago Record-Herald quote presents a Pharisee thanking God for his superiority and a lady challenging him about his seat in a car amid standing women, illustrating social judgment in a witty exchange.
Mrs Fosdick asks Lucy about her new hat and learns Frank provided the money from a share of a successful investment with Mr John Pott. The remark ties the purchase to the investment and the two women discuss the source of funds.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Journal features a wife calling her husband a philosopher and an aunt remarking that a man may bow to the inevitable when married to it. The light dialogue reflects domestic wit typical of era commentary.
Mrs Henry Wells Terry of Babylon Long Island owns one of America's most complete bird collections, inherited from her father J C Knoess a renowned ornithologist celebrated worldwide for his expertise.
A Harvard professor identifies what he believes to be the remnants of an extinct volcano at Schuylerville New York a small historic country place noted in American lore.
In a lively exchange from the Ohio State Journal a boy Willie complains of stomach pain after claiming he has eaten eight green apples. His mother questions his eating, prompting the humorous insistence on his unusual diet.
An advertisement praises the M and M Arc Lamps as bright economical lighting for stores. It urges readers to write C. W. Lord in Portland Oregon for a circular and notes agents are wanted in every town.
A narrative highlights how illness from heavy work affects women, noting backaches pains and menstrual irregularities followed by leucorrhoea. A young woman featured in a portrait reports cure after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and guidance from the Lynn Massachusetts laboratory. The article urges other sick women to seek free advice without obligation.
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