Humorous snippets and jests from early newspaper quarrels
A collage of light jokes and quips includes a doctor patient exchange about catarrh, a complexion query, a spelling jest with orse, and witticisms about women in business. Also features streetcar banter, class footnotes, ball prep chatter, and a free sample advertisement for Allen's Foot Ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddie
Snappe
Philadelphia Press
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Fragments of Cure, Fashion, and Teasing Lines From Old Paper
A scrambled OCR sample mixes patent medicine claims for nervous ailments and coughs with ads for Restorer and Piso’s Cure, plus a Philadelphia fashion remark on ready-made suits. Humorous snippets reference Seneca, a foxhound outing, teething syrups, and a quip about Ezzy’s horse.
Cattarrh Cure Offered and Local Business Ads Mingle
A broad advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a cure of catarrh and includes testimonials from Cheney & Co and local Toledo druggists. The note promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents per bottle with free testimonials and mentions Wall's Family Pills. A humorous exchange about marriage follows, referencing a wedding in seven days and a joke about the rule of three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney &Co
O. Wethe
Veencat
J. Cheney
Waser & Trvax
Toledo
John
Kansas City Journal
Love Triangle Dilemma Ends With Fatal Declaration
In a dramatic exchange a young woman asks John if his love is real. John confirms then reveals Tom loves her and would die for her. John responds that if a dead man is what she wants, Tom is already finished. Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Tom
Chicago News
Widow of General Hanson Endorses Pinkham’s Compound
Rosa Adams of Louisville Kentucky extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female maladies and fatigue. She credits two bottles with restoring health and energy and urges others to try the remedy. A $6000 forfeit demands original letters proving genuineness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Adams
Roger Hanson
C.S.A
Lydia E. Pinkham
12Th St
Louisville
Free Medical Advice To Women By Mrs Pinkham
Women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free medical advice. The offer promises understanding and kind treatment and notes that many have benefited from her guidance.
Various Health and Humorous Snippets from the Press
A collage of brief notes on health remedies and everyday woes. Topics include dangerous thyroid based tonics, shaving irritation treated with hazel jelly, eye care for children, cheese and potatoes as dietary cautions, and humorous exchanges from Chicago and Philadelphia papers reflecting light social commentary.
Judicial Decisions on Eminent Domain and Tort Liabilities
A survey of appellate rulings covers eminent domain for a park expansion to serve a free library, the effect of attorney fees on sue-dismiss rights, dog bite liability under owner knowledge, single-sheet insurance applications with promissory notes, railroad excursion ticket risk waivers, and hotel bellboy negligence causing overflow damage to goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
Pittsburgh
Tompkins
Nashville
St. L. Ry
Peck
Rochford
Atlantic Rep
Judge Brown
Alabama
Haralson
Emperor of Sahara seen in snapshot humor and tales
A Parisian titled Jacques Le baudy, the emperor of Sahara, is sketched in a new photo as he builds his desert empire. In Philadelphia Dr Lorenz is mockingly likened to charging rich patients, and a Ben Nevis climber jokes about sending seven identical messages from the summit, ending with a caution about failing to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Lebaudy
Sahara
Jacques
Ben Nevis
Not A Skin Disease Rheumatism Cure Ad Emphasized
An ad from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta argues rheumatism is a blood disease, not a skin issue, and promotes S S S as the cure. It claims external treatments fail and offers a free booklet and free physician guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
G&i
Korea Japan and Russia face tough test amid warfare talk
The piece notes Japan seeks to test its military may in the Russia crisis while China is downplayed. The street scene aside hints at public curiosity about fashion and daily life amidst global tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Russia
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Aea
Hood
Jokaaldad
Criusner
Horse
Hess
Orse
Mrs. Ascum
Mrs. Locutte
Mr. Ascum
New York
Ile
Detroit
Free Presa
Frat Cay
Nline
R.H. Kure, Ltd
Philadelphia
Blobbs
Hotspur
Sharpe
Atherstone Hounds
Kloseman
Ezzy
Christian Register
V3 Power CO
A.J
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Tower Canadian CO
Toronto
Can
Lmited
Ayer
AyerCo
Druggista
John S. Beall
Commercial Block
Portland
Ore
Chas. Somers & CO
2D and
Marion Sts
Seattle, Wa
Barnes &Contents
Seattle
Oregon
California
Robt
P. Maynard
Bailey Bldg
Wash
E. R. Butterworth & Sons, Undertakers and Embammers
Puget Sound Nursery & Seed CO
Western Av
Rolie
Frida
N. T. Joliffe
Keister’s Ladies’ Tailoring College
West
Fourth Ave
Vmule Mem
Perrin
D. P. Jolly
Avoca, N. Y
S.c
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mase
Mr. Jones
Chicago Tribune
Nettles
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Cincinnati
Timea Star
Kentucky
Ascum
Colonel Lushman
Citiman
Newcomb
Suburbe
Jacques 1
Bidney
Ohio
Boughton
Suisoge
Fyuptors
Meadowbrook Farm
Snoqualmie Hop Ranch
James S. Goldsmith
King County Court House
R. R
Haynes-Cowen CO
Scheuerman Bldg
Seitzer
W. Grodigin
Prussian Remedy Co., St. Paul, Ming
Fortland Seed CO
Pertleed, Oregon
Coast Agenia
N.Y
Meti
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