Doctor Cure for Catarrh Prompts Personal Confession
A Philadelphia Press item features a joke where a doctor claims to cure catarrh by noting he has lived with it his whole life. The patient questions the doctor’s familiarity, and Miss Maddie and Miss Snappe discuss preserving complexion and storage of a box in a cool place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddie
Snappe
Philadelphia Press
Kentucky
Ascum
Colonel Lushman
Citiman
Newcomb
Philadelphia
James S. Goldsmith
Homely Jokes and Patent Remedies in Early 1900s Notices
A collage of jokes and advertisements from the era includes health cure calls for nervousness and foot ailments, free samples of Allen's Foot Ease, and quips about horse care and fashion. Earlier quotes touch on women in business and classroom humor, with mild satirical remarks on social mores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Toledo firms back Hall's Catarrh Cure and reward offer
The notice proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for a cure Hall's Catarrh Cure sales pitch. It quotes F J Cheney Co Toledo as the firm behind the offer and cites Wust Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin as local wholesale druggists. It includes testimonials and a humorous joke about marriage from the Kansas City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall’ al Sure
F. J. Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wust & Truax
Walding Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
Wadi
John
Kansas City Journal
Perrin's Pile Specific The Internal Remedy Parody
A fragment from the Chicago News features a satirical exchange as a joke about love and loyalty among three suitors. The passage mocks medical quackery with a mock remedy claim and a dramatic end result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrin
Free Medical Advice to Women Boosts Lydia Pinkham Appeal
Mrs Rosa Adams niece of Gen Roger Hanson CA endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female illnesses. Letter cites renewed vigor, regularity and strength after two bottles. Offers free medical advice from Mrs Pinkham to any woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Adams
Roger Hanson
C.S.A
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
12Th St
Louisville
Various Humours and Health Notes From The Era
A composition of short notes on medicines and health tips, humorous exchanges, and light anecdotes. Topics include dangers of thyroid based tonics, shaving irritation remedies, vision correction's benefits, cheese as a sedative, potatoes causing fatigue, apples boosting spirits, a string of humorous quotes about horses, games, weddings, and domestic life, with quips from several city papers. The piece blends medical caution with comic vignettes and social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Great Names in Congress Patronymic Gems of the Fifty-eighth
A perceptive column from the New York Mail and Express laments that Congress draws men with striking surnames from the South and West. It lists examples like Swanger Sherley of Kentucky and Phanor Brazeale of Louisiana while noting common given names persist, suggesting peculiar baptisms help some reach fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
New York Mail and Express
Congress
South
West
Cupid Kalanianaole
Honolulu
Hawaiian Smith
Swanger Sherley
Kentucky
Phanor Braze
Jack Beall
Texas
Carter Glass
Virginia
Arsene P. Pujo
Louisiana
Pol
Snook
Moon
Crumpacker
Mudd
Skiles
Skull
Snapp
Gooch
Shemash
Kluttz
Shober
Spight
Bird
Adam Byrd
Mississippi
H. Burd Cassell
Pennsylvania
Coler
Asa Bird Gardiner
Behold the wooden Indian and a comic train exchange
The poem fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel recalls a wooden Indian guarding a tobacco shop and critiquing vice. A City Hall train exchange then features a Japanese compositor and a taunting passenger asking for his race, answered with a sharp retort about the questioner’s own identity.
Financial toll of insect pests in the United States
Official figures from Washington and extension stations show yearly losses from insect pests at not less than 35 million dollars. Dr. Howard notes the 1874 76 grasshopper invasion devastated Western crops valued at 100 million dollars in one season.
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Washington
Howard
West
On the Verge of Insanity Is a Man’s Moment
A reflective line notes that every man faces moments when he feels on the edge of madness hinting at inner turmoil and fragile balance. The quote underscores the universal struggle with sanity during pivotal life microcrises.
Rheumatism Cure Promoted by S. S. S. In Atlanta Ad
An Atlanta promoter extols S. S. S. as a superior blood purifier and cure for rheumatism, claiming external liniments never cure the disease since it is in the blood. A testimonial from Sidney Ohio notes relief and better sleep after using the product, with a free rheumatism book offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Sidney
Ohio
Japan eyes Russia as hardest military test, Japan- China view
The article notes Japan seeks to prove its military prowess against Russia while China is dismissed as a non-threat. It contrasts Japanese resolve with a Southeast Asia focus, reflecting early 20th century tensions and regional perceptions in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Russia
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Hood
Tower
Rower Loter Derd
Tower Canadian Co. Can
Toronto
Aver Co
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & CO
Nashua
N. H
John S. Beall
Comercial Bock
Portland
Ore
Chas. Somers & CO
2D and
Marion Sts
Seattle, Wa
Starr
BOYD
Balding
Seattle
Barnes &Co
Oregon
California
Robt
P. Maynard
Bailey Bldg
Seattle, Wash
E. R. Butterworth & Sons, Undertakers and Embammers
Puget Sound Nursery & Seed CO
Wash
Western Av
Mae
N. T. Joliffe
Keisters Ladies’ Tailoring College
Keister’s Ladies’ Tailoring College
Fourth Ave
Yonathan
Hess
Mrs. Ascum
New York
Detroit Free Press
B.H. Exiwn. Ltd
Blobbs
Hotspur
Sharpe
Atherstone Hounds
Kloseman
Ezzy
Christian Register
Ng Vetuesso
Tom
Chicago News
Ayer
D. P. Jolly
Avoca, N. Y
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Chicago Tribune
Nettles
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Cincinnati Times Star
Choice B. Randell
Vespasian Warner
Ariosto Wiley
James
William
Joseph
Milwaukee Sentinel
City Hall
Boughton
Meadowbrook Farm
Snoqualmie Hop Ranch
King County Court House
ASE
R. R
Haynes-Cowen CO
Scheuerman Bldg
tMerson
F. W. Geroome
Elgin
Neb
Prussian Remedy Co
St. Paul
Eree Portland Shed CO
Portland, Oregon
Coast Agente
Ss. N.Y
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