Hood's Medicine Promises Relief For Many Ailments
An advertising fragment from Portland touts Hood's Pills as a cure for a wide range of conditions including scrofula salt rheum pimples dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh psoriasis and blood poisoning urging readers to buy today and accept no substitute.
Employers offer reliable help to Seattle employers
W. H. Uplinger & Co located at 209 2nd Avenue South Seattle provides reliable help of all kinds free to employers on shortest possible notice. Wire or phone orders at their expense.
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W. H. Uplinger & Co
2Nd Avenue South
Seattle
Ambition for Young Men Urged by Rev Lyons
The piece urges young men to abandon idleness and pursue steady hard work, personal growth, and prudent use of earnings. It stresses starting small, remaining faithful to employers, and enduring adversity while maintaining modesty and humility before the universe.
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A. J. Lyons
Brooklyn
N.Y
Giant baby and fairy tale debate in 1900s column
A ten month old weighs 35 pounds and is likened to world champions while a Sonny discussion on fairy tales unfolds. Howard Pyle defends fairy tales as essential for imagination and cultural continuity. Also noted are ads for Piso’s Cure and a remark that Harry Lehr seeks active work amid reports of monkeys trained to pick prunes in California.
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Albert J. Holmanist
New York
Terry McGovern
Bob Fitzsimmons
Howard Pyle
Eyrie
Harry Lehr
California
Albert’s growth and a family plan appears in fragment
The passage describes Albert wrestling with his cousin Johnny, a small child of four, and an adult narrator reflecting on family size. A quoted mother notes a rapid growth rate and a mix of weights, while plans to train Albert when he grows larger are mentioned within the dialogue.
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Albert
Johnny
Rights of a Newsboy in a Denver Juvenile Court
A Denver juvenile court paused a high stake will case to hear a newsboy’s complaint about losing his corner to a newer officer. The judge halted proceedings to address the boy’s claim, underscoring equal justice for a poor street child and warning against bias that could breed resentment or crime.
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Juvenile Court of
Denver
Col
Little Edith Finds and Returns Kitty’s Flea
In a playful tale from Lippincott's Magazine a girl names Edith spends an afternoon examining her kitten. She reports to her mother that she found a flea and then admits she put it back on the cat, declaring it was the flea's own kitty.
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Edith
Lippincott's
Virginia law enables suit against killer of heir
The Hoge Crockett administrator of Richmond obtained $5,000 from the estate of T. S. Sayers under a new Virginia statute allowing a representative of a deceased person to sue the slayer for damages. Sayers killed Crockett and then disappeared.
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Virginia
Hoge Crockett
Richmond
T. S. Sayers
Sayers
Crockett
Intimately Acquainted Judge Exchange
A courtroom witticism features a doctor boasting of cure and lifelong familiarity with a disease as a patient questions the claim. The judge presides as the exchange plays on medical certainty and personal experience.
Man Receives Praise After Years of Steady Work
Acknowledgment highlights a man who values modesty while receiving a pat on the back for long years of diligent service. The note underscores humility over ego in recognizing steady contributions.
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim Ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. It features Dr. ER W Grove's signature on each box and lists a 25 cent price. The item also notes discussions by Russian manufacturers offering wage increases to ten dollars a month, prompting questions about education and wealth distribution.
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ER. W. Grove
Allen’s Foot-Ease Advertisement Note
Shake in Allens Foot E ase powder for chilblains damp sweat AChIne swollen feet and bunions. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores two cents. Do not substitute. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S Olinstead LeRoy New York.
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Allen S. Olinstead
LeRoy, N
Record-Setting Diamond Found Near Pretoria
A diamond valued at four million dollars was located near Pretoria, surpassing all prior finds. The note hints at future losses by a celebrity or a Wall Street broker, then pivots to unrelated advertising for Dr. Kline’s Grese Nerve Restorer and a remark about Cassie and bank robbers in Birmingham.
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Pretoria
Wall Street
Chicago
Ocean
Female diseases and disorders treated and home confinement
An ad offers treatment for female diseases and a secluded home for confinement with free consultation by a lady physician at the Paris-New York Medical Institute Seattle. Also notes cautions about Russia and a product claim for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a pile cure PAZO OINTMENT with a money back guarantee. The Newport News Press mentions Japan smoking rates.
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Paris-New York Medical Institute
D. Estabrook
Love Remedy and Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Spoof
An old time advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. endorsements from West TRUAX Walding Kinnan Marvin claim honesty and solvency. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also promoted Hall's Family Pills. The closing line reframes love as a disease and asks for its remedy.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & MaRvin
Seed Growers Salzex Seea Co Deliver Vast Vegetables
The editor notes reading ten thousand plants for sale, marveling at the quantity. John A Salzex Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin is praised as a highly reliable and extensive seed grower, reputed among the world’s best.
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John A. Salzex Seea Co
la Crosse
Wis
Salter's Warranted Seed Offer Promises Large Plant Catalog
An offer invites readers to test Salter's Warranted Vegetable Seeds. It states they will mail a big catalog along with seed for 1 000 cabbages 2 000 turnips 2 000 celery 2 000 lettuce 1 000 onions 1 000 radishes 1 000 flowers.
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Salter
Jamerica
John A. Salzer Seed CO
P.c
la Crosse
Wie
Poisons That Society Uses
A London chemist sells about 100 bottles of chlorodyne weekly with 8 percent of customers addicted. Arsenic and ether are popular among society women for beauty and mood, while ginger essence and coal tar derivatives like antipyrin and phenacetin aid headaches. Chloroformism and chloral habits rise among insomniacs, with risks of death. the piece closes with a reflection on life and death by Rev. J. P. Stoffle
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London
Sas
London Chronicle
America
England
Remarkable cures attributed to Pe-ru-na in 1897 letters
A series of patient letters praising Pe-ru-na cures from 1897 recount chronic constipation, catarrh, rheumatism, and sleep troubles improved after using the tonic. John O. Atkinson of Independence, Missouri, and Alla Schwandt of Sanborn, Minnesota, credit long-standing ailments to Pe-ru-na and endorse continued use. Dr S B Hartman offers medical advice from Columbus, Ohio.
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Hartman
Peruna
Manalin
John O. Atkinson
Atkinson
Independence
S. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Patis
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