Hood's Sarsaparilla Versus Hard-To-Cure Ills
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as uniquely effective due to a balanced formula targeting blood liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It lists specific ingredients for each organ and urges readers to buy the medicine in liquid or tablet form.
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Irrigated Lands in Southern Alberta Offered by West American Land Co
Co P BR IRRIGATED lands between Calgary and Medicine Hat on mail line C P Railway. Only $26 per acre with perpetual water-right. Maintenance tax 50 cents per acre. Rich soil and ample water with abundant sunshine. Easy terms and low transport rates. Bailey Building Seattle Wash.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
C. P. Railway
West American Land CO
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Seattle
Wash
Railroading Critique Hits Public Figures And Debts
Stuyvesant Fish denounces excess reckless railroading in the nation. He notes the issue harms creditors more than Count Castollane, framing the critique as a sharp commentary rather than a joke.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Cascarets Endorsement Sparks National Sale Frenzy
The advertisement touts Cascarets as a trusted consumer staple with millions of daily users and years of heavy spending on endorsements. It warns of imitators and counterfeiters seeking unearned profits by stealing Cascarets' goodwill.
Cascarets touted as time tested health aid
An advertisement for Cascarets from the Sterling Remedy Company markets them as a trustworthy bowel cleanser and digestive aid. It warns against dishonest sales pitches, notes the product is plant based and safe, and offers a tenth of a dollar bonbon box gift for readers who respond by mail.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Horse Blanket Innovation Aids Draft Animals
A Seattle inventor unveils a ventilated horse blanket designed for draft animals with openings at the top to vent heat. A fabric shield above the openings, supported by a skeleton wire frame, keeps water or snow out while reins stay in place.
Indifference to quality in vegetable and fruit growing noted
An observed flaw in farming is the neglect of quality when choosing varieties. Musk melons are especially affected by poor offerings, prompting a local family to stop buying after repeated low quality. The Honey melon shows promise with green skin and yellowish green flesh.
New melon variety may boost planting and taste appeal
The passage praises a promising melon variety with sweet spicy flavor likely to be widely planted where muskmelon grows. It also shares a method to dry boiled sweet potatoes for sun drying and a simple breakfast dish with sliced dried potatoes.
Milk fat variation in Jersey cow affects butter yield
A Jersey cow showed milk fat ranging from 4.45 to 5.83 percent, indicating single tests may mislead butter yield calculations. The study notes day to day variation means more milk may be needed for a pound of butter in some cases than in others.
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England
Frank W. Mahin
United States
Nottingham
Indiana
Gentle Horse Wanted for Smithson at Livery Stable
A livery stable keeper notes Smithson seeks a gentle quiet horse suitable as a hobby horse. The note mentions not biting or kicking and points to a toy store in the next block for related items.
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Smithson
Undoubtedly True in a Philosophical Exchange
A conversation features a man who thinks aloud and a party member with a rubber habit. The nolay thinker argues people would be more grateful for what they have if not for numerous desires. The exchange blends paradox and humor.
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Nolay
Noise and weathered notes in a busy faded column
A jumble of anecdotes and advertisements shows a pianist’s complaint about noise in a crowded house, Mrs Yerkes’ remarriage shock, a catarrh cure ad promising a cure with a $100 reward, a marital quarrel exchange, and a German professor’s remark that thinking exhausts more than physical exercise.
Allen’s Foot-Base Advertisement for Foot Ailments
A historical ad touts Allen’s Foot-Base powder to cure chilblains damp sweating and swollen feet along with corns and bunions. It claims effectiveness for foot complaints and offers 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with free sample by mailing address in LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
LeRoy, N. Y
Not a Charity. Is Smith-Is Green a charitable man
A humorous remark questions whether Smith-Is Green acts charitably while noting Jones Well and his habit of giving himself away. The text also promotes Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
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Green
Jones
Mrs. Winslow
Quip Exchange Between Dixon and Wife Highlights Witty Banter
A light exchange showcases Dixon jokingly noting his wife’s ready tongue and her retort that his own is always ready to start but rarely to stop. The dialogue captures sharp, playful wordplay within a domestic setting.
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Vixon
Dixon
Music at Church Causes Quiet Dispute at Home
Mrs Jones says her husband has a good ear for music while Mrs Smith disagrees noting she has none. He believes every piece heard at church is a lullaby.
CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY PROMO PILL
An old advertisement touts a “LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablet” to cure a cold in one day. It promises money back from druggists if it fails and bears the printed signature of K W. GROVE.
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Kansas City
Kansas
K W. Grove
New England on the Pacific Coast Discovery Claim
The passage notes that English speech reached a Pacific beach near San Francisco long before Plymouth Rock. It cites Francis Drake in 1579 naming Nouva Albion after England and describing Dover-like cliffs at Point Reyes as the basis for New England. It also includes a quip about commercialism and presidents.
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San Francisco
Plymouth Rock
New England
Francis Drake
Elizabeth
Nouva Albion
Point Reyes
Dover
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