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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
10
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the greatest spring medicine cleansing blood restoring appetite and vitality. It cites testimonials from ApoLPH RuHopE and Marup Kizcore and notes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy with “No Cure, No Pay” and 50 cent price.
A Jersey farmer in New York reads a window sign offering Dickens works for two dollars and jokes Dickens may be a poor workman or desperate for work. The snippet ends with a health ad promising ten cents prevention against intestinal troubles and a Cascarets candy product.
An 1901 catalog snippet promotes Garfield Tea as a cure for constipation and headache, claims it strengthens digestion, and presents a dramatic scene with a doctor and an absent minded patient. It also notes Kirk Geary & Co. at 330 Sutter St San Francisco as a supplier of photographic goods and amateur equipment.
In a faded portrait Miss Withers is described as resembling her younger self, with Binks noting the likeness despite his inexperience at nineteen. The exchange hints at recognition and memory through a faded image.
This readerly blurb touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease and claims it heals by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars if it fails and invite testimonials.
The popular emotional actress quips about her woodland cottage. She says she built it from East Lynne rather than Northern pine, joking in a light comedy manner as someone asks about her cottage in the woods.
The tragedian boasts of an annual pash from the Central railway after a report to the general manager about 37 defective ties following a trip. The comedian questions how the windfall occurred amid the safety issue raised by the defective rails.
A playful exchange notes criticism of landscape layout while revealing the client’s wealth from stock watering operations. The dialogue implies satire on moneyed interests influencing art and landscape design.
A quoted Englishman dismisses a newspaper account with a boast that if the Boer war were fought at sea the tale would be different, tossing the paper in contempt.
Ohio automobile owners form a driving force in the good roads campaign as a plan develops to construct a statewide boulevard from end to end, linking major cities and towns.
A short playful note describes a sponge that can absorb and release liquids. The text imagines squeezing the sponge to reclaim what it has absorbed, presenting a simple science-like observation.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat reminiscence a 19th century man recalls how in 1850 mustaches marked gamblers or swashbucklers. A London Englishman with a heavy blonde mustache faced social ostracism and left for London. A riverboat card sharp shaved to avoid suspicion and won big on a poker night in Vicksburg.
An 1851 Newburg New York April Fool wedding bonded Edward Watkins and a local woman on Watkins 21st birthday. They later celebrated their 50th anniversary in Williamsport Pennsylvania with family. A second anecdote recalls a groom sipping finger-bowl water at a hotel餐.
A Broadway hotel typewriter, famed for copying many successful plays, is regarded as a mascot. Superstitious dramatists delay using operators less favored by chance when she is not available. Also notes on marriage duration and social talk about men.
A historic health advisory describes ovarian inflammation or ovaritis with dull throbbing pain tenderness heat and occasional shooting pains. It cites swelling in the affected area and promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound from Mrs Pinkham’s Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts as a cure with testimonials.
A collage of quips on marriage and mothers closes with an ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds and Grove’s signature on each box. A humorous exchange on husbands and Providence ends the clipped page.
A collage of old ads announcing Dr. Kline's Great Restorer claiming permanent cures with free trial offers and Philadelphia address. The clippings include quips about wealth and inheritance and promotions for Garfield Tea as a blood purifier. The tone mimics late 19th or early 20th century newspaper filler.
Promoters preview a completed link between New York and Philadelphia using steam roads for segments. They expect high speeds with full one way fares at 1 dollar and round trips priced at 4 dollars.
A humorous exchange imagines future wives living with less control from mothers in law about cooking skills. The joke hinges on the idea that the next generation will have an advantage because their husbands will be spared their mothers wrathful commentary about past domestic arts.
A political jibe underscores a clash as an executive resists appointing a preferred candidate to the police force citing ignorance and instead hints at placing him on the school board. The exchange names Heeler and Den, signaling a local power struggle over governance.
A historical note recalls the first submarine cable laid across the English Channel about fifty years ago and mentions Hoss tettler's Stomach Bitters as a popular dyspepsia cure of a similar era. It also references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children and observes the shifting pace of seasons amid warm days.
Public warns against alum baking powders linked to poisoning cases. Low price and gifts mark inferior products, often sold for 10 to 25 cents per pound. Consumers urged to avoid schemes and presents and choose high quality powders for health.
A local paper printed a young lady's playful verses titled My 30th causing a typographical stir. The feature invites readers to develop and print images with complete outfits for 31gx31g to 4x5 pictures priced at $1.50 and $2.50. Kirk Geary & Co. promotes Sutter Street San Francisco.
Abe Chinwhiskers notes Sary Bernhardt played as a man for New York. Joshua Geehan reacts with skepticism and praises a women’s minstrel troupe, calling it a bold development.
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