Overstudy and Illness Remedies Touted in Advertisements
A fragmented old newspaper clipping extols education contrasts and touts many medical cures. It promotes Kadol for digestion, Foley's remedies for asthma and kidney issues, and includes a physician testimonial claiming success after three bottles. The piece mixes moral quotes with medical advertising in a dated tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merateury Othter
Central St
Nashville
Renn
Foley
DI. Geo. Ewing
Smith
Pilgrim Joe and the Runaway Woman Meet on the Road
An Oklahoma travel tale features a tintypist and a liver cure inventor, with a chance encounter between Pilgrim Joe and a wary widow. The two swap barbs and banter as clues unfold about a missing wife and a past relationship, ending with renewed hope that the man may reclaim his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Lewis
Sitm
Oklahoma
Warner Snow Allers
The Jackass and the Pirate Tale Ends in Collar Disaster
Frank L Blanton retells a tall tale about a jackass and a giraffe in Washington Trends era slang. A giraffe learns a collar is dangerous while a jackass is humored then dubbed a fool for fitting the collar. The crowd laughs as the master is driven to plow and the giraffe is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Dickey
Williams
Jackass
Frank L. Blanton
Clicago Record-Herald
Unclear Birthday Exchange Highlights Pettiness and Wit
A playful, fragmented exchange between Paula and Masnonimous centers on birthday wishes. Paula yearns for a gift while Masnonimous laments an inability to provide anything, creating a lighthearted, ironic moment in a personal dialogue.
Arithmetic Riddle In Class Turns To Food Joke
In a light classroom scene a teacher asks for the product of forty apples six pounds of beef and two pounds of raisins. A boy quips mince pie as the answer, reflecting playful arithmetic humor from Women's Home Journal.
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Woman's Home Journal
Prairie Love and a Hanging Mocked
A rustic tale unfolds on the prairie where a woman chases a foot traveler after a rejected proposal. A dejected man explains being hung by a mob, escaping when the rope breaks, leaving him to recount his misadventure and seek consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phen
Changes Wis Mind On Coffee Incident
A nervy boarder recalls a doctor who changed his view on his coffee habit after sharing a meal at the boarding house. The story frames a humorous dialogue about risk and insurance as he reflects on daily routines and a possible policy.
Reggies Conclusion and Domestic Telephoning Anecdotes
Reggie exclaims with childlike glee about a circuit being built and a rug filled with breakfast food. The note also mentions a long distance proposal by telephone and a husband preferring to speak to his wife in the same fashion since their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reggie
Regete
Dobbs
Dudley
Hobbs
Those Telltale Eyes and a Stormy Morning Tale
Dialogue fragments reveal a shipboard crisis with the captain and crew. A mate reports a cook swept overboard while a judge-like figure contemplates actions as the morning light contrasts the red eyes and rising tension aboard.
Testing the Lungs to Expand the Chest and Ward Off Consumption
The instruction describes a breathing routine to gauge lung time and expand the chest. It explains slow breathing, holding seconds, and a sequence to inhale by standing, throwing back the head and shoulders, then exhaling with arms raised. It claims repeated practice strengthens lungs and helps prevent consumption.
Senator Sorghum and a Panama cholera cure tale
A Washington Star snippet features Senator Sorghum arguing about profit honor while a door closes. The Panamanian scene touts Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy through patient anecdotes from Panama and Ohio doctors, praising its rapid recovery in dysentery and cholera infantum cases.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Cas
Chamberlain
Gale
Curuis Waler
Uook Walter
Obio
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Innatl Commercial Tribune
Boston Transcript
Hawthorne
Wright
Wil
Vicar Bros. Meal Market
Victor Grothera
World Office
H.althaus
Presbyterian Church
T. J. Symington
Queen's University
Canada
Ackey
Iowa
Pal DeWitt
Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Pilgrim Joe
Fiy
Iean
M. Quad
Paula
Yonkers Statesman
Chicago Tribune
Panam
Colombia
Uoger
Maple St
Champaigyn
Physiciana
Peng
Marlon Lee
Dusreath
Ind
Valev
Home Office
Jim
Sunny Jims
Millar
Sunny Jim
Bunny
Dubuque Brewing and Malting Co
Dubuque, Iowa
Puget Sound
California
Grand Army of the Republic
Sippi Commercial Congress
Pacific Coast
St Paul
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
St. Paul
Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Columbia River
T. A. Chas
S. Fee
ST. Paul, Mina
Trey
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