Remarkable Weight Gain After Using Perma Remedy
Mrs Maria Goertz of Orienta Oklahoma reports health recovery after using Wonderful Praise Accorded Perma the Household Remedy. She recounts husband, children and herself benefited from Dr Hartman and the medicines restoring health from chronic catarrh and related ailments. She notes her weight rose from 100 to 140 pounds and expresses gratitude for the doctor and guidance.
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Maria Goertz
Orienta
Oklahoma
Hartman
Honeymoon Couple Speaks French During Trip
A couple recalls their honeymoon with a vow to speak French to each other so no one else would understand. The exchange ends with a light remark about travel to France.
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France
Cure Rheumatism Prescription Promises Quick Results
An old advertisement touts a homemade tonic to cure rheumatism. It claims one ounce of syrup of sarsaparilla compound and one ounce of Toris compound mixed with a half pint of whiskey, to be taken before meals and at night. It asserts improvements after initial doses and full cure with continued use.
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Iowa
United States
Dolliver
Canada
Last West
Inui m
Ottawa
Can
Saving Time Before Two O'clock Train Departure
In West Philadelphia a mother hustles her children to prepare for a two o'clock Broad Street station train. Luncheon ends, they hurry to wrap up and depart. Edward is teased for not brushing teeth yet Howard explains he brushed before eating in the rush.
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Broad Street
West Philadelphia
Edward
Howard
Philadelphia Times
Dialogue Fragments from a Rural Arkansas Scene
A brief sequence of lines shows Bell and Belle in a social moment with Jack observing, followed by Noah guiding a plan amid a humorous set of actions involving Mrs Noah and an elephant. The exchange hints at a playful domestic tableau and a comic plan.
Barroom Scenes Reveal Two Men as Mutinous Captains
A wary investigator enters a riotous bar to find Capt Eli Tuttle and his creole ally De Nova, two former seafarers who resist outside command. They test the newcomer's authority while a quiet life with Don Castillo lingers in the background.
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Bill
Pat McCann
Tuttle
Cove
Saint Andrew
Berry
Capt
Eli Tuttle
Betsy
New Bedford
Friend de Nova
Don Castillo
Peru
de Nova
Mr. Tuttle
Monsieur
Hatteras
Adventurer John Stephens in Chile Night War Offer
Massachusetts man John Stephens, marooned at Valparaiso, aids a young woman rescued from a drunken officer. An Admiral of the Peruvian navy announces war between Chile and Peru and offers Stephens the captaincy to seize Esmeralda that night.
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John Stephens
Valparaiso
Chile
Bolivia
Stephens
Peru
Dice Throw to Decide the Deed
A young man ponders a bold plan to complete a deed on a sodden night. He considers risk and luck, then turns to the table and offers to let fate decide with a throw of the dice. The scene unfolds with tension as he faces a seated companion.
Night of danger in Valparaiso squalid port scene
The narrator describes a perilous night in Valparaiso strolling through drunken crowds, dodging risks as he heads to Pedro Rodrigues’ den a crowded tavern. He surveys a diverse seaman crowd and notes the wild revelry surrounding the foreign port.
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Sanchez
Lord Darlington
Wuld
Port Said
Melbourne
Calcutta
Valparaiso
South Seas
Pedro Rodrigues
North Sea
Baltic
Channel
West Atlantic
Breaks a Cold in a Day Cures Coughs by Formula
Noted physician presents a remedy for colds and coughs using glycerine pine and whiskey. Mix two ounces glycerine half ounce Concentrated Pine into half pint whiskey and dose as teaspoonful to tablespoonful every four hours. Shake bottle. available from druggists. Concentrated Pine sold in half ounce air tight vials. Cured hundreds last winter.
A Real Catastrophe and a Woman's Yearning
A short humorous anecdote about four year old Philip who reports the cow has dried up and will not thaw until spring. It contrasts with a remark about modern women and a satirical quip on millionaire status and bill collectors.
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Philip
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
An Oronogo Missouri woman reports relief from nervous symptoms and bearing down after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A St Louis reader also cites improvements with the female remedy and Sanative Wash. The ad claims the product cures a range of female illnesses and costs little to try.
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Oronogo
Lydia E. Pinkham
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