Apache scalps myth debunked by long-time residents
The piece argues that Apache people did not routinely scalp enemies. FE S Curtis notes that in Scribner's and other observers claim no full-blooded Apache scalped a killed foe. It says Apache men avoided touching bodies and left burial to women, challenging common press depictions.
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Illinois Central Railway
United States
Apacheland
FE. S. Curtis
Scribner's
Kodol for Dyspepsia Promises Digestive Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Kodol for Dyspepsia as a remedy that digests food, rests the stomach, and corrects indigestion, dyspepsia, heart palpitations, flatulence, and sour stomach. It claims the product renews stomach health and removes worry about digestion, sold by Joseph Bios.
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Joseph Bios
Sartorial Perspicacity and a Hidden Pocket
A man discusses with his tailor the idea of a nearly invisible pocket sewn into his trousers or waistband for discreet use. The tailor acknowledges the point with a wry remark about marriage. The exchange appears in the New York Sun.
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N. Y. Sun
Just a Family Jar
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript features a wife recalling a prior suitor and an angry husband’s remark. The dialogue centers on marriage choice and lingering rivalries within a family dispute.
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Bostom Transcript
Wine of Cardus and Thedford's Black Draught Advertised
An advertisement claims Wine of Cardus and Thedford's Black Draught ease a range of female ailments including monthly pains nervousness indigestion and constipation. It asserts the medicines are valuable reliable scientific cures and available at all drug stores for home use.
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Cardus
Thedford
Their First Quarrel Sy Janes Barrington
Miss Pinkerton helps Mrs. Henshaw stage a faux letter scene to test her husband Jack. He pretends ignorance, reveals a prank, and the pair humiliate the interferer Miss Pinkerton before sending her away. The episode ends with Jack admitting the ruse and planning to confront her. The piece notes the cost of Britain's South Africa force at $400,000 weekly.
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Kate
Jack Henshaw
Miss Pinkerton
Miss Pinker
Grace
Jack
Great Jupiter
Mrs. Henshaw
Kate Tracey
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Claim
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promises circulars from F. J. Cuentix & Co of Toledo and notes Hale Family Pills for constipation, with druggists selling at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cuentix & Co
Toledo
Halle Family
Elephants to Generate Electricity in Bombay
Indian circles consider using elephants to power dynamos for six hours daily. Electricity would be stored in batteries and used at night for lighting, with Bombay as the proposed site.
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Bombay
Traveling salesmen wanted at Wheeling Roofing & Comite Co
Wanted. Traveling salesmen must furnish references and invest $1,000 in fired close per cent bonds. Salary and expenses paid. Experience not required. we teach business at our mills. Wheeling Roofing and Comite Co., Wheeling, W. Va.
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Wheeling Roofing & Comite Co
Wheeling, W. Ve
Digestive cure linked to heart disease, claim by ad
An advertisement argues indigestion causes many heart troubles and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cites a Nevada Ohio user, claims the product digests all food and relieves stomach pressure on the heart, and lists bottle prices for the Chicago firm E G DeWitt & Co.
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D. Kauble
Nevada
E. G O. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
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