Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Purity Statement
The California Fig Syrup Co. publishes a full statement in every package to assure purity and uniformity of their laxative remedy. Genuine products are manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Cure Found for Infant Rash with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Yukon Oklahoma family reports their two year old son suffered weeks of intense itching and a severe rash. After doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured him with no recurrence for over two years. June 1908 notices and ads follow.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuthura Remedies
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Pettit's Eye Salve Promises Quick Eye Relief
Pettit's Eye Salve claims to restore normal conditions regardless of eye disease or injury. Distributed by Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo, New York.
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New York Sun
Hayrick
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Old-Time Cup Tossing In Virginia Visit
A Washington woman returning from a trip to her southwestern Virginia hometown recalls a week of family revelry. Cup tossing at meals, whispers of fortune telling, and stories of faithful dogs and a mysterious buyer fill the visit, leaving her feeling renewed.
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Virginia
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Washington Post
Sunshine from True Food: Grape-Nuts Story of Survival
An elderly Newburyport man recounts severe illness with weight loss and failing food tolerance. After trying Grape-Nuts, he improves rapidly, gains weight, and returns to work. He and his wife plan to affidavit to the letter’s truth as a reader testimonial.
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Old Orchard
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The Newlyweds and a Breadwinner Exchange
A humorous exchange in verse mocks marital roles as a breadwinner and homemaker. Pat is digging potatoes when a parish priest visits and tests him with a catechism joke about baptism, contrasting old value with modern prices.
Quips and Quotes From Busy Hearts and Blurts of Life
A collage of brief humorous exchanges and vignettes from everyday life. A drugstore scene about Manila and Manila extract. a child’s remark about astronomy and a telescope. a suffragette question and a church visit. a rug sale with a motherly reminder.
True Resignation Comic Exchange on Marriages
The Cleveland Leader presents a humorous dialogue where Old Maid resigns and jokes about dyspepsia. A doctor notes digestion sounds as a delivery wagon rumbling, while Old Maid dismisses future calls. The exchange plays on marriage as heaven sent and stomach humor.
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Wizard Luther Burbank Creates Hat Trimmings
A humorous remark identifies Luther Burbank as the inventor of many hat trimmings for women, reflecting 19th century horticultural fame.
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Highwayman Accepts Apology for a Watch
A scene of a courteous highwayman holding up a man ends with a quip as the victim offers an old timepiece. The highwayman laughs and says he will accept the apology, turning the exchange into a curious and nonviolent moment.
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Chicago News
Yes and No Romance Delights Columbia Jester
A playful dialogue from the Columbia Jester features a bashful heroine declaring admiration for a tall, brainy, good-looking man. The exchange captures surprised affection and theatrical whimsy.
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Spring Whimsy Echoes in Kandos Journal Snippet
In a playful aside from the Kansas City Journal a crooning line about springtime romance is quoted with a witty rejoinder from a character named dameel. The exchange blends literary flourish with holiday references.
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Kansas City Journal
Wit and Wry Lines From Laughing Pages
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons from various publications. Bits about fashion mishaps, games at a party, jokes about oysters and urns of bon bons, and light remark on married life and servants gossip.
Not Far From Pittsburg Telephone Cost
A humorous snippet from a London illustrated piece recalls a Pittsburg caller who wanted long distance talk for fifty cents for three minutes. The operator explains the rate must stay within city limits, prompting a quip on local versus distant calling.
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Pittsburg
N. Y
Trifles We Cherish Reveal True Friendship
Washington Irving argues that small tokens bind friendships. He notes a lock of hair or a simple flower signals the giver’s place in affection, while grand protests cannot earn trust from one who undervalues such acts.
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Fort Sheridan
Phillippines
Manila
Boston Herald
Washington Irving
Gets Them Church I hear your doctor s got three automobiles
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a quip about a doctor who already owns three cars and the public's belief that people will come or go as a result. The gag contrasts the appeal of eternal life with an endless sermon.
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Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
Redeeming a neglected garden and farm notes
The piece urges immediate action to salvage a failing garden by removing weeds and reworking soil, warns against overextending efforts, and contrasts a weed-free, orderly plot with a neglected one. It also discusses feeding hay to young livestock and explains cows milk production as an involuntary process governed by nerves.
Home Made Cultivator Described for Small Plots
An 5 foot long oak cultivator with 60-d spikes, iron ring on the tip, and plow handles repurposed for harvesting rows. It notes national resource conservation and farm land potential amid looming waste and scarcity. It also urges better farming practices and education in agriculture.
Pest Becomes Industry in Victoria Rabbit Trade
Australia faces a rabbit pest that has become a commercial industry in Victoria. Over five years, 41.423 million rabbits were exported, mainly to England, along with 98.242 million rabbit skins. Rabbit skin exports to the United States rose from 2754 dollars in 1904 to 243,382 dollars in 1908.
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Australia
Victoria
England
United States
Bettys Father and the Betty Bob Housekeeping Pact
A Civil War era family note describes Betty and Bob borrowing eighty dollars to cover bills, forming the Betty Bob Housekeeping Company with Bob as president and Betty as secretary and treasurer. The loan to cover rent and December expenses aims to restore steadiness with a ten dollar monthly sinking fund payment. The piece notes living beyond means and promises to repay as motivation.
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Myra
Bob
Betty-Bob Housekeeping Company
You
Success Magazine
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised By Women
Winchester Indiana resident Mrs May Dest credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after doctors said she would not be regular. She joins hundreds of grateful letters praising relief from painful or irregular periods backache headaches and related symptoms urging other women to act now to avoid serious consequences.
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Winchester
Ind
May Dest
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Etukoden Sedis Company
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