Peruna and Alonalin touted by Suffering Augusta agent
A damaged letter to Dr. Hartman of the Wariman Sanitarium praises Peruna and Alonalin as curative for catarrhal dyspepsia and chronic stomach issues. The note cites long years of use, a property agent L F Verdery of Augusta Georgia, and an invitation to write for Dr Hartman’s guidance.
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Tartan Egnerragmia Sutkin
Washington
Rome
Botkin, Aly
Ban V. Verdery
Augusta
Peruna
L. F. Verdery
Peru
Dr. Hartman
Wariman Sanitarium
Columbus
Sol Smith Russell and the Olivet Optic connection in a Chicago anecdote
Eugene Field recounts a Tremont House rotunda overheard tale about Sol Smith Russell, praised as the greatest comedian of the stage and noted for temperance, with his father in law William T. Adams also called Olivet Optic. The stranger mentions the theater, a Milwaukee visit, and a joke about three nines in cards.
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Sol Smith
Brooklyn Hagle
Sol Smith Russell
William T. Adams
Olivet Optic
Eugene Field
Tremont House
Chicago
Chicago, Overheard A Stranger Temarle
Field
Russell
Ufe
Milwaukee
Sol
W. ‘I. Adams
New French Name for Typewriting Raises Laughs
A dash of humor marks a meeting as a committee struggles with a new French term for typewriting and jokes about how a dactylographer might become “ducky dear” while discussing resolutions. An old ad pitches Allen's Foot-Baace powder for corns and sore feet as a free sample offer circulates.
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St. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ducky
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Disputing the Axiom in a Chicago Tribune Cartoon
The article cites Mr Oldboy facing a vain style struggle as he laments a bald crown with a quippy remark about parts exceeding the whole. It notes contrasts with fashion choices and a humorous aside about dress and beauty products. The piece also touches on Porto Rican coffee as a global commodity and trade potential for the United States.
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Chicago Tribune
Mall’s Catuerhome Price Sited At 75 Canta
A catalog entry notes Mall’s Catuerhome priced at 75 canta and repeats the line. Historical references claim third time in Germany caused a sharp drop in wine and spirit liquor consumption.
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Mall
Germany
Vest Seeks Clear Record on Lincoln Stephens Interview
Washington report to the Kansas City Star describes Senator Vest rebutting a misstatement about Lincoln's 1865 peace terms with the Confederacy. Vest cites Henry Waterson and Alexander Stephens, noting Lincoln demanded unconditional surrender and promised clemency to Confederate leaders.
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Kansas City Star
Senator Vest
Senate
West
Confederate Senate
Jefferson Davis
Henry Watterson
Alexander Stephens
Lincoln
Missouri
South Carolina
Tillmen
Hampton Roads interview claim denied by Senator West Version
Senator West presents a formal denial of the Hampton Roads blank sheet claim attributed to Lincoln and Stephens. He cites colonel Watterson and John Reagan, asserting no such interview occurred and that the supposed offer to the Confederacy would indict its leaders if true. He emphasizes the need to set the record straight for history.
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South Carolina
Hampton Roads
Abraham Lincoln
William H. Seward
United States
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederacy
R. M. T. Hunter
John A
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Coleonel Watterson
John H. Reagan
Texas
Watterson
Confederate States
Union
R. M. Z. Hunter
Reagan
Confederate Senate
West
Br. Lincoln
M. T. Hunter
Richmond
Bouiding
James I Prugh
Alabama
Pettus
Lincoln
Eccentric Elbert Hubbard Shaped By Wit and Cash
The New York Tribune notes a tale about Elbert Hubbard, Philistine editor, who jokes with a bootblack. Asked for a wash, the boy dashes to a trough to clean up, refuses the dime, and flings a jab about Hubbard’s looks and hair.
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New York Tribune
Elbert Hubbard
The
Philistine
Philadelphia Times
Man haggles over two shabby books at second-hand shop
A shabby man with a red nose tries to sell two dilapidated paper-bound novels at a Ninth Street shop. The attendant offers three cents for both, and the owner presses for a higher price, prompting a sharp exchange and the man’s departure. A bystander notes the seller’s desire for beer money.
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Hao
Philadelphia
Ninth Street
Gratter
The Modern Method in Washington Star Inventor’s Struggle
A Washington Star excerpt portrays a struggling inventor mocked by a friend who says inventors no longer struggle because eager buyers handle the risk. The dialogue reflects tension between innovation and market speculation.
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Washington Star
Pilkins Jamboree In Smartweed Junction Moral Revealed
An undersized town hosts the Pilkins family annual jamboree with an imported orchestra, meals, and dancing. Citizens attend in finery, endure dress rooms, macaroons, and a drying punch bowl mishap as the event unfolds. Moral warns Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow ye die.
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Corporation
Filkins
Pilkinses
Court House
Chicago
Pilkins
Prairies
High Life
Mink Patterson
Smartweed Junction
Uncle Tom
Pilkins Place
Home
Modern Fable of Vacation Plans and Travel Dreams
A man and wife plan an ambitious three week vacation starting April 1, charting Niagara, Atlantic City, the Mammoth Cave, the Great Lakes and more. They juggle options, cancel a mountain trip, then hike to a Brown County retreat before returning home. Moral: if summer came in spring there would be much travel.
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Niagara
Fhotlnnd Islands
Atlantic City
Mammoth Cave
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Califarnit
Salt Lake
Yellowalane
Adirondack
Nantucket
Modern Fable of Otis and Sophy in a Milk Route Parade
The tale follows Otis a milk deliverer who pursues Sophy a social climber elfin girl. He learns music joins the band and courts her amid parade bravado and public display. The moral states adversity reveals true nobility of character.
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Sophy
Otis
Ote
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