Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement Promises Free Trial
Veteran Joshua Heller of Urbana Illinois testifies that Doans Kidney Pills relieved kidney trouble back pain and warned of attacks. The ad promises a free trial mailed nationwide and offers confidential medical advice. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes the product at 60 cents per box.
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Bright
Doan
Joshua Heller
South
Walnut Street
Urbana
Iil
Cunningham Bros
Champaign
Dean
Mr. Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Remarkable Street Names and Piquant Observations
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent catalogs oddities from Toledo to New York. Snippets include a Spanish street name meaning The Devil belongs to the Municipal Council, jokes about wages, fleas, and gas meters, counts of New York city workers, burglar tricks in Berlin, Hawthorne’s Fanshawe selling for 650 dollars, and census notes on New Orleans.
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Toledo
Spain
Pall Mall Gazette
Calle del Diablo Pertence al Ayuntamiento
Humorous Exchange at the Piano Silently Ties Belief
In a witty scene a woman asks if a man loves birds and he affirms it. She plays piano and sings of wishing to be a bird. Silas ponders the parson’s text about looking up, joking that a town with skyscrapers would be needed. The banter reveals sly misdirection in a gentle domestic moment.
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Silas
Cyrus
Those Tall Girls and Banter in Abbreviated Costumes
Conversation snippets about attire and wit from a domestic page. Banter on gowns and rainy-day outfits, royal hobby gags about clocks and poultry, a farmer’s caution on appearances versus heart, and a jokey ode misread by printers, ending with a quip about extravagant tastes and future money.
Suspicious of the Gilt Edges
A humorous dialogue contrasts Florence and George as Florence grows to like him while George doubts their rapport. The persuasive agent sells a gilt-edged investment, recalled by Farmer Corntassel who warns that the gold brick looked fine on the outside but proved a delusion and snare.
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Farmer Sorghum
Corntassel
Peruna Promises Cure For Grips and Catarrh Epidemic
A historical advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy for the grip and catarrh sweeping the nation. Letters from Alderman Joseph A. Elvin of New York and others in Minneapolis and Atchison praise Peruna for quick recovery, claiming it saves strength, nerves, and appetite while reducing winter bronchitis and lingering ailments.
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New York
Joseph A. Elvin
Fifth District
Christopher Street
New York City
Board of Health
Joseph A. Flinn
D. L. Wallace
International Barber's Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
O. UH. Perry
Atchison, Kansas
Manalin
French President Loubet Was Keen Musician Since Youth
President Loubet of the French republic has been a lifelong musician. As a boy he belonged to the village band and played in the early years of his life.
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President Loubet
French Republic
Cure all kidney and bladder troubles with Smiths Sure Kidney Cure
An advertisement touts Smiths Sure Kidney Cure promising complete cure for kidney and bladder ailments including dropsy Brights disease and albumen in urine. Price six 60 cents and sold by druggists. Also includes assorted product pitches and miscellaneous ad copy.
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Bright
Smith
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Berlin
Hospice of
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Hawthorne
Fanshawe
Boston
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North Carolina
John Herschel
Austria
de Braggs
Queens County Jail
New Jersey
London
Cholly
Kathleen
Alexandra
de Wray
de Wruyter
Youngman
Florence
Flo
George
O. H. Perry
Congressm
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
George H. White
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
S. B. Hartman
The
Gulf OF Mexico
Taylor
House
Save Agents Commission
B. Anderson & CO
Kim St
Dallas
Texas
Piso
N. W. Samus
Ocean Grove
N. J
Super Mechanes Detective Agency
Houston
Dr.Caldwell
Allie Jackson
Farmer City
Caldwell
You
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Ill
Dr. Kline
B. Kise
93Arch
Philadelphia
Douglas
Goodyear West
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoes
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Bock Ton
Mass
California
One Way Colonist
Santa FE
W. S. Keenan
Galveston
Alec Hobdlers
Frank A. Reger
P.O
Denver
Calo
W.N.U. Poulton
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