GREELEY'S REVENGE AND Stanton Retorts in Suffrage Tales
The passage recounts Elizabeth Cady Stanton clashing with Horace Greeley over woman suffrage, including a famed wartime exchange about voting and fighting. It notes their cordial later dynamic, Curtis’s petition, and Greeley’s quip about Mary Cheney Greeley, plus a brief joke about Eve and a maid.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Horace Greeley
Horace
the Tribune
Henry B. Stanton
The
Tribune
Pilgrim
Strange Funeral By Elephants A Ceylon Planter Recalls
A planter from Ceylon recounts tracking a herd of eight elephants. After shooting the largest, he found the body missing, later discovering the herd had carried the body to a stream bank through tall grass. The tale suggests elephants staged a nocturnal funeral.
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Ceylon
Store Detectives in Big Shops Meet Clever Women
A New York Times quote discusses how shoplifters outwit store detectives and why stores rely on both men and women. The superintendent notes that a former minstrel now guards a $5,000 role and remains valuable despite public scrutiny and potential complaints.
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New York
New York Times
The Ruling Passion at End Of Life
A dying wife, famed for gossip, asks if the physician and nurse are engaged, her final light fading as she questions the couple’s relationship. Her husband leans in for lovers’ words, but she dies before they answer.
Running as a Real Beautifier of Figure and Health
The piece extols running as the great beautifier of form and movement. It notes improved muscular development heart action and lung function with correct posture and balance. It claims running shaped the Greek figure and praises runners, including American Indians, for superior physique and elastic texture.
A Change of Front Wife and Hat Banter
In a playful exchange the wife unveils a self made hat while the husband derides milliner prices. He concedes the hat is a work of art and appears worthy of Paris, prompting light banter about fashion costs.
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Paris
London Telegraph
Dangerous Experiment With Mules Triggers Collapse in Kansas
A man in Rooks county was kicked by a mule and knocked unconscious while feeding them in a new method. He recalls his first words after waking were his wife saying she would thank God when he stops attempting new experiments on the animals.
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Rooks County
Kansas City Journal
Forever at Him Newitt Funny
A Philadelphia Press item rich with humor references describing a wife who evokes multiple reminders in conversations about episodes and memories, highlighting playful banter and affectionate anecdotes between speakers.
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Newitt
Henpeck
Philadelphia Press
Still In the Family Heirloom Silver Bequest Details
A family dispute over a silver collection shows a grandfather bequeathing it to his son with the condition it stay in the family. The mother asks if it remains with relatives and the son explains it now lies with his uncle.
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Jack
Ethel
How Sweet It Would Be To Live Alone With You
On the Shore quotes a man and woman in a tender exchange about living alone and light housekeeping by a lighthouse. The dialogue is intimate and reflective in tone.
Miss Elderleigh and Younger gossip amid church scene
Fragmented humor lines mix a secret confession between Miss Elderleigh and Miss Younger with a long sermon and a sleepy attendee. The snippet ends with a dentist advertisement for Ames Iowa.
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Miss Elderleigh
Miss Younger
Chicago Post
Remarkable Case of Cough Cure Restores Health
Mrs Gertrude Benner of Marion Indiana suffered a deep seated chest cold and pneumonia. She nearly wasted away from 148 to 92 pounds before using One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles cured her cough strengthened lungs and restored her weight health and strength. Loughran Bauer.
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Gertrude Benner
Marion
Ind
Loughran & Bauer
Pneumonia Follows a Cold Says Foley’s Honey and Tar
Loughran and Bauer advertise Foley’s Honey and Tar as stopping coughs and healing lungs after colds. The claim says it provides perfect security from pneumonia and advises against substitutes.
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Foley
Neumonia
Loughran & Bauer
DeWitts Little Early Risers Advertisement
A vintage ad extols DeWitts Little Early Risers pills as a reliable cleansing tonic for the Liver. The copy emphasizes ease of use and permanent results and cites LOUGHRAN & Baver as sellers.
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Stars and Stripes
DeWitt’s
DeWitts
Loughran & Baver
Great Spring Tunic Blessing Teas Rocky Mountain Tea
A spring blessing described as Rocky Mountain Tea by L. M. Bosworth promotes vitality. The ad claims it purifies, enriches the blood, and fills the user with warm tingling life at a price of 385 cents.
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L. M. Bosworth
L. M. Boswo
Farming in the South circulars from Illinois Central
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad issues monthly circulars on fruit growing vegetable gardening stock raising dairying in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Farmers or homeseekers who send name and address will receive free circulars Nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and future issues. J F Merry Assistant General Pass Agent Dubuque Iowa.
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Homeseeker
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Kentucky
West Tennesee
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. F. Merry
Dubuque
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
West Tennessee
Iowa
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Stomach Renewal
An advertisement by Loughran and Bauer claims a weak stomach drains energy and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses and strengthens stomach glands and membranes. It asserts the product cures indigestion and dyspepsia and restores bodily vigor.
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Loughran & Bauer
Honey and Tar Promised Against Grippe Coughs
An optimistic note extols honey and tar as a wonderful cure for grippe coughs with claims of superior effectiveness. The line dismisses alternatives as inferior.
Severe Cold Lasted Three Months Ends With Cure
A Batesville Indiana man writes that three months of severe cold resisted drugs and a physician's care until Foley's Honey and Tar relieved symptoms after eight doses. The letter notes the druggist prepared medicine and a physician prescribed it, with substitutes also available.
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A. J. Nusbaum
Batesville
Ind
Foley
Loughran & Bauer
Foley's Kidney Cure Improves Kidneys and Bladder Health
An old patent remedy claims to restore kidney and bladder function. The text references nonsensical words and a date style of 41 JUL. The item presents a medicinal claim typical of late 19th or early 20th century patent medicines.
Man-Er-Vine the Nerve and Blood Purifier
A brief note describes Man-Er-Vine as a nerve and blood purifier marketed to revive worn out men. It highlights claimed strength benefits and sales by Loughran & Co.
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Loughran
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