Motorman Frazer Credits Pink Pills for Recovery
William Frazer a Cincinnati motorman on the Cumminnsville line credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his stomach trouble and indigestion after other medicines failed. He reports two boxes restored his health and says the pills tone the stomach regulate the bowels and are a mild cathartic. The Pills cost 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 and are sold locally or by mail from Beekmanectady New York.
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William Frazer
Cumminnsville
Mr. Frazer
Betts Street
Cincinnati
Frazer
Dr. Williams
the Enquirer
Prize offer and coal-fuel plan in finance note
Editor offers a $10 prize to the subscriber who sends a self described band Pa Pectus repe. Manager says funds shortage limits rewards but photos from a cigarette factory could raise enough to buy twenty tons of coal.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promising Cure and 75 Cent Pills
A Toledo based advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents per bottle. It asserts blood and mucous membrane cleansing benefits and lists endorsements from Truax, Walding, Kinman, and Marvin as reliable druggists. The notice promises testimonials free and mentions Hall's family pills at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Heney
Tages Truax
Walding, Kinman & Marvin
Ohio
A Waste of Good Material
A fragmentary dialogue notes a strong man asked why he does not beg as a gentleman converses with a madam. The clipped excerpt hints at social satire or farce and mentions formal address without introductions.
Pleasant laxative syrup of figs urged for families
A grocer style health note extols Syrup of Figs as a mild effective laxative. It claims gentle action helps costive or bilious conditions and recommends every family keep a bottle at hand. The author cites Besant as authority regarding English novelists earning $5,000 a year or more.
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Besant
Eng
Careful grain investments offered by Pattison & Co
Investment pitch from Pattison & Co announces careful grain investments through a long established firm. Promises high bank references and easy multiplication of small sums. Claims large experiences and successful ventures with brokerage room in Omaha and Chicago. Also vague note about grove coast measuring 136000 miles.
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Pattison & Co
Omaha King
Chicago
The Sunny Fan Luis Valley Farm Sale Ad
A Southern Colorado farm listing seeks buyers for improved acreage. The notice mentions F. P. Baker and N. R. Baker of Alamosa with addresses in Kas and Alamosa. It notes blooming flowers and frost resistance among crop varieties in the patch.
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Fan Luis Valley
Colorado
Acres
F. P. Baker
Toa
Kas
N. R. Baker
Alamosa
Crado
Farming by Irrigation Partners Draw Thousands at Grand Junction
Report notes a large turnout and high satisfaction at Grand Junction as irrigation farming event achieves top attendance. Mentions Zeph Felt of Boston Building Denver and others, with varied testimonial snippets about health products and catalog items interwoven in the clippings.
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Grand Junction
Miny
Zeph
Felt
Boston Building
Denver
Cole
Harvard to Ban Irish Stew at Memorial Hall Sparks Plots
Harvard students split into pro and anti Irish Stew camps over proposed Memorial Hall ban. Petition signs appear on a blue book while some signatures are joked names like George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt. Dining director declines comment.
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Harvard
Yale
Ellis
Glee Club
Memorial Hall
Boston Post
Back Bay
Memorial
Auditor's
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard Dining Association
Marion Harland
Post
Value of the Big Corn Crop
The Cleveland Leader argues against doomsters who claim a record corn harvest will hurt farmers. It notes only about 20 percent of a large U S corn crop reaches markets, with most grain fed locally.
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Cleveland
United States
Bishop Willmar Anecdote Sparks Grief and Laughter at Convention
A Bishop Willmar anecdote recounted by churchmen follows a tale of a widow who inscribed her tomb with The Right of mine eyes has gone out and a husband who remarried within a year. On visiting the graveyard, the bishop suggests adding I have struck another match to reflect resilience amid loss.
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Willmar
Alabama
Lincoln
Debtor Quips On Eighteen Letters About Payment
An irate debtor questions why a master sent eighteen letters demanding a sum. He explains he cannot tell, adding seventeen letters failed to fetch the money, implying the latest plea might succeed.
First Tramp Gaffes at Free Lunch Saloon Tale
A pair of tramps share a sharp exchange about meals and tricks. The first claims to be the first seller who ever received a square meal from a woman. The second recounts asking directions to a free lunch saloon after claiming to find 10 cents.
Moral of the Ten Foolish Virgins Quip Cited by Dick Hicks
The New York World quotes Dick Hicks joking that the virgins in the parable were foolish because they had no lights on their wheels. The quip reframes the biblical tale as a modern transport pun.
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Dick Hicks
N. Y. World
Robbins-What is the best way to dee velop a negative
Mack-Propose to an heiress. Brook lyn Life.
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Robbins
Mack
Brooklyn
Newly Trifles From Public Notices And Miscellany
A mix of trivia notes: electric railways displacing many horses in the U S, Georgia pear crop record highs, Jamaica’s life tree proving unusually hardy, rapid climate swings in South Dakota prompting school closings, a Froude quotation on liberty and justice, and a social maxim about women and truth.
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British Isles
United States
Georgia
Jamaica
South Dakota
California violet grows as large as a pansy
The column notes varied curiosities from history to science including a sweet scented violet the size of a pansy from California and the origins and dates of creation used by Hebrew and Russian chronologists. It also mentions English building trends, Honduras name origin, Delaware’s peach blossom as state emblem, and a quip about baths and brain work.
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California
England
Honduras
Delaware
Riverside County land and fruit prospects offered for Hemet buyers
Full information respecting the best fruit and farm land in Riverside Co California is available. Address Hemet Land Co Hemet Cal. Mrs Martha White three years of age of Unadilla New York recently took a two mile spin on a bicycle.
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Riverside Co
Cal
Hemet Land Co
Hemet, Cal
Martha White
Unadilla
N. Y
Praise of the Mouth and a Bold Brake Beam Ride
A column cites a New Orleans prank text on the mouth as a social symbol. A Burlington freight train near Huntly Montana stopped when a woman and boy rode a brake beam in tramp fashion. The woman, Mrs Peterson, said her husband deserted her and a baby months ago at Billings. She aims to reach Sheridan with her kin, using funds from tickets bought for them.
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Rosalind
New Orleans Picayune
Burlington
Huntly
Mont
Peterson
Billings
Sheridan, Wy
Marquis of Salisbury Lived in Australian Gold Diggings
In 1852 the Marquis of Salisbury later known as Lord Robert Cecil resided in the Australian gold fields and occupied a small log hut that remains preserved as a relic today.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Salisbury
Lord Robert Cecil
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New Haven
University
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Montreal
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Scott & Bowne
U.S
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Portland
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Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Companion
Washington
For All
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Ormar Agente
Shaspemee
Wenzelmann Mfg. Co
Cattie
Crispy
Frisian Fur Co
Bracket Bl’g
Rochester
N.Y
Ww. Barrett
Prececes
Atlantic
Nebraska
Barry Co
Missouri
Gko
A. Purdy
Pierce City
J. G. Mamort
Purdy
T. Frost
Cassville
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