Politeness in Havana Brightens a Visitor Experience
Harriet Quimby notes Havana as a clean, old city filled with kiosks serving soursop lemonade and pina fria. She praises Cuban courtesy from conductors to workers, likening locals to old Spanish chivalry, and highlights a chocolate factory tour that emphasizes hospitality for visitors.
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How to Break Up a Cold
A remedy claim states a severe cold can be broken up in one or two days. Early symptoms include dry cough watery nasal discharge and white tongue coating. Taking Chamberlains Cough Remedy hourly at onset allegedly halts the cold and restores health within a day or two. Sold by J L Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Ox Tail Soup Misconception At London Diner
A customer in a London dining room teases a waiter about ox tail soup, claiming an ox dipped its tail in the soup long ago. The waiter denies the tale with shocked insistence and an oath of honor.
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Zur
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Pedestrian Notice Sparks Conversation Between Gamekeeper and Congregationalist
In a London Telegraph excerpt a gamekeeper accuses a man of ignoring a road sign saying pedestrians not allowed. The man, calm and polite, notes his Congregationalist faith and is allowed to pass. The exchange highlights tension over a public notice and personal belief.
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London Telegraph
A Curious Nervous Affliction Known as the Tic
A family physician explains the unconscious tic as a common nervous symptom seen in everyday life. He notes mild forms like nail biting and lip gnawing, and explains how facial contortions or habitual gestures may arise from natural causes or imitation. Severe cases include involuntary cursing and public distress.
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New York Press
If Your Stomach Troubles You Try Chamberlains Tablets
If your stomach troubles you do not conclude there is no cure. Many have been eminently cured by Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Get a free sample at J L Wikle’s drug store and give them a trial. They also cure constipation and biliousness.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Cotton batting touted as remedy for rheumatism and sciatica
A woman claims cotton batting cured her rheumatic pain and sciatica after weeks of suffering. She swathed her leg from hip to toes and recovered in a week, advising careful gradual withdrawal of wraps, especially in winter.
Outwits the Surgeon by an Indian River Remedy
A Leavenworth Indiana woman suffered from female troubles and catarrh so severe a doctor urged surgery. Her husband delayed the operation and gave Electric Bitters instead, which reportedly cured her. The ad claims Bitters cure torpid liver kidney disease biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning and promotes it as a best tonic priced at 50 cents at local druggists West End Drug Co and Miller Drug Co.
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West End Drug Co
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The First Occasion The caution of the Aberdonian in giving an answer
An anecdote from London Tit-Bits recounts an eastern friend’s wary reply to a sensitive question about his father’s death. The man pauses, draws his hand from his pocket, and, with a beard pull, says it was very sudden and he never knew his father to be in a hurry.
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London
Lady misnamed as man at London soiree confides dementia
A London audience recalls a scene where a lady presented as John Strange Winter to Sir Morell Mackenzie, who repeats the name and learns she is a demented woman who believes herself a baby after being introduced as a man.
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London
John Strange Winter
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