The Easiest Way and a Suffragist Parade Anecdote
An anecdote from Succos Magazine describes a steam heating mishap at a college president’s house and a librarian’s joke about finding the universe. It also recalls Teach ers' College faculty near a suffragist parade in New York City where a professor carried a banner reading The men vote why not wet, provoking amused exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Meile
Gaspa
Franchias
New York City
Teachers’ College
Succons Magazine
Quick Recovery and a Child’s Appetite
A brief scene from Success Magazine shows Johnny pleading to leave once more, promising not to ask for anything, his mother agreeing to let him go, then Johnny’s magnetic pull to the kitchen where pies and cakes tempt him, and his quip that limits worry not his appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Kkitchen
Success Magazine
Food for Repentance and Odd Margins of Wit
A fragmented paste of quips and jokes cites a federal official strolling on Philadelphia avenue observing a crying boy over nine doughnuts. The collection blends gags about kleptomania, marriage after rain, and a tramp’s disdain for relying on strangers for support, attributed to various magazines and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Success Magazine
Doctors Fail To Help Pound Woman Cured By Pinkham Compound
Pound Wisconsin resident Mrs Heminx proclaims cure from dyspepsia and female troubles after fourteen doctors failed. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for restoring health. The ad asserts decades of cures and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pound
Wis
Persia
Tau
Lydia B. Pinkham
Hem
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Colds on the Chest and the Doctor’s View
A patient asks the doctor for the medical term bronchitis and whether it is ever serious. The physician mentions Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a possible remedy and advises keeping close contact with the family physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Ayer's Pills Promoted for Bilious Rumors
A garbled ad style paragraph touts Ayer's Pills claiming to treat bilious ailments. It mentions bad taste, headaches, coated tongue, and breakfast lass with old timey spelling and fragmented phrases referencing months and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Enraged Dolphin Hauls Man From Massasoit in Wild Sea Tale
Boston dockside fisherman John Haywood, aboard the Massasoit, recounts being dragged through icy Atlantic waters by a furious dolphin after a two week voyage with swordfish aboard. He narrowly escaped death, was hurled from the pulpit as the dolphin pulled a keg behind it, and the crew ironed the fish before securing it at the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
John Haywood
Massasoit
Haywood
Bay of Fundy
Georges Banks
Courtship Room Proposed by New Jersey Pastor
Hoboken Reverend Joseph D. Peters, pastor of the First Reformed Church, urges establishing a large public courtship room under a matron’s charge to guide young couples. He argues such a place would reduce divorces by providing proper opportunities to learn real love, with restrictions and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Joseph D. Peters
First Reformed Church
Belleva
Tongue Frozen to Pipe in New Jersey Store
In Redbank New Jersey Frank Xubly pressed his tongue to frost crusted refrigerating pipe in Doremus company store freezing it. A clerk freed him after ten minutes with water. Separately scientists report some desert mammals in Lower California avoid drinking water despite heat and aridity. The Barefoot actress arriving in town loses her trunk but continues with another pull in her handbag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redbank
N. J
Doremus Company
Thero Frank
Lower
California
Peninsula
Pennywise Gaye
Courier- Journal
Isthmian Canal agency shifts to restaurant duties
A fragmented clipping notes the Isthmian Canal Commission running mess halls for European and other workers, claiming cost efficiency and high quality meals. It contrasts government meals with private mess clubs and cites Success Magazine on staff autonomy and dining quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sathailing
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
Canal
Success Magazine
Correcting Willie and a Peculiar Family Scene
A fragment describes Willie facing correction from his mother during a crossing at sea. Papa speaks in a weak voice as family dynamics unfold. The text then shifts to an advertisement for Dr Place’s Pleasant Pellets and a gallery tale of backstage make up at a theater with an American observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Papa
Mamma
Laer
Success Magazine
Vauceville
Beed Rman
Women's feet grow larger claim shocks shoe makers
In a feature from the Washington Star and Rural Uplift sections, makers say American women’s feet are enlarging as more women enter industry and take up activities like tennis golf and walking. Sizes two through five shift in popularity as pinching shoes fade, with family notes on support from mother and Josh amid summer board season hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Corntessel
Mother
Josh
Washington Star
Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ad promises pure white results
A concise advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the reliable economical laundry solution. It emphasizes instant dissolving action and immediate readiness, claiming it cleans and whitens clothes so thoroughly that buyers will abandon other blues. The price is listed as 10 cents and the product is available at grocers.
In Praise of Eloquence and Childlike Questions
A historical clipping describes an Alabama negro defended in court by Senator Morgan who clears him of the mule theft charge. The jury and the senator exchange remarks about Hastus. The piece also mentions a solemn boy, an old countryman, and a quizzical question about politicians kissing him as a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Senator Morgan
Hastus
Marie Morgan
Rastua
Success Magazine
Johnnie Stond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riseig
Garth Ata Mote
Eeokatk Peecsmanas
Portland
Aive von D. C. Martin
Kodaks
Tia'prining
Tal Baler Elven
Fortiand Photo Supply Co
Third Street
Orr
Pacific States School
McKay Bulldog
Orerva
BAYER
Oregon
Bend
GAS Lighting Systems
A. Bryant
Madinon St
Portland, Or
Belmont Auto School Veil
Meadow Glade
Osteopathic Sanitarium
C. Coon
Battle Ground
Wath
Wil CIA
Blumauer-Frank Drug CO
Rtland, Robuloks
DR. WO
Rau and
Tra
Pnuu
Ponte
Mabel
Maude
London
Rollingstone
Rolly
Philadelphia Record
Mrs. Wellmeant
Treascripts
Manning Lighting SB Supply CO
Oak St. Bet
W. L. Douglas
W.L Douglas
Annes
Repack St
Trane
Madson St
Olive Huntington
Drug & Gen
Detroit Free Press
Rete
Come Bros
Haines Tar
Ayers
Alesho Salaine
Boston Whaler
Troy
Mra
Nancy Hey
Reo Indow
Shreveport
Dolinger Lumber Company
James Donovan
Donovan
Orison Swett Marden
Marine Bye Remedy Co
Chicago
Wilson
Indianapolis
Ite
Dr. Place
Tree Book
J. B. Pilkington Nurseryman
Portland, Oregon
Lang
Rocky Mountain Mineral Wonder Company
Main Street
Hostetter
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Doctor Hook
Wonn's
du Funsary Musical Association
M. D
N. Y
Madkinal Forest
Harper's
Jamen Garfeld Smith
Grover Cleveland
Chicago Recordera
Leica
California Fig Syrup CO
Matinee
9 Figsyrup.co
Fred
California Fig Syrp CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!