Peruna testimonials and old anecdotes from 1908
A scanned excerpt shows letters praising Peruna medicine including Mr Edward M. Burtt of St Louis and Mr Charles Levy of New York describing cures in their families for catarrh and related symptoms. It mentions Peruna tablets and requests a 1908 Almanac, plus assorted light quips and unrelated jokes from period sources.
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Edward M. Burtt
Jefferson Ave
Louis, Mo
Charles Levy
Allen St
New York
N. Y
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Perana
Truth and Quality Appeal in Laxatives Promote Satisfaction
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Benna as a trusted laxative. It emphasizes natural action, no debility, and no dosage increases, noting physician approval and urging purchase only of California Fig Syrup Co products through leading druggists.
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Benna
California Fig Syrup Co
Lack of Co-Ordination and Mock Exchanges at Lunch Counter
Fragmented dialogue sketches a mother praising a daughter's musical ear while a piano teacher mocks her, a sarcastic train passenger compliments a voice, and a joke about Dill pickles and a new girl recalling a past dance. The piece shifts to a lunch counter critique, noting butterine taste and an appealing server.
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Abe
Malvina
Chicago Tribune
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London Sketch reports on doctors marketing patent medicines to the elderly and the public. An aged resident recalls competing firms while the era’s tone notes Mrs Winslow s soothing Syrup touted for infants teething.
Uncle Jasper and Banana Trees in a Candid Rhyme
An elderly man recalls a parson's fruit analogy about the apple tree stirring trouble, then jokes a banana tree caused it all. A curious Veacon asks why, the answer ties bananas to recurring troubles. A heated recital leads to amusement as Wareham Long recalls a youth championship in pie eating.
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Uncle Jasper
Bruther Jaspar
Veacon Dewberry
Her Loving Friends Nellie the Cloak Model
A fragment describes Nellie praised as a cloak model with a lovely complexion and attentive friends. Bertha, a sewing machine girl, is noted for her charming way of asking when the colored lights are arranged to suit her.
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Nellie
Lotte
Bertha
Simple home remedy touted to cure rheumatism and kidney trouble
Promoters in Philadelphia and New York claim a home mixture of fluid Dandelion extract, Compound Kargon, and Syrup Saraepa tilI cleanses the blood and relieves rheumatism and urinary disorders. Readers are urged to shake the ingredients, take a teaspoon after meals and at night, and drink plenty of water. Drugstores report high demand for the ingredients since last October.
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Philadelphia
New York
None hours piano practice and wealth of curiosity
In a city where piano lessons were standard, Rubinstein reportedly told a St. Petersburg school head that none of his pupils should practice hours daily. The text moves through various quirky lines about shoes, a boy named Tommy, and a Toledo catarrh cure ad before a bank joke about a solvent bank.
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Rubin«stelt
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Ohio
Tole
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Toledo
Notar Hall
Toke Hall
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