Resnol In Three Weeks Outshines Four Months Of Remedies
A mother recounts using Resinol on her baby's eczema after failures with three doctors and various ointments. Within three weeks the infant's skin dramatically improved from a raw, disfigured condition to a clear complexion, with the testimonial from Mrs. H. F. Clemmer of Sunbury, Pa. The page also includes mismatched ad copy and social commentary about forests and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Clemmer
Sunbury, Pa
Uncle Ashdod and the Bisquito
Uncle Ashdod Clute seeks fame by creating a hybrid insect the bisquito through egg grafting. He incubates thousands of combined bee and mosquito eggs in a butter tub, hatching vigorously and acknowledging the odd bond with his new creature. The tale blends whimsy with a note of local humor and an absurd scientific stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashdod Clute
Bettville
Ashdod
Dad
Uncle Ashdod and the Bisquito Invention Saga
A humorous tale follows Uncle Ashdod as a bee and mosquito clash prompts him to dream of a bee mosquito hybrid. A Chicago biographer, a steel engraving pitch, and a bisquito factory unfold with escapades on Main street and a creekside retreat, ending with a frost looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashdod
Chicago
Betzville
Ringtail County
Uncle Ashdod
Main Street
Bettville News
W. G. Chapman
Off Duty and a Child’s Vivid Home Tale
A humorous home scene contrasts a mother’s self praise with a child’s blunt view. The mother boasts about wearing shoes for four months and being easy on everything, while the girl comments that she is not easy on father, revealing a sharp family dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Curious Patent Remedies and Proverbs Parade
A string of vintage advertisements touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward, Castoria for infants, Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism, Russ Blue for yellowed clothes, Hamlin's Wizard Oil for pain, and assorted quips about success, furs, and constipation remedies. Includes quotes and promotional lines from various companies and personalities.
Not Up to Modern Standards
A man comments on a wife’s hat as flattering yet awkward. Mr Biggins retorts that no queen ever showed pleasure in a first class millinery. The dialogue pivots to gendered judgments, claiming married women always die of broken hearts and single men are old hags with buried hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Biggins
Hag
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Moss
W.L. Douglas
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Brotherhood of Man
Uncle Sam
D. H. Bower
B. F. Co
Omaha
Milwaukee
West Burn
Northwest
Plokands
Brown & Gor
Golby
Abbot Biig
Milwaukee, Wiss
Solvay
Fuol
Uncle Ashdod and the
Ellis Parker Butler
Peter Newell
Miss Smiffs
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Detchon
All Good Grocers
Eimerson
N. W. Ride & Fur Co
Minneapolis
W. J. Bryan
Wil Drageiste
Bodast
Jinghes
N. Ye Anis
Key
Inatunos
Colin Chas
Brownell
Federal Street
Boston
Miss
N. U. Des Moines
Swift's Premium
America
Home
Swift
Swift & Company
Packers Avenue
Chicago, Ill
Wulfsohn Ganss Fur Co., Inc
Nicollet Ave
Minn
New York
Leipzig
London
Lge
Rte
Darewons
Pau
CIA
Dodds
Lor Te Lapa
Jas
Carter
Putnam
Monro £ Drug CO
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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