Dr. Pierce's Plessant Pellets Advertised Laxative
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Plessant Pellets as a sugar coated effective laxative for children. It notes the product as new and claims it helps with crosses and losses, while quoting a Ben Franklin maxim about humility and wisdom.
Change for the Worss and Witty Exchanges
A fragment from Stray Stories Magazine features a teacher urging a singing class to open mouths wider and sing with spirit. It includes light humor about small changes and a gag involving a 15 cent swallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stray Stories Magazine
Bob
Johnny
Warning You Want More Money In This Business
A Pearl Gong weekly fragment shows a worker recalling three years of earning ten dollars a month and lamenting, then a rebuttal about the fate of a boss who mistreats staff. The exchange underscores labor tensions and power dynamics in early industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min
Lydia B. Binkham
Pinkham
Bove
Lydia B. Tinkstar
Peargong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Pilley & Sons, Inc, Leverett
Mishawaka
Ind
Mactric Motor
Otore
Smith Electrical Works
Sioux City
Towa
Mt sEac
Carly
Wertz
Live Stock Commission
NRA
Reg Commission Co
Rhode Island
Great Britain
Pat Paragraphs
Wistem
Benjaymin Franklin
Nature
Dru Si
By Osborne
Fanny
Lee Fennath
Huntley
San
By C. M. Payne
Loon
Miss Sally
Cates Lester
SL. Munitey
Finney OF
Eforce, LL
Sarge
By Ted O'Loughlin
Weems
Frwteeeet Crier
ABC the Scotsman
Sez
B. J. Millar Watt
Pet
By Glayas Williams
Story
Nes
4 RE