Libbys Corned Beef Meals Save Time and Waste
A Detroit Journal snippet extolls Libbys Corned Beef as ready to serve and versatile. It lists recipes including hash omelette creamed corned beef and New England boiled dinner noting no waste and no long boiling, with an array of famous single men mentioned.
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Libby
New England
McNeill & Libby
Doan's Kidney Pills cited by Mrs Hester after five years
Mrs A P Hester of Evansville Indiana credits five years of kidney trouble with swelling and pain but says Doan's Kidney Pills restored her health. The ad promoting Doan's lists price and dealer availability and urges readers to remember the brand. The clipping also contains a jumble of unrelated notes about medicines flowers and funeral customs from ancient Rome.
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A. P. Hester
Fourth Ave
Evansville
Ind
Doan
Eve Lung
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Bugle Song and the Song of Taps
A Baltimore American poem reflects on war’s toll as soldiers march to the bugle song. A woman’s tears accompany a veteran’s homecoming while distant bugle notes shift from triumphant calls to a somber dirge. The verses honor courage and loss, noting blue uniforms, sabers, and worn caps.
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Baltimore American
A Daring Ride by Captain Ash at Rapidan
General Wesley Merritt's cavalry division seeks to assess Lee's forces on the Rapidan without full engagement. Captain Ash leads a daring crossing attempt that draws the Confederates from their breastworks and earns cheers as he returns safely, showing a strong infantry presence without casualties.
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Wesley Merritt
Lee
Rapidan
Ash
They Died for Their Country We Forget and Honor
An elegiac call to remember fallen soldiers and the meaning of sacrifice. The piece contrasts comfort now with wartime privation and prisons, urging readers to honor memorials and resist forgetting those who died for freedom and America’s future.
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America
Parade of veterans draws young patriot’s gaze
A boy and his mother watch a large veterans parade from a window. The scene highlights the crowd of old soldiers, their uniforms worn and battleflags frayed, evoking heroism and remembrance as the march passes by.
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John
Memorial Day Remembrance Through Civil War Vignettes
A Civil War memorial scene follows John Ash guiding his squadron under fire at a ford as he defends a position and saves a child. amid veterans, a girl and music, a tramp is stopped, and a mother’s pride in sacrifice is echoed in a poem by James Whitcomb Riley and reflections on Memorial Day.
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Georgia
John
James Whitcomb Riley
Jake
Bjones
Boston Courier
Willie
Tommy Jones
Sleezem
Birmingham Age-Herald
Washington Star
Witty quips and quibbles from era cartoons
A collage of jokes from newspapers with banter about suffragettes, marriage, poetry, and politics. Snappy lines feature a comic mix of misheard phrases, liars, and playful exchanges among various characters and readers.
Munyons Paw-Paw Laxative Pills Ad
A vintage Munyon's advertisement touts Paw-Paw Pills as a cure for constipation indigestion jaundice biliousness sour stomach and headache. It claims the pills are the best laxative and cathartic and offers a free sample by mail from Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Co. Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Munyon’s Homoeopathic Home Remedy CO
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Giving It Up
Dialogue excerpt contrasts a dog named Paw and a boy Tommy as they explore political terms insurgent and mugwump, with the narrator reflecting on understanding. The scene uses a simple, humorous tone to explain or question political labels.
Hall's Catarrh Cure sworn to by F J Cheney & Co
In Toledo Lucas County Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co swears that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attests on December 6 1886. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges sending for testimonials. Sold by all druggists and Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also advertised.
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St. Lewis
Wien
Blaine
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
Sean
A. W. Gleason
Notary Pultlie
Fran
da Ako F. J. Cheney & CO
Making Good Before the Rush in Summer Boarders
The St Louis Star quotes a comic exchange about preparing summer guests by tidying up to look picturesque as described in a booklet. It notes a humorous contrast between getting things in shape for summer visitors and presenting a neat appearance.
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St. Louis Star
Thomas Hood and the washtub song
The piece notes Hood’s tie to literature and suggests a harsher lyric from the washtub. It observes laundry soap arrived in the last 25 years easing backaches and hand bruises, and claims it removes dirt from or off anything. It mentions your grocer as the source for it.
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Thomas Hood
Unlucky Accident Brings Doctor Pain to Patient
In a comic misfortune a doctor admits not only a broken tooth but also ruined forceps during treatment. The exchange turns on the irony of injuring tools and patients in a single moment.
Pettit’s Eye Salve Ad Promises Relief
If Your Eyes Bother You get a box of Pettit’s Eye Salve, old reliable, most successful eye remedy made. All druggists of Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Flowers bloom indoors as fully as in natural light
Dr. Marion Mackenzie of Temple University reports two years of greenhouse tests showing that every spring flower in the local climate blooms as quickly and beautifully in darkness as in daylight. Skunk cabbage surprised researchers by blooming indoors, with flowers described as more splendid than many common houseplants.
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Marion Mackenzie
Department of Biology
Temple University
Philadelphia
Mackenzie
Dr. Mackenzie
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