Dewey health rumors rise as aging admiral keeps Manila duty
Washington reports deny Dewey breakdown claims while noting his aging, white hair, and heavy workload. Secretary Long says no solid information on illness, though naval officers acknowledge private reports may have basis. Dewey aged 61. he will be 62 next December and declined leave to return home, preferring to finish Manila task.
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Washington
Vancouver
Dewey
Long
Manila
United States
Perfect Woman Hood and Health Claims in Ladies Advice
A dated promotional piece extols perfect womanhood as tied to health and urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites testimonials from Mrs. H. J. Garrenson and Mrs. Macci PhIlL Lippe about relief from chronic ovarian inflammation and uterine ulcers, praising the medicine and advice as life restoring.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
His Morning Train Roses Miscommunication
A man rushing to catch his train rushes home after his wife asks for roses. He returns with roses and finds his wife crying, revealing she asked for chrysanthemums and rhododendrons but could only utter roses in the moment. The tale ends with a gentle lesson on misheard requests.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Speech and Duty Sayings from Historic Quotes
A collection of aphorisms noting speech guards thoughts and the need to meet present duties to seize future chances. The quotes cite the Boston Transcript about speech and a Ram's Horn line on duty.
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Ram
War’s legacy praised by old lady in Atlanta tale
An Atlanta Constitution reader notes that the last war proved a blessing for her family, citing a pension for one ear and three fingers, a war history by a relative, Moil’s engagement to a sergeant, and Jennie’s near marriage to a man who almost became a gin'rul.
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John Drawin
Moil
Jennie
Atlanta Constitution
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as cure all
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure externally and internally treats catarrh as a constitutional disease. It promises to cure through blood and mucous surfaces and offers $1000 for any case not cured, requesting testimonial letters from sufferers.
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Hall
Lave
Sattimonijais
Ene & Co
Toledo
Weyler Predicts Cuba Pacification Questioned
A garbled quote from Gen Weyler questions his own prophetic accuracy as he is pressed on Cuba’s pacification prospects amid confusion over his foresight.
Grain-O the new food drink to replace coffee
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 14 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Mrs Dollarworth Place aux dames
The exchange frames a joke linking a woman titled Mrs Dollarworth to a gender focused expression in French, noting it means intelligence office in a humorous misinterpretation.
Allen's Foot Ease Free Sample Offer
You can get Allen's Foot-Ease free by writing to Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York for a sample powder to shake into shoes. It claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and to make tight shoes easy. It alleges to cure corns bunions and growing nails. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Prescription tonic ad and satirical snippets in Yonkers Statesman
An article fragment parodies medical ads with Grove’s Tasteless Cough Tonic claims and “No cure no pay” pricing. It mocks patent medicines and features comic lines about dropsy doctors, plus a quip exchange from Yonkers Statesman about a natural born fool and a domestic dispute line.
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Grove
Cure a Cold In One Day With Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old time ad cites Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with a refund if unsuccessful. The message markets St Jacobs Oil for sudden weather sore throat stiffness and praises self control, noting social satire from the Washington Democrat.
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St. Jacobs
Lost faith in his tailor and a comic valentine
Colonel Tarker, an old West Side aristocrat, visits his daughter in a new suit from a cheap tailor. The loud check trousers and short blue frock coat provoke laughter as he confesses the tailor, Warts, made them on the claim checks were stylish and cheap. His pride shrinks and he returns to an old suit.
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Col. Tarker
Prairie Avenue
Valentine
Wartz
Chicago
Private Butter Keeps Off the Grass on Ocean Ship
The New York Journal recounts an Atlantic steamer incident where a married couple dined with butter on two sides at every meal. Since butter is rare aboard an English ship, American neighbors enjoyed the hor d oeuvre, helped themselves, and noticed sticks in a butter mound bearing a pasteboard card reading Private Butter Keep Off the Grass, a warning quickly heeded.
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N. Y
Scenic Ozark Mountain trip offers cheap Frisco travel
The fragment advertises Kansas travel starting February 23 with Ozark mountains scenery and mild climate. It promotes through sleepers via Frisco Inc and lists J. O. Plank as manager at Century Building arcade and Frisco offices in St Louis and Baltimore. Also notes a humorous remark about naming a battleship George Washington.
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Kansas
Ozark Mountains
Frisco Inc
J. O. Plank
Century Building
Frisco
N. Broadway
J. Louis, Mo
Swamp-Root promoted as kidney cure in period ad
An advertisement touts Swamp-Root as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases and other ailments. It claims Dr Kilmer developed it after extensive testing and offers free samples by mail plus a book with testimonials. The ad notes availability in fifty cent and one dollar sizes from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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