Satirical wedding notes mock Palmyra couple
The Palmyra Spectator parodies a local wedding of Willie Shortike and Bettie Bloomers with jibe about flowers borrowed from town, a home sewn gown, a $10 hand me down suit, two to one praise for Sallie Potts, plans to go to St Louis, a $27 monthly salary, and a cake box allegedly containing scraps, ending with a humorous quip that the wedding is none of the paper's funeral.
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Palmyra
Spectator
Willie Shortike
Bettie Bloomers
Sallie Potts
St. Loui
Willie
Betttie
Bettie
Amusing Persian Shah Tales and a Flying Postal Service
The article recounts entertaining tales about the shah of Persia visiting England and Newgate Prison wanting an execution seen, and notes his six month continental tour planned for July visiting Russia Germany Austria France Greece and England with gifts. It also describes a Pacific island carrier pigeon service used to send messages to Auckland, with each pigeon carrying four messages at a cost of one shilling or sixpence.
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Persia
England
Prince of Wales
Newgate Prison
Shah
Russia
Germany
Austria
France
Greece
Pacific Ocean
Auckland
Link to Sir Walter Scott Found in Kirkhill Reminiscence
Mrs Alexander Capperton of Kirkhill Scotland died recently and was once a member of Sir Walter Scott’s household. She recalled his morning routine and watched him die, receiving a lock of his hair from Mrs Lockhart. The Philadelphia Press notes her as a living link to Scott’s era.
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Alexander Capperton
Kirkhill
Scotland
Sir Walter Scott
Lockhart
Philadelphia Press
Remedies For Disorders Of The Feminine Organs Sell Widely
The piece extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women ailing or suffering and notes its great renown and sales. Mrs Pinkham offers free counsels to women at her Lynn Massachusetts address and invites letters for practical advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Local chemists and barbers arraigned on dandruff cure fraud
Joseph W. Burgess of Burgess & Van Horn chemists Harry Lay and W. T. Fuge barbers arraigned in Kansas City criminal court on May 2 for refilling Coke dandruff cure bottles with a spurious article and passing them as genuine. They pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 bonds each to appear May 24. Other arrests expected as cases are pursued.
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Joseph W. Burgess
Burgess & van Horn
Harry Lay
W. T. Fuge
Kansas City
Diplomacy in Baltimore Cartoon Exchange
Dialogue sketches a petty quarrel about Miss Sanger playing her own accompaniment. Miss Gabby questions the loudness drowning her partner’s voice, highlighting social friction and stage etiquette in a Baltimore setting.
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Miss Wonder
Miss Sanger
Miss Gabby
Baltimore American
Allen's Foot-Mace Promises Cure for Foot Ailments
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Mace and Foot-Ease powder as remedies for swollen smarting sweating feet coins and bunions with 26 cents price and free sample offer. It notes availability at drggists and shoe stores and provides a mail address for samples. A stray line mentions a stage murder not always effective when an actor murders his partner in a separate fragment.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Piso's Cure for Consumption Advertised Smoke Screen
The ad from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 extols Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. A separate note remarks that many courtships sail smoothly until marriage.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Binder Twine Inside Price Offer From Sears
A Sears notice invites readers to mail specifics of binder twine needs to SEARS Rorpuck & Co Chicago for special inside pricing on Sisal Standard or Manila twine. The ad promises to quote a price that will secure the order or force suppliers to lower prices.
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Manila
Sears, Rorpuck & Co
Binder Twine Department
Chicago
Lake
Ohio
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ill
L. L. Graybill
W. H. Swartz
Charles City
Iowa
O. K
WM. Boekemeier
Lewisville
Tex
E. F. Robb
Tlentlemen
John H. Short
Oklahoma
O.T
Dawn
Co. L. Byard
Webster City
C. E. McConnell
Mattoon
WM. H. Teburen
Grangeville
Idaho
Geo. S. Schmadeka
THOR
Holm
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Fragmentary 19th Century Ads Mix Of Medicines And Notes
A jumble of old advertisements mentions Mrs Winslow s Noothing Syrup for teething pain and coughs, a 25 cent bottle, Coke Dandruff Cure, Parker s Hats Bateau, Carter s Ink, and various claims about weather, archaeologic digs in Algeria, and building Port Tampa on deep piles, with scattered prices and notes about funds and druggists.
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Port Tampa
Solitude in Kentucky's Early Frontier
An old inhabitant reflects on Kentucky’s early settlement saying his nearest neighbor stood fourteen miles away and the best guns at the time could reach only two miles, illustrating the vast isolation of pioneer life.
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Kentucky
Bargain Day Offer From Farm News Sparks 15 Cent Year
Farm News announces a special bargain on June 1 with a 15 cent offer for a one year subscription sent to Springfield Ohio. The promotion aims to attract new readers with an unusually low price and invites remittance to Farm News.
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Farm News
America
Springfield
Ohio
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