Favorite Prescriptions Promoted For Women Ailments
An advertisement extols a non secret remedy for irregularities and weakness in women. It asserts cures by traditional ingredients with endorsements from medical schools and physicians. Readers are urged to request the bottle and pamphlet from Dr. R. V. Pierce, with confidential consultations and postage details.
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Ceree
R. V. Pierce
Erco
Serca
Not Neglect The Children This Season
Careful mothers are urged to treat s bowels with Chamber Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor. J W I offers Daly favorite and Weekly Dallas News for 82 76. A Night Alarm warns of a metallic cough. use Foley’s Honey and Tar for children as a safe drug free remedy, Saunders Drug Co.
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Castor
J.j
Dallas News
Foley
Saunders Drug Co
Pitfalls of English Our Puzzling Language and its Words of More Than One Meaning
The Chicago Record-Herald discusses paradoxical English words with opposite meanings. It explains examples such as let, cleave, lurid, and fast, illustrating how a single monosyllable can carry meanings that differ or contradict.
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Shakespeare
Scott
Marmion
Chicago Record-Herald
A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal For Home Treatment
Free correspondence offers a home remedy claimed to cure rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and related pains by banishing uric acid from the blood and improving joint mobility. Mrs M Summers Box R Notre Dame Ind invites sufferers to request proof and testimonials.
Never Worked Before Quote Exchange
A stage dialogue between Mrs Jones and Mrs Smith highlights a husband’s wearyExit from a lifetime in government service. The quip underscores the humorous notion of a man who never worked outside official duties, reflecting social norms of labor and entitlement.
What book best suits a bride Illustred Bits note
A witty dialogue suggests a bank book as the most suitable gift for a bride. The exchange plays on practical humor and gift expectations in a light magazine tone.
Marriage Changes Mouster Says Mogg
In a Boston Tran script, Mogg notes how marriage alters Mouster. Before wed, a glance from May Taintor could intoxicate him, yet after marrying Mrs Mouster, nee Taintor, he now feels sobered by her presence when he returns home late.
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Mogg
Mouster
May Taintor
Foley's Urino Laxative Promises Gentle Relief
The Saunders Drug Co advertises Foley's Urino Laxative as a modern remedy that avoids gripping or nauseating effects and is pleasant to take, with a guarantee.
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Foley
Saunders Drug Co
Disappointment. Amateur Sportsman and Victim Exchange Odd Conversation
Quote from Illustrated Bits shows an amateur sportsman who shot his best friend and the victim responding with keep calm remarks about promises and horns. The dialogue highlights dark humor amid a fatal incident.
The Main Trouble In Opinion Arguments
A brief back and forth in Indianapolis News discusses public discourse. Wise argues for rest and tolerance while noting the right to opinion conflicts with recognizing potential wrongs. The column reflects on heated yet ordinary civic debate.
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Indianapolis News
Way to the Statia Trip Ends In Rail Station Hint
A touring party in Virginia, after an auto accident, hails an old man for directions. He instructs them to proceed straight, then take the left at a fork and follow to the former site of the post office, guiding them toward the railroad station.
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Statia
Virginia
Success Magazine
Cromwell’s Body Disposition Theories Spark Debate
London Lancet recounts conflicting postmortem tales of Oliver Cromwell. One version says his body was buried at Naseby field per his will. another claims Mary Cromwell, his daughter, moved the body to Newbury, Yorkshire. A third account asserts a substitution corpse was hanged at Tyburn in January 1661 with Lreton and Bradshaw, its head displayed at Westminster Hall and later ending with Norace Wilkinson possessing the skull fragment from a possibly embalmed head.
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Cromwyel
Cromwell
Naseby Field
Mary
Jaucenberg
Newbury
Yorkshire
Tyburn
Lreton
Bradshaw
Westminster Hall
Tragic Python Cure tale from Victorian England
A husband in England kills a huge python and brings it into the drawing room to frighten his wife into facing her fear of snakes. She screams and dies when a second python coils around her, the mate of the slain serpent, in a grim, misguided attempt to cure her.
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England
India
Owever
St. James
The Turret Battery and Stevens Ironclad Concept
In 1812 Colonel John Stevens proposed an iron plated war vessel with a saucer hull and screw propulsion. The harbor defense craft would spin on a central chain to fire guns as targets passed, foreshadowing the Timby turret and the modern monitor. A later Russian build echoed Stevens' ideas as a historical exemplar.
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John Stevens
Stevens
Cassier
Paved With Tombstones In Cathedral Pavement
Dr Sundermann of Mayence reports to the Wochenschrift on Hebrew letter stones used in the cathedral pavement. He notes the stones originally marked graves in a Jewish cemetery and were moved when building material was scarce. Some inscriptions remain well preserved.
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Dr. Sundermann
Mayence
Its Cost. A Napoleon Tale of Honor and Mockery
A Frenchman sneers at a Waterloo medal as a mere trifle while an English soldier replies the medal did not cost the English government eight francs but cost the Trench a Napoleon. The exchange highlights pride and perceived value in wartime honors.
Returned Empty Demand for Fare Rebate by Rich Traveler
A multimillionaire who endured seasickness on his voyage back to New York allegedly requests a fare rebate claiming special terms as a "returned empty." The remark is cited by Punch’s Almanack as part of its witty commentary.
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New York
Punch
Retort Caustic Exchange Sparks Mock Debate
In a sharp dialogue from the London Telegraph, Miss Rinkles laments rising costs while Miss Sharptung counters, noting the speaker’s own blandness. The exchange showcases clever wordplay and social banter of the era.
Poultry Buyer Seeks Turkeys Chickens and Furs
Local buyer T Rudman advertises paying the highest market price for turkeys and chickens with guaranteed weights. He also offers top payments for furs and hides and invites sellers to meet him on the east side of the square opposite the coop house.
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Cport House
T Rudman
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Cough Cure
A sensational claim highlights Foley's Honey and Tar as a miraculous remedy for severe coughs and colds that resisted other treatments. The ad asserts the product stops coughs heals the lungs and expels the cold with no harmful drugs from Saundera Drug Co.
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Foley
Saundera Drug Co
Seldom-Preached Sins Spark Popular Debate
A compact opinion contrast notes how few sins gain traction despite strong sermons, highlighting public appetite for stern moral talk and evolving views on vice and virtue. It reflects on motives behind widespread denunciations and the cultural pull of reformist preaching.
Kidney Health Promise Cited for Foley Remedy
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure for irregularities and all kidney or bladder disorders. It claims treatment prevents Bright's disease and diabetes and urges immediate use.
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Foley
Bright
Ideal Cough Remedy Sold in Tomoda NC
J S Keener and Co of Tomoda North Carolina report Cham berlain s Cough Remedy gives perfect satisfaction and contains no narcotics making it ideal for coughs croup in children. For sale by J W Peeler.
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J.S. Keener & Co
Tomoda, N.C
J. W. Peeler
Hall's Catarrh Cure pitched as blood remedy
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal medicine that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces and claims it cures catarrh, a constitutional disease. Says it was prescribed by leading physicians, lists Toledo Ohio makers F. J. Cheney & Co., and notes 75 cent price with testimonials available. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Dauggists
Correction of risk in pneumonia remedy claim
An ad urges avoiding pneumonia risk by treating a cough or cold with Foley's Honey and Tar. It claims the syrup stops coughing and expels the cold from the system, noting it contains no opiates and is the best and safest throat and lung remedy sold by Saunders Drug Co.
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Saunders Drug Co
Cough Remedy Claimed Free of Narcotics Sold Locally
An ad proclaims Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy contains no opium or narcotics and is safe for children and adults. It notes sale by J. W. Peeler and remarks a lawyer’s ignorance harms a client.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Peeler
Keep It Handy Cough Remedy Offered in Local Ad
The notice promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best choice for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by J. W. Peeler.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Peeler
No Case on Record Claims Foley’s Honey and Tar Efficacy
An ad asserts there is no case of cough or cold leading to pneumonia after using Foley's Honey and Tar. It claims the product stops coughing and breaks up the cold quickly and warns to refuse any other imitation in a yellow package from Saunders Drug Co.
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FOLEY
Foley & Company
Chicago
Saunders Drug Co
Bopham
Texas
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