Veteran of the Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars
Testimonial letter from 83 year old Capt. W. W. Jackson of Washington D C describing long stomach catarrh relief after using three bottles of Peruna. He claims immediate but gradual improvement and removal of the illness with Peruna. Published with Hartman Sanitarium contact in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jackson
N. W
Washington, D. C
8. B. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
She'd Rather Loop the Loop at Kansas City Park
A Kansas City Journal tale recounts a woman describing a perilous elevator ride at a downtown office building. She recalls looping sensations from last summer and a nervous reaction to the elevator operator's changing speeds, culminating in a telescoped blast of scrambled feelings and a vow to skip lunch. The piece ends with a curious note about submarine telephone sound waves traveling underwater without electric force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Journal
Cure For The Blues Lydia Pinkham Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for blues and nervous complaints in women. It cites a Louisville woman, Rosa Adams, who claims relief and restored health after using the remedy, urging readers to write to Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
NERVE SAVED STEVE BRODIE Tale of Mitchell and a pistol bribe
In New York the incident recalls Charley Mitchell, once England’s boxing champion. In London, Mitchell mocked Steve Brodie after a quarrel with John L Sullivan. Brodie drew a pistol and warned against harming him, then clarified it was a joke to avoid a sensational outcome, leaving the matter closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Mitchell
New York
Mitchell
England
Steve” Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Brodie
London
Hierone
Spooteries Club
John L. Sullivan
Steve Brodie
New York Times
Author's Eccentricities and Bank Notes
Excerpt describes Ernest Thompson Seton hearing a critic mock his name while traveling to New York. It quotes a New York Times anecdote about Seton’s studio larder with crackers sardines and eggs labeled cooked. The second excerpt explains banks cannot create money but concentrate small sums into larger funds aiding local business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Ernest Thompson Seaton
Seton-Thompson
Thompson-Seton
Paris
New York Times
New Orleans Picayune
Glory on My Head Poem by Charles Willis Thompson
A grandmotherly observer recalls a child’s tiny halo like a crown of gold and red as the baby proclaims I’ve got a glory on my head The speaker, moved by the child’s holy innocence, reflects on humility and wonder in the presence of the child’s gleaming moment in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Willis Thompson
New York Times
Happy Compromise at Hartford Dinner Story Told
Professor E F Steiner of Iowa College told a tale at a Hartford congressional club dinner about an Irish Jewish couple whose son caused a dispute over the name Pat or Moses. A woman’s timely suggestion led to a compromise and the boy was christened Patmos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Club
Hartford
Solomon
Patmos
New York Times
Why a Banker Aimed at the Society Screecher Editor
A Pennsylvania banker plotted to kill the editor of the Society Screecher over a paper item. The trigger was a mistaken abbreviation in the column about Mrs. Goldust closing her Pa. home while she traveled abroad.
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Pennsylvania
Screecher
Europe
FIRMS promote cures and remedies in old newspaper text
A collage of patent medicine claims and testimonials run through a vintage ad page. Products include Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, Allen's Foot Ease, Vienna circulating library, Mrs. Winslow's Teething Syrup, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Testimonial blurbs cite rapid relief and cures with minimal dates or locations.
The Ignorant Landsman and a Bremen Farmer Tale
Capt Kaempf of the Deutschland tells a sea story about landsmen vs seamen. A Bremen farmer, listening to a longshoreman, misinterprets the ships visible at low water, declaring it fortunate the vessel is near the edge of the water. The tale highlights nautical knowledge gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Kaempf
Bremen
A Woman's Misery Describes Kidney Pain Relief
Mrs. John LaRue of Paterson New Jersey details nine years of kidney trouble with back pain headaches dizziness and nasal bleeding. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she reports relief from the back pain head rushes and other symptoms. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John LaRue
Paterson Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Prisoner chews and swallows forged check in court
In Seattle a St. Louis dispatch report says Kings County court halted as H R McTavish, charged with forging a $15 check, ate Exhibit A the trial evidence. Prosecutors sought a stomach pump while the defense argued the paper could not be evidence. The case remains in statu quo as legal questions are untangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Court
Seattle
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
H. R. McTavish
McTavish
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Wrest
Sra
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Kline
B. H. Kinz, Ltd
Phila
Savings Banks of Canada
Lailes
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Vienna
Joan F.borsz
Trinity Springs
Ind
Cuthura
Jeannette H. Block
Rosedale St
Rochester, N. Y
LION
Everywhere
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
State of Washington
Uu Blor
Reg
Candy Cathartic
Fiat Tolana
MR. Paxton Company
Boston
Mase
Loca
eMorley’s Lemon Elixir
B. J. Robinson'’s
Wickuaburd
Miss
Crab Orchard Water CO
Model Shirt CO
India
Keimeer
Warn
Tunans University of LA
New Orleans
Newcomb Solinge
Uuine
Gibson Hall
Beaumont College
Harrodsburg
Kentucky
Universal Onkens
Iful
America
Th. Smith
A.M
Alun
Uniofa
Spencer’s Business College
Grostest Business Training School
South
Chartier
Tun
University OF
Tilley Ee
Pratt
Eagle
Smith Winship
Munger
Tfe Long
Ator
Continental Gin Co
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham, Ala
Memphis, Tenn
Dalvis, Tox
H. H. Grean
Atlanta
Cepa Rou MA
Elena
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