Noble Blood and a Boll in Titanica Society
Local notices blend satire and ads as Noble Blood and a Boll profiles G L Bartholomew, a popular Titanica shoemaker, hinting he may paint his house drab with green trim if things go well. The piece also mentions Herman Nelson, a genial banker, who is ill and absent during interview day.
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G. L. Bartholomew
George
Titanica
Herman Nelson
Titonka
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
St. Paul
Ott promises economy and speed with smoke free fleets
A St Louis Republic excerpt extols oil rich nations as best equipped to supply fighting fleets with low costs and high efficiency. It notes petroleum stores from the Aleghanies to the Gulf and Pacific coast with vast development ahead. A Youth’s Companion story mocks whiskey theft, a tavern quip, and an advertisement for Grape-Nuts cereal touts digestion and brain nourishment with a Road to Wellville plug.
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St. Louis Republic
Aleghanies
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Wellville
Ostum Cereal Company
Lia
Battle Creek
Mich
Drafted Kid Fails To Last In Major League Stint
An excerpt recounts a young player drafted by a big league club to prove himself. He leaves his hometown amid fanfare and a papers send off, but the veteran showcase ends quickly as he lasts only a week or two before his career stalls.
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A. Goewey
Leslie’s Weekly
Chicago Record-Herald
Belle Smith
Cleveland
Birmingham Age-Herald
Houston Post
Binks
Art Museum
Curios
Nora
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Witty Exchanges Spark City Gossip In Humorous Quips
A collage of humorous lines from various papers portrays social quips about fame, ancestry, manners, politics, and daily life. The snippets involve clever retorts, misunderstandings, and light satire from Cleveland to Birmingham and beyond, reflecting era humor and local newspaper style.
The Heiress Who Can Buy a Husband in the Market
The piece notes the Emperor's rules on endurance gratitude and acceptance from Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette. It ends with a quip that the heiress need not fish for a husband as she can buy one in the market.
Doan's Kidney Pills Helped Woman Gain Weight
A Pittsfield woman recounts illness from a fibroid kidney and says after surgery Doan's Kidney Pills strengthened the remaining kidney, boosting her weight from 95 to 121 pounds and ending kidney trouble. Advertisements praise Doan's, Cuticura products, NR tablets, Marine Eye Salve, Battle Axe shoes, and remedies for constipation and skin care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Science vs Life in Food Science Debate
An army medical officer protests food reductions on grounds they must balance lab accuracy with soldiers’ stomachs. The piece contrasts pure laboratory findings with human needs, noting that nourishment requires more than basic nutrients and that waste matter also matters for the body. It cites broader themes of science versus life.
What Ails You Biliousness and Indigestion Cure
This ad promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a permanent cure for biliousness liver indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the medicine acts as a liver invigorator stomach tonic bowel regulator and nerve strengthener for overall health improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Inventions and Patent Remedies in a 19th Century Sketch
An 1817 velocipede invention by Drais is noted, followed by a jab at modern transport. Dr Pierce's Pellets are advertised as sugar coated stomach and bowel regulators. Capudine offers quick relief for headaches and misc ailments with a 10 25 and 60 cent price. A series of travel tall tales about long days at sea and river crossings ends with a skiff mishap near Topeka.
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Drais
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound A Mentioned Remedy
A partial historic note praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ailments. The excerpt highlights its long-standing credibility and exclusive market claim, reflecting period marketing language and gendered health framing.
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Pinkham
Cardui touted as relief for long illness in Kentucky woman
A Clinton Kentucky woman describes six years of female illness and pain before using Cardui. She reports rapid improvement within a week and full recovery in four months, praising Cardui over doctors' medicines and urging others to try the remedy.
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Clinton
Kentucky
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Hick
Jamente
Atchison Globe
W. L. Douglas
Astom
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Mother Gray
Childen
New York City
Tering Saat
Tilacai
Emperor
Germany
Peru
Bar Bartue
A. Riggs & Bro
Claiborne Ave
New Orleans
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Science Vs
G. W
Philadelphia Record
Perry Davis
Saxony
Europe
Philadelphia
Atlantic Steamship Companies
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Props
N.Y
Mitchells
Chicago News
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Kaw River
Topeka
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fitchville
Ohio
A. H. Sanborn
Irasburg
Vermont
Wire Techn
Louisville
Misabel & Sons
Brown’s Wells
Bath
J. Thigpen
Miss
Kenneth Martin
Lebanon
Tenn
Daisy Fly Killer
Lee
Eae
Ennan 2 CO
Cau
Meare Gy
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