You need a medicine you should have the best
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a premier kidney liver and bladder remedy. It notes each bottle carries a sworn certificate of purity and offers a sample by parcel post upon sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York. Bottles come in two sizes ten cents and one dollar and the ad urges mentioning the paper.
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General Roofing Manufacturing Co
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Egle
Atlanta
Houston
London
Hamberg
Sydney
Paw Still on the Job. Little Lemuel
A playful dialogue about a book worm, with the paw explaining that a worm would rather digest a book by biting it than reading it, in a humorous rural tone. The exchange highlights language quirks and a child's curiosity about words and books.
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Lemuel
The Advantage We Want the Bald Facts
The article insists on presenting clear facts without debate or embellishment. It emphasizes avoiding hedging language and delivering direct, unambiguous information to readers.
Laxative Quinidine Tablets Advertised for Colds and Headaches
An old medical ad promotes Laxative Quinidine Tablets as relief for colds coughs la grippe and headaches with claims of no head or stomach effects. Encourages buying a winter supply at 25 cents.
Dick Bashful Offstage With You
Quote shows Dick acts bashful around you and more bold when unseen, implying a private dynamic between two people. The lines highlight contrast in behavior depending on the audience.
Tasteful Tastes in Rice Acreage Share
British India has 76,181,000 acres devoted to rice growing according to the latest figures. The statement underscores the region's reliance on agriculture, highlighting the scale of its rice production and the prominence of farming in the economy.
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British India
Castoria warning on counterfeit children's medicine
The notice urges mothers to beware of counterfeit Castoria and other substitutes falsely sold as remedies for children. It stresses that genuine Castoria bears Charles H. Fletcher’s signature and the black signature on the bottle, and calls for parental vigilance to avoid unsafe imitations.
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Chas
H. Fletcher
Castoria
Man Charged For Abusing Team On Street
A man faced a police court charged with abusing his team and using loud profane language on a street. A witness, an old pious man, testified after a short cross examination, being asked if the defendant used language fit for a minister to hear. He replied yes, but noted the wording would have to be arranged differently.
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Darky
Rus
Just as He Had Said Hair Restorer Causing Baldness Barbet Jest
A customer accuses a barber of selling a hair restorer under false pretenses. The barber quips that it didn t work and that most people are born bald. The exchange ends with a wry note on self study.
Grape-Nuts Vigor-Food Endorsed for All Ages
Grape-Nuts is praised as partially pre digested and ideal for both children and adults. The product is marketed as a vigor-food and is sold by grocers everywhere.
Witty Exchange Between Widow and Widower
A courtroom quip unfolds as a judge records a joke about marriages. The widow asks for an intellectual wife and the widower counters with emphasis on medium minds. The exchange pivots on contrasts between strong and weak minded spouses.
Strained relations hang in Bilkins family photos
Evidently not an artist Young Bilkins is a devotee of amateur photography. He insists on posing family and friends in artistic attitudes. A local club exhibition showed his strained relatives posed in bizarre, nearly paralyzed positions prompting a bystander to ask who they were.
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Bilkins
Rufus Choate Advocates Duel with Sam Weller
Judge Parry notes Choate would meet his Sam Weller. While defending a ship theft case, a witness turned state’s evidence. The witness testified that Choate’s client instigated the theft and planned an escape with money hidden in boots.
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Rufus Choate
Parry
Choate
Sam Weller
Boston
Art Is Long Dachshund Name Joke
A humorous exchange features a dachshund named Art. The girl’s slang usage is noted as affecting perceived attractiveness. The quip plays on the pun of Art’s name and the idea that she is less prone to name obsessions.
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Dachshund
Art
Long
Plowing Stubble Fields Bermuda Grass
An agricultural guide explains moisture management for Great Plains farming, weighing fall versus spring plowing, weed control, and soil protection. It covers Bermuda grass as forage and weed, propagation, lawn use, erosion control, and eradication methods including fall disking and spring plowing with crop cooperation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Bermuda
Doctor Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Virginia
Kentucky
Building the Silo Remembering airtight walls and durable material
Farm News notes silage keeps best in round, tightly packed silos with smooth perpendicular walls from top to bottom to prevent air pockets. Walls must resist silo pressure and weathering. Permanent silos should be fire proof and low maintenance materials reduce upkeep costs. The wall that prevents freezing most effectively is most desirable.
Water for Chicks and Clean Water Methods
Advice on providing pure water for poultry emphasizes simple setups. It suggests using a faucet in unconventional vessels and inserting a valve or gimlet hole to promote steady dripping, claiming five gallons can water a large flock for about 43 hours with constant drip.
Open Front Henhouse Adaptation Plan
An instruction to convert a henhouse to an open front design using the south side. It suggests adding a muslin curtain on 8 to cover the opening and allow it to be let down on cold nights, eliminating cages for roosting and other confinement.
Had Real Idea of Economy Among the Japanese
An anecdote from Tokyo fable readers quotes two old miserly fans. One saves by using a fan in sections over twenty years. The other claims two to three generations by never waving it, only holding it under the nose to hide waste. The joke contrasts thrift with extravagant usage.
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Tokyo
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Age of Youth Ad Promotes La Creole Hair Dressing
A vintage advertisement proclaims youth at ten years younger by darkening gray hair with La Creole Hair Dressing. The bold claim targets readers seeking quick grooming enhancement and features the product name prominently as a period advertisement.
Enterprising White Sketches Natal Game of Bottle Shooting
A writer recalls a scene in Natal with a white boy about fourteen and several natives playing a game using an old muzzle-loading shotgun to shoot at a bottle atop a case. When the boy breaks the bottle he takes a tickey from the natives, and a native pays three pence when the boy is struck by the shot. The boy explains, I load the gun.
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Natal
Too Much for Them Minstrel Show Anecdote
A minstrel performance features standard humor between songs with Sambo quips. An old maid is said to seek a husband daily while a married woman seeks him nightly. Several elderly gentlemen depart softly into the night after the joke.
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Sambo
Careful Diagnosis in a Stray Stories Sketch
A witty exchange between a patient and a young doctor. The doctor reveals the patient’s illness as a mix of liver stomach heart lung and brain trouble, prompting the old practitioner to praise the diagnosis as safe with no mistake.
The Menu and Mood Reflections From 1900s Paper
A fragment from the Baltimore American contrasts a woodman friend with choosing chops and notes a sharp quip about aging. The piece hints at social norms, food choices, and appearances as women reach forty.
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Baltimore American
How to Treat Croup Externally with Vap-O-Rub Salve
A historical remedy describes rubbing Vap-O-Rub Vicks salve on the throat and chest for several minutes then covering loosely with a warm cloth to soothe vapors and loosen phlegm. One nightly application is suggested. price mentions 250 600 or 1.00 with the Genuine trade mark noted.
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Vick
A Religion With Him Joke Exchange on Sundays
A wry line contrasts a father’s hobby with church attendance. The quip asks what his father’s religion is and answers golf, suggesting Sundays are reserved for golf rather than worship.
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