Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin advertised cure
An old promotional piece touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a permanent remedy for stomach and bowel troubles. It offers a free trial bottle by sending name and address to Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello Illinois, and mentions medical advice available at no charge. It also includes a humorous Mark Twain anecdote about Easter eggs and a town called Squash.
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Ederdale
Elmer McMillan
Speed
Monahan
Stonewall
Calwell
Cal
Cli
W. B Caldwell
Caldwell
Monticello. Hi
Mark Twain
Authors’ Club
New York
Squash
Temperance Hall
Oysters Cut From Menu Prompt City Police Surplus
A humorous line from The Only Hing Left shows a hungry guest ordering fried oysters but the waiter admits shellfish are sold out except eggs. The text notes Berlin has more policemen per capita than any other city.
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Everybody's
Berlin
Cure of Severe Skin Itch Via Cuticura Remedies
A Chicago woman reports chronic itching and skin eruptions that covered her skin. After trying doctors and various ointments she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, leading to relief within days and disappearance of the eruption in weeks.
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Amd
Kikitekoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Cuticura
Boston
Consideration and Quarrels Across a Splice of Speech
Fragmentary dialogue from a Washington Star item notes a character claiming action to ease family life by leaving. A later exchange shows a couple in conflict with cutting remarks about temper and duty. The piece reads as a clipped, period voice sketch from a mid century page.
Feared an operation cured by Donn's Kidney Pills
James Greenman of Ionia Michigan describes severe kidney trouble with back pain urinary weakness dizziness and weight loss. After using Donn's Kidney Pills he passed kidney stones and recovered rapidly, with explicit purchase details and price.
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James Greenman
East Front Street
Ionia
Mich
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Naming the Tetrns and Twins in Arkansas Lore
A Kansas City Times item recounts a playful Arkansas tale about adopting the name for twins. The mother, Kate, prompts a girl twin name and after debate the boy is jokingly dubbed Lubricate in a lighthearted family story.
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Aare
Kate
Duplicate
Kansas City Times
Arkansas
Amusing Newsroom Exchange Cited in Detroit Free Press
A brief comic dialogue shows two passengers asking for spectacles and a newspaper while joking about a daughter’s wedding. A punchline reveals the daughter is a trained nurse, not engaged to a sick millionaire.
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Detroit Free Press
Senate debates sugar tariff and tax questions in tense session
The Senate began formal consideration of the sugar schedule within the tariff bill but spent hours in speeches. McEnery pressed for protection while Bristow urged Dutch standard removal, Beveridge and others defended tariffs. The House remained in recess. Porto Rico’s bill and a crackdown on its assembly also sparked debate as reformers clashed with critics.
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Senate
Biesenski
Rey Democrati
Senator McEnery
Committee On Finance
United States
South
Burrows
Michigan
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Sugar Trust
Bristow
Kansas
Beaste
Douglas
Ohio
Martin
Colorado
Garrett
Larrinaga
Grasty Gains Control of Pioneer Press
Charles 8 Grasty of the St Paul Dispatch has secured a majority of Pioneer Press stock and the evening edition may be suspended. Separate notes reference Huntington family denial of marriage in New York. Other items mention customs collector J R Willis in Alaska and a fire at Pemigewassett House in Plymouth New Hampshire.
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Hoskins
Lake Shore
Mra Hosiini
Charles 8. Grasty
St. Paul
Alaskan
Hog Cholera Advice and Sloan's Liniment Remedy
An 19th century style notice advises isolating hogs showing hog cholera symptoms and fumigating pens. It promotes Sloan's Liniment mixed with milk as a nightly treatment for three days, with testimonials from Indiana owners and an offer of a free Sloan’s book from Dr Earl Sloan of Boston.
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Sloan
A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Earl
Boston
Mass
Roast Goose Proves Satisfying Dining Exchange
A humorous exchange shows a diner praising a restaurant's roast goose and a regular patron declaring the prior goose was enough to satisfy for ten years. The waiter is named William as the responsible server in the dining room.
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Walker
William
Alien Foot Ease powder advertisement and Uncle Allen quote
An old ad promotes Alien's Foot-Ease powder to relieve corns bunions and ingrown nails, offering 25c samples and free mail requests from Allen 8 Olmsted La Roy New York. The piece then shifts to Uncle Allen Sparks quoting Nimrod as a mighty hunter, with a quip about current hunters.
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Foo
Allen
Olmsted
la Roy
N. Y
Allen Sparks
Nimod
Humorous Clippings Highlight Social Quips and Pains
A patchwork of joke lines and brief notices from state papers evokes everyday woes. A man bears a neck boil while ads tout eye remedies and laxatives. A cartoonish social reflects slang abolition debates and witty exchanges about virtue.
Calico Printing Mills Grow in Japan Over Four Acres
A Japanese firm operates calico printing mills spanning four acres marking industry growth. Twelve years ago the sector was unknown in the country as public demand rises. The text notes Hamlins Wizard Oil as a standard remedy, and highlights London's cleansing water usage of 80 million gallons annually.
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Limon
Pete
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Work of Congress
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Eli Nee She
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Eheason
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Chicago Tribune
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Swan
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Mixkeafolis
Mike Muxi
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Canada
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W. D. Scott
Whton Rage
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