Quack cures and wry jests from a bygone column
A collage of humorous lines and brief anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. Quack medicine promises cures, thriftily framed as funeral costs, a conundrum about a poem submission, a sea captain’s wry reply to wet experience, a man touting Sulphur Bitters, school excuses on a rainy day, a quip about being like butter, a Kansas farmer arming a wife for defense, jokes on small irritations, and a hotel guest mockingly affirming he will blow out the gas. The collection preserves quirky voices, local humor, and social foibles of the era.
Tailor and Captain Stollert Fit Compared
A customer complains clothes never fit while the tailor notes Captain Stollert’s broad shoulders make garments sit well. The exchange humorously contrasts a general gentleman’s fit with Stollert’s unusual build and tailoring challenges.
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Captain Stollert
Bible in public schools question at breakfast
A child asks his father if he supports Bible readings, and the father affirms it, while the boy notes he assumed the father would not. An advertisement touts Hop Hitter as a remedy that eases fevers constipation liver and kidney torpidity and general debility by building blood and vitality.
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8. W. Hicks
Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co
E. 8. Hicks
David Kennedy
Rondont
N. Y
Nurain
Boston
Ferant Battery Co
Pemberton Square
Geo
Miraculous escape as children avert fall from window
Mose Schamburg returning from the market with spare ribs for Sunday dinner spots four or five children leaning over a second story window. He warns the kids to move, fearing they may fall and injure themselves, insisting they would not blame him if disaster occurred.
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Mose Schamburg
Honeymoon Hug Sparks Car Comedy on Michigan Train
A bride and groom aboard a Michigan railway train drew attention by hugging and winking at fellow passengers. The groom warned he would quit or move to the front seats unless such ostentation stopped, joking about a rising market for false teeth and crutches.
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Michigan Railway
Hood's Sarsaparilla for Catarrh A constitutional cure
Advertorial note from Hood & Co of Lowell asserting catarrh is highly prevalent and arguing a constitutional treatment via Hood's Sarsaparilla. The piece promotes the medicine as a blood purifying, reliable remedy that has aided many cases and merits space in the column.
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Flys’ Cream Balm CO
Owego
N.Y
Bristol Druggiste
Wholesale Druggista
Vizhat Messrs. Hood & Co
Lowell
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Garman
Trico
Ely
Catarrn
Ick Wonee
Naga, Rasbacs
Johnston
Mortgate Loans
St, Paul
Jarley
Samuel French & Son
14Th Street
New York
J P. Man
Washington Street
West 41S
P.O. Vicker
Augusta
MenoS-iw
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Spruce Street
Parker
Howe &Co
Tris Mane
C. m Crawford Munro
Ted Gieterna
Rae Rose Spencer
Bristol Phenix
Risible
Reading
Sonny
Lowell Mass
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Benson
Famead
Thames Street
Warpwe
Phoenix Building
Hope Street
Preston’ E. Day
Hopehaghaket
F. H. Richmond & Co
Emoh, R. I
Fountain Street
Richmond
Providence
Barrington
W. T. ©. Wardwell
Posts, &A
Bradford Street
Bristol,r. I
Beykal
Thompson
Emand
Bristol
Boots & Shoes
Pearse & Son
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Sere R. & Pearse & Son
J. H. Reeves
Chatham St
Thompson & Co
Nassau St.h
H. James
Calcutta
Craddock & Co
Race Street
Philadelphia
Fairbank
Jamaica
England
Isbet Fisher & Fairbanks
Exchange St
Mass
George E. Lemon
Washington, D. C
Goldedal
Rerraatee Sane
SILK
Champagnes and
Cares
Motte
Finettgrades
J. H. Young & CO
Aeap
Assargz
Crawford Munro
N. N. Cole
EALER
Franklin
Lackawana
Wilkesbane &c
Phenix Sugar
R. 1
Franklin Coal
LyEen’s Valley
Schuylkill
Lehigh and Lackawanna
Woon
Ames Connery
Wardwell Streets
Japan
St. Louis
Piersons Pilot
C. Church
Munroe
Congress
Matt
Co. Do
Mussen’ Ana
Pet UG. BR
MUNRO
The
Henry Thiele
Henry Theile
State Street
Corner of Hope
D. A. Pierce
Fred Easterbrooks
Dhels WM. Fred. Fish
Lamb
Veal
Henry F. Simmons
High
Church Stnataline
Easterbrooks
Singer Manufacturing CO
the Singer Manufacturing Co
Union Square, New York
Gould
John G. Sparks
Sinnickson & Co
Lackawanna & Scranton
Ince Hall
Wood
Constitution
Thames Strets
G. Jass Charles V. Perry
Coatz
Lyeen
Lackawanna
Pine
Fife
Ghoich
Seth Papll
Insurance
Edward S. Babbitt
Fire
Marie
Lusurance
Equitable Building
Post Office
Providence, RI
Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co
Springfield
Mase
Lion Fire Ins. Co
London
Underwriters Association
Providence Washington Insurance Co
New Hampshire Tire Insurance Company of
Manchester
N. H
Rochester German Insurance Company
Rochester
Wassets
Newark City Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Mutual Fire Insurance CO
Westminster Street
Providence, WI
H. R. Barker
Sec. J. 1
Snow
H.C. Waters
William Andrews
Joseph T. Snow
Sturgis P. Carpenter
Menry L. Parsons
Henry A. Howland
Menry K Barker
Archibald L. Rice
Robert I. Gammul
Menry A. Chace
William K. Taylor
Jug
Fire Insurance Agency
Aetna Insurance Company
Martford, Cons
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Hartford, Conn
Capital and Assets
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co
Bristol Mutual Fire Insurance Co
P.skinner, JR
Bristol County Savings Bank
South Main
Corner College St. Providence, BR. I
A.B. Dike
Henr. B. Adama
Edward A. Greene
George C. Nighting
Enoch Steere
Resolved Waterman
Thomas Brown
William H. Chandh
Francis M. Smithseen Y
Ctors
Leo W. Mowry
A. E. Burnside
Lewis Dexter
Amos M. Bowen
Charles F. Mason
Matthew W. Ingraham Holder
Borden Bowen
N. H.T. Goddard
Chas. D. Owen
W. Mason
GU Cuy
Sauro M
Bowen
John R. Wheaton
WM. J. Miller
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Ira D. Ellis
Stephen P. Fink
Thomas Moses
George L. Walker
A. Mann
Robert I. N. Ingraham, Jes Isa
A.P. Shi
J. E. Dispeau
George A. Mumford
L. B. Darling
Jonn P. Gregory
Samuel 8. Collyer
Sherman
C Shove
Iner, Jr
Boston Battery
White
Uee
B. M. Lincoln
R. I
Lincoln’s
Crawford
Empire
Young & CO
Emiran
Gale
C. I. Hood & CO
Court of Probate
Ambrose
E. Burnside
J. Howard Man
M. A. Franklin
Tahir
Pratt
Astral Oil
N.N. Cole
Dixon
Bohemian Beer
J.H. Young & CO
Crawford Maneo
ORSE
Craweo Monro’s
Ingraing
W. H. Bell
Erie
Crawford Munro’s
Travelers’ Guide, &c
Providence, Warren & Bristol Oad
Warren
All River
Newport
A. M
Fall River
Morse
Excha’e Place
Eagle
Waterman Stone
Allan Line
Royal Mail Steamships
Glasgow
Galway
Sores Londonderry
Liverpool
Quebec
Queenstown
Baltimore
C. A. Greene
Phenix
Leve & Alden
Broadway
South Striet
Providence Steamboat CO
Bradford Durtee
Canonicus
Bristol Ferry
Rhode Island
Bradford Durfee
Ayes
T. WU Brownell
Hine
Baledesbu
BAS Whs
Burlington
Chicago
Despines
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Atchison
Topeka
Kansas City
Nebraska
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Wyoming
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
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Oregon
California
Hannibs
Fort Scott
Denison Dallas
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Galveton
Texas
Palace
Horton
Rens
United States
Canada
J. A. Bean
Wen
Washington St
Maia
Verceval Lowell
J Potter
Chicagy
Foun Crawford Munkos
State St
Kilby
Great Britaan
France
Dallar
Washington
RK. H. Eddy
Eddy
Charles Mason
Patenta
Patent Office
Edmund Burke
Patents
Endy, Esq
George Draper
A. Geisler
Mount Lane
West India Islands
J. Wheeler
Hemipaner Advertising Agency
Florence Oil Stores
FEE
Waldron & Spencer
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