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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1881

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Flys’ Cream Balm CO Owego N.Y Bristol Druggiste Wholesale Druggista Vizhat Messrs. Hood & Co Lowell

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