Pioneer Civil War veteran in Blair recalls kidney cure
Matthias Campbell of Blair Nebraska recalls long back pain and urinary stoppage from kidney troubles. Both he and his wife used Dean's Kidney Pills after doctors diagnosed advanced kidney issues and report being cured. Also mentions Gastoria tonic and a joke about souvenir postals and coffee bag costs.
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Matthias Campbell
Colorado
East
Nebraska Street
Blair
Nab
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Canada Fishery Vast and Historic Worldwide Reach
The fisheries of Canada span the eastern seaboard from the Bay of Fundy to Belle Isle, totaling about 5,600 miles of coastline. Inshore salt water areas exceed 1,500 square miles, excluding minor indentations and the Great Lakes. A Georgia farmer’s sign mocks political candidates, while a boy jokes about one promising entry. The elder remarks the candidate is driven by a lifelong pull to political campaigning since the war.
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Canada
Maritime Provinces
Bay of Tandy
Straita
Belle Isle
Great Britain
Ireland
Perennial
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
New York Island Purchase Recalled by Bill Nye
In a National Magazine piece on John Peter Minuit and the 1626 28 bargain, Nye jokes about selling Manhattan for 24 dollars and the irony of a vast metropolis growing from a trade. The article notes Minuit traded trinkets and rum with Native Americans, yielding Manhattan Island to establish New York.
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Bill Nye
Peter Minuit
United States
New York
Manhattan Island
National Magazine
Grape-Nuts The Perfectly Balanced Food Claim
An advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as a perfectly balanced food suitable for all ages from infancy to old age. It features testimonials about nerve and brain power, memory, and daily nourishment with Grape-Nuts and milk or cream. Names of users include a grandmother, a traveling son, and an aunt, all praising the product and urging readers to see “There’s a Reason.”
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Red Haired Baumgartner and Sally in a Courtship Tale
An old Baumgartner seeks Sally PresseI to gain a meadow by arranging a marriage with his son Seffy. After a series of ploys and mischief, including a tombstone joke and a late night snoring contest, Seffy and Sally endure pride and heartbreak. In the moonlit aftermath Sally confesses unhappiness and Seffy shares a fragile bond as they face an uncertain future.
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Seffy
Sally
Jim
Samriz
Old Baumgartner
Zeas
Bally
Sam Writz
Felicity
Seffy Bo
Poison Spring in the Cotton Woods Sparks Odd Reunion
A fragment recalls Sally meeting an older man on a damp country road, two weeks later she walks with a drooped head and raises it as he hesitates, hinting at a strained encounter on a rural evening.
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Sally
Real Hard Luck Honeymoon Guide Purchase
Wa-Then I am to understand that you absolutely reject my offer She-There is really nothing else for it He-Weill, I think it very selfish of you. Here, I've actually gone and purchased a guide for our honeymoon.
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Seffy
Sally Bavagely
Sally
Tam
Leify
Sam
Pappy
He—Weill
Deafness Cure Promised in Catarrh Solution Ad
An old advertisement offers Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. It cites a mechanism of blocked eustachian tubes and inflamed mucous surfaces, urging readers to send for circulars and buy Hall’s pills. Included are passages from unrelated humorous and social notes about Judson, Mrs Pinkham, and New Jersey legislation.
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Hall
Frev
Frev, Uhenry & CO
Tolga
Drugeists
Toke Hall
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Royal Muskoka
Highlands
Ontario
Norway Point
Wawa
Lake of Bays
Niagara Falls
Ouly
Boston
Mass
Portland
Old Orchard
Thousand Islands
New England
St. Lawrence
Bull
Geo
W. Vaux
Adama Street
Chicago
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Rase Claim
It cures while you walk says the advertising copy for Allen's Foot-Rase a remedy for bot, aweating, callove, and swollen feet sold by druggists for 2 cents with trial package offered. Allen & Olmsted Roy N. wryly notes debt tendency and neighbor influence.
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Allen’s
Allen &. Olmsted
Roy
Mrs Winaton's Soothing Syrup Teaches Teething Relief
An old ad style note touts Mrs Winaton's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gum softening, pain reduction, and wind relief, then mentions a bottle but blends with unrelated lines about race horses and watches.
Fifty Rupees Mystery Elephant Tale
An Indian merchant tried to sell an old elephant at a fair. A silent man circled the beast and helped seal the deal for 60 rupees while the merchant paid him 50. The buyer realized nothing, and the alient man revealed he could not tell head from tail, exposing the fraud.
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Senza
Defense That Failed At Manchester Police Court
A woman told the Manchester police court she was not using bad language, claiming she was too well dressed and respectable. The bench appeared to miss the moral argument about clothing's effect on behavior as it imposed a punishment.
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Seffy
Ons
Manchester
Oko ‘ Lowion Daily News
One of the Essentials of the happy homes of today
An advertisement extols a health product as a trusted family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, praised by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World. It urges readers to buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product through leading druggists.
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California
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Leffy
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Betty
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de Hebt
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Lepante
Mae
Judson
Bilas Ryctop
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Dodds Aad Ia
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Jackson
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Mino
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Tribune Bldg
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Des Moines
Sit Canada
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Excelsior Springs
Regent
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Missouri
Drake University
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Iowa
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