Doan's Kidney Pills Publicity and a Boston Theater Mix Up
A vintage advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills with a user claiming they cured backache and kidney trouble for years. The note mentions Foster Miller Co as US agents priced at 50 cents. A Boston telephone operator recalls a caller asking for a theater box, mistaken as an undertaking shop, highlighting a box mix up and mistaken identity.
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Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburm Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Boston
Real Estate Ads Offer Farms and Properties in Ohio and New Hampshire
Classified notices advertise W. M. Presler of Adrian Ohio selling farms from 20 to 200 acres across Seneca Wyandot Trumbull and Portage counties with full particulars on request. Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy and a local anecdote notes a political party mood with a waltz scene. Dyspepsia remedies and Burdock Blood Bitters are promoted as nationwide cures.
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W. M. Presler
Adrian
Ohio
Seneca
Wyandot
Trumbull
Portage
Cleanliness as Health Law Endorsed by J D Ewing
A historic note cites J D Ewing urging use of Lallister's Rocky Mountain Tea as an internal cleanser to purify organs and improve health from within. The ad promotes nightly use starting tonight.
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Lallister
J. D Ewing
Local Folklore and Ailment Remedies in Farm Era Ads
A Nashua night policeman praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for lung relief after cold woes. A Fisheries official comments on South Africa’s bass, noting limited miracles. Two Canadian sailors joke about salmon rivers and mineralized fish, while an ad urges daily Scrub and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. A quote extols loving marital respect and devotion to one’s wife.
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J. N. Paterson
Nashua
Iowa
Foley
J. D. ‘Ewing
George M. Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
South Africa
Roosevelt
Parody of Rockefeller Ethics and Odd Remedies
A jumble of old quotes and jokes notes John D. Rockefeller discouraging stinginess, plus病例 snippet about Mrs Silas Long of Sussex and an orchard, with ads touting Foley's Laxative and Dean's Rheumatism remedies.
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John D. Rockefeller
Silas Long
Sussex
Martha
Silas
Women Suffrage Rights Backed by Historic Female Leaders
The passage argues against claims of female inferiority citing Deborah Cleopatra Pericles Zenobia Joan of Arc and other renowned women who led nations armies or movements. It asserts that history proves women's capability and supports their right to suffrage despite ongoing debate.
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Israel
Deborah
Egypt
Cleopatra
Caésar
Mark
Antony
Greece
Péricles
Pericles
Athens
Socrates
Aspasia
Babylon
Semirdmis
Rome
Hannibal
Hamilcar
Zenobia
Russia
Peter the Great
Catherine
Annals of
England
Elizabeth
Austria
Maria Theresa
China
T's
Orleans
Joan of Arc
South America
Margaret of Anjou
Moll Pitcher
Monmouth
Hanna Winthrop
Lexington
Sowing Wild Oats and the Reel of Justice
A rhetorical defense against double standards on youth behavior argues that both genders must face consequences for sowing wild oats. It stresses that what is sown brings reaping, with lasting harm to self and others, and warns of tangled, enduring fallout across life and memory. The piece closes with a quip invoking Judge.
Foley Kidney Remedy and a tale of bishops and sailors
A fragment discusses Foley's Kidney Remedy citing hexamethylenetetramine as a claimed antiseptic. It then shifts to anecdotes about Admiral Schley and a bishop story in a smoking car, plus a crowd-pleasing Irishman joke and a street-level quarrel ending with a boastful Irishman admitting cowardice.
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J. D Ewing
Schley
Hédven
Slih
Ireland
Northwestern Ohio agency offers Fletcher's Castoria and remedies
Bert Mitten markets Castoria and Dr. Thomas Electric Oil for pain in Northwestern Ohio. A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts a Topeka court judge and jurors unable to read, leading to a mistaken guilty verdict that was corrected when the juror realized the wrong paper was torn.
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Ohio
Bert Mitten
Thomas
America
SS Army
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City Star
Mail Schedule Fragments From Hocking Valley and Big Four
Fragmented OCR shows mail close and arrival times for Hocking Valley Big Four Northern Ohio Northwestern districts. Closures occur between 7:40 a.m. and 10:40 p.m. with arrivals from North West and South at various points. Evening Sunday hours noted.
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Hocking Valley
Ohivmans
West
Findlay
Valnue
Ll.c
Kellcenter
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Illinois
Western
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Pennsylvania
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Edwin “A
Stubbins
North Pole
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Od de Samoelptceer
Ntexpean Power
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Saat
Railway: Directory
Cincinnati
Toledo
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Sandusky
Springfielad
New Ashunt West
Arey
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Waseen
Axt Cars
Coca
Senate
GoodhairRs
J. A. Gibbs Insurance Agent
G. W. Croker
G. W Crogsr' Miray
J. HE. Nichols
Toott
Chesebrough's Grocery Carey
R. C. van Buren
W. Findley
BF. J. Vigor
Y.u
Mhuyad
Otice
Keefer & Hunter's Livery
Barna Main St
Otce
T. W. McClure
Cameo
Tentss Grocery
Carey, Ohio
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