Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Strength and Health to Sufferer
A Deppe North Carolina farmer reports severe back pain and inability to walk or ride. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he regained strength, can walk long distances, and feels twenty five years younger. He recommends trial and has shared the remedy with neighbors. Free trial address Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Sold by dealers at 50 cents.
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Dean
J. B. Corton
Deppe
N. C
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tess Miss Skinnay Hates to Go to the Opera
Tess Miss Skinnay expresses a dislike for attending the opera as a humorous aside about her reluctance to go. The quip centers on her playful mispronunciation of the word bave.
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Tess
Hall's Catarrh Cure Company Ad Backed by Oath
Frank J. Cheney of I J Cheney Co swears his Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason confirms the oath dated December 6 1886. The firm advertises internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials. Hall's Family Pills are recommended for constipation.
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Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Notary Puntyre
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
The
Hail
Cold weather shrinks coal pile and house in Detroit
In a brief dialogue from the Detroit Free Press the couple notes the cold spell causing noticeable shrinkage. Mrs X remarks on the house while Mr X observes the coal pile diminishing as temperatures drop.
The Morning After Banquet Banter
A playful exchange from the Chicago Journal notes a couple remarking on the banquet last night. He jokes about the other’s appearance this morning while she confirms the memory with a teasing remark.
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Chicago Journal
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promote Blood Purity for Rheumatism
Springfield man Thomas Stephenson reports severe rheumatic pains eased after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He says the pills, taken after failed topical treatments, reduced pain quickly and led to lasting relief by purifying the blood. Pills sold by all druggists.
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Stephenson
Thad
Thomas Stephenson
Greenwood Street
Springfield
Mass
Williams
Armadillo Uses Catapult Attack to Save Hunter from Fierce Fight
A western hunting tale from Oakland to Buffalo Times describes Fred Petmecky encountering a huge armadillo that uncoils into a catapult. The armadillo hurls itself at Petmecky, knocks him down, while a faithful hound battles the armored creature and saves the hunter from serious injury.
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Oakland
Buffalo Times
Fred Petmecky
Petmecky
Armadillo
Mr. Petmecky
Night Ocean Winds
A fisherman's cottage glows warm as a child peers into a stormy night. A mother's face pales with the sea wind’s force while shadows rise and fall. The ocean roars and wind beats on the house, prompting a sobering, eerie question from the child about the tale these sounds tell.
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Loneyfellow
A Difficult Shot
The note presents a child named Robbie declaring emulation of a soldier while Uncle John cautions. Robbie reasons his small size makes him unlikely to be targeted, reflecting a wartime sentiment echoed in a Philadelphia context.
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Robbie
Uncle John
Philadelphia Press
Ragson Tatters-G'on Accused in Philadelphia Tale
A Philadelphia report notes a claim of a man named Ragson Tatters-G'on pressuring a woman with crude promises over meals and wood. The incident centers on alleged coercion and a threatened woodcutting task.
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Weary Walker
Philadelphia Press
All Embracing Cosmopolitan Salads Comment
A philosophical boarder praises the landlady’s salads as extraordinary and cosmopolitan in character, contrasting fatigue with constant admiration for the culinary provision and its global flair.
One of the Injured Meets Porter Over $19 Gold Piece
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a traveler who joked about tipping a porter with a $19 gold piece thinking it was a quarter. The exchange hints at a recent trip and the wag of the tale.
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Chicago Tribune
It Was Stationary Clock Hums Into Morning Joke
Youth returns an alarm clock sold yesterday claiming it failed to ring while Ionkeeper asks why. The youth jokes that the device stayed still and “raised thunder” to wake them, turning the misbehaving clock into a comic scene from the Cleveland Leader.
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Ionkeeper
Jest
Cleveland
Presumptive Evidence From A Goats Odd Habits
Quipry exchange notes a goat named Johnny A that will eat nearly anything including tobacco. Bessie confirms the goat’s appetite and mentions papa returning from the lodge smelling of an old pipe.
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Johnny
Bessie
Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Restores Hair in Independence Man’s Letter
A. W. Taft of Independence Virginia reports twelve years of hair loss and dandruff ending after using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. He states hair growth returned and praises Cuticura as a toilet soap. The testimonial is dated September 15, 1904.
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A. W. Taft
Independence
A. W. Are
Peruna and Manalin Cited in Long Medical Testimony
A letter from 1897 describes a wife cured of chronic constipation and a long catarrh after using Peruna and Manalin. It also notes a catarrh cure for a man after twenty-five years and mentions other testimonials from John QO Atkinson and Mrs Alla Schwandt. The notice promotes Dr Hartman and the Nartman Sanitarium offering free medical advice.
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Hartman
Peruna
Manalin
John QO. Atkinson
Arincot
Independence
Ana Schwandt
Sanborn
Minn
Alla Schwandt
Nartman
Nartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Tears at Weddings Outshine Funerals Says Winter
The quotation notes that many hate tears at weddings while claiming weddings evoke more tears than funerals, attributed to John Strange Winter from The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker.
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John Strange
New Year's Tongue Misidentification Provokes Remark
A provision dealer sends Mrs Richard Mansfield a beef tongue as a New Year gift. Auntie a Cook's assistant from North Carolina questions the tongue and jokes about it being an elephant trunk. The cook remains focused on the fowl.
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Richard Mansfield
North Carolina
Indian Chief a Preacher Quanah Parker Turns to Preaching
Quanah Parker head of the Comanche tribe at Anadarko Indian agency in old age takes to preaching. His mother, a white captive from Texas, was rescued by Confederate soldiers after marriage to a chief. She died after separation from husband and child. Quanah, about six and a half, once amassed wealth but now has little left.
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Quanah Parker
Anadarko Indian Agency
Texas
Quanah
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Otr
New York
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Mrs. MO
C.atkinson
Independence, Mo
Schwandt
Alwaye
J.W. Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Wis
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
Bears
Castoria
America
Ulanching
John A. Salzer Seed CO
N.u. la Crosse
Wiss
Western
Canada
United States
Ottawa
J. M. MacLaughlan
Watertown
South Dakota
NEW Preony
Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co
Gilson Mfg. CO
Park St
Port Washington
Gregory
Rastatind
Eelle
Seel Catal Lochtweste
I. We
U. Gregory
National Millinery School
Washington Street
Dept. i
Chicago
Bankers’ Accident Co
Des Moines
SDN U
Aris
Pine Street
ST. Louis
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