Cuticura Advertised Cure Halts Years of Eczema Suffering
Michael Steinman of Brooklyn writes that his son suffered twelve years from a severe eczema spreading to four areas with rough scales and painful cracking. After trying many doctors, a newspaper ad for Cuticura led to treatment with Ointment Soap and Resolvent, yielding full recovery shown by smooth skin at age twelve.
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Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
W. C
Mind Reading Challenge Sparks Hilarious Quip
A playful exchange between a caller and a professor unfolds as they debate mind reading with humorous jabs about searching for a mind and the speaker claiming they are a mind reader.
Price Store Hides Fur Items in Circular No 9
Circular No 9 from N Wide and Fur Co Minneapolis Minn announces prices and offerings for hides furs and related goods. It lists catalog items with suggested prices and disclaimers on quality and availability. The terse notice targets buyers at retailers and private customers in the Minneapolis market.
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N. Wide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Notable Father Retains Rights About Shoes by Fire
A fragment notes a father who retains any right to act intends to remove his shoes near the sitting room fire, signaling a personal habit or preparatory action within the household.
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Father
The White Plague and Public Health Pointers
Nationwide effort targets consumption linked to intemperance and neglected colds. Advice promotes spitting cessation, home mixing of Virgin Oil of Pine remedies, and warnings against imitations while noting dubious patent cures and quack lines.
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United States
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Brandy for Refunds
Advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Drugstores refund money if no cure. The label features Grove signature on each box and includes the number 26.
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Gqrove
Notable Quote on Women’s Influence in Marriage
A reflective line asserts that a woman’s impact defines her husband’s success, stating it is always expected to say of every woman that she has been the making of her husband. The remark underscores traditional views on domestic influence and partnership.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
W. 35Th St
New York
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Pink
Bears and Grizzly Fur Auction Prices
Prices offered for ships furs and hides by Peltsy McMillan Fur and Wool Co of Minneapolis. Odd remark notes men preferring losses at poker over prize wins at a ladies party, reflecting local humor and tone.
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McMillan Fur & Wool Co
Minneapolis
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialist Eye Ear Nose Throat Fargo
Eye specialist Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo lists a light social irritant question about people with nothing to do who linger and chat, framing a humorous critique of idle conversation.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Milton Dairy Co Sets High Butter Fat Price in St Paul
Pricing note announces Milton Dairy Co in St Paul paying the highest price for butter fat in cream. The line appears among patron notes and sales talk about a spectacular show viewed through spectacles.
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Milton Dairy Co
St. Paul
Saddest war story told at homecoming death of returning soldier
A Georgia native shot by his deafened son as he returned from the Civil War homeland after writing to his father. The father, unaware of the tragedy, waited a day to reveal the fatal misfire at a plantation homecoming. The soldiers body lay in state wrapped in the flag as the community grieved.
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Lee
Appomattox
Georgia
Do Birds Sympathize With Each Other
Outing Magazine questions whether animals experience true sympathy for others in distress. It argues that birds may emit distress cries to protect offspring and alert other species, but a genuine empathetic understanding of suffering is unlikely among lower animals.
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Outing Magazine
Sheriff Raid Detains Gambling Suspects in Billings Saloon Rooms
Sheriff Webb and Under Sheriff Hubbard conducted a raid on rooms above a Billings saloon where gambling was alleged. After breaking in, no occupants were found, but coats hung on a nail and a layout with scattered chips were found and seized for the sheriff's office.
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Webb
Hubbard
Billings
Sfico
Better Place Joke on a Chef’s Motive
A guest asks about the cook from last winter. The proprietor explains the cook quit in spring for a higher status as a chef, despite earning $2 less per week uptown.
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
A report from Lothrop and Johnson lists patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors. Names include William J. Evans of Minneapolis for a fish-hook and Jay F. Fitzsimmons for a music stand, among others from St. Paul and North Dakota.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
William J. Evans
Minneapolis
Jay F. Fitzsimmons
Charles Larocque
Olga
N. D
Rufus P. Mathews
Francis Peteler
Walter D. Peter
Minneapolis, Minn
Joseph C. Johnson
Fort Ransom
Peuholder
Smear Designs for Papers At Murder Spot Cross
Rumor says the architect Smear handles newspaper drawings, marking the exact spot where the murder occurred with crosses. The claim notes his work on crime scene illustrations for the press.
Departing Cook-Well Refuses Extended Stay
A speaker departs Cook-Well saying the place does not suit them but offers to be used as a reference after a brief stay, signaling an exit plan and a conditional endorsement.
Halla Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is promoted as the sole constitutional cure with a $100 reward if it fails to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.d Cheney & CO
Drugetsts
Hall
Record Smashed in Bold College Feat
A college athlete knocks a graphophone from a hall table and boasts of breaking a record. Garfield Tea touted as a practical remedy for constipation liver purification colds rheumatism and general health in an ad within the scene.
Trappers' Supplies Sold Cheap for Catalogue No 9
Advertisement notes cheap prices on trappers gear from N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota for Catalogue No. 9. The note adds a proverb about meekness in public and fierceness at home.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
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