Doan's Kidney Pills Touted By Tipton Woman
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing her bladder inflammation and lasting wellness after suffering back pain scanty painful secretions and fatigue. The ad notes 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. A humor item follows about a Ridgeville editor and a subscriber’s jug of liquor delaying work.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan &J
Tipton
Doan
Foster. Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Why did Dollardy sell his hotel and what now
A dialogue notes Dollardy sold his hotel because profits were not rising quickly enough. He is now luxuriating in the position of head waiter, enjoying a prominent role without owning the property.
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Dollardy
Perry Davis Painkiller Promoted for Ailments
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as the best remedy for sideaches backaches and stitches. It urges getting the large size as cheapest and lists bottle sizes 250 850 and 600. The note includes a quote and a promotional slogan from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. and a W. J. Bryan attribution.
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Perry Davis
O Leary Defends Noted Chicago Cow Version
Chicago saloonkeeper Jim O Leary rejects the lamp origin tale of the great fire. He insists spontaneous combustion of green hay started the blaze and denounces the cow story as a fake. He cites his parents grave notoriety and vows his stance with confidence.
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Chicago
Big Jim” O’leary
Stockyards
John D. Leek
Whitney Opera House
O'Leary
Dr. Leek
Samuel
Christopher O'Neill
Andrew Bird
Maxwell Street Methodist Episcopal Church
O'Neill Brothers
Mr. Bird
Methodist Episcopal Old
Foster
Southport
O’leary
Crow bounty claim against Cook County yields no funds
Bernard Swensen of Orland seeks a state bounty for killing 73 crow eggs and four crows. Town officials verified the destruction and affidavits but county funds lack an appropriation to pay, leaving the claim unresolved.
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County of
Cook
Ckean Epeahegsrwlaten
Cook County
Bernard Swensen
Orland
Swensen
B. F. Sippel
Busse
Foxy Grandpa's Mask Prank Scares Detroit Neighbors
Louis Voss dressed as a demon mask in his home barn on Monroe Avenue causes a frightful scene. Charley Voss and Max Dollee were playing when the prank escalated. Dave Harris, his wife, and neighbors intervened as Voss Sr grappled with Harris in an alley and Mrs Harris fainted.
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Etroit
Mich
Louis Voss
Old Man Peck
Foxy Grandpa
Vosses
Charley Voss
Voss
Max Dollee
Monroe Avenue
Charley
Max
Jim Jeffries
Dave Harris
Dave
Mrs
English hunt dinner ends large Long Island drag hunt
An old fashioned English hunt dinner at the Head River Inn in Smithtown concluded one of Long Island’s largest drag hunts. Guests included socially prominent hunt clubs from New York area and beyond, with riders from Rockaway Westchester Meadowbrook Smithtown and Staten Island among the attendees.
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York
Smithtown
Long Island
Head River Inn
New York
Philadelphia
Rockaway
Westchester
Meadowbrook
Staten
Quaker City Hunt Club Feasts with Fashionable Hounds
Dozens of Quaker City hunters attended a formal hunt dinner where women wore evening dress and diamonds. Dogs were treated as guests, walking among diners and even sitting at the table before sleeping as toasts and songs closed the evening.
Cold remedy recipe praised as quick scientific relief
A historic note describes a cold treatment mixing whiskey glycerine and Concentrated pine compound with instructions to shake the bottle and dose every four hours. It advises finding ingredients through a druggist or wholesale house and highlights Concentrated pine as a patented product in half ounce airtight bottles.
Fishing Extraordinary tale from the Washington Times
Representative Flood of Virginia recounts a story featuring Gen Reuben Lind say Walker of the Confederate army and his servant Sam. Sam returns with a flounder described as white on one side resembling raw fish meat and humorously delays delivering it to Massa Reuben.
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Representative Flood
Virginia
Reuben Lindsay Walker
Sam
Massa Reuben
Washington Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claimed as Universal Remedy
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and treats it as a constitutional disease. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and urges readers to send for testimonials to J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hal's Family Pills for constipation.
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Sclence
Hall
Tiall
Kr. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hal
Indorsing Shackleton's Claim in Explorer Debate
Grimm expresses considerable confidence in explorer Shackleton while noting he may be overly positive about not discovering the south pole. The Cleveland Plain Dealer records Grimm offering cautious optimism and the benefit of the doubt amidst polar exploration claims.
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Indorsing
Shackleton
Grimm
Explorer Shackleton
South Pole
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Historical Patent Medicine Ads and Humorous Vignettes
A collage of vintage ads promotes Castoria with its signature claim and a 30 year usage, alongside quips about marriage and a joke on large wishes. It also touts Alen’s Lung Balsam as a trusted cough remedy and highlights Wizard Oil for pains. The piece ends with a wry note about a wife preventing monetary loss in speculation.
Dr J H Rindlaub Eye Ear Nose Throat Specialist Fargo
An old time quotation montage includes medical notes and product pitches for Dr J H Rindlaub specialist in eye ear nose and throat in Fargo North Dakota. A string of advert style lines promotes Dr Pierce's Pellets Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a teething remedy with pricing. The piece ends with a witticism about courtship and marriage.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
W. J. Bryan
Uksitewerarfogalt
Bespin
Minsenpele
Milas
American Woodworking CO
Warren St
Dunn’'s
Todla
Owe Mohler
Barber College
Nicollet Avenue
Minn
Piso
Jimmie
Brotherhood of Man
Sisterhood
Alen
Charles Kingsley
Pierce
Dodds
Japan
Ne Continental Oil Company, (Incorporated
Putnam
Ume
Ceara
Tole
Lt Roma
Iateeacs
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.S. Douglas
W. S. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Mpakota
F. L. Watkins
Fargo
N.B
Northwestern Mutual Investment Co
Fargo, N. Dakota
SBS
Murray
Murray Institute For
Fargo Institute
Thirteenth Street
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