Chief of Police Saved by Kidney Pills Testimonial
Newberry District chief D. C. W. H. Harris reports years of kidney trouble with back pain and nocturnal disturbances. After using two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills, his symptoms cleared, kidneys functioned normally, and he credits the remedy. A free trial offer is extended by Foster Milburns Co. Buffalo NY, price fifty cents per box.
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Newberry
D. C
W. H. Harris
Police
Bays
Dean
Harris
United States
Foster-Milburs, Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Epistle or Gospel Notions Echo in Family Banter
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger snippet Mrs. Gayman jokes that a letter from a man caught in New York due to a business engagement is “an epistle from him.” Her mother quips the postman left it, while Mrs. Gayman dismisses it as not gospel, highlighting comic misreadings of a note.
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John
Clever Woman Uses Names to Guess a Girl's Age
In a hotel overheard exchange, Mrs. A and Mrs. B debate how a girl's name signals age. They recall eras of popular names from Ethels to Elizabeths, suggesting a woman named for a grandmother with Ann as a middle name is likely at least 30, referencing a New York Times register.
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Piazza
Maudes
Ediths
Helens
Sera
Gladyses
Dorothysa
Marjories
Eliza
Beths
Margarets
Marys
Ann
Mrs
New York Times
Coffee’s Curious Attacks After Tea Like Startling Turnaround
A Kansan recounts severe health issues tied to coffee use including headaches stomach trouble and rheumatic symptoms. After switching to Postum the narrator reports restored energy better heart health and no headaches for two years. The ad asserts Postum’s effectiveness and notes attribution to Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan with a product booklet.
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Bright
Ike
Whcole
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilwille
Recall of a Slavery Era Document Unearthed
An aged parchment signed over seventy-one years ago details the sale of a enslaved man named John from Matthews County presumably Virginia. John Roche of Chicago owns the well preserved paper found among musty papers with little other information about John beyond his origin and the era’s high slave prices.
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John
Matthews County
Virginia
John Roche
Chicago
Williams as a Joker and Old Time Anecdotes
Democratic leader John Sharp Williams jokes about a presidential boom while listing fanciful Mississippi town names, prompting a reporter’s puzzled spelling. The feature also recalls Speaker Cannon stories and six of seven notable events from 1766 to 1833, including pat on the head by Dr Johnson and conversing with King George III.
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John Sharp Williams
House of Representatives
Williams
Mississippi
Toomsuba
Ofanoma
Noxopater
Nanachehaw
Toccopola
Tableville
Grubbs Springs
Nittayuma
Wahalak
Bolatusha
Hushpukena
Pelahatchie
Muttayama
Estabatchee
Ittaben
John Thomas Smith
T. P.” Smith
Johnson
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Dinner Prank Ends In Humorous Reveal
A husband tricks his wife with a note about a dinner guest. She dresses for an elegant meal and awaits a supposed old friend. When the door opens, the husband appears as the guest, prompting her incredulous reaction and his continued laughter.
Quizzical Doors and a Dispensary Tale
A humorous mishmash of anecdotes from Harper’s Weekly and Washington Times. A physician critiques medical specialization with a tale of a New York mother denied eye and ear care for her injured child and a court detects a missing pencil during a trial. Washington wheat prospects note a 30 million bushel forecast in eastern Washington. Modern harvesting uses machines with five men and thirty horses to gather twenty acres daily.
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New York
Harper’s Weekly
Washington
Eastern
Water in all things cites thirst and rings
A temperance lecturer argues water pervades all matter. He describes a sailor dying of thirst weighing 140 pounds containing 75 pounds of water, five pails. He notes water in the air and even in an opal ring, claiming opals are made of water and flint.
Irishman Seeks Bridge Keeper Job After River Tragedy
An Irishman out of work finds the body of a railroad drawbridge keeper in the river. He offers to take the job, claiming to have seen the former keeper, but the superintendent explains the position is filled by the man who saw him fall in.
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Harper’s Weekly
Baroness Burdett-Coutts Birthday and Wellington Rumor
A Philadelphia Press note recalls Baroness Burdett-Coutts turning ninety and a Water-Loo era rumor that the Duke of Wellington wished to marry her. The duke reportedly said he did not promise a duchess but could. The baroness later quipped that he should have said could instead of would.
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Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Angelia Burdett-Coutts
Philadelphia Press
Miss Elsie Whelen Engaged to Robert Goelet
A Philadelphia girl Miss Elsie Whelen is to marry Robert Goelet. An anecdote from her childhood recalls her governess urging outdoor exercise and a quip about Roman youths swimming the Tiber.
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Elsie Whelan
Philadelphia
Robert Goelet
Whelen
Elsie
Rome
Tiber
Miss Whelen
New York Tribune
Why Not Also in Church Hat Etiquette Question
A Somerville Journal note questions propriety as a theatergoer woman keeps her hat on during a service. The provocative line asks why a man would demand a hat be removed in church while such a request is common in other settings.
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Somerville Journal
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Speaker Cannon
DeKalb
Shaff
Harper's Weekly
London
Jin Price
J.W. Gales
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