Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Strength to Deppe Farmer
J. B. Corton of Deppe North Carolina says kidney pills let him lift again and walk long distances after years of back pain. He reports rapid relief, renewed strength, and has shared pills with neighbors who also saw benefits. Trial free. Buffalo NY mail offer. price 50 cents.
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Dean
J. B. Corton
Deppe
Corton
Dean’s
Yester- Milburn Co
Bufalo
N. Y
Not the Real Thing Criticus on De Auber
Commentary from Chicago News notes De Auber as an idealist, while Brushleigh calls him not a realist and criticizes his sales impact on art. The exchange frames a clash between artistic ideals and market realities.
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de Auber
Brushleigh
Chicago News
Ambition Elevates and Brings a Harsh Fall
A reflective line notes that ambition lifts a man to pursue goals but also subjects him to a severe setback or downfall when expectations fail. The saying underscores the risk and cost tied to striving for advancement.
False reminiscence on Piso’s Cure and personal remark
A reader letter from Mrs. THOS Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York dated February 17 1900 praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption as life saving three years earlier and reflects on the value of deeds over beliefs.
Marine Eye Remedy Co promotes free Home Eye Buck
Chicago firm Marine Eye Remedy Co offers Free Home Eye Buck. Consumers are urged to write about their eyes and warned that neglecting good works will lead to spiritual darkness and loss of faith.
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The
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
A Modern Couple Debates Home and Office Roles
A husband and wife argue over domestic and work duties. She offers to help with office tasks while pursuing home management, and he favors relocating a housekeeping typewriter to the office. She decides to handle home duties herself, possibly by attending cooking school.
St Swithin Day Superstition Still Endures in England
Ancient belief marks July 15 as St Swithin s day. If rainfalls that day, the next forty days will be wet. if fair, the next sixty days stay pleasant. Greenwich data from 20 years before 1861 show most rainy spells followed a dry July 15.
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England
Aselli
Minster
Auto Rubaiyat of a Speeding Soul
A poem laments the auto era and its temptations as the speaker imagines a final ride and a lover’s memory. Death, speed, gasoline, and a desire to race toward eternity frame a perilous devotion to machines and perilous pleasure. The speaker envisions a paradise of speed and a life washed in gasoline.
Origin of the Double Eagles in Russia and Germany
Heralds trace the two headed eagles on Russian and German standards to the heraldic practice of dimidiation. This method split coats of arms and joined halves back to back producing strange creatures. The griffin is said to have evolved from two lions halved by dimidiation.
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Russia
Germany
A Little Girl's Loves
Five year old Bessie visits her mother at dawn and, with a sniff, proclaims her two deepest loves God and baked beans, in a lighthearted family vignette from Lipconcott's.
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Bessie
Lippincott’s
Kentucky Man's Duty Promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills
Jamboree Kentucky August 29 Special. After years of back pain J M Coleman a well known local citizen reports a complete cure using Dodd's Kidney Pills He urges others with back pain to try the remedy claiming his daughter also improved after using about half a box Backache termed Kidney Ache and linked to Rheumatism is presented as a sure cure.
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Kentucky
Jamboree
J. M. Coleman
Dodd
Tip to a steamboat general manager gone wrong
A Baltimore Sun item recalls a steamboat company general manager who, while on a gang plank, helped a lady by taking her maid's satchel aboard. The lady offered a 5 cent tip, which he declined, later realizing the joke was on him.
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Baltimore Sun
Newsboy's Limited Permission From White House Tale
The reminiscence recalls Ashbel P Fitch recounting a Washington meeting with a savvy newsboy. Fitch said he asked for directions to the White House and the boy allowed entry but warned not to stay longer than half an hour, illustrating a humorous early encounter with a newsboy.
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Ashbel P. Fitch
New York
Congress
Washington
Strenuous Dyspepsia Cure Observed In New York
A Fulton Street waiter recalls a dyspeptic customer who adds horseradish to ice cream and tabasco to coffee daily. The man swears the odd mix improves digestion, a claim the staff finds remarkable and amusing.
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Fulton Street
New York Sun
Not So Serious Train Brush Quip Satirizes Robbery Alarm
A Chicago News item riffs on a conductor warning passengers of a train robbery as a brush while a passenger mishears the alert about a Pullman car porter. The exchange shows humorous miscommunication and train travel banter.
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Chicago News
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain
Advertisement copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething relief. It claims to soften gums reduce irritation and ease wind colic with a 25 cent bottle option.
Swelling the Bill Threat in a Dark Plea
A grim exchange unfolds as a youth threatens to flood burners with gas unless granted what he seeks. The maiden pleads for mercy while the man warns of ruin to a father if refused. The tension centers on coercive control and potential danger behind the menace.
Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Ad from Rondout NY
An advertisement touts Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy the Great Kidney and Liver Cure offered by Dr. Kennedy's Sons of Rondout New York. It invites readers to write for a free sample bottle and promises world famous efficacy.
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David Kennedy
Dr. Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Congratulations Telegram From Simeon Ford
A Boston Advertiser note reports Simeon Ford sent a congratulatory telegram to a newly married couple last week. The message wished that their future troubles be only small ones.
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Simeon Ford
Boston Advertiser
Woman from Lillydale Credits Pinkham Compound for Cure
Mrs Elizabeth H Thompson of Lillydale New York Proudly testifies she recovered from severe backache womb trouble and bearing down pains after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Her niece also improved and a baby blessed their home further cures of female troubles are noted by the writer
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Elizabeth H. Thompson
Lillydale
N.Y
W.C.T.U
PinnaAm
Lydia E. Pinkham
Life as a bridge between past and future
The phrase casts life as both harvest and seed, linking what has been to what will come. It frames time as a cycle where experiences mature into legacy and intentions sprout into new beginnings.
Struck a Snag. Japanese Serum and Kentucky Remedy Clash
An exchange notes a Japanese scientist claiming a universal antidote for rattlesnake bites, challenging Kentucky’s famed cure. The Kentuckian questions whether any new serum can surpass the well known local remedy, prompting a nationally cited debate.
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Kentucky
Chicago Tribune
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