Hall's Catarrh Cure ad affidavit in Toledo
An 1880s notarized oath claims F J Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document, sworn December 6 in Toledo, promotes the remedy and its testimonials while urging purchase from local druggists and mentioning Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Everase
HaLl
Olive Complexion Quip Sparks Boarder Banter
A Yonkers Statesman quip about a new boarder forecasts a playful change in complexion. The exchange contrasts a beautiful olive tone with a future prune complexion after a few weeks in residence.
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Yonkers Statesman
This Will Interest Mothers
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray a nurse in Children's Home New York cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. Sold by all Druggists 25c Sample free address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Mother Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Expert Testimony on Left Orbit Injury in London Tit Bits
Doctor describes a patient with abrasion, tumefaction, ecchymosis and extravasation around the left orbit. The judge clarifies the injury as a black eye, confirming the diagnosis in a London Tit Bits exchange.
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London
Cure for Consumption Quoted by Indiana Woman
A 1900 Indiana letter from Joan F Bowen of Trinity Springs praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption as unequal for courts and colds. The dated eb. 14 1900 note reflects consumer belief in the patent medicine.
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Joan F. Bowen
Trinity Springs
Ind
Human Ear Deformity Explained by Naturalist
A Washington Post naturalist argues human ears became crumpled by skull growth and pillow support. He claims upright animal ears contrast with a head too heavy for a weak human neck, causing the ear to flatten during sleep.
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Washington Post
Righted a Wrong in Funny Exchange
A cartoonish exchange shows a gas company manager signaling an unfair bill and a visitor replying with a wry smile. The visitor says he consulted a plumber who fixed the connections and apologized after reviewing the statement.
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Puck
Switch to Grape-Nuts Improves Lifelong Digestive Troubles
A reader recalls lifelong digestive issues from poor diet and weak appetite. After a physician recommended Grape-Nuts and cream the health improved markedly, with weight gain and renewed vitality. The testimonial notes sustained energy from a daily serving and promotes a Postum Co. line including The Road to Wellville book.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Two Monarchs Die in Terror A Conspiracy Compared
T P O Connor contrasts Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette death scenes as described in Louis Blanc and Mor gaillard. Louis’s scaffold struggle is vivid and brutal while Philippe Egalite faces execution with quiet dignity amid jeers and symbols of revolution.
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M. Paul Geauld
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
T. P. O’connor
Louis Blanc
Histoire de la Revolution Francaise
Louis
Edgeworth
Dugayon
Richard
Krng
Philippe Egalite
Morgaillard
Carlyle
Palais Egalite
Palais Royal
Republic
Philippe
Samson
Little Barefoot Rosey Guides the Halsted Trolley
A vivid poem portrays Miss Rosey, a mascot on Halsted Street, guiding a trolley car under her father’s watch. She wears a union button and delivers humor and danger with a child’s engineer fantasy, while riders cheer and the trolley glides past Bubbly Creek. James F. Kin sella signs as the Chicago Postoffice registry division.
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Rosey
Old Halsted
Miss Rosey
Rooney
Clarence
Barefoot
James FE. Kinsella
Chicago Postoffice
Inside Inn at the World’s Fair Confusing Dialogue
A humorous Baltimore American piece recounts a visitor at the Worlds Fair seeking the Inside Inn and its proprietor. The exchange spirals into a pun laden debate about inside and outside, while staff rush to aid a fainted clerk.
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Baltimore American
Method in His Madness
Miss Askitt jokes about an automobile while Mr. Wise explains he wears an auto cap and goggles to avoid being mistaken for a chauffeur in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Miss Askitt
Mr. Wise
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement for Foot Comfort
Promote relief for burning feet and tight new shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease powder. Claims to cure swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores with free sample offers in LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. YY
Men At Laundries Shift To Ironing And Tubs
A New York visitor notes a trend of men employed in city laundries performing ironing and washing at tubs. He suggests this offers work for idle husbands tied to laundry districts, who previously lounged in saloons while wives did the heavy ironing under their gaze.
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New York
New York Sun
Saved Child's Life Prompts Medical Miracle Claim
Sedewick Arkansas reports a father crediting Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his son from dropsy after eight days of three pills daily then thirty five total. The boy recovered fully and could run and dance. The father says doctors doubted recovery before the treatment.
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Sedewick
Ark
W. S. Taylor
Dodd
Japanese Midzname Syrup Gains Trade Status on Pacific Coast
The Philadelphia Ledger reports that Midzname, a doughy syrup from Japanese millet and rice, has been deemed not covered by the Dingley act and will be taxed 10 percent ad valorem. Its palatability and infant strength use drive demand on the Pacific coast amid western corn syrup competition.
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General Board of Customs
Washington
Pacific’ Coast
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Japan
Philadelphia Ledger
Witty quip on marriage and nagging relations
A humorous remark suggests that a lack of nagging by a wife indicates she has not yet married her husband, implying traditional domestic expectations in a playful tone.
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A.W. Gleason
Notary Pasha
Cottage City
St. Louis
Olive St
Merchant's Cottage CO
Waterman Ave
Lei
Alwaye
Pricaby J
W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wig
Northwestern Yeast CO
Chicago
Twine
U.S
Montgomery Ward
Michigan Avenue
Madison and
Washington Streets
Lee
Thompson
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