Quaker Minister Credits Tanlac for Health Recovery
Rev Parker Moon known as Uncle Parker of Southwest Missouri Quakers credits Tanlac for remarkable health restoration after five years of nervous indigestion headaches back pains and poor sleep. He reports improved appetite sleep and digestion and recommends Tanlac to friends and others with stomach troubles. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
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Missouri
Parker Moon
Society of Friends
Quakers
Parker
Tanlac
Texas
Tarlac
Tanlae
Politician Reflects On Politics And A Cruel Joke
A cabinet officer at a dinner derides politics as cruel and recounts a quip about two women on an Atlantic City boardwalk. The older woman jokes she hasn’t changed in 17 years, then recognizing the bonnet. The piece ends with a series of brief epigrams about employment and funeral attendance.
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Atlantic City
Baby named with initials spell Work joke ends in lesson
Mr and Mrs Jones argue over naming their newborn with a long string of names. He favors Bill while she proposes William Oliver Robert Kenneth. She claims the initials spell Work so the child may prefer labor, a sly joke about her husband’s aversion to work.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Bill
There Was More of It in the Gate
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a father questioning two boys in the gate. The younger boy claims the neighbor called him homely and that sparks the quarrel. The father reframes the dispute as a boast about resemblance rather than insult.
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Yonkers
Grover Cleveland's Early Career Highlights
Timeline traces Grover Cleveland born Caldwell New Jersey in 1837 through early steps to presidency. Key milestones include Buffalo law office clerkship 1854 admittance to bar 1859 Erie County assistant district attorney 1863 sheriff 1870 Buffalo mayor 1881 New York governor 1882 and President 1884 inauguration on March 4 1885 at age forty seven.
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Stephen Grover Cleveland
Caldwell
N. J
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Erie County
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland Rise From Buffalo Lawyer to President
The article traces Grover Cleveland’s unlikely ascent from a Buffalo attorney to the White House. It notes his blunt honesty, lack of social polish, and steady, principled governance. It highlights his earlier roles as Erie county assistant district attorney and sheriff, then his vetoes and decisive political stance that propelled him to national leadership. It also covers his marriage to Frances Cleveland, the White House wedding, and the press scrutiny that followed.
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Buffalo
Cleveland
White House
Erie County
James Buchanan
Albany
Oscar Folsom
Miss Folsom
Europe
America
Shopper’s Bull Describes Christmas Shopping Frustration
A neighbor recalls difficulties shopping for presents at Blank & Blank due to the crush and exiting the store. The Boston Transcript notes health as a predictor of wealth and cites Garfield Te pro motes health. Foolish Question No. 8.427 dismisses heredity as a factor when a stubborn business man has a boneheaded son as per the Boston Transcript.
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Blank & Blank’s
Boston Transcript
Roger
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims quick relief
The advertisement argues catarrh is influenced by overall health and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier. It states the product acts through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces and restore normal conditions. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Dr Peery's Dead Shot Vermi Fuge Ad
Why buy many bottles of other Vermi fuges when one bottle of Dr Peery's Dead Shot will act surely and promptly Adv gifts. The greatest grace of a gift perhaps is that it anticipates and admits of no return Longfellow. Every gift that is given even though it be small is in reality great if it be given with affection Pindar. Why buy many bottles of other Vermi fuges when one bottle of Dr Peery's Dead Shot will act surely and promptly Adv
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Longfellow
Dr. Peery
Evening prayers Interrupted by Family Nonsense
Katherine struggles to pray as family chatter fills the room. Harold quips that his prayers are so familiar he no longer needs to say them, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
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Katherine
Harold
Clear Skin Routine Adverts for Cuticura Line
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness roughness or itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse then Cuticura Talcum for fragrance priced 25 cents. The snippet also notes Virginia has more than a quarter of a million wage earning women and a remark on foolish people.
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Virginia
Native Arkansas survey notes two homes where father did family washing
A state college of agriculture survey of farm reconditions in Arkansas reports two households where the father performed the family washing. A German proverb states a white egg often comes from a black hen.
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Dad
Arkansas
State College of Agriculture
Measles to bronchial relief Mary Wilbur touts Dr Pierce tonic
Mrs Marie L Wilbur of 121% Bissell Ave Rome New York says a severe cold after measles led to ongoing bronchial and stomach trouble until using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. She reports full health recovery with only occasional cough and recommends the medicine sold by all druggists.
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Rome
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Marie L. Wilbur
Bissell Ave
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