Europeans Struggle With State Names and Place Designations
A Boston Globe item notes Europeans find American state names hard to master. Sailors joke about mispronunciations near the battleship Ohio in an English port. The piece mocks foreign confusion over Balkans and Choctaw terms, ending with a quip about translation and a violinist buying tickets. An Italian seeks incorporation as a joke, planning ads to claim status he does not understand.
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Balkans
Boston Globe
Fearful spectator at burlesque scene
A man of noted intellect attended a burlesque show and, during the performance, began muttering then screaming in anguish. He feared losing his mind or sight after sitting through half the show and failing to see a trio described as a hard to classify Jewish lookalike, an Irishman, and a naval officer.
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Kansas City Star
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Quick Beauty Boost
An advertisement extols Danderine as a tonic beautifier that doubles hair beauty, removes dirt and grease with a damp cloth, and claims to prevent brittleness while reducing dandruff and hair loss. It urges purchase at drug or toilet counters for a few cents. The piece includes a London Tit-Bits joke about mistaking a cemetery for a garden.
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Adv
London
Bayer Aspirin Claim Foreshadows Package Claims
The article notes Bayer as the genuine Aspirin maker with the Bayer Tablets of Aspirin labeled in Bayer packages. It states nineteen years of physician use, 12 tablet tins costing a few cents, and identifies aspirin as Bayer’s trademark for acetylsalicylic acid. It closes with quips about lectures and gambling devices.
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Bayer
Shopper confuses glove ad with drugstore items in tale
A downtown drug store clerk named Vie faces a puzzled elderly woman who shows a clipping for eight button gloves priced at 1.49 and learns the other side carries a snake oil ad. The humor hinges on mistaken shop identity and a testy mismatch between goods and location.
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Vie
Vic
Snake Oif
Detroit News
For His Own Good in Birmingham Shop Leather
A Birmingham Age-Herald humorous note about Niblick moved from ribbons and laces to the hardware department after becoming too sentimental with female patrons. The manager jokes that a woman in hardware may not tolerate any foolishness.
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Niblick
Birmingham
Just nature in the child and in prosperity
The reader quotes a Chicago Tribune line attributing a child’s curiosity and dirt as “nature” and reflects on fault and prosperity. The piece suggests gratitude comes easily in good times and notes the idea of nature shaping behavior.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Philadelphia Mother
Mrs Worthline of 2842 North Taylor Street Philadelphia testifies she suffered nervous indigestion fatigue and weakness. After a week on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved significantly and could eat without distress. The ad promotes the product as restoring health for weary mothers under strain.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkhem
Mra. J. Worthline
North Taylor St
Lydia Pinkham
Worthline
Business Offers and Mail Order Promises From 1919 Ads
A collage of early 20th century classified ads promising easy business startup with no capital, free literature, and calendar enlargements. Mentions Enterprise Company in New York, KR & EL Photo Labs in Brooklyn, Eastern Trading Co in New York, and Homeseekers Guides from Meridian, Mississippi, all urging readers to send for details and mislabelled maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Company
Fourth Ave
New York City
EL Photo. Labs
Folsom Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eastern Trading Co
New York
Gold Medal Harlem Oil Capsules claim kidney relief
An advertisement warns kidneys weaken with time and urges early treatment with Gold Medal Harlem Oil Capsules. It touts Holland origins since 1696, promises restoration of strength, and guarantees refund if unsatisfied. Consumers advised to buy only sealed boxes labeled Gold Medal.
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Haarlem
Holland
Ment
Netherlands
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Uncle Sam
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Meridian, Miss
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