Farmer praises Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy in ad testimonial
In New Durham New Hampshire farmer C T Chamberlain writes of bladder inflammation relief after using Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. He says three bottles brought relief and suggests others contact Kennedy Co Rondout New York for a free trial. Also a humorous Old Codger line from the Kansas City Star is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.T. Chamberlain
New Durham
N. H
David Kennedy
Kennedy Co
Rondout
N. Y
Luther Pettifer
Farmer Bentover
Kansas’ City
Not Just What He Meant The Girl's Mother
Advertised remedies claim Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children cure feverish, delicate, and cross kids. Promoted as a 2c sample free, sold by A. S. Olmsted in La Roy, N. Adv. Not Just What He Meant and The Girl's Mother appear as illustrated items from The Steady Company in Puck.
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Gray
Olmsted
la Roy
Puck
Have You A Child The Pinkham Remedy Recalled
Readers report Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped restore health and aid pregnancy. Testimonials from Mrs. John Mitchell of Masagana New York and several other women in Missouri Pennsylvania West Virginia Florida praise the product for before birth and postnatal benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
E.M. Doerr
R. R
Conshohocken, Pa
Armored by Determination Moylan Elected Judge in Cleveland
David Moylan, councilman and attorney in Cleveland, lost both arms in separate railroad accidents. He studied law, passed the bar, served on the city council, and won election as municipal judge by a large plurality. The photo shows him signing decisions with his pen between his teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Moylan
Cleveland
Moylan
Doped Horses in Cruel Treatment Exposed by Humane Society
A statement condemns the practice of doping work horses for sale after long abuse and neglect. The Humane Society monitors the inhumane treatment by owners who drug the animals with gin ger and whisky mixed with opiate to gain extra profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Grateful Mother Praises Father John’s Medicine
Mrs Delvida Fortin of Brunswick Maine endorses Father John’s Medicine as a safe alcohol free tonic. She says her two children recovered from whooping cough and weakness after using the product and notes its long history of use. Thousands of mothers praise the remedy for colds throat and lung troubles and its value as a pure food medicine for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delvida Fortin
Brunswick
Oak St
Father John
Timothy Trask Fleeing After Scene at Store Counter
A man named Timothy Trask collapses at a store counter during a tense interaction with salesgirl Anastasia Skiggs. She directs him to a carpeted area as he flees to a telephone booth and calls his wife, ordering her to buy her own corsets.
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Timothy Trask
Anastasia Skiggs
Detroit Free Press
Warrior of Today and the Argonne Prisoner Tale
A French chasseur prisoner story from the Argonne shows modern war tactics. A boyish chasseur forces a German officer to surrender by demanding his sword, but the officer jokes he has no sword to yield and cites weapons like vitriol gear and gas cylinders.
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Argonne
Improved Quinine Claim and School Snippet
An ad touts Laxative Brongo Quinine claiming no nervousness or head ringing and urges calling for the full name with E. W. Grove signature. The second vignette shows a mother and father discussing Charlie’s failing school reports and a misheard tycher.
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E. W. Grove
Motoring and Jitneying Phrase From The Eye Remedy Ad
A quirky exchange contrasts seeing and motoring with the term jitneying. An unrelated note mentions Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago advertising an illustrated Book of the Eye Free. The fragment ends with a proverb about a man’s compliment transforming a woman’s view of her appearance.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Justification for the Jury
A comic exchange unfolds as a prisoner answers guilty to a clerk’s question. The judge probes the meaning of the response while the prisoner insists the truth is indeterminate and jokes about the jury’s purpose. Tit-Bits provides the vignette.
Had One on the Sergeant at the Range
A squad of recruits cleared ammunition as a sergeant shouted in frustration over missed targets. The sergeant belittled a recruit who failed to hit the target for the seventh time, mocking his accuracy and challenging him with a jab about a missed train.
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Robert Fulton
Claremont
Hudson River
Gonzalo Mejia
Sergeent
Canada
Ottawa
Wherefore the Bible
Mr. Tompkins stops overnight at a rural hotel and questions a Bible placed in his room. A colored hotel boy explains the Bible is for use if a fire prevents escape, noting its prominent position.
Sufferer offers free home treatment information
An individual who once had lung trouble and recovered offers to share full details of the home treatment that helped her. She invites anyone with bronchial asthma or lung illness to write for information, including Miss M. B. Roberts of 25 Foster St Worcester Massachusetts.
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M. B. Roberts
Foster St
Worcester
Mass
Dentists Use Teeth Misfortune to Market Own Work
Wry comment on fur collars contrasts with a quip about fashion. A dentist profits by exploiting others teeth, turning misfortune into work for himself.
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John Mitchell
Masgena, N. Y
A. M. Myers
Gordonville, Mo
Lydia E. Pinksham
Moss Blakeley
Coalport
E. W. Sanpres
Rowlesburg, W. Va
Winnie Tillis
Winter Haven
Florida
Carter
Nemb
Serbia
Saloniki
Greece
Gatun Lake
Culebra
Panama Canal
Goethals
W. F. Young
Temple Street
Springfield
Hass
Susquehanna Penna
Watson FE. Coleman
Washington, DC
Craig CO
Wabash Ave
Detroit
Mich
Dalle
Cam
Ryderr
Cortlandt Bi
New York
N. U. New York
French Industrial Commission
French Industrial and Commercial Commission
America
Delasalle-Thirlet
Maurice Damour
Jacques Lesueur
Trincane
M. Chaffour
Timothy
Charlie
Western Canada
Denver
Western
United States
Crawford
E. Genesee Street
Syracuse, N. Y
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