Sarsaparilla cures and spring uses in old ads
An assortment of promotional notes mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming unique medicinal merit and cures. It also advertises spring use and Sarsa tabs, plus travel fare discounts for 1910 events and opinions on royal dining, Aero Club chatter, and other scattered items from periodicals.
Elaborate Revenge
A dialog from the Chicago Tribune recalls a dinner scene where one guest criticizes a din ner and explains he paid the waiter a dime to hint to Jim that better lodging would fetch a larger tip. The exchange shows subtle social bargaining wrapped in humor.
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Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Cardui advertised as remedy for womanly weakness
Mrs E Fournier of Lake Charles Louisiana recounts severe monthly pains and spells. After suffering greatly she used Cardui and reports no pain, the ability to walk freely, and renewed vitality. The ad urges readers to try Cardui, promotes a 64 page home treatment book, and directs contact to Chattanooga Medicine Company.
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Lake Charles
Cardui
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
SRL
Ann Tenn
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Doans Kidney Pills Featured In Cure Claim
An old advertisement from Milton Pennsylvania touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney sickness and general weakness. It includes a customer story from Harry House about relief from back pain headaches and gravel after taking the pills. Also mentions a government advertised choice of a new artificial leg for a Civil War veteran with travel and expense coverage.
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Bright
Dean
Harry House
Bound Ave
Milton, Pa
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. x
Franz H. Kirmayer
Bridgewater Normal School
United States
Manila
Professor Kirmayer
Minneapolis
Georgia
Sherman
Boston Herald
Died by Mistake Sergeant’s Bleak War Memoir Note
An English soldier believed killed in India is entered as dead by the sergeant. The record is later corrected to show he is alive with died by mistake. A minister of war letter then records the death at a hospital, the sergeant noting Reciled by order of the ministry.
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India
Louisville Herald
Mules Back Bracing Hill Put to Test on Twelfth Street
In a humorous local tale Ephriam Johonon explains how two mules and a load of brick refuse to move uphill on Twelfth Street, backing up the hill as village humor highlights stubborn animal wit and practical skill. The scene, narrated in a folksy voice, underscores the hoist and urge method of guiding animals.
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Ephriam Johonon
Twelfth Street
Eph
Warda
Kauson City Star
King of Finance Emerges From Boy Pigeon Trade Tales
A factory owner praises a boy who sells homing pigeons, recounting a Brooklyn buyer then a return of the birds, and a third sale. Meanwhile Philadelphia police plan pocket electric search lights for patrolmen. Also notes on readers, eye remedies, and Alaska gold field excitement.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Patient
Graniteville Vermont woman Mrs Cras Barclay reports relief from nervous symptoms during change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims long record of female cures and urges trial as inexpensive help through the change of life.
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Graniteville
Lydia E. Pink Lam
Lydiak
Pinkham
Mrs. Cras. Barclay
R.F.D
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cascarets Claim Quick Cure for Indigestion
Harry Stuckley of Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania reports long suffering from sour stomach and dyspepsia. He notes Cascarets gave lasting relief and plans to recommend them to friends as a palatable potent remedy. The ad touts gentle CCC tablets guaranteed to cure or money back.
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Harry Stuckley
Miss Wilberforce Refuses Eternal Title Joke
A cheeky note recounts a Hull election episode where a sister promised gowns to freemen wives voting for her brother Wilberforce. The crowd cheered, then she demurred, saying she does not want to be “Miss Wilberforce” forever, adding a witty retort about the honor.
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Wilberforce
Hull
Miss Wilberforce
Nature's remedy NR tablets promise quick rheumatism cure
Nature's remedy claims fast relief for rheumatism and cleansing effects on kidneys liver and digestion with guaranteed results. Take one tonight and feel better in the morning with a 25 box available at all druggists from the A. H. Lewis Medicine Co. St. Louis MO. A banker loses 10000 in a fake wire tapping game but the depositor still insists his cash remains safe in the bank per the New York American.
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Nature
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
New York American
Blood Purifier Claim From Rheumacide Ad
An old advertisement promotes Rheumacide as a blood purifier to ward off germ diseases. It lists liquid and tablet forms with prices and mail order options from Bobbitt Chemical Co. The note from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites large bull and money figures and asserts the sun cure is within reach if one stays proactive.
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Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltimore
Nature's Remedy Liver Tonic Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement claims sallowness from an inactive liver can be cured by NR tablets from The A. H. Lewis Medicine Co. It asserts the liver becomes active, digestion improves, and health returns. A 25c box is marketed with phrases urging readers to take one tonight for a morning improvement.
Destructive to Eloquence Dialogue On Air Navigation
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet Binks quotes Gabriel d Annungio praising air travel as the divinest sensation. Jinks counters with an old belief that yachting also felt sublime before he became seasick, illustrating shifting attitudes toward travel modes.
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Binks
Gabriel d’Annungio
Jinks
Cleveland Plain Dealer
How to confine poultry with rope and netting
Instructions advise tying ropes to fence corners near the house to support an upright netting pen for chicks. Use about 150 ft of netting, roll and store when finished, and keep fowls orderly to ensure egg production. Recommend charcoal for blood purification and avoiding screenings in favor of better grain.
French Taxes Reflect Decline in Billiard Tables
Statistics show 94 123 billiard tables in France in 1892 dropping to 89 230 in 1906 while expected growth did not occur as children aged. Vogue attributes the decline to outdoor sports and growing interest in motoring. The anecdote about a visitor asks a child about his identity with the reply I am the baby's brother from Truth Seeker.
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France
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills Ad Claim
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills claim to energize the liver and nerves without causing scour or griping. They purport to enrich blood and aid digestion, with no calomel, and offer free medical advice from Munyon's Doctors at 534 and Jefferson Sts, Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Manyon
Munyon’s
Jefferson Std
Philadelphia
Cuticura Remedies Claim Cure for Severe Skin Ailment
An advertisement narrative describes severe itching and inflammation relieved by Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills after years of failed treatments. It cites Mrs. Bertha Sachs of New York and Moris Sachs endorsing the remedy. Also mentions Dr. Wiley and neighborhood influence on chicken keeping. Constipation linked to serious diseases is touted as cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets.
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Bertha Sachs
Second Ave
New York
N. Y
Morris Sachs
de. Pierce
May Medical Laboratory
W. H. May
Pearl Street
Misunderstood Chops Spark Rush to Explain
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes that some men are so bad that friends cannot do anything but rush around to explain that the poor chops are misunderstood.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
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Hood
Georgia Educational Association
Atlanta
Atlants Music
Metropolitan Opera Company
Caruao
Knights Templar of Georgia
Savannah
National Baptist Sunday School Congress
Colored
W. J. Leary
Gao
Spain
Alfonso XIII
M. Paulin McClure
Buy “Barrie Axe" Shors
New York Times
Mra. Winslow
Paulhan
Bleriot
Aero Club
Bitch Rooms
New York Sun
Post
Postum Cerea! Com , Ltd
Battle Creek, Mick
Gray
Druggista
Yuen
Allen S.olmated
Levy
N.Y
Davis
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Common Sense
Washington Star
Alaska
Boston Transcript
Chas. Barclay
Suexs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
City of
Mexico
Wall Street
Hancock
Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
Lore
MR. Ginner
F. H. Lummus Sons
Columbus, Ga
Minnesota
S. G. Iverson
Hubbard County
St. Paul Dispatch
National Surgical Institute
Pryor St
Bor Barrur
St Thompson's