A patchwork of early 1900s vignettes and ads
A collage of short items and anecdotes including Itch relief ad for Woolford's Sanitary Lotion, a Tibetan tale about a spring tape measure, a humorous cross-saw anecdote, Roosevelt gossip, travel tickets, Sage remarks, Allen's Foot Ease testimonials, and 1909- era medical and industrial notes.
Prominent Georgia Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts
A Georgia physician recounts a personal health recovery after starting Grape-Nuts. He gained strength and weight, returned to practice, and urges others to try the cereal, noting convalescents improve digestion and nerve tissue rebuilding. He cites a 10 day trial and promotes the book The Road to Wellville.
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Georgia
Wellville
Instructed Delegation Asked About Miles Stan Dish
Priscilla questions the delegation about whether they are instructed for Miles Stan dish or simply told to use every honorable means. The phrase signals a turning point as history begins to unfold in the New York Sun style.
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Priscilla
Miles Standish
New York Sun
Munyons Cold Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Vintage ad touts Munyon s Cold Remedy curing head throat and lungs in a day with fever relief and pain reduction. It claims to prevent pneumonia and also markets Rheumatism Kidney and Vitalizer remedies plus a joke from Illustrated Bits about a sleeping papa.
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Munyon
Tetterine for Poison Oak Advertisement From 1908 Savannah
Customer letters praise Tetterine for poison oak and various skin ailments while listing prices and order options. The Shuptrine Co. of Savannah markets Tetterine as a cure for eczema, ringworm, pimples, dandruff, piles, infant sores, and many skin conditions with a 50 cent bottle and a 260 cent option, urging readers to ask their pharmacist or buy from the manufacturer.
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J. T
Shoptrine
Savannah
M. F. Hamiet
Tex
Tettarine
He Shuptrine Co
Sivannah
Speeder's Runabout Power Question Sparks Banter
A compact comic strip style exchange asks if Speeder's new runabout is 60 horsepower, with twist implying 60-skunkpower. The scanned page also features brief bits on beauty, remedies, and daily life quips from Boston Post and Philadelphia Bulletin era ads and jokes.
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Frank
Lippincott’s
Tin Can Recycling in Arizona Copper Mines
Tin cans and other scrap iron are gathered in Bisbee Clifton and Jerome to form troughs and vats that precipitate copper from mine water. The slime produced contains 30 to 50 percent copper as iron is replaced, with minimal gathering cost. Jerome's water is especially strong and some tools risk altering metal temper. ore near the Shattuck mine shows 15 percent copper in a large sulphide body yet to be measured.
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Arizona
Bisbee
Clifton
Jerome
Shattuck
Os Angeles Times
Colors for home painting and color scheme guidance
The text argues color schemes matter for exterior and interior painting affecting curb appeal and market value. It suggests studying color scheme books and obtaining a free Houseowners' Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Company to test paint purity, featuring Dutch Boy trademarked white lead. It includes a humorous Kansas City Journal quote about a social secretary.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
All Powerful Circumstance Quotation Attribution
A visitor asks what made the thief. The prisoner replies that circumstances shaped both thief and gentleman, as cited by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Yonkers Statesman Item on Language and Color Use
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman discusses color theory in dyes and garment care with quoted classroom banter. It features a teacher asking for the plural of pauper and a student replying with a witty misunderstanding.
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Tommie
Yonkers
Cured Itching Humor Promises Cure with Cutiura Remedies
An 1908 testimonial from O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes chronic itching swellings that covered arms and torso, causing pain and scarring. After using three sets of Cutiura Remedies from Potter Drug & Chem, the patient reports substantial improvement and recovery. A separate note reports the fifteenth son born to Mr and Mrs Chris Roller in Cass County Indiana.
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Cuthura
O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Chris Roller
Noble Township
Cass County
Ind
Virginia Merchant Aids Very Big Gravel Stone
C L Wood of Fentress Norfolk County Va suffered months of back kidney and bladder pain with irregular kidney secretions. Medical treatment failed. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he passed a stone four days after starting and has had no kidney trouble since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. L. Wood
Fentress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A Victorian era notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It cites multiple Erie, Pennsylvania testimonials of years of suffering relieved after trying the herb based formula. The appeal urges all sick women to try it and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cardui
Cardu
Katie Burlison
Goreville
Cardus
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Camden
N. J
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Ave
Camden, N. J
Erie
J. P. Endlich
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