Thomas Cale Alaska Congressman Known on Pacific Slope
Brief notes describe Thomas Cale of Alaska as a congressman elected from Alaska and well known on the Pacific slope. It cites Washington addresses and includes testimonials praising Peruna as an effective cough and cold remedy with remarks from Slemp of Virginia endorsing the tonic for catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacife
Washington
9Th St
Washington, D. C
Thos. Cale
Congress
Alaska
Pacific Slope
Slemp
Virginia
Women who own cut glass shouldn't throw stones
A witty adage contrasts female ownership of fine glass with the caution of judging others, while noting distant kinship as part of posterity in a reflective, old newspaper voice.
New Letters Show Early Americanisms In Carlyle Text
The piece notes insular humor in labeling Americans by speech habits and cites Thomas Carlyle in New Letters, Vol. 1 page 178, where the line about a Fox's book of Martyrs uses calculate and guess to caricature American speech. It references Senator Lodge’s Origin of Certain Americanisms in Scribner.
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London
Thomas Carlyle
H. C. Lodge
Wants the Recipe Pittsburg club women chase image through car loans
The Philadelphia Press cites Pittsburg club women mortgaging homes to buy cars to fake wealth and social standing. It notes this trend is spreading and urges reform, asking the women to share their recipe for changing priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Club
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Press
Old Mistress Allegory in Virginia Estate Tour
A visitor in a Virginia ancestral home admires a painting and asks if it depicts an old master. An elderly colored attendant corrects him, saying the sitter is “ole Mistis Al’son,” not the master. The anecdote captures regional speech and social dynamics of the era.
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Virginia
Nelse
Ole Marster
Mistis
Cure for Eczema Promises Hope in 1907 Letter
A letter from Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green describes a son Owen afflicted with severe eczema from infancy. After four hospital admissions and hopeless prognosis, she credits Cutiura Remedies with a dramatic improvement and cure. The note, dated January 12 1907, accompanies other assorted product claims and quips about conduct and curls.
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Owen
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Minards Liniment Offers Free Bottle Postals
A 1908 letter from Joseph Perry of Providence thanks Minards Liniment for curing two year back pain after failed remedies. The company repeats an offer for a free bottle to readers who mail a postal to Minards Liniment Mfg Co in South Framingham Massachusetts. The note ends by remarking some men seek temptation.
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Minard
Minard’s Liniment Mfg. Co
O. K
Joseph Perry
Ingraham St
E. Providence
R. I
Minard’s
Liniment Mfg. Co
Framingham, Maas
Essential health and home living products promoted
A promotional note extols verified goods like Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as trusted family remedies. It urges buying genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products via leading druggists and highlights a World Well-Informed endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Cure All
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole guaranteed remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, urging readers to request testimonials from J Curary & Co Toledo Ohio and noting the product price 75 cents. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Guerantec Pond
The
Hightower Drug Co
Dalton, Ga
Hall
J. Curary & Co
Toledo
Cuba
New York City
State
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
Wearing Life Reflected In Cloak Fashion Parade
A cloak model comments on her tired look while showcasing garments in a fashion display as a friend notes the weariness of a life spent in clothing. The Baltimore American quotes the exchange highlighting the demanding nature of modeling.
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Baltimore American
Seed company offers free catalog and packets for 12 cents
John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin pledges to mail a free plant and seed catalog with multiple seed packets to gain 250000 new customers in 1908. The offer includes Quick Quick carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald cucumber La Crosse Market Lettuce Early Dinner Onion Strawberry Muskmelon Thirteen Day Radish and more, postpaid for 12c or 16c for extra Berliner Earliest Cauliflower. Also notes British India Sutlej river rapid descent.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
John x Salter Seed Co
A. C
Cincinnati man takes seventeen wives in one day
A Cincinnati photographer shocked locals by marrying seventeen women in a single day. The bizarre event draws attention to his unusual personal life and leaves questions about legality and motive.
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Cincinnati
Sedate John Budd Married in Humble Wedding Moment
A humorous Harper's Weekly vignette follows John Budd a model young man who amid the wedding vows blushes answering yes please causing light amusement. Susan Smiley the village belle is his bride and the crowd celebrates with quiet delight.
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John Budd
Susan Smiley
John
Harper’s Weekly
Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Cure Trial Bottle Ad
Advertisement copy touts a “Great Nerve Cure” by Dr Kline promising permanent cure of nervous diseases. Includes offer of two trial bottles and a treatise, with address 931 Arch St Philadelphia PA. Ends with a satirical bridge joke from Life magazine.
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Dr. Kline
H. R. Kline
Phila
That Dry Hacking Cough Needs Attention
A London underground railroad passes 185 feet below the surface, setting a record for subterranean transport. The note urges readers to ask their druggist for Brown's Bronchliy Traches to swiftly relieve a dry hacking cough.
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Brown
London Underground
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aims at Female Ailments
A nurse-like promotion touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female troubles. Letters from Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago and Mrs Williams of Gardiner Maine claim avoiding surgery and cure through the product. The ad notes 30 years of use and invites sick women to write for advice in Lynn Mass.
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J. F. Haxel
Los Angeles
Cal
Cardui
ITV
Adress
Adaresst Advisory Dept
The
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Lydia B. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Benson turns up with automobile in tow
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes a disappearance joke about a young man named Benson returning unexpectedly with an automobile. The exchange hints his wife may face life insurance questions, reflecting a light, hearsay style.
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Benson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief For Neuralgia
A testimonial from J. P. Hubbard of Marietta Ohio describes immediate relief from neuralgia after using Sloan's Liniment for three years of head and jaw pain. He credits the twenty five cent bottle with curing the neuralgia and notes its soothing warmth and circulation boost. He also recommends it for insect bites throat pain and general aches.
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Sloan
J. P. Hubbard
Marietta
3. C
Parlor Kiss Incident Cited by Houston Post
A Houston Post item notes a daughter describing how she was kissed by Mr Bashful in the parlor last evening and that she managed to get him in a corner. The brief exchange underlines a social scandal tone.
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Mr. Bashful
Houston Post
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Augusta
Sarvast Thompson's
Eye
Charles von Soehnen
Colfax
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
E. W. Grove
Posterity
Alonzo
Taylor
Woolford
Kansas City Journal
British India
Grandma
Margaret
Johnson
Johnson & CO
Boston
Mana
Malsey Company
Forsyth Ey
Manufacturare
Ali Tonineay
Atlanta Ga
Darkeonyi
Ear
Jersey
Charleston
Henderson
Statatoni
South Carolina
M&f
Onortates FE
Pioneer Plant Grower Telegraph Office
Young's Island
Martin's Point
S.C
Martin's Port
ASEO
Wakefield
Meggett Plant CO
Moggett
P.O. B. Mennett
B. L. Cox
Ethel
S. C
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L. Bow
Fuakes
W. L
Stoes
W. LL
Hou
Nassau Street
New York
Monada
Jock
Atlanta
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