Curious mixed page including royal occultism and patent remedies
A scrambled page notes the Czar’s interest in literature and occultism, a claim about spiritual mediums at court, and a jab about the infant teething syrup Mrs Winslow’s. It also contains farm advice on incubator eggs and storage, plus a quip from the Houston Post.
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Fan
Makharoff
Rustia
M. A. In
父子对话与责罚的旧报趣谈
Baltimore American刊载一则带有讽刺意味的短篇对话。父亲严肃称需要以棍棒示众以履行职责,儿子机智反问父亲反复强调“对皮革的职责”已多次被说服,引发轻松讽刺的笑点。
Tennis Champion Advises Health Rules for Girls
Miss May Sutton, world tennis champion, urges American girls to eat freely and walk daily. She warns against tea, coffee, and excess exercise, stressing fresh air and moderate activity as the true secret of health and grace.
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May Sutton
Miss Sutton
San Francisco
Sutton
Leaington
Postum Showcased as Invigorating Morning Drink
A morning cup of Postum is described as a bracing alternative to coffee. It is pitched as a liquid food that strengthens head and body, with a ten days trial of well-made Postum boiled 15 minutes convincing in its benefits.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
There’s a Reason Postum Helps the Weary Patient
A testimonial recounts pale exhausted women who suffered for years until giving up coffee for Postum. After starting Postum a week later health improved, headaches faded, and in five months the writer weighed 148 pounds and felt strong. The ad cites Postum Cereal Co. of Battle Creek as the source.
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Postum
Wellville
Phys
Munyon and Edison claim perpetual life cures and remedies
The piece touts Thomas Edison’s perfected storage battery said to last indefinitely and Prof. Munyon’s claims of near immortality through medical advances. It promotes Munyon’s Cold Cure, other home remedies, and a photo trick in Washington offering pictures with President Taft for 50 cents, with the Louisville Courier-Journal noting the gimmick.
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Thomas Edison
Prof
Munyon
United States
Munyen
Munyon Remedy Co
Phila
Washington
Taft
Beverly
Ballymahoo
America
Capitol
White House
Wayback
Louisville Courier-Journal
Washington Correspondence
Poultry Feeding Advice From Farmers Home Journal
Summer feeding mistakes in poultry, heavy morning feed harms layers. Hens in good lay condition fare better when forced to scratch for breakfast, as in winter, to encourage natural foraging and steady production.
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Farmer's Home Journal
Nearing the Brink I wish you’d call me by my name
A brief dialogue from a New York Journal item shows a man seeking familiarity and a woman insisting on formality with his last name as they navigate a tense exchange. The piece relies on clipped dialogue to convey social distance.
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New_York Journal
Business Suit Wedding Gag Aboard Comic Tale
A Sunday caller arrives in a new cult wedding suit and declares he means business. The next day he wagers 19.98 on a solitaire as a humorous punch line in a Chicago News item. Then a wife complains to a grocer about tough flour and biscuits she baked despite her husband’s refusal to eat them.
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D. G
Chicago News
Mrs. Youngwife
New York Journal
Doctor Advised Operation
Emma Draper of Paw Paw Michigan says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long standing female illness and avoided surgery by restoring her health She repeats similar testimonial from Mrs Alvena Sperling of Chicago Illinois praising the remedy for tumors and other female disorders The ad touts the product as made from roots and herbs and claims wide relief at low cost.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Draper
Chicago
Ill
Lydia Ek. Pinkham
Est
Alvena Sperling
Langdon &T
Lydia EP. Pinkham
Better a Good Paying Job I Seek Salaried Post
A reader seeks a steady salaried position with good pay and benefits. They emphasize preferring stable employment over contract work and aim to secure a long term role.
Kidney relief ads and patent remedy pitches in 1920s catalog
An assortment of old advertisements touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney pain and urinary troubles with a testimonial from Mrs. Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia, plus mentions of Perry Davis Painkiller Hamlin’s Wizard Oil Capudine and other patent remedies. The text promotes quick relief and retail prices, reflecting era marketing.
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Dean
Virginia Spitzer
Buene Vista
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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