Doan's Kidney Pills Promised to Restore Kidney Health
A Nebraska reader testifies to swelling and dropsy relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad claims kidney failure causes backache headaches urinary troubles and dizzyness and asserts the remedy costs 50 cents for a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Dean
E. EB. Dewey
Neligh
Neb
Doan
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Time to Think Over a Suicide Plot with Paris Green
A man attempted suicide by taking paris green but survived after an eminent specialist was called. The patient argued with the doctor, claiming he would recover on his own, then requested 24 hours to think it over. After the interval the man phoned for further care.
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Paris Green
Old Pete Flood’s Cemetery Quip Circulates At Police Station
Old Pete Flood, once the cemetery attendant at Franklin, reportedly answered inquiries about business with the line Ain't buried a living soul today, a quip repeated during a discussion at the Trenton avenue and Dauphin street police station.
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Pete
Trenton Avenue
Dauphin Street
McCay
Pete Flood
Franklin Cemetery
Philadelphia Times
Darwin’s Gardener Notes His Mood and Idle Hours
A gardener recalls Charles Darwin appearing listless and idle, mooning in the garden and staring at a flower for long stretches. The gardener suggests that work might aid his master's health and spirits.
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Mr. Darwin
Acme of Cautiousness in a Cautioning Tone
Seymour-Young Ticer appears cautious as Ashley avoids asking the prettiest girl to visit her home without knowing her address. The text suggests shrinking from suffering may hide strength.
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Seymour
Ticer
Ashley
Keeping Silver Bright a Homemaker’s Daily Care
The article gives practical household guidance for silver care including weekly cleaning, proper storage on pantry hooks, nightly return to a secure place, and a specialized cupboard with red flannel lining and dust-free compartmentalization. It recommends chamois polishing and careful cleaning of crevices, noting efficiency and safety in organizing silverware.
Old Flatirons Made New Shoe for Steel Attachment
A Popular Mechanics note describes a thin nickeled steel shoe that attaches to any flatiron. The worn iron is heated, then the shoe is slipped on and secured by a spring attachment for a solid fit.
Potatoes and Cheese and Stewed Celery Recipe
A recipe row describes making a cheese stuffed potato mound with milk butter and eggs baked to brown, plus stewed celery in a white sauce with milk flour and butter. It instructs rolling eight potatoes with hot milk and cheese filling, then baking. Celery is boiled until tender and finished with a mild pepper salt white sauce and simmered.
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Aix
Pickled Beets for Winter Salads
Boil small beets in salted water until tender. Fill a can with them and pour hot vinegar dissolved with mustard allspice and cinnamon. Seal while hot. Great for beet salad or as a garnish for other salads in winter.
Cauliflower with drawn butter and lemon
A recipe instruction detailing boiling a cauliflower, draining, plating with blossoms up, and pouring a cup of rich drawn butter mixed with the juice of half a lemon over it.
Banana and Lemon Sherbet Recipe Note
Mash two ripe bananas to a pulp. Stir in juice from two lem ons and two cups sugar. Mash and blend. Add one quart milk slowly to avoid curdling and freeze. Peaches can substitute bananas if preferred.
Wicked Old Horse Dies From Kick at Home
The death notes a man aged sixty three who died September 1 at his home from injuries after being kicked by a horse. The source is Journal American Medical Association.
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American Medical Association
Very Likely The Friend Shucks Wildcat Hunter
A playful exchange uses colloquial dialect to imply a bold bet or boast about a rival team or figure. The speaker asserts confidence and teases an opponent, inviting shared excitement in a local or social competition context.
Unmistakable Hint In A Quiet Evening Exchange
The prompt notes Young Staylate received a delicate hint from the young lady he visited. She dismissed looking at the clock and similar devices, instead ordering refreshments while her mother sent breakfast food to the scene.
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Staylate
Spohn's Distemper Cure Promises Horse Disease Elimination
Spohn's Distemper Cure claims to cure distemper and pink eye in horses of all ages and prevent spread within stables. It also purports to treat chicken cholera and dog distemper, with bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, and offers agent opportunities and a free book from Spahn Medical Co. Spec. Contagious Diseases, Gushen, Ind.
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Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Gushen
Ind
Milk transformation idea sparks customer demand
A milkman jokes about a French inventor transforming water into milk, while a customer expresses fatigue with the old method and hopes for adoption. The exchange reads like a humorous, period-voice mini scene.
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
Caution to mothers to check Castoria bottles for the familiar slogan In Use For Over 40 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought, assuring safety for infants and children. The notice urges careful examination of labels for authenticity and continued trusted use.
Wormy Chestnuts Question at Stand
A well dressed woman asked if the chestnuts were wormy and the vender bluntly asked if she wanted them with worms, prompting a curt exchange as onlookers watched.
Dr Martel's Female Pills and Other Advertisements
An assortment of mid 19th century advertisements featuring Dr Martel's Female Pills praised as a standard women’s remedy, Pettit’s Eye Salve with a long-standing history, a travel rates note for Nickle Plate Road seekers, a moral quote by Lord Palmerston, and various consumer goods including Austin's Pancake Flour.
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Post
Postum-Cereal Co., Ltd
Batile Creek
Mich
DR. Martel
Lord Palmerston
Imomeseekers
Nickel Plate Road
F. P. Parnin
Ft. Wayne
Pettit
Howard Bros
N. Y
C. A. Bartel
Mrs
Mrs. Winston
Joreniken
Munyon
Munyon’s
Munyon’s Laboratories
53D & Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Mary
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Bealers
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Standard Oil CO. Cincorporated
U. Tarney Auburn
Indiawa
W.N. U. PT. Wayne
Putnam
Quinny
Atlanhn