Amusing Snippets and Vignettes From the Daily Press
A collage of comic exchanges and small sketches from various papers features a tramp debating work’s effect on appetite, a perfunctory remark about rent reading, playful wordplay on secrets heredity and fare tickets, shop clerks and sly observers riffing on daily life.
Peruna touted as grip cure across varied readers
An long list of testimonials claims Peruna cures la grippe or grip symptoms. Readers from Chicago Aurora London Washington and other cities report relief after using multiple bottles. The ad invites readers to write Dr Hartman for advice and to ask for a free Peruna Almanac.
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Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Ingrippe
Peruna
Pepruna
D. L. Wallace
Clarice Hunt
Salt Lake City
Salvation Army
Ogden
Utah
Clarice Slant
White
Tarboro
N. C
George H. White
Congress
T. W. Collins
Independent
Order of Good Templars
Everett
Wash
Hartman
Theophile Schmitt
the Hartman Sanitariam
Columbus
Ohio
Headline Writers and the Four Word Limit Challenge
A tale from The Sunny South about a headline writer exhausted after a night shift who must craft headlines of exactly four words. He debates phrasing English beauty shoes versus other options and describes the mental strain of counting letters and spaces. London Chronicle notes Loch Morar as deepest Scottish lake at 1000 feet.
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Sunny South
Ife
England
Weill
She Knew Floor Walker in a Store Scene
In a department store a floor walker reassures a shopper that showing goods is no trouble. A sales assistant mutters that selling them can be a lot of trouble, capturing a humorous exchange about retail.
Hat Hat Exults Over Payoff in Puck Satire
In a satirical flourish, Wright declares his fortune in sight after Puck mocks dramatizations of David Scarum and Mr. Folley and even lampoons Sunday papers columns, humorously singling out patent medicines washing powders and breakfast foods as ripe for drama.
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Wright
David Scarum
Mr. Folley
Theater of Errors Echoes in Wrecked Hotel Scene
A Baltimore News extract depicts a intoxicated man shouting threats in a hotel as a bouncer notes the customary practice of firing a loaded gun, amid surrounding wreckage suggesting a chaotic incident.
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Baltimore News
Doans Kidney Pills Back Pain Relief Trial Report
A 1902 testimonial from Rockpare Texas and from Curveland Kentucky details back and kidney pain relief after using Doans Kidney Pills. Readers describe relief from swelling dropsy urine issues and nocturnal disturbances within weeks.
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Doan
Rockpare
Tex
Dean
James R. Auriton
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