Globe Pine Compound cures cold and cough in a day
An ad touts Globe Pine Compound as a trusted remedy to break a cold in a day and relieve any cough. Instructions include mixing gl ycerine and pine concentrate, taking doses after meals and at night, with guidance for children and stock availability through Chicago laboratories. Michael Meehan incident described with a silk hat saved from a brick accident.
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Globe Pine
Atock
She
Globe Phare Saceutical Laboratories
Chicago
Michael Meehan
Michael
Mike
Taime
Twain and Roosevelt in wartime wit recount
In a New York Sun recollection, Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt appear in a playful game with Thomas the playwright. Roosevelt questions bravado before combat, Twain jokes about nerves and maintaining courage throughout the engagement.
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Mark Twain
T. N. Augustus ‘Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevellt
New York Sun
Queer Sex Jokes At Bar Plea For Quiet After Theater
A man at the bar jokes about his wife crying after he suggests going to the theater. He explains she spent the day "doing up preserves" and laments the mismatch in plans, asking for a single drink as the punchline lands.
Man's Preference Cited In Cleveland Lecture
Lillian Hill lectures in Cleveland arguing that beauty matters more than intellect in love and that intellect can bring nerves and hypochondria. She quotes an old maid from Vassar saying men prefer a well formed girl to a well informed one.
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Mies
Lillian Hill
E Agencies
Cleveland
Vassar
Better Way Quip Sparks Domestic Snicker
A brief joke exchange recalls a husband away at night and a wife who raises a ruckus only when he returns home, delivering a sharp domestic punchline in a compact humor item.
Breakfast Aids Health Says Moran Wife Used Grape-Nuts
A Moran recounts his wife’s recovery after 18 years of poor health using Grape-Nuts with cream. After four weeks on the cereal, she reportedly eats a good breakfast and supper, improving digestion and energy. The letter promotes Grape-Nuts from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Moran
Gonrcely
Postum Co
Battle Creak
Mich
Wellville
A Little Study on Common Pronunciation Errors
A short discussion notes how many mispronunciations persist in American speech. Julian W. Abernathy defends authority of dictionaries, cites White, and touts a book listing two thousand mispronounced words and eight hundred mispronounced names.
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Eether
Neether
Nyether
Neyther
Esther
Julian W. Abernathy
Eyether
Richard Grant White
Tiffany's
Vane
Deppo
Jean Valjean
Zhan Valzhan
Kansas
J. Pierpont Morgan
Salome Geta
Japan
Australia
United States
New Court Procedure in Skowhegan Thinly Veiled by Disorder
In Skowhegan Maine the newly elected justice of the peace, after a thirty year Republican era, presided over a fast driving case. The defense moved to discharge the respondent and the court responded in a chorus of yes votes. The justice declared the respondent discharged.
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Skowhegan
Chicago Woman Says Floor Walker Broke Her Nose
Miss Della Cox of Chicago claims a floor walker in a crowded store struck her with the back of his hand during gesticulations to a cash girl. She says the man was vehement in his actions and her nose was broken, prompting her to leave and seek medical attention.
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Della Cox
Chicago
Evening constitutional prompts domestic swap
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs. Flubdub-My and Mrs. Guzzler in a humorous exchange about husbands going out. The quip hints at a routine, social suspicions, and kitchen-table chatter typical of light reader humor in a home column.
Emerald Mines of Muzo in Colombia Describe Prospects
The Muzo emerald mines in Boyaca, Colombia, near Bogota, have a long history since 1568. Currently operated by an English firm with the government, emeralds reside in calcite veins within black limestone, and prospecting begins after clearing earth cover. Excavation uses banks dug by Indians and bars, with stones graded into fifteen classes by color, transparency, size, and flaws.
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Republic of Colombia
Muzo
Department
Boyaca
Bogotr
Breath Was Out of Place and a Visit to Grandparents
A boy named Harry travels with his papa to his grandparents. On the approach to their home his breathing becomes labored and he gasps that his breath is all out of place. The piece ends with a witty aside about telling lies and a biting quip about a foolish marriage.
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Harry
Arraigns the Modern Chair in Health Column
A Chicago American health writer condemns modern chairs as disease makers. He argues chairs should fit human anatomy with hollow seats and curved backs to prevent spinal curvature and misalignment, noting chairs force improper posture and crowd vital organs.
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Chicago
The Varnish Tree of the Orient Described
The Rhus vernicifera or varnish tree is a major source for lacquering in China and Japan. It grows 15 to 18 feet, is tappable after seven years, and yields a sap that is sun evaporated into top clear resin and bottom darker resinous material. Poisoning can occur from inhaling vapors in the tapping grove.
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Orient
China
Japan
Different Altogether Cinderella Dance Ends in Frustration
Happy lovers attend the village Cinderella dance. She trails a torn gown and bruised slippers after a clumsy partner struggles to keep time. She quits in despair as he boasts of his prowess and she jokes about dying from dancing.
Time Use in a Long Life from Kuntsberd Chronicle
Lord Kuntsberd, aging beyond his grandfather Sydney Smith by fourteen years, recalls an 18th century remark on time. At seventy two he tells a girl how a life is spent an hour daily for three years nine years sleeping nine years dressing nine years at meals six years with children nine years walking drawing and visiting six years quarreling and chronicle.
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Kuntsberd
Sydney Smith
Peter Plymley
Tabls
Westwood Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Relief
Mrs Joan F Chards of Westwood Maryland reports long standing menstrual and back pains eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She credits the remedy with restoring health and urges other women to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential assistance.
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Westwood
Lydia van Sonpead
Joan F.chards
Maryland
Lydia Ei. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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