Irish Patient Seeks Aid After Overtime Thanksgiving
An Irishman visiting a pill dispenser after a long Thanksgiving shift describes a stomach ache and wrist pulse reading. The humorous dialogue captures a dialect filled exchange as he seeks remedies for his ailment.
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Warm Weather in Western Canada Attracts Settlers
A Canadian weather note contrasts bitter United States conditions with mild Western Canada during February. Reports from Calgary and Edmonton describe pleasant temperatures while storms rage south. January migration to Canada rises as Government Agents plan March and April excursions to assist new settlers.
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Misheard Chat Sparks Talk of Africa Trip
Softleigh repeats a strange tale about a tribe in Africa that may have harmed monkeys. Miss Caustique questions the rumor and wonders why anyone would travel there.
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Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin advertised relief
An advertisement warns against overcrowding of undigested food poisons and promotes Dr Caldwell's laxative syrup Pepsin for quick relief. It promises safe relief from headache constipation biliousness and related ailments and offers money back if it fails. Sold by all druggists at 50c and 1.00.
Noisy thinker jokes about self made men and polish
The noisy thinker claims self made men and home made furniture are strong but often lack polish. The human interrogation mark questions what a fact is in a playful exchange.
Health Related Advertisement and Local Joke
An old advertisement promises restoration to perfect health through Vernal Palmettona made from San Palmetto Berries and offers a trial bottle from Vernal Remedy Co. Le Roy New York. A second joke features a city youth debating shrimp or minnows and a rural resident’s blunt reply for a cheap answer.
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Philadelphia Record
Getting Even and a Painter's Front Door
A discussion on revenge notes the moral cost of retaliation. The New York Tribune cites artist Whistler and surgeon Sir Morel Mackenzie, who supposedly swapped the dog’s throat trouble for a costly fee then summoned Whistler, only to request a painting for his front door.
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Cuticura Pills and Resolvent Treatment Deal
Cuticura pills claim cooling and cleansing of blood with chocolate coating. The 60 pill package is priced at 25 cents, with Cuticura Resolvent Pills and a complete set including Soap Ointment and Resolvent for one dollar. The ad asserts long laboratory experience and potential single-set cures for skin humors, scalp issues, and hair loss.
Window Dresser Applicant Impresses Dry Goods Merchant
An applicant for a window dresser job tells the merchant his experience includes arranging the store display and drawing in every passerby. The merchant asks about his firm and learns it specialized in mirrors.
Salzer’s Home Builder Corn Record Profits Cited
The Salzer company touts its Home Builder Corn as named for 50 acres producing heavy yields. Reported per acre yields include Indiana 157, Ohio 160, Tennessee 198, and Michigan 220 bushels. The catalog hints this record can be surpassed in 1905.
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Salzer seeds boast high yields and mail-order offer
An advertisement touts spectacular yields for beardless barley potatoes and fodder crops from Salzer Seed Co. It invites readers to mail 100 in stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin for a seed catalog and samples. The piece ends with a humorous exchange from Chicago Record-Herald.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
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Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies Advised
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated with constitutional remedies. It asserts most cases stem from catarrh and offers 100 dollars for any case of deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also notes reports on a Vienna incident where a man bitten by a rusty nail while eating a roll was fined four dollars.
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Homesekers Rates and Travel Details via Nickel Plate Road
Notices advertise monthly travel rates for Homeseekers on Nickel Plate Road routes West Northwest Southwest and South with first and eighth Tuesdays until April 18. Full route and fare information available via local agents in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for kidney troubles
A promotional notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a woman specific remedy for kidney and womb disorders. It cites cure claims from readers Mrs Samuel Franke and Mrs J W Lang and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Samuel Frnke
Prospect Plains
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhami
J. W. Lang
Third Avenue
New York
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