17 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1904
Page
1
A patchwork of lighthearted quips and cartoons from Chicago Philadelphia and Boston items. The column includes puns about taxes relatives and domestic life with characters named DeRanter Tomine and Mrs Vere de Vere. It preserves the playful tone and period voice of a newspaper humor page with brief jests and dialogues.
A humorous exchange about a chauffeur and a broken will. A friend cites a “great lawyer” as the only will he could not break, joking that the lawyer was his own wife in a punchy quip.
A flood of endorsements from 28 Army and Confederate generals promotes Peruna as a catarrh and general tonic. Notable signatories include Brig. General King and Gen. Longstreet, all praising its curative and preventive effects for coughs colds and stomach troubles.
Dr Charles H Parkhurst recalls a dying Leipsic student who murmured about forgiveness to illustrate extreme self righteousness. The anecdote frames the critic as a striking example within Parkhurst discourse on moral ego.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming a constitutional approach and internal blood action. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured, and urges sending for testimonials from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The ad also promotes Hall's Vanilly Pills as the best.
A critic from the Review dismisses a book as lacking genius and literary merit while the author boasts of earning around 40,000 from the work, challenging the critic’s earnings as minimal. The exchange contrasts literary judgment with commercial success in a sharp exchange.
An advertisement touts a Hand Power Hay Press at 28 dollars claiming ease of use for kids and two boys making three tons daily. It invites readers to send 56 stamps to John A. Saber Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalog describing the press and hundreds of tools and seeds.
A playful exchange mocks medical advice and consumer ads. A waiter is asked for guidance while a quip about faded clothes leads to promoting Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening. The ad references a large 2 oz package priced at five cents.
A tale recounted by Dr. 8. M. Brickner of the Society of the Genesee describes Oliver Berford surrounded by friends in a London drawing-room when told he was surrounded by his coterie. Berford quips his vestry and pantry are included too.
An old newspaper item touts Dyeing in half an hour with Putnam Fadmless Dyes and asserts a line by line method. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums claiming relief from inflammation and wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle.
A 1904 newspaper blurb promotes the Oat Wonder from John A. Salter Seed Co of Crosse Wisconsin claiming sturdy stalks white grain long ears and 80 to 1 kernel. It offers a free sample with 100 stamps and notes 1903 yields of 250 to 310 bushels per acre across 40 states plus other seed samples.
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