A Few Grins and War Reflections from a World War I Era
A short humorous vignette contrasts a hungry young man in a city restaurant with a wary waiter. The second piece recalls a negro veteran’s blunt view of World War I after earlier wars, saying this war feels like his last. This excerpt appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Argonne
Philippines
Saturday Evening Post
Spring Purifier Tea Ad Promotes Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea
An old advertisement urges readers to cleanse stomach and bowels and purify the blood each Spring to remove Winter impurities. It promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea in tea or tablet form, priced 35 cents, from A. Potts at 76 7 7 Adv-1m.
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Hollister
Insulted dancer daughter defends modern dances
A Washington Star quote depicts a youth insulting a girl, and her mother retorts that her daughter dances only the latest dances, having learned several years after gracefulness fell out of style.
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Washington Star
Gets-It Corn Remover Promises Fast Painless Peel Off
The ad touts Gets-It as a quick relief for corn and callus pains, claiming application in two seconds and that corns peel off in one piece. It markets a guaranteed money back promise and urges purchase at drug stores, citing B. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, IL.
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B.lawrence&co
Chicago
How is Your Complexion Aimed at Beauty and Health
An older woman can become more beautiful with proper baths diet and exercise plus keeping the liver and bowels active. If you are hagard yellow eyes dullness yellow whites skin flabby indigestion or sluggish liver may be the cause. Chamberlains Tablets claim to correct these disorders through City Drug Co.
Clear writing in government office rebuked
The head of a government department berates a subordinate for an unclear letter. He proclaims that anyone who does not make himself understood is a fool and demands, Do you understand me. The subordinate replies No sir.
Chamberlain's Tablets Promise Quick Relief
An advertisement claims Cham berlain's Tablets correct constipation and indigestion, easing discomfort to improve happiness. The City Drug Co. promotes the pills as prompt, effective, easy and pleasant to take.
Old Fashioned Man Cranking Flivver With Twins
A reader recalls a former perambulator-pushing man who was seen recently cranking his old car while his wife held the twins. The scene evokes a bygone era in Birmingham.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
How Diphtheria is Contracted
This note explains that a cold can leave a child susceptible to diphtheria and warns to keep a sick child home during outbreaks. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and a way to reduce the risk of diphtheria or other diseases.
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Chamberlain
Drag Co
Advim
Man Demands Audience From Firm In Bold Trope
A man bursts into an office announcing a vital business proposition and insists on speaking to the manager. A sharp clerk challenges him and the intruder is forced to confront a female manager who calmly asserts authority. The exchange sharpens with wit and power dynamics.
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Jones
Whiskey Gossip Sparks Caution in Buffalo Express Note
A fragment from the Buffalo Express hints at a cautionary tale about whiskey as gossip circulates about a delivery mishap. The brief line suggests attention to handling the matter with care and discretion.
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Topeley
Buffalo Express
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised By Potts The Druggist
An old advertisement claims Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse bowels and improve digestion. It portrays sickness from indigestion as inviting illness and promises quick action with no bad after-effects.
Chauf Fir Candidate Quirkily Hires In Breach Suit
A Birmingham Age-Herald humor piece notes a job applicant boasting basic driving skill and claim of testifying in a breach of promise suit against a former employer and a showgirl. The exchange ends with the employer engaging the candidate.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Lost Trousers In Brooklyn Notice
Absent minded Brooklynite posts a simple lost item notice. A man reports a pair of trousers missing from Flatbush Avenue drifting toward St. John's Place near 7th Street. Community listings reflect a local thrift retrieval aim.
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Flatbush Av
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Daily Eagle
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Advertisement
Auction style warning urging readers to cut a slip and mail it with 5 cents to Foley & Co Chicago for a trial package. The offer promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets with the credited druggist Potts. The copy promotes a consumer trial pack.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Potts
Warming Up Exercise and the Hello Boys
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes a character, Greene, described as one of the "hello boys" who tends to start trouble. The speaker suggests bringing him around tomorrow to warm up on a small car, the flivver.
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Redd
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
Foley Kidney Pills Credit Pain Relief in Mrs. Wayne Letter
A reader, Mrs. L Wayne of Ocean Park California, reports kidney pills rid all her pain. The advertisement notes back ache sore muscles stiff joints and rheumatic pains may signal kidney trouble and endorses Foley Kidney Pills as safe and reliable.
Moonshine Stills Gone Dry Spurs Hunted Visit
Tom Sprugs visits Adams Georgia in years, discovers the moonshine stills have run dry, and sets off hunting in response.
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Tom Sprugs
Adams (Ga
He Escaped Influenza Says Georgia Resident
A. A. Mc Neese of High Point Georgia recounts a spring illness that felt like influenza. He used Foley's Honey and Tar and recovered, noting the cough syrup helped expel phlegm and saved him from influenza. The ad highlights safety for children with no opiates.
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A. A. McNeese
High Point
Foley
Potts
Little But Lord Brings Morning Car to Town
A Birmingham Age Herald quote recalls Jibway’s car as a “one long fliver” now upgraded, with a morning start around 6 a m that woke the narrator like “a flock of tanks going into action.”
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Jibway
Birmingham Age Herald
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement Letter From Hudson Volunteer
D. McMillen, a Hudson New York volunteer fireman, testifies that Foley Kidney Pills act like water dousing a fire. He says the pills relieve rheumatic pains backache sore muscles and other kidney and bladder trouble symptoms.
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D. McMillen
Hudson, N. Y
Foley
Potts
Not Inspiring Card Missing for One Lung Automobile
A lighthearted note from the Louisville Courier Journal finds no card written for the unconventional one lung automobile, contrasting seasonal cheer with odd tech rhetoric.
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Onelung Automobile
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Decatur Family
Mrs. Benjamin F. Blakeney of Decatur Illinois commends Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds and coughs. She says she gave it to her children when small and has used it herself, noting great benefit and gratitude.
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Chamberlain
Benjamin F. Blakeney
Decatur
Ill
City Drug Co
Let the Children Grow Coughs and Colds Advertisement
Follys Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy for coughs colds snuffles and croup aiding children to grow strong by fighting illness Potts The Druggist. Adv. Im
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Foley
Adv
De Croix Cited For Carrying $900 Before Fatal Incident
Daily Bulletin from Valdez Alaska notes De Croix is credited with carrying $900 on his person when the last killing occurred.
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de Croix
Daily Bulletin
Valdez
Alaska
Unceasing misery from kidney trouble prompts aid
The notice describes sleepless nights and constant pain from kidney trouble with backache and nervous tension. It urges starting Dean's Kidney Pills at first sign of disorder and cites Mrs. M. A. Robison of 328 Glendale as a testimonial in Dillon.
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Dean
Dillon
M. A .Robison
Glendale
Dean's Kidney Pills Proven To Cure Kidney Trouble
A reader recalls a years old kidney attack with back pain and poor kidney function. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, the symptoms disappeared and did not return. The ad notes the 60 cent price and recommends asking for Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Dean’s Kidney Pills—the Same That Mrs. Robison Had. Foster-Milburn Co.nters
Buffalo, N. Y
Not for John, Mrs Crosslets Reflects on Gratitude
Not for John. There's one thing I'm thankful for, Mrs Crosslets says. My John is the subject of her quiet gratitude as she speaks in a reflective mood about family.
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Mrs. Crosslets
John
The New West Magazine Publication Notice
An advertising notice for The New West Magazine established 1910 promotes development in eastern industries, agriculture, mining, oil and scenic attractions. It lists subscription details and multiple office addresses in Salt Lake City Seattle and Detroit with sample rates and back issue offers.
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NEW West Magazine
Estern
New Wear Magazine
Walker Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
White
Seattle
Wash
Detroit
Mich
Bolshi talk and fiery rhetoric in Washington Star excerpt
A Washington Star passage discusses Bolshevik methods and the appeal of fiery uprisings. The dialogue contrasts understanding of bolshevism with the notion that few despise starting fires more than John.
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