A Few Grins Not So Crazy as That
A mill hand with mental trouble is sent to an asylum. A fellow worker visits and asks about returning to work. The patient objects, saying he enjoys the asylum’s grand house and garden, doubting he would leave for the mill.
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Henry
Traveling Man Recalls Cholera Morbus Cure
W H Ireland a Louisville traveling salesman recalls a severe 1888 stomach illness. He paid a hotel porter to buy Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and followed directions, sleeping then waking well at five in the morning to catch a train. City Drug Co. 1m
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W. H. Ireland
Louisville
City Drug Co
Curious Customer and the Backstage Strike Question
A comic dialogue from Stray Stories features a customer asking about a strike and a waiter replying, followed by a joke line about an uncooperative order. A pharmaceutical ad then touts Foley's Kidney Pills as a cure for waste poisons in the blood. An introducing act presents a clairvoyant memory performer.
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Jove
Gets-It Corn Peeler Claim Promises Quick Relief
An advertising brief for the corn remover Gets-It emphasizes rapid relief from painful corns. The copy suggests using the device at the first sign of discomfort to prevent worsening pain.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Hard to Beat Politics and Club Suspicion
A Washington Star snippet quotes Farmer Corntessel on political mix ups and disagreement. The Louisville Courier-Journal vignette features a blackballed member suspecting hostility while noting family duties at home.
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Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Best Physic for Gentle Relief
Advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets praising their pleasant taste mild effect and high regard from users. Sold by City Drug Co with a quarter price.
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Chamberlain’s
City Drug Co
Terrible Lady’s Lesson Sparks School Debate
A grocer recalls pulling his boy from school after objections to a lesson on weight as 16 ounces make a pound. The Minneapolis Tribune frames the exchange as a sharp critique of schooling choices.
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Grocer
Minneapolis Tribune
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Constipation Cure
An ad-promotional note touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to constipation, claiming it will regulate bowels, tone the stomach, purify and cleanse without fail. Signed by A. Potts. Im.
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Hollister
A. Potts
Do you think you could ever learn to love me
A brief dialogue clip quotes a man asking a woman if she could ever love him and her guarded reply to continue with the course of instruction in a playful Edinburgh Scotsman tone.
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Edinburgh
Youll Do Better At Home Hay Fever Relief Ad
Sufferers from hay fever and asthma who can afford travel seek relief at health resorts. Victims staying home find Foley's Honey and Tar Compound eases inflammation soothes and heals raw bronchial tubes and aids breathing. Potts The Druggist.
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Foley
Potts
Fixed Income Twist From Wedded Years
A San Francisco Chronicle snip reports a bankrupt man once living on a $10,000 annual income, revealed his wife had fixed that income within three months after their marriage.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Mercy on Heaven for Cows and Bees Joke
A London Answers quip questions if cows and bees go to heaven and jokes that without milk and honey up there heaven would be all tin.
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London
Growing Old Before Your Time
Kidney trouble slows middle aged men and women and makes aging seem near when only the kidneys are at fault. Foley Kidney Pills assist Nature to restore a healthy condition and banish backache soreness lameness and stiffness puffiness around the eyes and other symptoms. Potts The Draggist.
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Foley
Potts
Draggist
Brute Jape Echoes in City Newspapers
Quotations from the Cleveland Leader and Buffalo Express reflect humor about a polite man who bumps an umbrella and a British military authority noting that married soldiers show more courage. The quips illustrate light gossip and social humor in early 20th century papers.
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Cleveland
Spotting
Spatting
Thim
Buffalo Express
High School Romance Fumbles in Courier Journal Snippet
Prexey asks if love can be learned while the fair co-ed replies that studies already consume her time, reflecting a tense exchange captured by the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Prexey
the Fair
Louisville Courier- Journal
Be Prepared for Vacation Ills
Change of food and water causes indigestion with sick headaches billiousness bloating sour stomach gas and coated tongue. Foley Cathartic Tablets act without pain griping or nausea and should be in every travelers grip. Potts the Druggist.
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Potts
Difference of Opinion in a Prune Board Dispute
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a prune keeper asking a boarder if they knew they were behind on dues. The boarder replies they thought they were ahead by a month, highlighting a humorous exchange over owed payment.
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed for Cough Relief
Mrs Amanda Flint of New Philadelphia Ohio recommends Foley's Honey and Tar noting it relieved her child's severe tickling cough and sleepless nights. The ad claims no opiates and suits any cold. Potts the Druggist endorses the product.
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Amanda Flint
New
Philadelphia
Foley
Potts
Neighbor notes wife’s talkativeness in Arkansas raid
A neighbor remarks that the wife is an insiderable talker and fears she must hurry to get everything said. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas adds a rueful joke about the pace of speech, while a judge comments on the scene.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Judge
Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
Hotel man F H Dear of Dupuyer Montana recounts using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy four years ago with wonderful results and says he has since recommended it to friends through City Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
F. H. ‘Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
City Drug Co
Oh You Women Bridge Engagement Pleases Judge
A humorous Kansas City Journal snippet portrays a woman declining a jury duty with a bridge engagement. The judge subsides after her decisive reply.
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Kansas City Journal
An Old Fault Finder Advised by City Drug Co
An irritable disposition is linked to indigestion and constipation. A man with good digestion is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlains Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and promote natural bowel movement. City Drug Co. 1m.
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City Drug Co
Second Sight Act and Audience Q A
A brief note cites a performer's promise to answer any audience question while delivering a show and invites interaction from the gallery with a humorous London Punch tone. The item highlights a stage act featuring audience participation and a playful call for information about a house to let.
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London
House Work in Hot Weather
Hot weather increases housework drudgery for women and leads to strain on the kidneys. Overwork causes backache sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and fatigue. Foley Kidney Pills claim to aid weak kidneys. Potts the Druggist.
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Foleys
Potts
Dream guides captain to rescue drifting sailors
Captain Adam Paezocha of a Lake Michigan tug credited a nap time dream for guiding him to a broken motor launch with two men adrift for four days. The men were exhausted, one had frozen feet and the other frostbitten hands, and the rescue spared likely death.
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Adam Paezocha
Lake Michigan
Paczocha
Milwaukee
Jake
Fishermen Rescued After Lake Storm Drifts Toward Shore
George Costigan and Joseph Budosletz Jones of Island were lost at sea when a sudden lake storm disabled their gasoline launch. They drifted until rescued by others, asking for cigarettes as their first request after four days without matches.
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George. Costigan
Joseph Budosletz
Jones
Pastor of Petrograd recounts Russia’s WWI tragedy
Dr. Joseph Clare, former pastor of the British American Church in Petrograd, describes his years in the city and its pivotal wartime role as a dramatic window into Russia’s part in the world war.
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Joseph Clare
Petrograd
Russia
Airplane dropped from navy blimp at Rockaway Beach
An experimental launch at Rockaway Beach involves an airplane released from a navy blimp at 3000 feet. A 100 foot cable attached to the dirigible grips the aircraft, then the pilot releases it instantly. The scene is illustrated in Popular Mechanics. A political jibe and a Jewish beggar joke follow as unrelated anecdotes.
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Rockaway Beach
L. I
Navy
Pasture for Cattle Near Albuquerque and Thoreau
Stockmen may secure range for one thousand cattle twenty miles from Albuquerque and two thousand cattle twenty five miles from Thoreau New Mexico. Year long grazing possible. For full information contact Clark M Carr Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
Thoreau
New Mexico
Clark M. Carr
For Sale Irrigated Ranch 120 Acres in Dillon MT
For sale an irrigated 120 acre ranch with a good crop this year. Payment terms: half cash, balance at 6 percent interest. Interested parties send to Lock Box 646 Dillon Montana. 291f.
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Dillon
Montana
Harness set in good order from Moran in Dillon Montana
Harness set offered by T. D. Moran of Dillon Montana for $30.00. The listing notes a complete set in good order with contact implied at Moran residence in Dillon.
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T. D. Moran
Dillon
Montana
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