Prohibition Era Gift Dilemma and Digestion Tablets Ad
A tongue in cheek Prohibition Times anecdote recalls a Virginia furniture dealer asking his faithful Negro driver which Christmas gift he preferred a ton of coal or a gallon of whiskey. The driver replies with humor that he burns wood. An advertising blurb touts tablets for indigestion and constipation claiming they restore stomach and bowels to health.
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Virginia
Dobson
Bos
Burns Wood
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Rare Bird Sighted in City Exhibit Noted
A humorous exchange recalls a rare bird sighting described as occurring not in an aviary but in a restaurant, reported in the Yonkers Statesman. The quip reflects a light moment from Gotham and Yonkers society pages.
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Gotham
Enjoy Your Meals with Chamberlain Tablets Ad
Advertising claim from City Drug Co promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to improve digestion after meals. It urges moderate eating and thorough chewing, recommending a five hour gap between meals and taking a tablet after supper to make meals more enjoyable.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Co
Dobson’s Wedding Hints Cut Luxuries
In a light local note from the Birmingham Age-Herald, chatter suggests young Dobson is marrying soon. The joke cites him crying to his tailor, closing accounts with a taxicab firm, and bidding farewell to his favorite waiter on the eve of his wedding.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Quarantined Colds and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Physicians urge strict quarantine for bad colds to stop spread among family and associates. They compare colds to measles in contagion and advise early treatment. The City Drug Co endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as effective in curing a cold.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Co. Abv
Another Shantung Problem
Mrs. Longsufferer complains about china while Tilly the Maid defends saving pieces of an eighty piece dinner set, noting a thousand by this time in the Houston Post style.
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Longsufferer
Tilly
Houston Post
Splendid Cough Medicine Praised by Missouri Mother
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlain Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She says it relieves children at croppy symptoms and quickly eases her own coughs and colds after a few doses. The City Drug Co. advertises the product.
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Dillon
Kupfer Drug CO
City Drug CO
Clay Fry
Ferguson Station
Local Druggist Recalls Foley’s Honey and Tar Relief
Lawrence Massachusetts resident Eugene Palmer declares permission to use his name in advertising after Foley's Honey and Tar relieved his weeks long cough. The ad notes Foley's claims to check colds clear phlegm soothe inflamed membranes and clear breathing passages attributed to Potts, The Druggist.
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Eugene Palmer
Lawrence
Mass
Foley
Potts
Evidence How do you know that hes a mil lionaire
A brief Buffalo Express exchange notes the joke that wealth is shown by appetite. The line plays on irony about affluence, suggesting that a rich person’s habits reveal their status.
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Buffalo Express
Tailor Makes Valuable Fund Adv By Druggist
A Potts Druggist advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a simple cure for stomach and intestinal ailments. It claims a $1 bottle has proven worth $500, removing catarrhal mucus and inflammation from the gut. One dose supposedly convinces of a money refund.
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Mayr
Potts
Harold’s torn clothes reveal a brave act
A Boston Post note recalls Harold trying to shield a younger boy from punishment. His mother asks how the clothes were torn, and Harold, with virtue, explains the incident as a good deed to protect the boy.
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Harold
Boston Post
Winter Weather Digestive Aid Ad Claims Easy Relief
An old ad states that cold weather burdens the digestive organs causing indigestion and bloating. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as cleansing, stomach sweetening, and liver benefiting with no griping or nausea, suited to stout persons preferring a light feeling.
Girl at brook delays water fetch in London Tit-Bits
A girl sent to the brook to fetch water pauses by the flowing stream, lost in thought. Her mistress asks what she waits for and the reply from her husband is that she has not seen a pailful she likes yet.
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London
Foley Kidney Pills Prove Helpful for Kidney Trouble
BE W Kitt from Shorters Alabama reports relief from restless nights and back pains after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad notes the medicine relieves rheumatic pains and sore joints as endorsed by Potts in The Drug Gist.
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BE. W. Kitt
Ala
Foley
Potts
Laboring Under a Handicap in Letters
A writer discusses his hardships to gather material for stories. He has ridden freight trains and endured jail for authentic life scenes, while contemplating his next story set in a fashionable hotel. He jokes about being too old to bell hop and too poor to stay as a guest.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Minister Wants to Help Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement
Rev. W. F. M. Swyndale of Macon Georgia says his kidney troubles improved after using Foley Kidney Pills and offers to speak a word in their praise. The endorsement appears in Potts, The Druggist.
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W. F. M. Swyndale
Elm St
Macon
Foley
Potts
Rescue Request Rouses McIntyre as Mine Collapse Echoes
A caller to Casey reports a muffled voice from beneath collapsing rooms asking to confirm McIntyre’s presence. The voice asks for McIntyre to step aside, citing already heavy danger overhead in the mine incident.
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Casey
Big McIntyre
Harper’s Magazine
Quick Discharge Prompted by Wordless Phone Call
A humorous exchange features Mr Gripping confessing he fired a cook by calling her. He claims he was too quick as the phone rang off before she could voice her thoughts about him his family home income and social position.
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Mr. Gripping
Birmingham Age-Herald
Dean's Kidney Pills Claim Back Pain Relief
Dillon readers praise Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble. Mrs. Dan Dwight of 183 N Railroad Ave reports relief after using the pills bought at Potts Drug Store. Price 60c. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advert. 48-49.
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Dan Dwight
Railroad Ave
Dillon
Dean
Potts
Dwight
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Hobbled Mrs Nextdoor Sparks Kitchen Skirt Jest
A quip from the Dallas News quotes Mrs Skeemer blaming stylish narrow skirts for keeping a cook from leaving the house. The exchange mocks impractical fashion as a hindrance to mobility and work.
When Mary Answers a Mother's Question
A brief anecdote where Pat asks his mother for permission to marry. Mary coyly replies she will come if Pat asks his mother for approval and promises to live with them.
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Pat
Mary
Strayed Two Year-Old Red Bull With White Star Mark
A stray two year-old red bull with a white star on the forehead and a left shoulder brand is missing. Last seen in the vicinity of the farm yard and fields around the county road. Notify owner or contact local ranger if located.
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Red Bull
Eight Children Suffer Croup Use Foley’s Honey and Tar
Mrs. P. Redkamp of Covington Kentucky reports giving Foley’s Honey and Tar to eight children with croup. The product loosens mucus and phlegm and stops the choking cough enabling easier breathing and quiet sleep. It contains no opiates and is favored by children per Potts the Druggist.
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Croup
Foley
Cause Enough Caller Fires Cook After Lot Draw
Mrs. Dibbs reveals they drew lots to decide who would fire the cook and she won. The Buffalo Express item notes the tense moment before the caller arrived with the line about firing the cook and the pale nervous husband.
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Ad for Foley Products
An old newspaper ad urges readers to send 5 cents with their name and address to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The promotion credits Potts the Druggist and references Sheffield Avenue in Chicago.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Storm cover invention seals boat and rower from rain
Louis QC Anderson unveils a rubberized storm cover for boats that shields the rower and craft from waves. The design spreads behind the rower, allowing paddling with one oar while the other forms a backbone for the cover, which sheds water like a duck’s back.
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Louis QC
Anderson
Popular Science Monthly
Casey Buried by Mine Soil in Pennsylvania Incident
A minor mine accident in Pennsylvania left Casey partly buried under earth as rescuers led by Callahan worked to free him. The scene drew attention as a safety response unfolded near the coal shaft.
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Casey
Pennsylvania
Callahan
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Reichle
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Yo Bent
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Montana
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West
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