Courageous Child Nelle Delights Visitor’s New Bonnet
Four year old Nelle studies a visitor’s bonnet and calmly comments that Aunt Mary said it is a fright but it does not frighten her. This brief social note captures a child’s candid reaction in a Kansas City Star item.
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Kansas City Star
Periodic Bilious Attacks Advice for Appetite Loss
The notice advises that people with periodic bilious attacks may lose appetite before an episode and eat only as meals arrive. It recommends a light meal with no meat and taking two Chamberlains Tablets to potentially avoid the attack. Sold by City Drug company.
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City Drug Company
Office Detail. Judge Lauds Filing Clerk’s Nails
A judge remarks on a new filing clerk praising her nail work while noting a lack of apparent interest in his letters. The exchange underscores a humorous or pointed critique within the office setting.
What You Need Is Ozone Says Doctor To Dame
A Kansas City Star cartoon caption features a doctor advising that the patient needs ozone and a fashionable woman asking where to obtain it, reflecting early 20th century wellness debates.
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Foley Honey and Tar Praised by Satisfied User
W L Anglin of Antioch Louisiana reports using Foley Honey and Tar for sixteen years and calls it the best for colds croup whooping cough bronchial and grippe coughs. Available at Potts druggist in Adom.
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W. L. Anglin
Antioch
Potts
Ado Lm
The Darker Side Of War Addressed In Busue Age Herald
A Birmingham Age-Herald piece quotes a conversation on trench life, noting mud and the absence of romance in war. The exchange highlights grim realities of frontline conditions and counters glamorized views of combat.
Keep W e it oil and Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad
A period ad promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets for digestion liver and bowels with claims of relief from indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating and constipation. It also touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a herbal health product and notes sales by A Potts with a money back guarantee.
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Abit of comic misread pills joke in Rochester Democrat
An old African American man visits a doctor for a prescription and receives a box of pills. He returns the next day, saying he has not taken any pills because the label instructs to take one pill three times daily, which he cannot understand. The story is framed as a humorous anecdote from a Rochester Democrat source.
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Pike
Dochter
N. B
Illinois Health News
Nosah
Kase
Rochester Democrat
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money and Help
An advertisement asks readers to mail a slip with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package. The offer includes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic tablets. Potts druggist sells the product.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
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Foley
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The Other Sign and the Laughing Porter in Ohio Town
An Illinois physician driving a car with a Red Cross emblem encounters a negro porter behind a machine who jokes that the doctor is a real Red Cross member. The physician checks his license plate reading 46,000 I, provoking a brief, tense exchange in a small Ohio town.
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Ohio
Gentle Laxative City Drug Ad Promotes Constipation Relief
Chronic constipation sufferers are urged to avoid harsh cathartics that dehydrate the system and worsen the condition. Chamberlain's Tablets are promoted as a mild laxative tonic producing a gentle, noticeable yet unobtrusive bowel movement. Sold by City Drug Company.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Company
He Meant It Trade of a Trip
A brief Kansas City Journal exchange shows a wife announcing a trip and her husband granting freedom to choose the distance of travel, reflecting a lighthearted domestic moment.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Suggested For Winter Colds
An advertisement notes a cold costs time and money, urges rest and treatment, and touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as shortening recovery. City Drug Company sells it, with Adv-1m.
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City Drug Company
Frantic rush to station delays streetcar chat
A hurried woman aboard a shopping district streetcar blocks a friend with talk as she rushes to the station. The friend urges her to sit, but she insists she has no time and continues hurrying to reach the station.
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Boston Transcript
Eck McDaniel Endorses Hoys Honey and Tar Remedy
A reader from Lindside West Virginia praises Heydley Honey and Tar as the best cough cold and croup remedy after a severe cough improved within half a bottle. Potts the druggist advertises the product.
Store clerk recalls bird seed remark and egg hatch joke
A clerk recalls a customer banter in a news clipping where a store manager jokes about potato seeds and a misheard phrase. The exchange includes a remark about Stuart Alecks and a later customer asking for bird seed, with the clerk smiling at the pun about eggs.
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Stuart Alecks
National Republican
Don't Fool Yourself Warns on Kidney Trouble Remedy
An old advertorial warns that backache rheumatic pains and stiff joints signal kidney trouble. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills for quick relief and urges safety, noting for sale by Pott's Druggist.
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Foley
Pott
Ady-Im
Hindu hospital assistant faces reprimand for poor patient charts
Descriptive record shows the hospital assistant blamed for not maintaining proper patient charts. The next day he submits updated entries tracking patient status with times from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. noting life in low degree and various conditions.
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Hindu Babu Hospital
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed For Children's Coughs
Mothers favor Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children as a pleasant, safe, and effective cough medicine. Sold by City Drug Company.
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City Drug Company
A Woman’s Recommendation for Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs. D. T. Tryer of Otsego Ohio writes that one box of Foley Kidney Pills greatly benefits kidney sufferers. Pills relieve back ache sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and bladder ailments. Sold by Potts, the druggist.
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D. T. Tryer
Franklin Ave
Otsego
Ohio
Potts
First Get the Dog You Don’t Need a License
A terse note claims a dog license is unnecessary unless a person has a dog and a marriage plan. The fragment suggests a humorous or satirical stance on licensing and partnerships.
Digestive Tonic Claims Prevent Appendicitis
An advertisement touts Adler-i-ka as a remedy mixing buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients to flush the bowel completely, promising prevention of appendicitis. It asserts instant relief for sour stomach gas or constipation and cites A Potts, a druggist, as endorser.
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Dillon
A. Potts
Banking reform pitch invites deposits into new system
Federal Reserve Banking System promises safer sounder banking and reduced risk of currency panics. The message notes part of every dollar deposited strengthens the system and adds security, urging readers to open an account at the bank. Signatures:THORNTON President and MARSHALL FIELD Cashier.
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Federal Reserve Banking System
United States
Egyptology Interest Spurs Military Parley Hint
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes Professor Diggs still pursues Egyptology over grand politics. The line suggests a detached scholar focusing on Thebes and Memphis while implying a looming U S officerly discussion, with a veiled allusion to Colonel House.
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Thebes
Memphis
Versailles
Colonel House
Birmingham Age-Herald
Word meaning stumps professor in brisk exchange
Professor Diggs asks about a word, Mr. Hardhead replies there is no dictionary to define it. The brief exchange appears in a conservative era Birmingham fragment.
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Professor Diggs
Ribbons and Paper for Adding Machines at Tribune Book Store
Ribbons and paper supplies ordered for adding machines at the Tribune Book Store to support office equipment needs. A sale listing indicates stock upgrades and equipment maintenance items.
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Tribune Book Store
The New West Magazine Prospectus and Prices
An old advertising notice promotes The New West Magazine founded 1910 siren Western industries farming mining oil and scenery. It lists price 2 and 20 cents sample 10 cents back issues 26 cents. Subscriptions offered through Salt Lake City Seattle and Detroit offices.
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Walker Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Wash
Detroit
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