Courageous Child Chooses Quiet Confidence Over Fears
In a Kansas City Star piece a four year old girl Nelle examines a visitor's bonnet. She notes Aunt Mary called it a perfect fright yet she remains unfazed, replying the bonnet does not frighten her.
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Nelle
Mary
Kansas City Star
Periodic Bilious Attacks Advice and Remedy
Advertisement advising sufferers of periodic bilious attacks to eat light meals and avoid meat before an attack. It recommends taking two Chamberlain's Tablets to avoid the attack and notes the product is for sale by City Drug Company.
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City Drug Company
Office Detail. Clerk with nails but no interest in letters
Judge notes the new filing clerk performs well with filing tasks yet shows no interest in correspondence or letters. The remark highlights a contrast between neat appearance and lack of engagement with written work. No further action or outcome is mentioned.
Doctor Seeks Ozone For Fashionable Dame
A Kansas City Star humorous line has the doctor advising that the fashionable dame needs ozone. She asks where to obtain it, delivering a wry social jab on trends and medical fads.
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Kansas City Star
Foley Honey and Tar Best for Colds and Croup Says User
W L Anglin of Antioch La reports using Foley Honey and Tar for sixteen years and calling it the best for colds croup whooping cough bronchial and grippe coughs. Sold by Potts druggist at Ado lm.
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Foley
W. L. Anglin
Antioch
Potts
Ado Lm
The Darker Side of War Interview Remains Mundane
A Birmingham Age-Herald piece contrasts the romance of war with harsh trenches. It notes mud and lice, emphasizing bleak realities over heroism in wartime life.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Keep W e it oil and Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad
A compact 19th century advertisement promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets for digestion and liver benefit, and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health tonic. It cites Potts the druggist and an 86 cent price, with light humor about marriage and a fisherman metaphor.
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Hollister
Nature
Monty
A. Potts
Doctor and patient dispute pills prescription gag
A Rochester Democrat joke tells of an old Black man visiting a doctor for an ailment. He receives pills but admits he did not take them because the label says take one pill three times a day, which he cannot understand. He returns for further instructions.
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Nosah
Kase
Rochester Democrat
Cut This Out-It Is Worth Money Adv Insert
Advertisement asks readers to mail five cents to Foley Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic tablets. Potts druggist supplies the ad.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Potts
The Other Sign and the Doctor's License Tag
An Illinois physician notes a Red Cross on his car in Ohio and laughs with a porter. The porter jokes that the doctor must be a doctor because of the Red Cross, then the doctor reads his license tag showing 46,000 I.
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Illinois
Ohio
Chronic Constipation and Gentle Laxatives
The article notes some people suffer chronic constipation from overuse of mineral waters and strong cathartics that dehydrate the body. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild laxative tonic giving gentle relief without worsening the condition and advertises them via City Drug Company.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Company
He Meant It Home Readies For A Short Trip
Dialogue from the Kansas City Journal reflects a domestic exchange where a wife plans a brief departure and the husband grants permission to go as far as she wishes. The piece captures a lighthearted, intimate moment.
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Kansas City Journal
Advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at City Drug Co
An ad notes a cold costs time and money but can be shortened by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It recommends keeping a bottle at home as a wise winter and spring investment and lists City Drug Company as the seller.
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City Drug Company
Absent-Minded Woman Hurries to the Station
A hurried woman boards a street car near the shopping district and blocks a friend by stopping to chat. When urged to sit, she explains she has no time and must reach the station quickly.
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Boston Transcript
Ye Safe Reliable Honey and Tar Advertisement
Readers urged to try Oy’s Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs colds and croup. Testimonial from A H McDaniel of Lindside West Virginia notes quick relief after half a bottle. Sold by Potts druggist and advertised locally.
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A. H. McDaniel
Lindside
W. Va
Potts
Duggist
Store clerk teases customer over bird seed joke
A National Republican item recounts a store interaction where a clerk jokes about bird seed and a customer named Stuart Alecks. The exchange ends with a caution not to let him be fooled, noting the line You can't kid me, eggs hatch from birds.
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Stuart Alecks
National Republican
Advert for Foley Kidney Pills
A market message warns readers not to ignore backache rheumatic pains and stiff joints as signs of kidney trouble. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as quick relief for kidney or bladder issues and urges caution with a sales note for Pott's druggist.
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Foley
Pott
Ady-Im
Hindu hospital assistant chided for poor patient charts
A Descriptive Record notes a hospital assistant at The Hindu babu hospital reprimanded for not keeping proper patient charts. The next day he presents a timetable: 8 am patient life in low degree, 10 am life in sink, 11 am Flit, 1 pm Flit Punch.
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Hindu Babu Hospital
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Suited for Children
A local note advises careful cough medicine choice for kids and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as pleasant tasting, safe, and effective. It is marketed by City Drug Company and favored by many mothers.
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City Drug Company
A Woman's Recommendation for Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs. D. T. Tryer of Otsego Ohio writes of great benefit from Foley Kidney Pills advising kidney sufferers to try them. The pills relieve back ache sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and bladder ailments and are sold by Potts, the druggist.
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D. T. Tryer
Franklin Ave
Otsego
Ohio
Potts
First Get the Dog You Need a License Only If You Have a Dog
The note quips that dog licenses apply only when a dog exists and a marriage details may follow. it frames licensing as contingent on possession and household setup.
Adler-i-ka Claim Promises Preventive Digestive Cure
An advertisement touts Adler-i-ka as a preventive for appendicitis by cleansing the bowel with buckthorn bark and glycerine. It claims one spoonful relieves sour stomach gas and constipation by removing foul matter, offering instant relief and surprising doctors and patients. A. Potts, druggist, endorses the product.
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Dillon
A. Potts
New Federal Reserve Banking System Explained
Thornton, president, and Marshall Field, cashier, state the Federal Reserve Banking System makes banking safer and helps prevent currency panics. They urge deposits, noting funds go into the new system to strengthen security and stability of money.
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Federal Reserve Banking System
United States
Egyptology Enthralls Professor Diggs in Offbeat Study
A witty exchange notes Professor Diggs still pursuing Egyptology with interest in Thebes and Memphis, suggesting detached attitudes toward worldly affairs as anticipatory talk of Colonel House in the offing.
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Ancient
Thebes
Memphis
Versailles
Colonel House
Birmingham Age-Herald
Metempsycnos Word Confusion Sparks Classroom Chat
In a classroom exchange Professor Diggs asks about metémpsycnos. Mr Hardhead replies he cannot answer since no dictionary is available to define the unusual term. Birmingham newspaper humor highlights a punning moment.
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Professor Diggs
Ribbons and Paper for Adding Machines at Tribune Book Store
Tribune Book Store uses ribbons and paper for adding machines as an advertising feature. The note highlights stock for calculators and clerical tools, aiming to attract customers seeking paper and ribbons for adding machines.
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Tribune Book Store
The New West Magazine Prospectus Aimed at Investors
An old advertising notice promotes The New West Magazine established 1910 for Western industry mining oil agriculture and attractions. It lists subscription prices sample issues back numbers and mailing addresses in Salt Lake City Seattle and Detroit.
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NEW West Magazine
the West
Walker Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
White
Seattle
Wash
Detroit
Mich
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