A Few Grins Cartoon Note on Love and the League
A quip from Car toons Magazine features a playful exchange about loving a daughter and risking life for her, followed by a joke about the League of Nations. The Washington Star cites a witty line about lengthy explanations and future discussions.
Child Cough Relief Cited By Local Reader
Mrs Amanda Flint of Route 4 New Philadelphia Ohio says Foley's Honey and Tar cured her daughter of a severe tickling cough. The medicated product provides immediate relief from distressing coughing and soothes the throat.
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Amanda Flint
Route 4
New Philadelphia
Home Fires and a Question on the League of Nations
A tense family scene centers on a quarrel about a young man lingering too long. The father criticizes his son, Gwendolyn admits fault, and a line about asking to explain the League of Nations signals a deeper discussion of world affairs.
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Gwendolyn
League of Nations
Gots-it Drops Then to the Dance
The fragment describes dancers getting ready with rhythm and humor as feet suffer through tight shoes and damp weather. It mentions corns and calluses affecting the soles and between the toes during the preparation for a dance event.
No Chance, Yes, poor fellow I hate to disillusion him
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes a man clinging to the belief that postwar life will ease, expecting salary to cover costs as the war ends. The line satirizes optimism about a quick return to prewar living standards.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Foley Kidney Pills Backed By Mrs. Dyer Testimony
Middle aged and older people often suffer from weak kidneys and bladder. Mrs. Warren Dyer of Arkport New York writes that Foley Kidney Pills gave her relief from back pains and weak kidneys and left her feeling younger and stronger. The testimonial appeared in Potts The Druggist advertisement.
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Warren Dyer
Arkport
N. Y
Potts
Honor Among Thieves in Yonkers Statesman
A tale of a stolen kiss that was returned ignites belief in lingering honor among certain thieves. The Yonkers Statesman frames the incident as a moral note on integrity amid misdeeds.
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The
Yonkers Statesman
Wisler Cured by Free Sample of Chamberlain's Tablets
Wm B Wisler of Douglasville Pa recalls a 1909 indigestion attack during which a free sample of Chamberlains Tablets arrived by mail. He tried them and bought a package, declaring he has not had a similar attack since. City Drug Co. Adv 1m
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Chamberlain
Wm. B. Wisler
Douglasville
City Drug Co
On to bishop why he never went to church
A miner tells a bishop why he avoids church recounting from his first visit being splashed with water, the second visit binding him to a woman, and the bishop predicting dirt at the next attendance. The exchange illustrates hardship and dark humor surrounding religious visits.
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Bish
Old Brother Buckaloo Quips On Ponderous Despettacle
A Kansas City Star quote features Brother Buckaloo dismissing a black professor, then conceding his whiskers and vest reveal the transplavication idea. Bruddes Jordan is referenced in the exchange.
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Buckaloo
Jordan
Kansas City Star
He Threw Away His Crutches
August Strandell of Sister Bay Wisconsin recalls a rheumatism problem six years ago that left him on crutches. He reports using Foley Kidney Pills after trying various medicines and tars with no relief and claims he threw away his crutches after three bottles.
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August Strandell
Sister Bay
Wis
Foley
Potts
Balloon ascension draws crowd as aeronaut describes sea of faces
In the Louisville Courier Journal excerpt a narrator questions an airman about his long absence. The aeronaut says he watched the balloon ascend to a large crowd, noting the sea of faces and joking that his red nose stood out like a lighthouse.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man recalls torpedoed ship voyage and cough cure
Thomas A Breslin of Albany writes that after surviving a torpedoed ship from England he suffered a lingering cold. He states Foley's Honey and Tar cured his cough, and urges readers to stop lingering spring colds with the remedy.
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Thomas A. Breslin
Broadway
Albany
N. Y
England
Foley
Potts
Why Bobbie Cried
A brief exchange shows a father urging his son to act like a man after a bee sting. The boy resists the scolding, noting his father's threat to discipline him for using what he calls I-language.
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Bobbie
Pore Is Not a Good Cure Adv
A short ad stresses that whiskey should not be given for colic or stomach ache and advises sending the sufferer to a doctor or using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. It notes a mistaken belief that alcohol is a cure and promotes the drug from City Drug Co.
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Ames Jowa Intelligencer
Chamberlain
City Drug Co
Adv
Poe Claim Sparks Family Link in Curious Meeting
A colored man tells a lady his name is Poe and realizes he is Edgar Allen Poe when the woman jokes about the Poe family. The anecdote appears in Everybody's Magazine under a relief funds caption for rheumatic pains. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Liniment promises relief from stiffness, soreness, and aching joints aiding rest and sleep.
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Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
Everybody’s Magazine
Making Advances Promised In A Curious Neighborhood
A playful remark about a neighborly unknowns with a plan to learn more after sending Eliza to borrow baking powder. The tone mixes intrigue with domestic detail, suggesting a vignette from Stray Stories.
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Eliza
Dictionary Sales Joke In A Retail Elevator
A humorous anecdote trades a dictionary pitch where a salesman boasts of forty thousand words while a buyer rejects the book by claiming she used them all to tell him she did not want it. The exchange lampoons sales patter and customer skepticism in a brief, witty clash.
Cut This Out and Take It With You
An advertisement urges readers to cut out the notice and bring it to City Drug Co. to ensure purchase of Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and indigestion. The copy claims the product is more satisfactory and reliable than guessing the exact article.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Co. Adv
Pretty Tough. Rockefeller Jr. recounts miner told a tale
John D. Rockefeller Jr. relates a miner's explanation about hardship and resilience, presenting a concise anecdote that highlights perseverance and grit in difficult work.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Call for Summer Coal Purchases to Prevent Winter Shortage
Government, the Railroad and Public Service Commission urge all consumers to lay in a winter coal supply during the summer months as a war measure. Mild weather kept demand low last two years, but an expected bumper crop and higher fall needs require steady production. act now to place orders for coal.
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Mator
The Flesh Is Weak Said with a Sharp Reply
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet presents Mr. Gripping arguing he only helps the distressed but rejects dwelling on those who dodge rent and gripe about living costs while spending ten dollars for a quart of liquor.
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Mr. Gripping
Birmingham Age-Herald
Not Mean Enough in Wedding Quips
A Baltimore American quip notes that brides never have the groom given away with any real harshness, and mocks the idea as unlikely to encounter a truly mean bridegroom.
Common Sense Cure Promises Relief From Indigestion
Advertising copy for Foley Cathartic Tablets claims to clear the stomach and bowels, enliven the liver, and provide a tonic effect on the intestinal tract. It targets biliousness headaches sour stomach gas bloating and indigestion with a heavy feeling described as distressing to stout persons. Courtesy of Potts The Druggist.
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Potts
Kidney Pills Restore Health Says Local Customer
Samuel L. Kramer of Sellersville Pa reports kidney trouble and back pain for two years. After using Foley Kidney Pills he says all symptoms are gone and he feels well again. The Druggist Potts endorses Foley Kidney Pills for quick relief and tonic healing.
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Samuel L. Kramer
Sellersville
Potts
A Difference. Doctor and wife exchange a quip
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a joke where a doctor questions a husband’s smoking between meals and the wife quips that he eats between smokes, turning the line into a humorous twist.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Fresh Breath
Purporting to clean and purify the stomach and bowels Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims to make breath sweet improve disposition and win friends. The ad promotes Tea or Tablets priced at 35 cents by A Potts.
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Hollister
A. Potts
Lady Buys Liberty Bonds With Operation Money
A reader explains saving for gall bladder surgery and deciding to invest in Liberty Bonds after using Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The note claims the product relieves catarrhal mucus and inflammation of the digestive tract and offers a money back guarantee via Potts and other druggists.
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Mayr
Liberty
Potts
The New West Magazine Promotion
An old advertising notice for The New West Magazine promoting Western industry coverage and investor interest. It lists pricing, offices in Salt Lake City Seattle Detroit and subscription options. The ad urges readers to subscribe via the newspaper or mail and includes a call to think in terms of saving interests.
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Wearest
Walker Bank
Salt Lake of
Utah
White
Seattle
Wash
Goldberg
Detroit, Mich
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