Humorous Snippets from Old Newspapers
A collage of comic lines and quips from various era papers. Bits reference a hired girl, new carpet, tobacco types, and a milkman with Prohibition, plus jokes about Daniel in the lion’s den and an exhibition of old masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Burlington Free Press
Texas Siftings
Daniel
Lion’s den
Buck the
Arcola
Grenada
Rastus
Honah
Ise
New York Sun
New Haven
Yale
Washington Star
Fall of Man and a Broad way drop joke scene
A New York gentleman jokes about balance and falling while recounting two slips of the day. The humor moves to Broad Street where Jones takes a drop and a temperance reference surfaces, clarifying that no drink is implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Jones
Temperance
Noble Brigand Becomes Carriage Driver After Love
An English couple in Sicily hears a driver recount a fallen noble past. He once held high status in a brigand family but quit the life for love and now works as a carriage driver, a tale of romance and lost nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Troy Press
A Pill in Time Saves Nine Dr Pierce and Other Remedies
An advertisement roundup touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as preventive and curative, claiming they regulate the liver and fortify against fevers. It also cites Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup with a testimonial from Charles Rowe, and Brown's Bronchial Troches as simple cures. The piece weaves quotes and miscellaneous lines, including a quip about Noah's voyage and a romantic lyric fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Lake County
T. Heffernan
Baldwin
Mich
Grand Rapids
Reed City Hospital
Hibbard
Charles Rowe
A Woman Confesses Near-Death Battle and Relief
A woman recounts contemplating suicide due to chronic weakness and despair until a friend recommended Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She credits the remedy with a swift, transformative recovery. An old colored minister opens sermons with a familiar quip about his text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Dr. Pierce
Remedy Claim and Advertisements from T A Slocum Lot
A letter to the editor promotes a medical remedy claiming a cure for consumption and offers two free bottles to readers who mail their addresses. The notice lists additional products including rat and insect repellents with prices and cures for corn and toothache.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. Y
Remarkable Nervura Nerve Tonic Praised In 1885 World Excerpt
An 1885 New York World extract touts Dr. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic as a near-miraculous cure for nervous disorders. It cites numerous cases of recovery from paralysis to insomnia, notes wide drugstore demand at $1 per bottle, and promotes additional health products and tonics sold by Wells and other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steketees
Steketee
U. S
U.S
GEO. G
America
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
New York
Dr. Greene
Lucie Werner
Annie Donovan
Attawaugan
Conn
W. ©. Miles
Bills Hill Avenue
Boston
Mass
Alexander Horn
Marine Asylum
Philadelphia
James Bown
Market Street
New York City
W. F. Abbe
Affleck Street
Hartford
Greene
Hood
Richard Hawkhurst
Amityville
Long Island
N. Y
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Dr. Sage
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Laura
Vfliegende Blaetter
Tidus
Curreu
Curreu Man—O
Mr. Muandane
Gronae
Gerliah
Boston Christian Register
Boston Transcript
Mariporo
Miss Marlboro
Detroit Free Press
Hubby
Browne
Judy
Boston Globe
Adelaide
I. Hood & CO
Pettit
Auvertinera
True & Co
Augusta
Pensions Isi At
Y Wannington
Deco
Raen
American School of Telegraphy
Madson
Wis
Ely
ZLY Bros
Greenwich St
N.Y
Express and Post Office
H. G. Root
Rheumatic Syrup Company
Jackson
Mick
New York World
Wells
Jersey City
N.J
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Isaac Thompson
ES. Wells
Jacobs OQ
Lewis Dennis
Orin Robinson
Geo. C. Osgood
Charles A. Vorster Co
Ralto
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Asthma, Kidder's Pastilles
Stowell & Ca Uer
Main St
Wr. Chase
F. B. Dickerson & CO
Detroit
LOW Paice Railroad
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Orego
Chan
B. Lambory
Saar
Goulds & Austin
Lake ST
Chicago
Illinois
T Orner
Rodayy
Family Journal
Jennie Patterson
Sargent Square
Haverhill
M. Nmeeke
Me Allan
Dibble St
Danbury
W. A. Howe
Huntsville
Ala
Chimney Corner
Dearborn St
Storm
Doe pRano
At. Tower
Simmons St
Switzerland
Zurich
Lucerne
Zoug
Viznau Hiei Rail
Onstance
Hotels and Pensions
Insel Y Hotel
Constanzerkot
Sinsiedeln
Peacock
K. Gyrzanner
ENEVA
Neuhausen
Schaffhausen
Europe
Schwirzerhcpe
Nasile
Laufen
Falls of the Rhine
F.wegenstein
ST. Gothard
Italy
Milan
Rigsby Mountain
Arth
Gothard
Ostend
Correre
Cook's
Gaze’s
Tetliberg
A. Landry
Urich
Victoria
Boller & Sons
Rj. Urich
Habisa
Ntinger
Rfurich
Ssummer
Paris
Eneral
Bryant's Business College
Buffalo
Meail
E. Koss & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Clybournave
ONG
Wizard “Oil, Company Chicago
Aerce
Pierce
Chemical Laboratory of World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
W. Hausnger
Ithaca
N. J
Thomas J. Rusmina
Pine Street
St. Louis
Runyan P. O
Columbia Co
B.A. Laupmasaem & Co
Newark
Ceres
Evans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Brade
C.n. Y
G. H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. Lit. Dyche & CO
Druggisia
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