Advertising and merit fuel wealth in a crowded market
A city missionary and a ragged boy debate the poor, then a long analysis praises advertising as a path to success. It chronicles H. H. Warner and Warner's Safe Cure as a case where persistent advertising built belief and proved the product's merit for kidney disease. The piece concludes with a quip about a molasses taster's tough job and diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Warner
H. H. Warner
Mark
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Reduces Tuberculosis Mortality
Mortality among consumptives has fallen due to Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with lime and soda hypophosphites. It claims to subjugate phthisis bronchitis abscess pneumonia and throat affections. Palatable as milk and sold by druggists. Also notes girls chew gum only when alone.
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Scott
Senate Nominates Unnamed Candidate Amid Party Feud
In the Senate debate, Senators Snort Bluster and Tender denounce the nomination calling the nominee disgraceful for a newspaper attack. One cites a personal insult as grounds to oppose confirmation, stating the candidate lacks patriotism and fitness. The exchange ends with a defiant opposition remark.
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United States Senate
Snort
Bluster
Look Out for the Vagrant with a Cane in the South
A traveling man smashes a street lamp glass while a Southern town policeman confronts him. The man asks to be arrested, claiming he must stay three days to hear from his firm on a business matter. He notes hotel trials as an alternative.
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Feller
Tonite Elixir for Nervous Stomach and Energy
In a tone from a historic medical advert, Hostetters Stomach Bitters is pitched as an energizing tonic for languor and unrest. It claims to restore muscular energy, aid sleep, improve digestion, and relieve nervous symptoms without unsafe poisons like strychnia or max vomica. Fever, kidneys, and rheumatism are said to yield to it.
Bright Side of Farming Highlighted by Massachusetts Talk
A Massachusetts farmers institute speaker argued farming has more bright sides than any business if farmers understand it. He illustrated with a traveler and his comrade who miss a hounds baying due to hearing the noisy dog as a “delightful rustic” sound turning into racket.
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Farmers’ Institute
Massachusetts
Cures and cures advertised in a late 19th century ad
A mix of patent medicine pitches and medical tips touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one dollar hundred dollar reward, Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs, and a free recipe from Prof. J A Lawrence. The notices urge readers to consult druggists and emphasize testimonials and free samples.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
O. KE
United States
J. A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
DR. Sage
Dr. Lee
Cure for Consumption Offered by T A Slocum
An advertisement letter from T A Slocum announces a positive cure for consumption claiming vast success. Slocum offers to mail two free bottles to readers with a valid Express and P O address.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Peart St
N.Y
Better Than Oklahoma 200 Acres in San Luis Valley for Sale
200 acres of prime land in the San Luis Valley Southern Colorado fully fenced with secured water rights and ready irrigation ditches. The property may be sold as a whole or in parcels to fit the purchaser. Contact Henry A Butters Alamosa Colorado for terms.
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San Luis Valley
Colorado
Henry A. Butters
Alamosa
Rado
Busy as a Bee Myth Debunked in Idle Birds Claim
A critic argues the phrase busy as a bee is sophistry claiming bees spend two thirds of the year in luxurious idleness while performing work for the hive during productive months. The remark challenges common perceptions of bee labor and seasons.
Brown's Bronchial Traches Offer Quick Relief for Sore Throats
An advertisement urges workers to contact B F Johnson & Co of Richmond Virginia for remedies. It promotes Maager's Emulsion praised by A P Grinnell Dean of the University of Vermont as easy to take and gentle on the stomach, claiming it helps lung trouble from throat or cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Maager
A. P. Grinnell
University of
J. A. Magee & CO
Lawrence
Mass
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Advertises Cure All
An 1888 advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier. It claims to heal skin eruptions, scrofula, ulcers, eczema, boils, goitre, and gland enlargements, promising guaranteed benefit or money back from Weirrup’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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Dr. Pierce
WeRup
Dispensary Medical Association
Proprietors
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Annie Gersline
Columbus
Swift Specific Co
Adway
Radway
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Burlington Free Press
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Madison
Wisconsin
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Kidder
Irlestown
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American School of Telegraphy
Madison, Vis
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Sterling
Ohio
U.S
Whatnessy
MACEE
R. F. Caton
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
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iSe
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U.S. Claim Agency
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Indiana
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Washington
Oregon
Chas
B. Lamborn
Mirre Ee
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James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
London
England
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Emmert Proprietary Co
Ill
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Druggicte
Kelief
Chichester Chemical Co
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Cincinnati
C.N. Y
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Amsterdam
N. Y
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