Barbers Tale Explores A Temperance Tale In Verse
A barber finishes a dramatic tale heard by a reporter. He claims to have written poetry for the Barbers Journal and a temperance story about a desperate father, a starving family, and a child’s midnight plea Ah that’s the question. The scene ends with the barber offering a copied verse to the reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summan
Barbers’ Journal
Ramsellers
Pather
Johnny
Blackwell Island Insane Asylum
New York Sun
Industrious Housewife’s Hidden Shirt Collection Surfaces
After the funeral of Mrs. Penn of Terryville Connecticut an octogenarian husband found ninety seven hand sewn muslin shirts made by his wife. The shirts, finely stitched and neatly finished, were hidden about the house and later laundered. The couple were wealthy and childless with Mrs. Fenn known for sewing over knitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Terryville
Conn
Violinist Prompts Mozart With Chinin Business Joke
A brief exchange reveals a playful pun in which Mozart is asked about his busy schedule and responds that he is a violinist while joking about a “chinin” business. The humor hinges on wordplay between music and a dubious trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart
Rheumatic Syrup Co. cure claim from Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup
HAsTinas Michigan April 22 1889 statement by Frep L Heath druggist and Mrs H J Kenfield testifying after twelve years of rheumatic illness confined to bed for months that Hibbards Rheumatic Syrup relieved symptoms and is recommended to other patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastinas
Mich
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Crutones
Hibbard
H. J. Kenfield
Frep L. Heath
Not a Silent Partner
A wife asks what a silent partner is and compares it to marriage. The husband explains the silent partner takes no active part while the active partner runs the business. She notes she talks too much to be silent and insists on her share of profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Courier
Hostetters Stomach Bitters Urges Kidney Health Warning
A cautionary note extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a diuretic to prevent serious renal disease. It warns against neglect of kidney function and warns that unm edicated stimulants harm inactive kidneys while the Bitters alleviate malaria constipation and rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
How She Loved Him. He (just married)
A humorous dialogue between Kate and George on marriage. Kate teases divorce and alimony bans, while expressing affection and loyalty, with witty refusals to seek separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate
George
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Claims Wide Cures
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with a printed guarantee that it will benefit or cure diseases linked to torpid liver and impure blood. It lists skin and scalp complaints, eruptions, sores, swellings, salt rheum, erysipelas, and other afflictions as curable, promising refunds if not effective. It also promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
A Helpful Little Maid and Gentleman's Cigars
A Buffalo Courier anecdote recalls Elsie the five year old who fetched cigars for a dinner guest and bit the ends off for him proving a humorous domestic moment. A Norfolk or Richmond firm promises wonders via B F Johnson & Co agents encouraging inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Buffalo Courier
Anecdote of Beethoven’s Vanity and Pranks
The account notes Beethoven’s frank temper and vanity, recounting an incident at Heiligenstadt where a brother’s card reading landed proprietor prompted Beethoven to reply with brain proprietor. The tale appears in Temple Bar, reflecting how genius coexisted with sharp humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Heiligenstadt
Vienna
Mozarteum
Salsburg
Nether Austria
Jean von Beethoven
Louis von Beethoven
Temple Bar
Hibbard’s Pills Promise Safe Relief for Headache and Stomach Ailments
A sold advertisement promotes Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and uniform in action. The makers claim no griping pain, safety for adults and children, and superior care for sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, and serving as an appetizer, with claims of unequaled efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Not a Chip of the Ould Block Says Flanagan
In a Dublin style exchange, Mr. Flanagan accuses Micky of stealing a beer keg from a saloon as Mr. O Rourke questions the boy’s actions. Flanagan claims to have taught him a lesson with a bastin’, and the others react to the incident with banter and stubborn pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mind Change in Rural Engagement Confusion
Dialogue shows Mrs Wubbelby and a man named Poffessor debating a broken engagement. The man cites a psychology finding that physical changes occur after seven years, arguing he is no longer the same person to fulfill the engagement. The woman insists the mind does not change if the body does. He interrupts with a claim that his mind has changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telelelololleiollioleto
Ares Fee
Teterleris
Scott's Emulsion Promises Quick Gains in Rickets
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites for rickets and marasmus, claiming rapid flesh and strength gains and quoting a physician’s praise from New York. It also includes promotional lines for IsaBel la of Spain music and Dobbins' Electric Soaps noting consistency since 1865, and a remark on freshness of the old salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
J. M. Mann
M. D
New York
Dobbins
Vanita Poem and Swift's Specific Cure Ad The Cure Story
An excerpt from Vanita speaks of the priest and vanita bringing relief from blood contagion through a salutary agent. A patient recounts eight years of cancer on the lower lip and the subsequent healing after using Swift's Specific. The statement claims complete recovery for three years with no recurrence. Other testimonial notes malignant sore throat cured by eight bottles of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
V. Ferrano
Ruston
Ben Rley
Meridian, Miss
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Nassau Street
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Hood
B. Sanderson
Newhall Street
Lowell
Mass
C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Farm Scale Co
Chicago
Kidder
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y
Isabella of
Spain
Mark
THE
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Chicago Scale CO
Secret Service
Ate Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Cincinnati
Radway
Warvine
Richmond, Va
Ter Safety Rein-Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Idvrrtiorra
Hicago Scale Co
Grover Free
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
CATON
Boonem
AL Chadwick
Acameles
Theodore Holland
Philada
Hichland Park
Ill
Northwestern Military Academy
Government Academies
Boston
Draxrisera
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren
Pophan
Gleghorn, Gardner
T. Popham
Philadelphia
Wraoven'si
M. A. Scullen
West Lake St
Chicago, I
Priest
Vanita
Swift Specific Company
Drawer
Atlanta, Ga
Washington
Joseph H. Hunter
TOWER
J. Tower
Simmons St
U. S
Jones, Heys
Binghamton, Mo
Burlington
Gen's Pass
West
Chicago Ledger
Chicaco, Ill
Ubrans Chemical Sc
Ohio
C.N. A
G.H. Ingraham
Amsterdam
Dyche & CO
Drugelsta
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