Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Patriotic claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo describes catarrh as a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. States the medicine works on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $1000 for uncured cases, and lists retail price 75 cents with Druggists. Also mentions Ha's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shere
Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tey
F. J. Cheney & CO
Infielders Butt In Delayed Arrival in Proverbial Style
A quip notes that many men miss their cue not by lack of time but by interrupting others. The line frames punctuality as a social habit shaped by interruptive behavior and readiness to join the crowd.
Untitled Health Ads and Satirical Telegram Anecdote
Mixed recollections of patent medicines and a London dinner tale appear in this clipping. Patents for Piso's Cure and Mrs Winslow's Syrup are highlighted alongside a Sudan Railway joke about a stationmaster and a fishplate.
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Lord Balfour
London
Sudan
Irving’s Theater Inquiry and Parade Request
Bram Stoker sought a one night engagement for Sir Henry Irving in Indiana. The Indiana manager asked if Irving would parade. Stoker replied Irving is a tragedian not a minstrel, prompting the reply that Irving would not be booked unless he paraded.
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Sir Henry Irving
Chicago
Indiana
Bram Stoker
Sir Henry
Stoker
Eveluu
Irving
The Twenty Year Birthday Surprise in Boston Records
A young lawyer in a western firm falls for Lilian Marsden while courting a title search in Boston. He discovers Lilian is actually thirty six, not twenty, via birth records, upending his romance and plans as the Marsdens react with mixed humor and shock.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Lilian Agnes
John
Katherine Marsden
Lilian
Madame
Lily
West
Fred
Don
Fairchild
Marsden
Vyred Marsden
Brother Declares Rivalry Over Lilian Agnes Name
A quarrel erupts over the naming of Lilian Agnes as the elder sister. The younger sibling vents anger and threatens violence, then hits his own head against a wall in a moment of reckless bravado and resolve.
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Lilian Agnes
Lilian
Fred
Shrewd Son of New England Ebenez er Handy’s Auctioneer Patter
The Boston Herald recalls Ebenez er Handy of Millbury a fish fruit and vegetable vendor and occasional auctioneer famed for hypnotic patter. He once sold a woman six pounds of fish at six cents a pound and radishes for five cents, then quipped six times six is 96 and five is 101 and she paid a dollar.
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Worcester County
Ebenezer Handy
Millbury
Whco
Boston Herald
Color Symbols and Meanings Across History
The text explains colors and their symbolic meanings from white to orange. It links white to power and purity, red to passion and kingship, blue to fidelity, yellow to glory but now infidelity, green to hope, black to sadness, pink to health and love, violet to faith, and orange to divine inspiration and poetry. It notes orange as Hymen’s color and references flameum veils for brides in ancient rites.
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Inquisition
Hunter Hed to Walk Home
Maine tale tells of an amateur hunter abroad for a deer who, after tracking a movement in the bushes, finally fired at what he believed was the game. In a dash he lunged forward only to find the target was his own horse, left tied nearby, and he was left without his prize and with a humorous misfire.
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Bill Jenks
Aroostook Couplety
Maine
Great Intellect Not Bequeathed Paul Meurice and Adele Hugo
Paul Meurice who died recently in Paris served as Victor Hugo's executor and guardian to Hugo's daughter Adele Hugo. Adele, 75, frail and wealthy from royalties, lives near Paris with two nurses and writes plays she believes are staged in Paris. She visits matinees and bows as if the plays were hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Meurice
Paris
Victor Hugo
Evecator
Adele Hugo
Railroad rate bill dominates week in Congress
Washington reports show House debate on the railroad rate bill with Maine’s Littlefield opposing the measure, while Ohio’s Grosvenor seeks delay. Iowa lawmakers Conner, Haugen and Hubbard back the bill, and Senate moves to schedule a shipping bill vote for Feb 14 with Patterson and Bailey clashing over caucus actions. The Hepburn bill passes the House 46 to 7. a new penalties statute targets improper disclosure of government data.
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Washington
House
Clayton
Alabama
Henry
Texas
Senate
Patterson
Colorado
Gallinger
Teller
Littlefield
Maine
Grosvenor
Ohio
Iowa
Conner
Haugen
Hubbard
Middle West
Wall Street
New England
Bailey
Gorman
Bourke Cochran
New York
Mann
Illinois
Williams
Henburn
Theenate
Hepburn
Penson
Awfully well packed straw prompts grim joke in city street
A mother and her daughter walk past straw strewn streetside as a baby girl is said to be born in a house. The child asks about the straw and the mother explains. The tale ends with a wry remark about germs inside kindness.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Bessie Ainsley
South 10Th Street
Tacoma
Wash
Ainsley
A Truly Ideal Wife Inspires Husband’s Success
A prominent, wealthy man credits his wife as the source of his success and inspiration. He calls her the greatest help mate of his life, noting that from the day he met her she has been a guiding force and support behind his achievements.
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Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
John F Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
Dodd
Free O'Mmneara & Brock
F Street
Washington, Dbd. C
Aperience
Earl S. Sloan
Albany Street
Mass
Post Wheeler
Daily Story Pub. Co.i
Father’s
Dr. Marsden
Madison Avenue
Mr. Marsden
Mrs. Marsden
Mr. Fairchild
Miss Marsden
Ciy
Congress
Rochester
Adirondacks
Kemp
Asc
Soc
Thompson
OLD Beliabls
Wragg & Sons CO
Waukee
Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine CO
Waterloo, Iowa
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Missouri, Kansas
Southwest
T. B. Cookerly
Citizen's National Bank
Des Moines
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