Mrs. Winn and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Kansas City woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing infertility and restoring health after severe weight bearing issues. A Georgia reader, Mrs Charlie Bagley, reports relief from stomach pain sleep loss and fatigue within two weeks and recommends the product to other women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lydia EB. Pinkham
H. T. Winn
Freemont Ave
Cumming
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charlie Bagley
Unaccountable Batter and Odd Advertisements
A collection of dated quips and jokes about baseball batters with home run talk, a humorous scene with Crawford and Crabshaw and a Judge line, plus light product advertisements for Roman Hye Balsam and Red Cross Ball Blue and a market scene about a woodshed and money concerns.
Unnamed Observer Praises Large Crowd at Ball Game
A foreign spectator noted the unusual crowd size at the game and remarked on the absence of tango dancing, expressing surprise at the lively gathering and its impact.
Brief Decision Reflects on Evolution Theory
The remark surveys how some men imitate folly and makes a light nod to evolution theory as a framework for understanding human behavior. It posits that people can resemble monkeys in act though it remains a casual aside rather than a formal argument.
Lacking In Self-Assertion
Puck describes Abner Appledry-Jay Green as lacking pride and independence. It mocks his passive conduct on a streetcar, noting he stays seated and does not assert himself like others might.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Appledry
Jay Green
Ashton Allred
Puck
Cure for Ringworm Like Soars Ends Child’s Disfigurement
In 1911 a five year old girl near Maurice Iowa suffered a blistering skin eruption mistakingly called ringworm. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed the rash improved and within three to four months she was fully cured per Mr Henry Prins in a 1912 testimonial. The ad promotes Cuticura products with free samples and a Skin Book from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Henry Prins
Peatcard
Dept. L
Boston
Mental Arithmetic Riddle and Jokes from Tommy
A riddle asks for the original sum when one third spent leaves a remainder such that $3 equals five sixths of that remainder. The humorous punchline implies a playful misdirection about finding a man by presenting a bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Look Cries Boy Fires Self Dead In Chicago
Herbert Aberlin, 10, of 1710 North Halsted street, shot himself after shouting to onlookers. Police conclude the revolver was loaded and the boy may have pulled the trigger accidentally. parents say home life was happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Aberlin
North Halsted Street
Fellows
Herbert
Bloodhounds Go On Strike in Merrick Office Robbery
Merrick New York reports a post office break in where bloodhounds from the Long Island railroad failed to track the thieves. The dogs were restrained inside and several were found asleep, leaving investigators puzzled about the scent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
New York
Long Island Railroad
Main
Merrick Road
Woodchuck Hole
Harry Zeiner
Murray
Roger
Bad Taste exhibit sparks mock critique in New York
Miss Jeannette Gilder toys with a pink and gold mustache cup at the Bad Taste exhibition tea in New York. She argues a spiritual bad taste exhibition is warranted, citing a fortune hunter and a poor but ambitious mother planning marriage for money. A Scotland-bound couple receives a railway map card with blue-pencil tunnel marks from a porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Gilder
New York
Miss Gilder
America
Parr
London
Modern Business Man
Plimson complains a man forced business talk all afternoon, but he earned $1,000 despite the disruption. Withersly notes the time lost and the bad luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plimson
Withersly
Pliimson
Prisoner Testifies to Love of Pocket Books
A jail visitor notes a prisoner’s claim that reading matters to him as he admits pocket books keep him fed, illustrating a hunger beyond material needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocket Books
Wrong King of Gardens and the Congress of Gardener Wits
A collection of humorous anecdotes and quotes from Jerome McWade and others. The pieces include a toast about women, a doctor advising gardening for a patient, a Washington family artist joke, and a note on money and small acts. The item notes Sarah Shaffer a thirteen year old who helped set a splint for her sister and called hospital staff to guide treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
McWade
Duluth
Sarah Shaffer
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward G. Wiley
Sarah
Maybelle
Lowest Bidder Interview Inheritance Comedy
A young suitor asks for a daughter's hand and quotes ten thousand dollars a year to maintain her lifestyle. The father scoffs at the cost and notes another suitor claims eight thousand. A comic aside follows about an actor with a stammer and audience indifference to speech impediments.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Worrie
Dr. Peery
Crawford
Crabshaw
Buckaloo
Red Cross
Adv
Chas. H. Fletcher
Gree
Carter
Absorbine, JR
W.F. Young
Temple
Springfield
Mase
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somebb
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Scotland
Carlisle
Washington
Tus Coca-Cola Co
Artanta, Ga
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