Peruna Praised by St Louis Patient and Brooklyn Doctor
R Sylvester E Smith of St Louis testifies Peruna aided his recovery from bronchial catarrh after months of illness. He credits the remedy with restoring health in three months and thanks Peruna. Brooklyn physician A W Perrin endorses Peruna for patients and notes personal use and growing availability.
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R. Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Peruna
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Praise for the new cook stirs talk in Cleveland
The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites a remark praising a unique cook who kept the kitchen spotless and is described as a beautiful woman, reflecting local reaction to the kitchen staff.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Chamber of Commerce Born in Fraunces Tavern
The oldest U S commercial corporation is the New York Chamber of Commerce based in New York City. It organized on May 5 1768 at Fraunces Tavern, a historic meeting site.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
United States
New York City
Fraunces’ Tavern
Quote on car care from Bohemian Magazine
A Bohemian Magazine quip notes that a car named good resolutions fails to stay in repair. The exchange questions what you call your automobile and answers with a pun about persistent maintenance.
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Bohemian Magazine
Dull Care, Sharp Harp Echoes in Verse
A brief poetic fragment notes a speaker singing dull care while playing a mournful harp. The verse contrasts ordinary worries with unusually sharp distress, attributed to a quip from a writer named Wasp.
In His Mind
A brief, fragmentary exchange notes a man’s travel during a vacation described as reading summer literature while touring across the country. The snippet captures a casual conversation about leisure and reading.
The Greatest Widower Tale From a Welsh School
A humorous essay claim traces Henry VIII as the greatest widower born in 1066 with 510 wives and children. It names Lord Sir Garrett Wolsey as the Boy Bachelor and mentions Mary Queen of Scots as Mary, Queen of Scots, the Lady of the Lake, in a playful account from a Welsh boarding school.
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Henry VIII
Anno Domini
Calais
Garret Wolsey
Mary, Queen of Scots
Embarrassed by bathing suit style cues say Miss Cayenne
A Washington Star fragment notes a woman feeling embarrassment in a bathing suit. Miss Cayenne suggests it may be a bit out of style, reflecting era fashion chatter.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Barker's constant railing sparks skeptical quip
In a clipped exchange the Omaha Bee notes Barker is always railing at something and very skeptical. A correspondent counters with a witticism calling him skeptical-dyspeptical, reflecting a light journalistic jab at Barker's manner.
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Omaha Bee
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
An advertising note extols syrup of figs and elixir of senna as a reliable laxative for gentle cleansing and relief of internal organs. It claims the formula is natural, free from objectionable substances, and approved by physicians, urging readers to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Chas. H. Fletcher
A. F. Peeler
St. Louis
E. Down
Philadelphia
Edward Parrish
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. B. Elliott
New York City
C. G. Sprague
Omaha
Neb
J. A. Parker
Kansas City
H. F. Merrill
Augusta
Norman M. Geer
Cleveland
Ohio
Slang at the Restaurant Reveals Quick Forecast of Meals
A Buffalo paper notes evolving slang that encodes meals. examples include two cackles and the pig for ham and eggs and Cunard liner with two dogs aboard for Hamburger steak with sausages. A colored Mississippi waiter loses his cue after a traveling man orders two eggs one fried on one side and the other on the other.
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Cunard
Mississippi
Minneapolis Journal
Bed Bound for Months Hope Revived by Kidney Pills
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington describes years of weakness swollen limbs and sleepless nights. After four months bed rest three doctors said no cure and she was given up to die. Using Dean's Kidney Pills she recovered and returned to the household within weeks. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Streets
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pye
Mind reader doubts in parlor dialogue
In a Detroit Tribune excerpt a woman doubts a man who claims to read minds as they sit in a quiet parlor. He dominates the room while she questions his supposed power, ending with a skeptical remark about his claim.
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Detroit Tribune
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advert keeps feet comfortable
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and laying nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all Cruegists and shoe stores 25c. Free sample mailed. Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen's
Allen
Cruegists
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
The Villain as a Perfect Masterpiece in a Story
A novelist describes a villain modeled as a man embodying all forms of wickedness imagined by a wife in anger. The passage also advertises Red Drugs Ball Blue laundry product in a small 5 cent package of 207 large.
Costly Accessories Sparkling Critics in The Post
A Pittsburg Post critique notes a twenty thousand dollar production featuring apparent ice and snow props described as genuine white paper. The piece juxtaposes cost with perceived value amid a public display, while a cited patent medicine Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is advertised for teething pain and wind colic.
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Pittsburg Post
Would be artist declares devotion to art
The dialogue shows a would be artist proclaiming marriage to art while Criticus mocks the claim, noting from his work that true engagement seems unlikely. The exchange underlines skepticism about artistic commitment.
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Criticus
Detroit Tribune
Postman Says Some Things a Parcel Cannot Buy
A Colorado postman recalls a girl who grew up with letters from a secret admirer. He pauses before delivering one, helps reunite lovers, and finally reveals that certain kindnesses exceed payment as he accepts no bribe for crossing into their lives.
Neat and Modest Spring Hat Described in Post
The Pittsburg Post quotes a fashionable observer noting a spring hat with 67 000 feather-duster tips and tin can fes toons forming a lace curtain effect at the back. The description highlights playful, inventive millinery in a modest style.
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Pittsburg
Influenza Travels East to West Like Cholera
A historical note asserts influenza, like cholera, moves from eastern regions toward the western areas, describing its directional spread.
IYCHING humor on Roy Hs Hands cured in four days
Mrs Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana describes a severe itchy skin outbreak on her son that spread across the body. She credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with a full four night cure.
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Cuthera
Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Says the Woman Hater: All is fair in love and war
The Baston Globe notes a saying that all is fair in love and war applies before and after marriage, suggesting equal freedom of action in romance and matrimony.
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Baston Globe
Trojan Horse Tale Stirs City Echoes
The text recalls the Trojans bringing a wooden horse inside their gates and doubting its purpose. It suggests a warning about trusting seemingly harmless artifacts and hints at dire consequences that followed from not acting at once.
Force of Habit and Caught a Tartar Skits
In a Philadelphia Press item, humorous quips describe a man named Hogan-Phwat now facing a mishap after a foolish plan involving a car horn and a misplaced crossing. A second joke notes a man who sought marriage for money and ends up beshrewed, lightheartedly mocking sharp schemes.
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Philadelphia Press
The King's Cock Crower in English History
A glimpse into a historic royal office the king’s cock crower. Unlike barnyard birds, a clocklike crower timed hours and Lent in the palace from Ash Wednesday until 1822, reflecting how religion shaped daily life before vernacular gospel readings.
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London
Making Good. The Chauffeur Business Transfer
A stern remark notes competing takeoffs from the repair man and tire dealer. The new chauffeur protests that he was hired after an ad for an experienced professional who understood his trade.
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Puck
Capital Punishment Punchline Cited in Journal
A comic exchange appears in the Sydney Town and Country Journal where a bride declares the groom her prisoner for life and he quips that it is capital punishment not imprisonment. The joke plays on the gravity of the phrase in a humorous wedding moment.
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Bride
Sydney Town and Country Journal
The Girl Graduate Note
A Kansas City Times item humorously describes a girl who excels in botany logic Dutch Andiencing and Swedish gymnastics. She is thorough in Greek and Latin study and even asks for a gridiron to iron a shirt.
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Kansas City Times
True Gallantry. She Coyly Can You Guess My Age He
Chicago News notes a playful exchange about age between a coy woman and a man, illustrating social banter and perceived youthfulness in public discourse.
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Chicago News
Facts for sick women Lydia Pinkham remedy ad
An 1908 Indianapolis notice for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promotes the remedy as a standard cure for female ailments. It claims to help with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration and invites readers to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lillian Ross
East 81Th Street
New York
Lydi E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Lydia E. Finkham
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Kee Wanee
Ill
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