Shifting luggage tales and a cured Rheumatism boast
A railway porter recounts a humorous misunderstanding about a passenger’s luggage and the second train. In Kirkland New Hampshire a resident, Richard R. Greenhow, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of rheumatic pain and restoring his mobility after prior failed treatments.
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Kirkland, HL
Richard R. Greenhow
Dodd
Mr. Greenhow
Simple Plan To Wake At A Set Hour Without Alarm
The author describes a simple nightly trick to wake on a chosen hour. Look at the clock before sleep and fix the time in memory, then rest undisturbed until waking. Refrain from repeating the hour mentally. the mind's influence should yield prompt awakening without an anxious or disturbed night.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Habit’s Chain Ends Coffee Habit With Postum
An Indiana woman recounts lifelong coffee trouble and dyspepsia, claiming Postum cured her breakfast stomach spells. She credits the switch after using Postum per directions and notes improved health, urging readers to look for The Road to Wellville booklet in Postum packaging.
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Indiana
Postum
Fpontum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Optimist and Pessimist Clash Over World View Cartoon
A dialogue from newspapers contrasts optimism and pessimism about society. The Detroit Free Press and New York Press quote a back-and-forth on usefulness of old cranks and marital strife. The optimist argues the world runs like machinery with everyone included. The wife and husband exchange blunt lines about responsibility in marriage.
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Detroit Free Press
The Proper Filling and a Daring Proposal
A humorous dialog fragment from early humor pages presents a courting applicant asking for a daughter's hand while a secretary directs him to file an application. A dentist joke follows with a pun about fillings and a bulldog chasing a tramp, reflecting light comic exchanges in the Philadelphia Public Ledger context.
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Philadelphia
Lelger
Ras The Attraction. Prim Mother-My son in marriage warning
A fragment from a comic page features dialogue about marriage and propriety with comments on Miss Easyways and her mother. Other vignettes joke about habits, nerves, and social signs. The piece ends with a quip about political stance and a barbwire fence remark.
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Easyways
Sonu
Miscellany of jokes and pieced quips from Detroit Free Press
A collage of light humor and anecdotes appears from Detroit Free Press items. The snippets include a fortune teller’s love prognostications with half dollars, quick exchanges about marriages and fortunes, jokes about trains and spankings, a punny bed made of a newspaper, and street corner observations.
Peruna Endorsed by Sisters of Charity Across Nations
In letters from Catholic Sisters and from Congressman Meekison of Napoleon Ohio, Peruna is praised as a reliable safeguard for respiratory ailments and throat issues. The Peruna Medicine Co. invites further inquiries and offers a free book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Wartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Eee Sisters of Charity
Perna Medicine Co
Martinin
Meekison
Napoleon
Peruna Medicine Co
David Meekison
Uartean
Uniteds
Br Liertman
Smartman
Uartman Sanitoring
Books by the Foot Outlined in a Washington Library Tale
A tale recalls a political operative who earned a top appointment by funding his party committee. He rented a Senator’s Washington mansion and found the library empty, noting the shelves held only long-running furniture with “Ship men hundred and sixty, seven running feet of books for library.”
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North West
Washington
Lumbertain
New York
Cattarrh Cure Ads and Maryland Willow Ware Growth
An advertisement aims to buy a cure for catarrh with one hundred dollars payment if not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It touts endorsements from local druggists and notes the cure’s method and price. The piece also reports Maryland’s willow ware industry growth, highlighting Howard County as the center and Elk Ridge and Anne Arundel County outputs.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
Tony
Maryland
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Howard County
Elkridge
Anne Arundel County
Better Than Spanking
A shorter article advocates non corporal methods for urinary issues in children and promotes home treatment from Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana. It claims spanking is ineffective and urges mothers to write for guidance without payment. The piece includes a satirical exchange about a social visitor and a servant.
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M. Summers
Box 420
Notre Dame
Ind
Cluteen
Cuticura Remedy Promoted for Severe Skin Ailments
An advertisement extols Cuticura in soap ointment and pills for tormenting skin conditions including eczema psoriasis and ringworm. It claims dramatic relief for infants and worried parents, asserting global testimony to its curative powers.
Surprising Salutations in Japan Through Ohio Echoes
An American traveler in Yokohama misinterprets locals bowing and saying Ohio as a greeting from his home state. He notes Japanese politeness and the group’s cheers as he realizes the Japan greeting resembled Ohio and Jefferson County. Piso’s Cure for Consumption credited for cough relief.
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Japan
Ohio
Yokohama
Jefferson County
Guaranteed cure ad and domestic scene dialogue
An old newspaper fragment features a doctora patient exchange about bathing after meals, a punishing ad promising a guaranteed cure for piles with PAZUOLINT MENT, and a homemaker comment on digestion and bad cooking alongside a Buckwheat breakfast note. The text also touches on distrust of trusts and cash for the poor.
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