A Cure for Rheumatism Promoted by Pink Pills Claim
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a blood enriching rheumatism cure. It cites Mr WA Taylor of Newcastle NB as a cured patient after months of painful shoulder and knee joint symptoms, claims the pills address anemia and other ailments, and notes 50c a box or six for $2 50 from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont. Also includes a humorous exchange about a suitor and a note on catarrh and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back offer.
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Doe Williams
Williams
WA Taylor
Newcastle N. B
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Reading in Bed Declared Harmful by Lancet Expert
The Lancet, citing Berlin’s Dr Feilchenfeld, urges teens under eighteen and all readers to avoid reading in bed. It warns of potential myopia in youths with developing eyes and notes careful lighting and posture for bedridden, elderly or anxious patients who must read.
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Lancet
Feilchenfeld
Berlin
Relief for Suffering Everywhere Parmelee Pills
An advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a cure for indigestion and digestive disorders. It claims long study backs the remedy and promises relief where other approaches fail. A quoted line from Mrs Binks jokingly contrasts a child’s bath with cleaning, ending with a humorous misquote from Lippincott's.
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Parmelee
Shiloh's Cure Quips and Campaign Fire Quotes
A fragment from the St. Louis Republic quotes a campaign worker promising orators to fire imaginations while Farmer Corn tessell objects. The exchange shifts to a desire to “get some of the fellers… holdin ce fired” to help friends, reflecting political rhetoric.
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Corn Tessel
St. Louis Republic
A Woman's Influence Moves Office Bosses
A delegation of young men sought a Saturday half holiday by appealing to the employer's wife. She humorously negotiated with them, noting a wife's influence can yield swift office results. Four days of agreeable conduct lead to a dramatically earlier closing hour and a praised firm performance.
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Page
London
Notoriety Obsession and a Doctor’s Cold Cure
A Georgia clergyman recalls John Chandler Harris mocked fame and free advice while an editor once served ten days for mocking the mayor. The piece ends urging readers to treat colds early with Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup, priced at 25 cents, to prevent lung disease.
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John Chandler Harris
Atlanta
Witty Puck Quip on Romance and Shared Listening
A light quip notes how marriage can hinge on compatible habits. It jokes that she listened to his long anecdotes while he could stare without causing discomfort, highlighting mutual tolerance as a spark of union.
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Puck
Minard’s Liniment Cures Colds and More
A terse exchange notes a landlady accusing late board payments while the speaker claims to be about $40 ahead of the game. The item reflects a humorous urban snapshot from Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Shiloh's Cure Claim Questioned by Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record quotes a claim that Shiloh's Cure will always cure coughs and colds. The paper notes a witty exchange about signs and friendship as a man makes new friends, suggesting suspicion that old friends are onto him.
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Shiloh
Philadelphia Record
Vanity Mirror Joke Attributed By Kansas City Times
A brief comic exchange shows an astronomer and his wife debating vanity. The wife jokes that his telescope is only a looking glass, implying vanity, as noted by the Kansas City Times.
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Kansas City Times
Liberty Without License Fanny Notice Cited
A Pilitsburg News brief reports that Fanny issued a notice stating Liberty spoke brutal to her on the telephone yesterday. The item notes confusion over who was spoken to.
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Pilitsburg
A Pair of Em. Woman Jump at Mouse and Marriage Offer
A wry exchange in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotes a thinker: “There are at least two things a woman is ever ready to jump at.” An innocent bystander asks for the items. The answer: a mouse and an offer of marriage.
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T. T
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Puck Joke Ponders Dogs On a Dollar
A comic exchange imagines placing a dog on a scent and asks how many could be placed on a dollar. The playful dialogue features Little Willie and Pa-Well debating the curbside riddle in verse dialogue format.
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Little Willie
Puck
The African Elephant and Kongo Specimens
The article notes African elephants flee when approached but may fight when attacked. Kongo elephants have large ears extending past the neck, grayish blue color, and no sacred white elephants reported there. They reach over fourteen feet at the withers, weigh over eight tons, with tusks sometimes exceeding 200 pounds and six feet in length.
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India
Sweet singer hears bell like voice, comedian wants it wrung
A Chicago News snippet quotes a stage audience moment with a "sweet singer" praised for a bell like voice and a sharp retort from a low comedian who would have it wrung. The theatrical exchange highlights backstage humor and the era's showbiz chatter.
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Chicago News
The Sailfish
The sailfish in Atlantic waters near Florida keys are rare and difficult to catch. They dwell near the warm Gulf Stream within five miles of Palm Beach and appear on warm sunny days with the sail-like dorsal fin visible. To hook one, boat position is crucial and long runs with bait are needed as they bite quietly and fight with long leaps and fast dashes before the final strike.
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Atlantic
Florida Keys
Gulf Stream
Palm Beach
Curse for Insomnia Ends in Surreal Dream
A reader recounts a supposed insomnia cure of eating peanuts and milk before bed, then describes a bizarre dream sequence with a dragon, a two headed bull, a brakeman, and a clown lifting a tent, ending with waking after about ten minutes of sleep. Excharge credited.
The Two Bacons a Greater Man Than Francis Bacon
Roger Bacon of 13th century fame is described as a remarkable thinker ahead of his time. He is credited with early ideas resembling gunpowder gas knowledge and lenses, predicting steam power and railways, and applying systematic study to nature rather than scholasticism. He is praised as greater than his renowned namesake.
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Roger Bacon
Francis Bacon
Draper
Loving Them in Ealing Baby and Pup Draw Kind Gaze
A smart baby carriage sits outside a small Ealing shop with a pretty dimpled baby and a fat pug puppy beside a ragged waif. A passerby asks who cares for them and the waif replies I am only loving them, bringing a gentle moment to onlookers.
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Ealing
London
Png
Meeting Miss Dingleberry Sparks Boyish Charm
A conversation reveals two suitors tangling over introductions as one protests meeting Miss Dingleberry while another prefers a younger, blue ruffled girl nearby. The playful exchange hints at social expectations and flirtation.
First trousers in British army and dress use
The first trousers in their present form appeared in the British army in 1513 and were accepted as legitimate evening wear by 1516.
Silence and Style in Early Presidential Campaigns
The article traces how early candidates kept silent or avoided public statements to prevent foes from using their words. It cites General Scott's misfortunes over a “fire upon the rear” remark and a "hasty plate of soup" note, Lincoln's minimal pre nominating speaking, and notes that post nomination speechmaking started with James A. Garfield.
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General Scott
Mexico
Polk
Scott
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
A Tale of Football Rule Reform Dialogue
Harold Bain cites a dialogue between two mothers during a conference on making football safer. One mother recounts her son’s shifting roles from quarterback to running back to fullback and finally to a hunchback, illustrating the odd turn of the reform discussion.
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Harold Bain
Darwinian Theory Echoed As Advice, Not Self Help
A girl asks about Darwinian Theory and Miss Careune replies that the Darwinian theory is like good advice. It seems fine for people you’re not interested in but offers little for personal gain. The Washington Star presents the witty contrast.
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Miss Careune
Washington Star
Aero naut marriage quips drift through Chicago society
Mrs Cuppetee questions how a woman could marry an aviator whose flighty nature lacks ballast. Mrs Waypher agrees the man moves in higher circles and looks down on ordinary people, leaving Mrs Marmalayde to note the social distance.
A Matter of Temperament Fun Contrast
A light quip from the Baltimore American contrasts a doctor asking to note a patient’s mean temperature with the reply that the patient never displayed any other kind, highlighting humor in medical observation.
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Baltimore American
Political Advice Amid Oil Power
A terse verse warns against courting public favor while noting how Standard Oil embodies slippery influence. The lines imply caution in engaging with wealth and power, referencing a notorious corporate titan and a satirical persona.
Simple habits made General Lee beloved by troops
A tale from Charles Morris’s The Old South and the New recalls how during ration shortages General Robert E. Lee hosted a stormy day dinner with boiled cabbage and corn bread. The meat dish proved unclaimed by guests and a servant reveals it was borrowed from a courier to "look" proper before the officers.
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Robert E. Lee
Charles Morris
Lee
Darky
Marie Robert
A Shrewd Lawyer Mason and the Hidden Paper
Jeremiah Mason, famed American lawyer, exposes a witness by noting repeated hand gestures and a pocket document. He reveals the witness’s own handwriting on a paper from the waistcoat, concluding the witness learned the statement rather than heard it. The tale highlights Mason’s calm, methodical cross examination.
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Jeremiah Mason
Mason
Baffling Old Age in a Century of Change
A London World quote looks ahead to a future when old age is treated like a common, preventable illness. It imagines descendants asking about a man’s health and him replying he has just returned from an aeroplane trip to shake off old age.
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Twenty-first Century Club
London
Narrow Kitty Witches Row Called World’s Narrowest Street
The English town of Great Yarmouth features Kitty Witches Row, a built up street whose greatest width is fifty six inches. The entrance would hinder a stout person with only twenty nine inches spared wall to wall. The town hosts many such narrow streets.
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Great Yarmouth
Westminster Gazette
Remarkable Flavia Flops Cited By London Globe
The London Globe quotes Flavia Flops as the most remarkable girl known and notes she never spends more on a hat than she intends. The remark emphasizes her thrift and wit.
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Flavia
London Globe
Is your son derelict in studies praised by teachers
The Baltimore American quotes Mrs. Come up who defends her son as a success, despite teachers claiming he is derelict in his studies. The witty exchange highlights social attitudes toward schooling and parental pride.
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Baltimore American
Free Painting Book Offer for Children
Colorful ad invites children to obtain a painting book free by sending name and address. The offer promises ready to use colors and adds a quarter pound package of Celluloid Starch for mothers to try at ironing day.
Return the Goods Upholds Offer In Dry Goods Saga
A young dry goods salesman with no money asserts he can support his betrothal to Croesus’s daughter. Croesus challenges him about maintaining her lavish lifestyle. The salesman pledges to guarantee it and warns he will return the goods if he cannot.
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John
Croesus
Ready Oil Proclaimed Best Pain Aider and Lively Theater Note
An ad touts Dr Thomas electric Oil as unmatched for quick pain relief and deep tissue action. It also mentions Maclyn Arbuckle in The Round Up with a playful summary of children’s quips about his routine and a Youth's Magazine aside.
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Thomas
Maclyn Arbuckle
Pearla
Mr. Arbuckle
Scottish travellers discuss political economy in railway carriage
Two Scotch travellers, a merchant and a farmer, converse on political economy during a railway journey. The merchant lights his pipe and offers a match, remarking the farmer may have left his breezy pouch, prompting a playful exchange about money and needs.
Grain shippers offer decades of experience and wide network
Special grain shippers boast thirty years handling grain in Canada with a Fort William branch and strong ties to major centers. They promise prompt returns and good service, citing references including Union Bank of Canada Manitoba Commission Co Grain Exchange in Winnipeg.
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Fort William
Union Bank of Canada Manitoba Commission Co
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Man
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