Peruna credited with relief of chronic catarrh
Mrs F CARR of Vineland Ontario writes that after years of coughing and stomach upset due to catarrh she found relief with Peruna. She details poor results from prior remedies and professional care but reports steady improvement after four bottles, claiming the old trouble is completely gone and she would not trade the medicine for any amount of money. Peruna is promoted as a universal catarrh remedy capable of relieving obstinate cases.
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F. Carr
Vineland
Ont
Cau
Peruna
Gey Stater
Harmilton
Unfortunate Comparison and Aims for Prompt Service
This snippet juxtaposes a humorous dialogue from Tit-Bits with a health note stressing that minor illnesses like a cold can lead to serious ailments. It promotes Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as the remedy for throat and lung affections.
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Bickle
Doors Labeled Pull Often Push Boundaries
The piece notes many doors marked Pull actually require pushing, a common mislabeling in everyday architecture and design. It highlights user confusion and comments on how signage shapes behavior and accessibility in public spaces.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
Readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad states the remedy is taken internally, works on blood and mucous surfaces, and offers 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure. Address F J Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, O
Peculiar Ad Teases County Fair Donkey and Pig Races
Congressman Champ Clark cites a Cleveland Leader remark about a county air show promising highly amusing donkey races and pig races. The announcement claimed the contests would be open only to county citizens, a note noted as badly worded and puzzling by editors.
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Champ Clark
Cleveland Leader
Pigeons Con Game Ends With Remarkable Feat
A swaggering tale from Browning’s Magazine recounts a scheme where a colonel bets on a pigeon strain. The major pretends the birds are shipped to St Louis but swaps wings and inflates the outcome. The colonel later confirms the birds arrived, yet mocks the birds as the finest feet he has seen.
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St Louis
Joe
Be Sure You're Right And Then Mind Your Own Business
A traveler spots a suit case in an overhead rack and assumes it belongs to a friend who would get off earlier. He informs the conductor, the bag is left at the next station, and the friend appears later in New London. The moral: be sure you are right and mind your own business.
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Shore Line
Mllid
New London
Jim
Overboard label used on naval paraphernalia and life in civil life
The term overboard marks items to be discarded in battle such as chests tanks and spars and is humorously extended to describe people deemed unfit in civilian life by the president of Occidental College California as cited in Army and Navy Life.
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Alcoho
Occident College
California
Army
Her Own Doctor
A Washington woman hires a Black domestic. In a kitchen scene the maid sits on the floor pulling hair to ease a sore throat, claiming the lock would pull the palate up and relieve a tickle.
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Washington
Mary
The Fickle Shopper at the Grocery
A grocery clerk recalls a customer who constantly changes her mind about purchases. She debates coffee pricing, asking if twenty five cent coffee is any good, then orders forty cent ground coffee.
Blood Redden the Blood Aim of Weak Nervous People
A fragmentary line urges red blood in the nervous and pale, describing a misguided aim to redden blood. The text presents a distressed call or chant without a coherent narrative or context.
Dr A W Chases Nerve Food Restores Nervous Vitality
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chases Nerve Food as a blood building restorative that strengthens the nerves heart and organs. It cites a testimonial from Miss Cynthia Hutchinson of Hanceville BC and promises reliable results without guesswork, noting the product costs 50 cents and bears the physician’s portrait and signature.
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A. W. Chase
Cynthia Hutchinson
Hanceville
B. C
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Automo bile Club member reports E R Thomas in good shape after crash
A member of the Automobile Club of America says E R Thomas is doing well after a motor accident. He criticizes road conditions, noting country lanes are rough in fall and winter and that cars often get stuck in mud nightly.
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E. R. Thomas
Automobile Club of America
Thomas
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Prove Their Value
The advertisement praises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for strengthening digestion and liver function, addressing dyspepsia and stomach irregularities. It claims relief where other preparations fail and notes cures in long standing ailments.
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Parmelee
Self Made Men and Remorse Highlighted in Opinion
A sharp editorial laments that several self made men deserve remorse for their actions and the moral failings attributed to wealth and ambition. The piece probes accountability and ethics in achievement.
Shiloh's Cure Repeats and Cautions on Hiring Fickle Travellers
A fragment notes Shiloh's Cure claims to cure coughs and colds and warns against hiring a travelling man whose waistcoat outshines his character. The brief hints at health remedies and the dangers of flashy recruiters.
Minard's Liniment Praised for Grippe and Inflammation
A winter testimonial from Minard's Liniment Co., Limited describes strong relief from La Grippe using MINARD'S LINIMENT and notes repeated effectiveness in inflammatory conditions.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
LaGrippe
Childish Wit and Pudding Replies Across the Years
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip contrasts Macaulay’s six year old pudding request with a Cleveland girl’s polite refusals. The girl notes she should refrain from seconds but adds humor by offering to place a second piece on her plate.
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Macaulay
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Phrase prompts mock a poor man’s shopping scene
A fragmented quote depicts a weary shopkeeper remarking on a man who can enter and buy freely, while the speaker notes the frequency of such visits is rare. The dialogue suggests themes of poverty, desire, and social inequality.
An Enigma Passed Between Father and Son
A brief dialogue centers on memory and lineage as Tommy asks who his father was when he was a child, and the papa replies with a question about identity, revealing a tense or playful family exchange. The excerpt hints at themes of aging, heritage, and the father’s role.
Luxury Wealth and Clear Conscience Referenced
A Philadelphia Record note observes that some men can afford luxury items yet lack a clear conscience, highlighting moral contrasts in wealth and ethics.
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Philadelphia
A Dusky Cynic and a Quarter The Shipwrecked Sailor
A New York Times report recounts a recurring encounter on Fifth Avenue where a man repeatedly tells a shipwrecked sailor tale to a passerby, seeking a quarter. She notes the same story two weeks apart and finally laughs at the hoax as he concedes the repeat.
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Sandy Hook
Fifth Avenue
Rime Negro
Pegro
Weill
Cards in Church Pews Sparkled by Historic Tales
The London Standard notes frequent card playing in curtalved church pews across England, with Crabbe cited for Trowbridge church and Beresford Hope observing screenings hid observation. Little Stanmore's pew room and door are highlighted, while prefire St Paul’s cathedral is described as a bustling exchange with gambling and cards tolerated.
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England
Crabbe
Io Trowbridge
Beresford Hope
Georges
Little Stanmore
Middlesex
St. Paul's
London
London Standard
Outwitting a Bushranger Episode in an Inn
In George Fe Bozalls story a man named Michael feigns hot tea to slip his cash past bushrangers at an inn. After concealing his money he avoids arrest, rides to the police station, and reports the robbery.
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George FE. Bozalls
Michael
Bush Rangers
Bank Teller Checks Woman For Indorsement In Baltimore
A Baltimore woman handed a check to a bank teller without indorsement. She hesitated then added a note on the back claiming the bank would pay what it owed. The teller read the line signed by Anna M Blank assuring payment.
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Baltimore
Anna M
Harper's
Radishes Through History and Taste
The text traces radishes from China where cultivation spans centuries and plants may reach vast sizes. It notes German usage by mothers mixing radish juice with sugar for hoarseness and cough. It laments today’s radishes for lacking flavor and character compared with the past.
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China
Germany
Outrage over student held for late Moscow map error
A parent protests a teacher keeping a pupil after class for failing to locate Moscow on a map of Europe. The boy replies Moscow was burned down years ago, prompting calls that the punishment was unfair. Authorities consider the incident an outrageous treatment of a child.
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Moscow
Europe
Johnny
His Thirst
A narrator recalls a patient describing a botched medical procedure that left a sponge inside him. The man laments a lingering thirst and the surgeon’s error, detailing the unintended consequence of the operation.
Fragmentary Detroit note hints at bookkeeper critique
A jagged Detroit Free Press fragment questions a new bookkeeper’s character, suggesting blunt judgment with a terse remark about his behavior. The garbled text implies skepticism toward the man and hints at a harsh workplace social dynamic.
Train Ride with the Young Lady and a Crowd
Vague lyric fragment describes boarding a train with a young lady amid a crowded scene, followed by a loud disturbance. It references Holloway's Corn Cure and various quotes about prison reform and a worm terminator plus a remark on a marble statue lacking faults and friends.
Hartford Courant Marks 144th Anniversary Quietly
The Hartford Courant observes its 144th anniversary as America’s oldest continuously published paper. The editorial note downplays pomp, noting the tradition remains in robust health and the paper continues its daily renewal each morning.
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Hartford Courant
America
the Courant
Phrase Repeats On Balloon Ride Danger
Nervous lady warns the balloonist that flying is very dangerous. The balloonist replies that there is danger in landing, not in going up, noting risk in both directions.
Delicate Children Made Well and Strong
A period advertisement for Baby's Own Tablets claims swift relief for infants and children from colic and stomach troubles, noting safety with no opiate content and a government analyst's guarantee. Mrs. Cressman of New Hamburg credits success, and the product is sold by druggists or mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Absurd Expression Sparks Linguistic Protest in London Review
Dr W J Garnett writes to the London Saturday Review protesting the phrase by the skin of my teeth used in a public address by a court official. He argues the original Job text means destitution not a close scrape and calls for relegation of the misquotation alongside other corrupted expressions.
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W. J. Garnett
London Saturday Review
Dr. Garnett
Playful Porpoise Delight Off Black Sea Coast
Henry C. Rowland recounts a motor boat trip on the Black Sea where a large school of porpoises swam near the stern and rubbed against the boat. A playful youngster invented a tiny caper by rolling across the bow and repeating the stunt, likening the creatures to kittens.
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Black Sea
Henry C. Rowland
Ap Meton
Watering locomotives with trough scoops at speed
A method for quick locomotive watering is described. A trough laid along a level road allows a passing engine to scoop water into its tender by a hand scoop dropped into the trough, enabling rapid filling between runs.
Uses For Baby Carriages In East Side Life
East siders in New York use baby carriages long after they fall apart serving as market wagons for potatoes greens and fruit with goods from neighboring stores. Boys haul firewood garments laundry coal and more in the improvised carts until the wheeled relic becomes fuel and toys.
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New York
Phenomena of Heredity Influence on Career Paths
The passage argues heredity shapes a boy to follow his father’s trade, from shoemaking to ironworking to artisan crafts, and warns parents who dislike the work may push children toward a tamer, less inspired path, stifling potential in manufacturing, engineering, or entrepreneurship.
Missed Train Prayer Fails to Save the Day
A humorous exchange shows Wiggs and Waggs discussing an old soul who relies on prayer. The woman rushes to catch a city train and spends five minutes in fervent prayer, only to realize she has ten minutes to spare.
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Wiggs
Waggs
Tine
Not Working Apology From Nellie About Baby Sister
Nellie apologizes for her new baby sister by saying she has no sense yet. The mother objects and Nellie quips that she has sense but it isn’t working yet.
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Nellie
The Return Court Exchange
A courtroom exchange features a magistrate noting a prior appearance and a prisoner replying with a respectful line about judging by appearances. The dialogue captures a formal yet confident moment in a legal setting.
Fear It No Longer Gravel Warns of Urinary Troubles Cure
Manitoba man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his gravel and back pain after spring 1907 urinary issues. He urges others to use the remedy to prevent or treat gravel, praising the pill as the best kidney medicine he has heard of.
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Manitoba
Hametik
Dodd
Calvin R. Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Mean Insinuation and Attentive Kinship Riff
A dialogic moment where one character hints at the danger of kindness while another questions the extent of care toward his wife's mother. The exchange centers on perception, motive, and family tension within a tense confrontation.
There is but one virtue the eternal saicidice of self
The fragment presents a quotation attributed to George Sand declaring self virtue as the sole enduring quality, amid unclear broader context and attributions. The source text is sparse and lacks full sentence structure.
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George Sand
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