Something to Boot and Hortense In Worth Her Weight
A playful exchange shows Hortense praised as valuable while a count seeks a radium fix. The scene includes a boast, a disappointed reaction, and a curious aside about a remedy pitched by the New York Sun advertisement style.
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Hortense
New York Sun
Monkey and organ grinder exchange odd quip
A Chicago Tribune excerpt features a litter girl remarking on a monkey and an organ grinder replying with a joking line about life after death. The banter evokes street scene humor with a punchline about heaven and Newport.
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Monk
Heaven
Newport
Chicago Tribune
Flight Misadventure After Father Intervenes
Fragment from a news item notes a dramatic moment where a man urged a companion to flee together. The companion’s plan unraveled as her father appeared and she fled alone, illustrating a sudden, source-unstated turning point in the events.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Toledo Druggists
We the undersigned know F. J. Cheney the past 16 years and believe him capable in business. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, and wholesale druggists. The statement claims reliable obligations and endorsements.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Cholly’s valet death notice reported by Baltimore News
A fragment reports Chanting slang about Cholly and his valet who died by own action. The line hints at a suicide related to smoking or nicotine, with a local Baltimore attribution. Little context or names beyond Cholly.
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Cholly
Baltimore News
Dr Gillespie Seeks Help From Ragged Urchin
Dr Gillespie the pnes moderator of the church of Bootland recalls a chance chat with a ragged urchin. The boy answers curtly that no one cares for him and that his father and mother are dead. He says his brother is at Glanga college and cannot help, claiming the brother was born with two deeds and kept in a bottle.
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Yin
Glanga College
London Daily News
Pocketbook Lost Sparks Community Response
An exchange recalls a lost pocketbook with valuable papers and a neighborly remark about the ad’s impact on the community in Cleveland. The snippet highlights social concern and public interest sparked by the missing item.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mister Milne Tied for Nervous Breakthrough Debate
A garbled clipping mentions Dr Mine and Milne in a tense moment likely about a nerve study or medical topic. The fragment references a tie and a debate or event, with emphasis on nervousness and mental stress. The readable names suggest individualsMilne and Dr Mine involved in a science or medical discussion.
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Dr. Mine
Ie Srey
MH Milne
Pipe line may carry Coney Island amusements
The Chicago Record-Herald notes capitalists reportedly bought Coney Island and suggests a pipeline could bring midway amusements inland, reflecting a speculative investment trend and future delivery idea for entertainment experiences.
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Coney Island
Chicago Record- Herald
Beasley appears in humorous verses in Chicago Record-Herald
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a light exchange about a cottage by the lane and a mansion on the hill. It playfully names Beasley as the man who wrote the poem that made Beasley’s shaving soap a joke.
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Beasley
Chicago Record-Herald
Information for the Young
A humorous quip from the New York Herald reflects on pea grain truth and village gossip as a measure of honesty. The line portrays reaction phrases like well I declare and you don t say used by neighbors to question a woman s innocence and to judge her children.
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New York Herald
The Scheel Girl Instructs On French Phrase
A west side pupil studying French with a German governess confounds her father at Partin's dinner when asked the meaning of Ris de yeau a la jardiniere. The girl answers: The smile of the calf at the gardener's wife. The father reacts with amused interest.
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Scheel
West Side
Partin's
Papa
Unlucky Engine Named After His Wife Explodes
A track incident reports engineer Peck died when a newly named engine exploded this morning. The quote notes the brakeman’s remark that Peck named the locomotive after his wife, calling it unlucky.
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Peck
Catholic Standard and Times
Diplomacyville diplomat sparks witty age question
A playful exchange in Chicago News quotes a diplomat from Diplomacyville asking a probing question about when women are most charming. The inquisitive female responds, prompting a tongue in cheek reply about the age of the questioner.
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Diplomacyville
Chicago News
Rheumatism and the Blood Cure Alleged by Swift Specific
An advertising excerpt explains rheumatism as a blood-born condition needing internal cleansing. It claims acids in blood cause aches, worsened by cold and damp, and promotes Swif t Specific Co as a rapid remedy. A customer testimonial from Urbane Ohio dates Aug 96 1008 asserts relief after S. S. treatment.
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Gai
Urbane
Ohio
Soronoas
Masculine handshakes replace feminine kisses in social greetings
In a Baltimore News piece reprinted here, the shift from kissing to handshakes among women is traced from bygone courtship rituals to modern public etiquette. The essay notes changing customs, hygiene concerns, and the rise of the handshake as a polite, less intimate greeting, while affirming lingering affection.
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Judas
Baltimore News
Rhode Island Fishhawks and Odd Anecdotes
A Providence Journal note highlights Rhode Island's fondness for the fishhawk, calling it the state’s best loved bird. It details nesting sites from Bristol County to Long Island Sound, and includes a witty exchange about a district attorney named Smith. An alphabetic Q&A section on political conservatism follows with a London dinner quip about being an ex.
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Mies
Barrington
Warren
Bristol
Bristol County
Fishhawk
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
New York
Old Sol and the Sunspots in Pittsburg Gazette
A quirky note from the Pittsburg Gazette remarks on solar spots as huge yet notes there are no files on the sun. It adds a local quip that some men earn living by letting their wives board borders.
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Pittsburg
Drum Captured at Bunker Hill Relic Returns to New Bedford
A British made snare drum carried by a young red coat at Bunker Hill was captured by Continentals and later passed to Israel Smith who served as drummer in the Rhode Island company. Levi Smith eventually donated the drum to the Richard A. Pierce Post of the Grand Army of the Republic in New Bedford Massachusetts. The drum endured into 1812 when Israel Smith marched away with it once more.
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United States
Bunker Hill
Richard A. Pierce
Grand Army of the Republic
New Bedford
Mass
Israel Smith
Levi Smith
Rhode Island
Young Smith
Public Humour and Wit From Old Journal Tales
A collection of light anecdotes features Major General Joseph Wheeler in a humorous Washington moment with rural visitors, a Cornell Law tie-in about moot court jokes on a cow case, a quip about a multimillionaire, and a note on rising golden eagles in Scotland due to landowners' preservation efforts.
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New York Times
Joseph Wheeler
Ernest Huffeut
Cornell Law School
Huffcut
Grateful, Happy Woman Praises Peruna Cure
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit Mish writes of five years of illness from pelvic catarrh. She credits Peruna with restoring health after medical trials failed, noting she used fifteen bottles over six months and now feels entirely cured. The letter extols Peruna as a remedy for female ailments caused by catarrh.
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Mins Mariel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mish
Royal Templars of Temperance
Peron
Wtero Niente Peer
Teria
Tama
Muriel Armitage
Perona
Pertina
Female Weakness Is Pelvic Catarrh
Catarrh of any organ warns if left to progress, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness accompany it. A half-sick, exhausted woman with pelvic catarrh is a common sight. Peruna claims to cure catarrh permanently, from slight to chronic cases, with time needed varying by case. If no prompt results, write to Dr. Hartman for gratis advice.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbasa
Ohio
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