Rheumatism cures touted in old newspaper ad
An advertisement fragment promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a cure for rheumatism, claiming it corrects blood acidity and cures thousands. The clipping quips about false hopes, various quack claims, and then shifts to unrelated notes and humorous mentions, including mock dialogues about England and a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune blurb.
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Big Vaccine Claims
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, stating it affects the head and mucous membranes. It promises $100 if not cured and urges readers to mail for testimonials, listing Toledo address and nationwide distribution through druggists and a family line.
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Hall
Esas Roby
Adirom Po
Eucene
Toledo
Droge
Mail
William's Plea for More Letters to His Father
A 1900s tone snippet from Woman's Home Companion shows Willie Blank and his father exchanging letters in a summer by the sen elore. The boy notes receiving 10 cents or a quarter in each note and requests more frequent correspondence, signing as William.
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Willie Blank
Senelore
Papi
William
Romans Pieboian Proventer in Ancient Feasts
The passage describes Roman banquet courses from appetites to main dishes. It details egg salad, oysters, mullet, cow fat paste, pelcolon river, pepper and onions with dates, chicken livers, and a pork dish stuffed with sausages, followed by seasonal fruit and grapes as dessert.
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Pelcolon
Remarkable Kidney Cure Reported In Wisconsin
It pays to read newspapers and try remedies. Frank M. Rowwell, once unable to walk due to kidney trouble, read about Dodd's Kidney Pills and took two boxes. He recovered enough to work all day. The story touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as miraculous in Chippewa County Wisconsin.
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Frank M
Kidrouble
Maya
Dodd
How Crane Mimicked Kobaon Comedy of Errors Scene
In a vivid account from Leslie's Monthly, Robson as Dromio and Crane as his twin mimicry flawlessly stage a Comedy of Errors. Crane details artful attire, grease paint, and a cigar as Robson delivers sly in-wings speech, while Crane mirrors every gesture and line with precise fidelity to Shakespeare.
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Crane
Kobaon
Robson
Mr. Cranes
Dromio
White Robson
Syracuse
Robbon
Lesile
On Earth How Did You Accomplish It
Tess and Jose discuss how Stay was outwitted during a late night encounter in Philadelphia Press style. The dialogue line hints at a clever hint taking, while a stray note mentions Nunia with 150 regiments of mounted OCowsacksa, adding a surreal touch to the scene.
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Tess
Jose
Philadelphia Press
Noogan
Rockingam, 8
Landseer Portrait Painted In Two Hours At Redleaf
An English art tale recounts Landseer completing a portrait of a dog at Redleaf in two and a half hours after Wells of Penshurst pressed him. The scene included Charles Mathews and a gamekeeper guiding the dog, ending with a church visit and a quick painting session. Substantial Japanese relief funds followed, with $25,000 pledged and early subscribers from Richard Harding Davis and Collier's Weekly among others.
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Mr. Wells
Redleaf
Penshurst
Landseer
Wells
Landacer
Wella
Landner
Charles Mathews
Mathews
Shimada Saburo
Japan
Richard Harding Davis
Mr. Eagan
Collier’s Weekly
Tokyo
Reserves in Japan Call for Troop Training and Family Suffering
John L. Dearing reports from Japan in World To Day on reserves called from prior training to join the war effort. Families lose the main breadwinner, leaving wives and children in need as troops depart without pay. Relief begins with rescue funds and foreign and native subscriptions. An enthusiastic Tokyo meeting commemorates the Perry treaty anniversary with Griscom and Count Okuma in attendance.
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Japan
John L. Dearing
Bia
Admiral Perry
Tokyo
Mr. Griscom
Count Okuma
Nothing New in the Arch and Fishing Yarns
Anarch-like essay on arch construction and foundations traces the archs history from ancient to modern times. It discusses testing materials and proper foundations, then shifts to a fishing tale from Maine Woods in 1806 showing a bear catching trout and recounting the day’s earnings from the hunt.
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Mthottan Pratstar
Ekilled
Massachnaetts Institute of Technology
Maine
Keswick
Mme
Marie Wotls
Bloodiest battle Borodino death toll quoted
The passage cites the Borodino battle as the bloodiest with 62 000 Hussians and 22 000 Frenchmen killed. It also advertises Piso's Cure in a good cones medicine for coughs and colds, priced at 25 cents, claimed to have cured for forty years.
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Borodino
Pay-Weekly Piano Installment Questioned
A woman tells John to observe the piano’s exterior finish as the installment man approaches. The scene hints at a pay-weekly plan and the anticipation of the difficult encounter with the creditor.
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John
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