Inaccurate Joke Sparks Husband Wife Exchange
A humorist complains about a misattributed funny paragraph in the paper. His wife cites an oddly morbid line about a man losing a whisker as amusing, provoking surprise and disagreement over authorship.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
3
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Compound For Ovarian Trouble Relief
Mrs Emmons recounts severe ovarian problems lasting five years including discharge weakness and faintness. She says within weeks the Vegetable Compound cured the ailment and saved her from surgery, urging others to try the product and write to Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pink
Ham
Lavas Ewmons
Mount Rainier or Mount Tacoma Rivalry Named Locally
A traveler recalls the Seattle Tacoma rivalry over the mountain southeast of both towns. Tacoma locals call it Mount Tacoma while Beattie residents use Mount Rainier. A roadside fight scene between two boys ends with the victor asking the name and the defeated boy spitting out the muddied reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alze
Seattle
Tacoma
Beattie
Beattie It Is. “Mount Ranier
Hin
Rictor
History repeats itself in quoters and critics
A terse, satirical exchange on memory and quotation marks frames how people echo others. The dialogue plays on personal history and neighborly repetition, yielding a wry look at rhetoric and self awareness.
Dangerous Kidney Warnings and Patent Remedy Claims
A promotional piece asserts kidney neglect causes serious systemic poisoning and touts Dan's Kidney Pills as quick relief. It includes customer testimonial from LC Lovell of Spokane and a mail-order offer via Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, with price and distribution details. The text also advertises various trees and church anecdotes, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy by F J Cheney & Co Toledo with a money-back claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Jinensea
Lovell
North First Street
Spokane
Waab
Sara
Actos
Doran
United Astes
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toles
Fireproof Paper Chiliier Erected in Breslau
A fireproof chiliier built entirely of paper stands in Breslau Trussia and rises fifty feet high. Pisa is claimed to offer a cure for consumption with immediate throat relief. Report from Leipsic Ohio dated August 41 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Trussia
Pisa
T. Rh. Bierman
Leipsic
Ohio
To Keep Tins Bright Wash With Strong Water And Whiting
To keep tins bright wash with strong hot water. Dry thoroughly and rub with a cloth and a little powdered whiting.
Mrs Winniow's Soormirea &TATE for Children
Fragmentary OCR text describes a children’s remedy named Mrs Winniow's Soormirea &TATE for Children with unclear claims. The readable parts mention soothing, inflammation relief and pain cures, with nonsensical phrases and misread terms throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winniow
Soormirea &Tate
Bettie
The Booming Cannon Survivors Recall Civil War Marches
Survivors recount Civil War camp life and foraging in Marches and battles. Dan Anderson and comrades describe care for a sick brother, discharge delays, pay worries, and a dramatic battery action near Fort Wagner. The piece blends personal memory with regiment details and a caveat on battlefield claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan KR. Anderson
Stork
Eli
Aldsredn
Bulding
Chieinnati
Newport
Dings
Catia
Peomptkina
Rieaaca
Ibd
Apdstien
Peter Siler
Campany GC
Recond
Mistionari
John McVey
Battle above the Elms and Murfreeshore Hero
A Civil War skirmish near Murfreeshore features a detachment guarding a mountain pass from Bradyville Tennessee. Sentinel Spree ter alarmed the camp at night prompting a hasty retreat. John earns promotion for conspicuous bravery before Bragg's army, dying heroically in the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Murfreeshore
Lincoln Cownir Shippling
Bragg
English Lord Dines Amid NYC Rumor Stoke
A fragmentary report describes an English lord dining in New York and an exchange with a host and guest. The decoded dialogue includes garbled phrases about a girl, a suit, and a mysterious response, reflecting a satirical or tongue tied scene from a social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arroyo
Baelish Ford
Pure Blood Spring Fever Cures Warned by Hartmann Lecture
A distorted historical account describes spring fever and related anemia as caused by impurities in the blood. It claims a risk of weakness and fatigue, urging prevention and cure with unspecified tonics while noting dubious medical authority and unreliable remedies in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory Hampton
Third Avenue
New York City
Marjory Hampion
Hartmann
Waddino Xubaiage
Udekening
Noiling Ik
Permno
Tisrtees
Cobbs
Chapel to a Coal Mine Prayer Tabernacle in Wales
A Welsh coal mine houses a unique chapel at the bottom of the shaft where workers worship for over fifty years. A solitary miner’s safety lamp hangs over the pulpit as the focal light. The oldest miner usually officiates, maintaining the small sanctuary in a remote part of the colliery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myndd Menigdit
Birnuses
Wales
Ohagal
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