Doan's Kidney Pills Sold With Medical Praise
A health ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the cure for weak kidneys causing backache headache and urinary trouble. Dr H Green of Yakima Wash endorses the product after using it in practice and personally. Also included are light anecdotes about business rules and a Cockney dog dealer joke.
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Dean
H. Green
Yakima
Doan
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
England
Tenderfoot
Pierce
Goldes
Market Song Notes on Price Swings and Regret
A clipped lyric-like snippet reflects trader sentiment as meat prices rise after a typhoon. The speaker Vick blames a market mistake and laments the cost of delayed payment, hinting at financial tension and regret.
Dr Faerce’s Trestant Pellets Health Claim
An OCR fragment advertises Dr Faerce’s Trestant Pellets claiming to invigorate stomach liver and bowels. It mentions rogar coated and implies digestive benefits with vague references to gripe and health effects.
Birthday Meeting Advice From Elders
A fragment urges girls to celebrate birthdays while young since years later they may forget or lose the habit. It emphasizes seizing yearly gatherings as a family or community practice and cautions against postponing memories.
Farm Advice From a Historical Almanac Chronicle
Practical notes on farming disease prevention feeding crops and livestock care. Topics cover sow nutrition, calf and colt rearing, beekeeping, sheep management, dairy butter quality, pest control, soil drainage, and harvest timing with emphasis on vigilance, timely help, and efficient farm practices.
Foster fights gossip about a visiting Bishop McVickner
Rhode Island Episcopal Bishop William M McVickner, famed for his size and mind, sparked tales in Providence about his past sparring with a Foster fighter. A village post office crowd recalls a boast that the bishop would “lick him” after a Providence visit.
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William M. McVickner
Episcopal Diocese
Rhode Island
Boston
Providence
Foster
Coca Cola Baseball Record Book Promises Details 1810
The Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1810 is advertised with schedules for both leagues and other baseball information. The pamphlet is issued by Coca Cola Co of Atlanta and includes a log copy of The Truth About Coca-Cola outlining the beverage’s purity and refreshing qualities. It promotes Coca Cola as cooling and thirst quenching available at fountains and bottled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Mushrooms and alibis float in a rustic tale
A fragment describes Fou returning two hours late for dinner claiming hunting mushrooms with a dubious Augustus Jones. The speaker mocks the excuse and jokes about pockets full of pilnbrooms while recalling their hunting fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Augustus Jones
One Stygian Ferryboat Scene Sparks Wit and Dream
A vignette describes Charo ferrying a passenger across the Styx with a shade praising the scenery for a toothpowder ad. The passage hints that the ruling passion endures beyond death and frames the exchange as a witty, surreal moment.
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Charo
Styx
the Shade
Murine Eye Salve Promoted For Eye Irritation Relief
A historical ad copy touts Murine Eye Salve for hed aching eyelids and styes. It mentions trial size tubes and recommends consulting a doctor before use. The brand is Murine Eye Remedy.
His Busy Season and the Drugstore Dilemma
A druggist reflects on a bustling period asking how business is. He mentions buying tickets for two picnics and four excursions and donating goods for several indoor events, illustrating brisk activity and community involvement.
Mrs Wiarlion's Soothing Syrup for Children
An old advertisement touts Wiarlion's soothing syrup praised to ease teething pain and colic for infants. It claims gentle relief in two bottles and asserts benefits for settled crying and fussiness. The copy targets parents seeking quick, reliable child care remedies.
Why She Brought It Up
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a past promise and a plea for forgiveness. The speaker questions a memory about promised joy and a dramatic consequence described as a neon falling from heaven, while another person apologizes for not acting sooner.
Martels Female Pills Promoted as Proven Remedy
An advertisement touts seventeen years as the standard for Martels Female Pills prescribed for women's ailments. The scientifically prepared remedy is claimed to yield quick and permanent results and is sold at all drug stores.
Judge studies Pittsburg councilmen price rates
A fragment notes a claim that there is an able difference in men and that a judge examines varying rates at which Pittsburg councilmen were bought.
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Pittsburg
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Warners
Storges Bros
Pearl Street
Town
Carter
Muon
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Omaha
Neb
Wwataan E. Catena Inagtan
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Poubbook
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Aittle
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Mort
Willin Ce
Canstiperion
Saul
Bears
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Centaur Companys
Castoria
Jobes
Thomas
Standard Oil CO
Martels
Wes
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Sawees City
Mole
Cyte Cell and Exposition
John Deere Plow Company
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Union Roofing & Manufacturing CO
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Mina
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