Woman praises Dean's Kidney Pills for relief
Mrs Fine Farrell of 606 Ocean Avenue Jersey City testifies to Dean's Kidney Pills easing backache swelling and dizziness. She says kidney action and secretions improved and she is now a well woman. Ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The quotation ends with a joke about husbands.
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Fine Farrell
Ocean Avenue
Jersey City
N. 7
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
Perfect Man’s and Woman’s Folly Told in Jest and Debt
A revivalist jokes on perfection prompting a witty exchange about a perfect man and woman. A tale follows of the Duke of Westminster who, rich yet forgetful, borrows sovereigns from a friend for a day in a hansom and later pays a bill for the privilege.
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Duke
Westeinster
London
Ding
European breakfast quips and a fateful counsel
A humorous piece combines Mark Twain style reflections on European breakfasts with a spoof about Glemens American preference for Pillsbury Vitos. It then recounts a lawyer farmer exchange where a five dollar bill leads to a quip about two dollars more worth of advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Mr. Glemens
Convincing Evidence for Dr Williams Pink Pills Cure Rheumatism
A Bristol man shares his experience with Dr Williams Pink Pills, detailing blood disease symptoms, swelling, and progressive improvement after two boxes, claiming complete recovery and urging others to request evidence by writing to the Dr Williams Medicine Co in Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
F. LeRoy Wenr
Constitution Street
Bristol
R. 1
Dr. Willan Mauicine Co
Schenectady
Phonopostals and Oddities From the Era
A collage of curiosities and notes from Harper's Magazine and other sources. Topics include the phonopostal invention with wax-like recording on cardboard, Dr. Wallace and Hampden’s dispute over a $2,500 convexity wager, Vermont’s largest tree near Chester, Russian army red tape in Manchuria, a woodchuck’s escape tale, and dancing miles logged at a ball with pedometer data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Russel Wallace
John Hampden
Wallace
Hampden
W. T. Steal
Linevich
Manchuria
W. BE
Elliot
Gath
Mac Kay
Mr. Eliot
Teun
ULCERS FOR 30 YEARS Cures Claim From Gainesville Resident
For over thirty years the writer suffered extremely painful ulcers and skin eruptions from knees to feet. After doctors and medicines failed, Cutleura Soap, Ointment and Pills allegedly cured him in six months, restoring health and prompting a testimonial to help others endure similar misery. The item closes with an odd note about an umbrella thief.
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Deckars
Adela Wrdl
Gainesville
Ing
Ambitious Vintage Ads from a Fragmented Page
An assorted, fragmented ad dense clipping cites frontier bravado and Pillsbury Vitos, Defiance Starch, and Lays products. It references attractive agents, diary curiosities, a Hungarian inventor with an electric washing machine, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, all in bold, promotional tone typical of early 20th century newspapers.
Reward Offer for Catarrh Cure Claims
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollars reward for a cure of catarrh claiming the Chaney Catarrh Cure by J Chenry & Co. It asserts the remedy cleanses and prevents mucus and surface conditions, with claims of universal efficacy and easy purchase through all druggists. The text includes promotional language and outdated medical notions about catarrh and household remedies.
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Friends x8
Lydia B. Pinkham
Halle Gatarrk
J. Chenry & CO
Chaney
Paarns
Lythr, WaAsHina
Bisn Ands Magen
Defiance Starch and Household Remedies Ad Fragment
A jumbled 1900s advertising fragment touts Defiance Starch as superior and affordable, alongside various household health claims for children remedies. The text includes mis-spellings and garbled vendor notes from different regions.
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Ill
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Mother Vay
New Yoork
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Government of Canada
Zettler
Canada
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Otwiwa
Canaday
Sir Paul
Myanesoty
WV. Hoemnert
New York Life Building
Omala
Nebraska
BOVEE
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Waterloo
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Benton
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Des Moines
Ktfsripine
St. Jacobs Oil
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