Mary and the Tum Tum Song at Exhibition Day
A school scene features Mary singing with a playful ditty about tum tum tummy and a wreath of roses. An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease with a testimonial from Mrs. W. J. Walker of Camden. Reflections of a Bachelor comments on marriage and newspaper coverage.
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Mary
Miverybody
Allen
W. J. Walker
Camden
N. J
Lordly talk ends with Fitzgerald memory
From the Rochester Herald a scene at a house party shows the translator Pitagerald enduring a snobbish discourse about dukes and barons. He sits in silence for an hour before Fitzgerald departs and laments a deceased lord he once knew.
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Rochester Herald
Pitagerald
Fitzgerald
Fragmentary list of items from a sale and personal notes
A garbled souvenir page lists items such as a lady's pocketbook, wallet, tickets, needles, pins, cosmetics, a recipe, and a bank overdrawn notice. It mentions a charity sale, a matinee, and various small objects with scattered fragments and stray verses.
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Ania de Scog
Medan
the Parthenon
Willie
Howe
Jane
New York
Charity
Pocket picking and bachelor reflections in Harper's Weekly
Carlyle Smith comments that pocket picking is no longer the trade it once was in Harper's Weekly. Reflections of a Bachelor note jokes about cooking, dining, and social events with a wary view on luck and athletics for women.
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Carlyle Smith
Harper's # Weekly
New York Press
War Office Charge Row and Old Age Claims
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a Royal Horse Artillery officer asking for an extra charger allowance. The War Office deemed the distance 38% miles, not justifying the extra charger. A humorous reply clarifies he seeks a horse, not a crow, to maintain duties across distant garrisons. The piece also cites other assorted clippings on relief, yo uth secrets, and curiosities from period sources.
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War Office
London
Royal Horse Artillery
Mottoes and Quips From City Pride and Daily Life
A collection of witty motto ideas from Detroit and Topeka plus humorous lines from the Chicago News. Fragments mock city slogans, social quirks, and polite jabs at politicians and society.
Warning That Back Pain Signals Kidney Trouble
Dayton Tennessee resident John M. Burwick recalls severe back pain and urine difficulty before using Dean's Kidney Pills. After three weeks of agony he improved, and in two months felt as well as ever. The remedy, sold by Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York, cost 50 cents a box.
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John M. Burwick
Dayton
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Deep mud prank ends with hay load reveal
A summer road scene turns comic as a man finds a hat in mud and taps it. A voice from beneath complains of being trapped, then the hat owner emerges to reveal he is buried not by mud but a hay pile, delivering a humorous misperception.
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Bonansa
Champion Mar
Chicago News
Lippincott's
Muoyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Norman J. Mack
National
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
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Hennessey
Jerry
Piker Cites Credit Skepticism In Aldermanic Talk
A New York alderman rails against easy credit noting suspicion typically proves correct. He recalls a bartender tale of a seedy man asking to be trusted for a glass of beer until tomorrow, but the bartender refuses.
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New York Tribune
New York
Nix
Notre Dame Lady Offers Free Home Rheumatism Cure
A Notre Dame woman advertises a home treatment for rheumatism including muscular and kidney pains. She claims a simple discovery removes uric acid, loosens joints, purifies blood, and restores elasticity. Free proof by mail to More, M. Summoore, Box 8, Notre Dame, Ind.
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Notre Dame
M. Summoore
Box 8
Ind
Cookery notes for early vegetables and desserts
A kitchen guide details methods for cooking new potatoes with mint and butter, Lucana style mashed potato shells with ham and poached egg, preserved gooseberries in syrup, green peppers as salad holders, peas boiled with lettuce juice, strawberry pie and other fruit desserts, watermelon with sherry dressing, Banbury tarts, Parisian Charlotte, White Hickory Nut Cake, Hoosier Chocolate Cake, and a caramel filling.
Tomato Relishes Use Ripe Tomatoes and Spices
One peck of ripe tomatoes peeled and chopped with pulp used, two cupfuls chopped onions and celery, two cupfuls sugar, two teaspoonfuls mustard weed and salt, two teaspoonfuls ground cloves mace cinnamon eight red peppers deseeded finely chopped, three pints vinegar. Mix and bottle in airtight jars and store cool.
When Spring Is In the Blood A Versed Advice Poem
A humorous verse by T. Daly in the Catholic Standard and Times laments lustful yearnings in spring. It calls for restraint, wisdom, and temperance while urging readers to seek proper conduct and avoid reckless indulgence.
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Earth
T. x Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
Frog thieving frog gulping ducks shocks Fairfield county
A farmer, George W. Tobey of Easton, reported 40 missing ducks from his pond. A huge bullfrog, weighing five pounds, was captured after draining the pond and is now shown in a local fish market as the largest frog ever caught in Fairfield county.
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New York Press
South Norwalk
Conn
George W. Tobey
Tobey
Fairfield County
Quotations on marriage and social roles from a 19th century era
The fragment discusses control in marriage and male conscience, distinguishing two kinds of fools and noting a girl's hidden knowledge about housework. It also comments on domestic servants, their retention tied to social status and income, and the impact of hosting on household labor.
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New York Press
Mother
Cure Promised by Cutlura for Infant Eczema
A mother recalls severe face eczema on her six month old daughter plagued by doctors and costly remedies. After using Cutburn remedies the eruption faded to white and disappeared. The letter cites Mrs. P. Be Gui bin of Sheldon Indiana dated July 13 1908 and mentions Potter Drug and Chem Corp as Cutburn distributors.
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Cutlura
Mra. P, BE
Guibin
Sheldon
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Cutburn
Menedles
Boston
New Definitions and Oddities From a Philadelphia Seminary
A Philadelphia Evening Telegraph excerpt notes seminary girls giving humorous exam definitions reflecting literacy and wit. An amusing exchange includes red tape defined as political restrictions and a ship floating upright to keep occupants from tumbling out.
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Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Dorrit
Tumor of four years growth removed by Lydia E Pinkham
Local woman from Lindley Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with removing a four year tumor after doctors said surgery was the only option. Mrs May Fry reports renewed health and urges other women to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lindley, Ind
May Fry
Lindley
Ind
Lydia KE. Pinkham
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