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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
7
A Georgia revenue officer recalls a raid on a Taylor County distillery where five sisters resisted, with one sister battling an epileptic fit. They destroyed the moonshine operation, but the family resumed work weeks later. The tale contrasts with later mentions of Hoatet ter's Stomach Bitters and a London Divorce Gazette tease.
A collage of cheerful maxims, light jokes, and social quips from Daily life. Topics range from conversation gambits to remarks on laws, marriage, and theater, highlighting humorous exchanges among characters such as Papa Mercy Lou Nagge Nagg Boggs and Dicky.
Snippets from Waverley and Truth columns capture playful quips about delays for Miss Prettymiss and Miss Valencines, a house girl’s slovenliness, a chimney sweep suitor, Mrs Parvenue’s wealth and chatter, a flat agent’s no children rule, accidental wall damage, and a Parlour Car remark contrasting Wagner’s grand works with Pullman travel.
Humorous snippets from a local page show Aunt Mandy unable to knot as fast as the Mary Ann claims sixteen knots an hour. A judge remarks on a portrait and a barber's sign prompts a quip about first class haircuts. A creditor and Miss Manda exchange light repartee about time and intellect.
Fragmented clippings from Texas Siftings Judge New York Weekly Boston Globe and Puck parodying social chat, fashion news, and street scenes. Jests feature a reading poem on icicles aunt Nancy advice on medicine and marriage and a gag about crinoline as a life preserver.
A collage of tiny humorous items and anecdotes from Puck and similar papers. Jests about wealth and calls for money, shaved heads in Scotland and the Andaman Islands, a New York writer Maggie Zeen, hats in rain, and playful miscommunications among children and adults.
A judge jokes about city life praising its luxury and idle office girls who “play the pilayer” all day. The remark contrasts rural scenes with urban workplaces, reflecting a humorous courtroom aside.
The copy extols Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest option for light, delicious, and digestible foods. It warns against substitutes tied to gifts or lower prices that may contain alum or acids, urging cooks to choose Royal for wholesome results.
A jumble of antiquated fashion anecdotes describes Thomas Conecte’s 1486 anti cap crusade and its riots, a 1640 courtier’s mishap with a chair, and lists of toilet articles from 1610. It also notes Louis XVI hair styles and a Boston physician’s social rebuff, plus a claim of a future New York architectural marvel of 175 feet on a 25 foot lot.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo. Endorsers West Truax and Valentino Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 15 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
A collection of curious notes notes a watch factory worker with strong personal magnetism allegedly disrupts timepieces he wears while others handle them normally. The items also mention a Burlington Route map offer, a humorous royal nickname, and various small ads and local curiosities about brands, medicines, timber, horses, and a West Virginia superstition about a milk white deer signaling speedy death.
A neighbor Mr. John Gilbert was gravely ill with liver and kidney inaction and extreme emaciation. After using August Flower his health rapidly improved, restoring him to perfect health, astonishing his family and friends in Holt Ontario.
Knowledge says the remedy offers comfort and improvement by using pure liquid laxative principles. It cleanses the system, relieves headaches and fevers from constipation, and works on the kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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