Dark African King Masquerade Aboard Ship Adventure
A narrator and Pa pose as African kings aboard a ship sailing to Hamburg. They gamble away money in draw poker, lose items including diamonds, and attempt to bluff officers by blacking up. A medical scare reveals Pa is white, leading to an appendectomy and a plan to avoid arrest as impostors.
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Michigan
Africa
Hrades
America
Pat
River Nile
Hamburg
England
Edward
Natalie- Land
Alkall Ike
Ike
Seney Ambion
Skate
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Co L V story prompts a dry joke of wartime
A Melbourne Times reminiscence recalls a Co L V member guarding a wagonload of goods in bad weather. He asks a colonel for the wagon’s rough value and proposes a matchingly high private wager, offering to return with a check for the amount so he can retire to camp warm.
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Co. L. V
Stockxchange
Melbourne Times
Milwaukee
Northwest
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Toledo Firm
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kall
Hall
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
One Daughter Married An Artist And A Coal Heaver
A Houston Post quotation contrasts two marriages: one daughter weds an artist who beats her, claiming the artistic temperament. the other marries a coal heaver who loves his wife devotedly and never gives a cross word. The dialogue paints an ironic view of domestic life.
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Houston Post
Unclear Tremor Sparks Quick Church Exit
Reader notes a sudden quake described as a mad rush today with Mexican and American witnesses. The fragment mentions church evacuations and a joking remark about a contribution box while a stray reference hints at a pneumonia cold and a home remedy.
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New York Weekly
Quirky Lines and Miscellaneous Ads From a Historic Page
A collage of playful quips and medical ads from an old issue. References to Brown’s Bronchial Troches, PAZO OINTMENT for piles, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Allen’s Foot-Ease, and fur trade notices appear alongside aphorisms and literary quotes. Includes pricing and contact hints for products and vendors.
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State Room
Samuel Pitcher
Rochelle Salts
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
THE
Centaur Company
New Yorn
John I. Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
Samuel
Bishop Brooks
Allen
Coras
Bunions
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Montaigue
Crescent Creamery CO
ST. Paul
Socrates
Price Miller’ & Holmes
Livy
Milton Dairy CO
ST. Paul, Minn
Euripides
Mamma
Jane
Helen
God
Count de. Coyne
Cole’ _Mein
Dodds
Tey of
Guarat
ALNEK
Bergman
Eo Colt
Crescent Mfg. Co
Seattle
Brown & Company
Gcoldy-Abbott Bidg
Wits
Germany
Texas
Europe
William
Balzer
Agricultural College
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Eis Nes
North Dakota
Ah Ls A
Salzer Bias Oto
Wis
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