Saving on Painting Costs with Quality Materials
Property-owners often seek the cheapest painter or paint to cut expenses but risk durability. National Lead Company offers House owner's Painting Outfit No. 49 free from 1902 Trinity Building New York, including color schemes specifications and a paint adulteration detector.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
National Lead Co
Mational Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
Telling a Story to the Koodys by Richard H. Little
A narrator recalls attempting to tell a joke to the Koody family in Chicago. The Koodys interrupt with parlor chatter, questions, and running gags about stories and language misunderstandings, derailing the tale about an Irishman in China. The piece ends with the narrator admitting failure to finish the story.
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Richard H. Little
Mrs. Koody
China
Mr. Koody
Kidder
W. G. Chapman
A Medium Sized Journey by Strickland Gillilan
A humorous sketch of Galileo with fanciful anecdotes on his life and discoveries. The piece narrates his early interest in figures, the hydrostatic balance, speed of falling bodies, and early telescopic work, ending with vague death notes amid playful satire.
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Strickland W. Gillilan
Galileo
Padua
Tragedy in a New York Brownstone Parlor
A young woman waits in a sunlit New York parlor as a man arrives with a troubled past. A second visitor arrives, revealing a secret marriage and forbidden passion. The scene centers on Fay and Alice as doctors and social constraints loom.
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New York
Mniddle
Seo
Charlie's Little Brother Headlines Sunday School Absence
Several scholars returned to Sunday school after illness. A girl mentions measles and another mumps. The superintendent asks Charlie what he had, and he answers with a shy reveal that he had a little brother, sung in high treble.
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Charlie
Hall's Catarrh Cure Commercial Claim
A newspaper ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming it cures all stages. It asserts constitutional treatment via internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for any failure to cure. Includes testimonials and drugstore contact in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheneys & CO
Toledo
Hali
Cascarets
Fred C. Witten
Elm St
Newark
N. Je
Cleaning the Stage and a Dusting of Cures
A theater spokesman urges audience support for a clean stage while the manager jokes about a elf dusting scene. The prose then touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as America’s long standing remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and pain for over fifty years.
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United States
Did a man ever kiss you again at your will
A fragment from Brooklyn Life quotes a lingering question about consent and affection with a witty aside on what some claim to have experienced. The brief exchange hints at social attitudes toward casual affection in urban life.
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Brooklyn
Garfield Ten Nature’s Herb Laxative Ad Encourages Health
An old advertisement promotes Garfield Ten laxative claiming relief from constipation and blood purification. The copy urges self-satisfaction and quick satisfaction for most users.
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Nature
Arson Charge and Tea Advertisements Noteably Mixed
A humorous courtroom quip about arson returns a sharp heat gag from a witness. An advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with claims of pain relief. Hareline notes about cowhides and fur prices flash alongside a shipping statistic on vessels.
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Koody
Chicago
Hong Kong
Mr. Kidder
Percy J. Galileo
Pisa
Mr. Biedacker
Annie
Percy
Pisa University
Tuscany
Jake
Iowa
Indiana
Siena
Carolyn Wells
Alice
Jawith
SW. G. Chapman
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
Bears
la WE Centaur Company
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Crescent Creamery CQ
ST. Paul
G. L. Bradley
Madrid
Europe
Prion Miller & Holmes St
Minneapolis
California Fig Syrup Co
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