Witty Replies and Proverbs Through the Ages
The piece surveys sharp retorts from Talindon and Opie to Jerrold and Johnson, noting how brief replies sting. It cites famed one liners from Abernethy, Wesley, and a Scot’s quip about English hunger, then considers proverbs as salt of speech and the enduring appeal of brevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talnd
John Brown
Opie
London Globe
Abernethy
Dean Hole
Great Northern Railway
Sératehn
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
John Weasley
Wesley
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Scotland
Howell
Neil
Rifest
Bernhardt Admired for Tact in Interviews
A columnist praises Madame Bernhardt for tact and enigmatic replies in interviews. He recalls pressing for personal details such as colors, foods, wines, and hours of sleep, only to have her deflect the food question as too coarse to discuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Heralu
Fragmented Notice from Bon I Bome WPachot
A damaged OCR fragment notes a local notice from Bon I Bome WPachot with incomplete details. Readable elements reference an action or event but lack dates names or jurisdictions. The item remains unclear and requires fuller text to specify the action and authority involved.
Sad Worldliness and Lint Free Ironing Promises
The piece mocks folks like Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete praising honesty and domestic starch. It praises a home laundering starch for shirt waist care and smoother ironing with less wear and tear, claiming a positive user experience. It also notes Pittsburg’s bid for the world’s tallest building, seeking a 40 story structure 700 feet high, surpassing a New York project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Pete
Pittsburg
New York
Prominent 19th Century Patent Remedy Ad
An 100 dollar reward notice promotes a patent medicine claiming to cure catarrh constipation and related ailments. The ad asserts special powers of the preparation and urges readers to trust the manufacturer’s claims, mentioning Toledo and a proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ficuse
Aevantages
Carrie
Catarrh Bolog
Ulres & Conatitae
Ann ¥ 4&Co
Toledo
Quaker Wit and a Clever Stitch of Starch
A Sunday Magazine piece blends gossip and humor with a Quaker riding in a carriage as a stylish lady frets over warmth. A Laundry note praises Defiance Starch for strong, thin applications. A Honeymoon tale jokes about a couple’s train trip, joking that it was an accommodation train as lights were dimmed in tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Magazine
Suffered Tortures Ended by Kidney Pills
Wm H Walter of Chatsworth Illinois describes years of kidney disease with pain in the side and back dark urine and sleeplessness. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and cure noting a weight loss of 40 pounds but now weighs 200 pounds. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY Rowland Hill quote included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Walter
Chatsworth
Ills
Dean
Foster -Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Heat Curing of Tobacco Similar to Roasting In Coffee
Heat applied in flue curing of tobacco creates a stimulating aroma and taste akin to roasted green coffee. The Piedmont flue cured tobacco is said to require less sweetening and deliver a wholesome juicy tobacco flavor. Schnapps chewing tobacco is promoted with shipments from factory to dealers at 40c per pound, with sample offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnapps
Piedmont Region
United States
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Gibrel
Rowland Hill
Bears
Ipany
DRS. Trornton & Money
Eph
N. Y
Kansas City
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Bellingham
Everett
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
Missouri River
Council Bluffa
Union Pacific
California
H. G. Kaill
Walnut Street
Kansoe City, Mo
Fox
Lan Caher
Paxton Coo
Bosto
Wil Lynneey
Security Gall
Security Remedy Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Winston-Salem, N. C
Cardus
J. F. Stone
Wrence
Kas
Chattanooga Mathiee Co
Chattancage
Tenn
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