Leading Colorado club woman backs Peruna remedy
Ida L. Gregory, a prominent club leader in Denver, endorses Peruna citing her husband’s nervous prostration and improved health. The ad asserts systemic catarrh and nervous prostration are linked, claims Peruna cleans mucous membranes and prevents fluid loss, and invites readers to write Dr. Hartman for free advice.
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Grant Avenue
Denver
Colo
Ida L. Gregory
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Joked Onc eToo Often Tragic End Of A Practical Joker
William Tucker of Vineland New Jersey a lawyer who loved joking on railroad tracks mocked approaching trains by turning away and waving his hat. He was killed when an express train struck him while he played his prank. The incident warns against dangerous jokes and their fatal consequences.
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Wiliam Tucker
Vineland
N. J
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Tucker
Mr. Tucker
The Sense of Humor As a Humane Shield
A London Truth reflection extols humor as a rare gift that makes a person happier and indifferent to praise or blame. It describes a temperate, unruffled mind that resists dogma, avoids vanity, and treats the world as a stage for edification and amusement. If Hamlet possessed humor, he would avoid self-nuisance.
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Hamlet
London
Night blooms and dreamlit fields in Scollard verse
A poetic fragment from Clinton Scollard in Harper's Magazine describes a sunlit day fading to dusk and night. The speaker recalls arid plains, grazing cattle, and brimming primrose imagery as a breeze and moonlit garden transform mood into dreamy reverie.
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Clinton Scollard
Harper's Magaziria
Derivation of Scorcher Name From Greek Squirrels and Pace
A London Chronicle note links the term scorcher to a Greek skiouros meaning squirrel and to rapid bicycle riding. It suggests squiourchers or scorchers arise from resemblance to a quick creature and the phrase the pace was hot, while Webster notes the root without origin.
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Skiouros
London Chronicle
Webster
Dividend Sixty Years After Death Bankruptcy Notice
A London Chronicle notice from the Bankruptcy Court invites applications for a third and final dividend of 24d in the pound. The bankruptcy occurred in William IV’s reign, with the debt owed to the correspondent’s father, who has been dead sixty years.
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London Chronicle
Bankruptcy Court
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Ad Defends Its Claims
A Fond du Lac treasurer touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing irregular and painful menstruation after two bottles. The letter is followed by a disclaimer claiming the endorsement is not genuine and urging women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Emma E. Felch
Fond du Lac, Wis
Social Economic Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Degrees of Thinness and a New York Flatiron
The piece recalls Hood's thin friend and jokes about extreme thinness. It notes a household remedy Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil promising to burn out pain and heal wounds. The voice imitates late humorists and reflects era style.
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Flatiron
New York
Hood
Thomas
Lengthy Courtship of Scarva Postmaster Ends in 1872
The longest courtship on record spanned fifty years for Robert Taylor, Scarva postmaster, who married his beloved in 1872 at age 108. He died in his 184th year. An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and constipation and as an overall fortifier.
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Robert Taylor
Scarva
Ireland
Love
Snails Stop Algerian Rail Train On Slippery Rails
A railway train in Algeria was halted when snails crawled onto the tracks, covering the rails and making them too slick for the wheels to grip. The train's progress was impeded by the mass of snails as it overtook them.
Money Maker Promises Profit in American Market
A fragment notes a claim of high profits per unit with references to individuals Barnard and Admons R. E., tied to Houston Missouri and broad American markets. The wording is garbled but indicates a sales pitch or promotional scheme around monetary gain.
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America
Addrons R. E, Barnard
Houston
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