Shops of Florence in Artful or Classic Form
The piece tours Florence’s Ponte Vecchio shops and narrow Borgo St Jacopo lanes where gold and silver wares, cameos, antique lamps, wood carvings, and parasols tempt buyers. Prices vary with buyer haggling, and a long silver chain ends up arriving by mail after a playful bidding scene.
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Rome
Florence
Cosmos
Ponte Vecchio
Tuscany
Arno
Venice
Vallombrosa
Borgo St. Jacopo
Ame
Jattaio
Woman's backache relief cited in Kingston notice
A Kingston New York reader Mr. Martin Douglass at 52 Cedar St. Kingston shares a testimonial praising Doan's Kidney Pills for a lame back dizzy spells headaches and languor. He describes irregular kidney secretions and says the remedy gave prompt relief. Sold by all dealers 60c a box.Fo ster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Mra Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N.Y
Dean
Foeter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Munyon Almanac promising moon science and divination
Professor Munyon unveils a broad almanac with articles on phrenology palmistry dream interpretation and card reading. It claims to cover beauty culture weights and measures and poison antidotes and is advertised as free via the Munyon Remedy Company in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Anger shrinks vitality, claims French doctor
Dr Maurice de Fleury argues anger drains vitality in both hyperasthenic and neurasthenic subjects. He says anger suppresses signs of temper until the foe is released, leaving the strong as a blundering brute and the weak as an acting figure seeking effect.
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Maurice de Fleury
Dr. de Fleury
A Difference in Degree Trust love cake corrected
Johnnie learns phrasing from his mother about saying love and awful and using very. He tests the improved line It’s very good, then notes it still sounds like he is talking about broad, in a fragment from a newspaper read-aloud.
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Johnnie
Broad
Fragmented dialogue on Fat Man and Burglars
A distressed speaker debates liking Jack upon meeting him again while he notes his growing weight. A reader mentions a fat man could deter burglars, and a boy adds a curious remark about a fat man aiding in defense. The exchange ends with uncertainty about judging a partner’s value.
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Durelar
Joy Work and Grape-Nuts Share Morning Motivation
An early morning scene shows workers on a city corner as the daily grind begins. The ad argues proper nutrition fuels health, cites Grape-Nuts as daily nourishment, and invites readers to try it, promising improved work joy and a healthier brain with a tub each morning.
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Arch of Health
Wellville
Prospective settlers praise Alberta farming gains
A letter from J N Sheve in Spokane quotes Mr. Austin of Birch Lake Alberta describing successful adaptation from mercantile work to farming. He details cost, labor, cattle, grain yields, and the community setup near a railway with churches and schools. He notes milder winters, a growing population, and favorable land prices from ten to fifteen dollars per acre, urging others to move to Western Canada.
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Austin
Western Canada
Ranfurly
Alberta
J. N. Sheve
Engr
Spokane
Washington
Edmonton
Birch Lake
Canada
Western
Halloween game uses peach instead of apple
A new Hallowe en game features a peach used in place of an apple to tempt players. The notable twist adds seasonal whimsy as participants guess the fruit behind a blindfold.
Catarrh Cure Claims 100 Dollar Reward Offer
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a 100 dollar reward for any case it cannot cure. The pitch cites internal circulation and blood action, urging readers to send testimonials to Frahanga & Co in Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Take a Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Ted
Frahanga & Col
Toledo
Kaweiata
Strange exchange at Chicago rally prompts pun laden remark
A bystander questions what seems strange as a party member mulls over a pun about boiling over. The exchange from Chicago Rally News features a humorous line about a man in hot water and a woman who cannot Wunder understands.
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Chicago
Miln Does Fred Kiss You for Your Mother
In a fragmentary exchange Stella questions a claimed gesture by Fred toward a parent figure. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and an awkward moment without clear context or resolution.
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Miln
Fred
Stella
Fos
RHEUMATIGM PRESCRIPTION PROMOTED IN GUIDE
An advertised remedy claims an almost infallible cure for rheumatism when mixed with whiskey and other compounds. The formula prescribes half a pint of whiskey with one ounce of Toris Compound and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilia Compound, taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Teris compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co, Chicago, with all ingredients available at druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Album of family photographs inspires a witty reply
A visiting girl browses a family album, then cheerfully notes that theirs is the same but with prettier pictures. An ad promotes SPORN distemper cure for horses and other animals, offering free booklets and distribution via Merlival Co. Goshen Ind.
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Sporn
Merlival Co
Goshen
Ind
Humorous Dinner Fragments and Vintage Ads
A mixed page item collection shows a bite sized kitchen quip about sharing cake, a Delineator quote, and vintage medicinal eye remedy copy. It includes ad snippets for Murine eye drops, Red Cross blue garment care, a Carlson quote about character, a Bromide slogan, World Water joke, Lewis’ cigars, and a casual line about a pretty girl with a railing in a parade of era ads.
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Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
the Cextaur Company
New York
Helen
Withal
Carlyle
River Styx
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Plato
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Ager
Frank T. Hunter
the Trustee Company
Wash
Sundwe
Crescent Mig. Co
Defiance
W.N. U
Kansas City
Luther Burbank
Californ
Ramon Joe Bringer
John Lewis
Mets
ILDS
Floral Park
N. Y
Putname
En Rele
Tay
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