An Age of Whimsical Romance and Odd Remedies
A New York Herald extract contemplates a woman's sweetest hour as a lover’s patience, then shifts to a candid stance on honesty in courtship. The piece shifts to a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure, with endorsements from West & Truax and others, and ends noting a subscriber’s quirky tip on using Rough on Vats with corn meal to deter English sparrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJ Bright
Eve
New York Herald
F. J. Cheney & CO
Olodo
G. We
P. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Tondo
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
Hall
All Druegista
Old Time Patent Remedies And Household Tips
A collage of old advertisements touts No-To-Bac to quit tobacco and regain vigor, with cures claimed and free samples offered. It mentions Castor oil cough remedies, wood screw repair tips, Cascarets as bowel regulators, Piso’s Cure for consumption, interior paint advice, and German liver medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Up
Chicago
New York
From the Dead
In a Victorian boudoir Mrs Danvers and Miss East confront past love and a fiancé lost. Eleanor learns Frank loved her and that she is now to marry Major Wrenford, with a wedding imminent as a grieving Danvers reveals a bracelet and the bride receives a final letter from the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Danvers
Eleanor East
Danvers
Miss East
Eleanor
Nellie
Mas
Nelly
Frank
Crete
Mies
Towers
Tam
London
Oceans of Soup Yearly Output at Canery Giants
A New York Times and Express report highlights a soup canning business with 3,000,000 gallons expected this year. The plant runs eleven hours daily, offering over one hundred varieties with fourteen popular flavors. Quart cans cost about 40 cents, while delicate soups fetch 70 cents a quart.
Opportunistic Exchange Offers Local Trading Gambit
A dialogue shows a county huckster and Mr Stormington Barnes clashing over eggs trading. The duo discuss watching corners and starting a business in eggs and provisions. The exchange hints at a proposed venture aligned with the huckster's trade and Barnes's ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stormington Barnes
Fragmented verse and ads mix in a confused page
The text blends a poem fragment about money and friendship with ad copy for soothing syrups and liver medicines. It mentions Wise flower products, steady cycles, and Dr Carlstedt remedies, while noting economic lessons and time savings in ward times.
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Doc
Ralsa
Piso
Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Carlstedt
Ihis
Stime
Babe
Wisslow
Cyeles
Moreseing
Cora
Ayer
Lly
Jone. Burton
Fouree
Thr Companion
The
Companion
Convanion
Ian Maclarer
Rudyard Kipling
Hall Caine
Prank R. Stockton
Harold Frederic
Lillian Nordica
Charles Dudley Warner
Stephen Crane
Hamlin Garland
Max O'Rell
W. Clark Russell
Alice Longfellow
Thomas Bareed
Andrew Carnegie
R. E. Peary
Cyrus Edson
Edward Everett Hale
Lyman Abbott
Fred
Jenumry
the Youth's Companion
Boston
Mass
Jandy Cathartig
CW Tiie
Ad. Sterling
Baker’s
Beshdre
Walterbaker & Co, Ltd
Dorchester
J. C. Nacke
Carroll, Iowa
Omaha
PY Deugolf
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