Fashionable Fancies and Turkleh Baths Featured In Boston Ledger
A dramatic collage of autumn street style and elegant Turkish baths in Boston portrays women’s attire and grooming trends. Daisy Dart notes tall hats, velvet bonnets, and collarless dresses while praising daring baths and a growing interest in refined, modest street fashion. The piece also spotlights social figures like Mrs Langtry and the city’s luxury bath establishments, linking fashion to urban leisure. The column closes with a profile of Fred L. Ames, Boston’s wealthiest resident, and his notable railroad holdings and properties.
Lettered Tale Turns Street Figure Into Model Moment
An art school in San Francisco faced an odd scene when a beggar wandered in and asked for money. In a quirky moment, the instructor offered payment to sit for the students if he allowed painting him. The beggar agreed with a wary pause, joking about paint removal afterward.
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San Francisco
Harper's Magazine
What Everybody Says Must Be True About Hibbard’s Syrup
A dated testimonial row claims universal verdicts on Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup and Strengthening Pills. Agents in Albion Michigan and Prairie City Iowa cite cures for rheumatic fever inflammatory rheumatism and kidney and liver troubles. It promises delivery by mail if local druggists do not stock it.
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Hibbard
E. Larzelero
Albion
Mich
M. E. Jones
Prairie City
Iowa
Snys
Automatic Artor Co
Tockson, Mich
One Name Unloved and the Alphabet Wives
Alfred questions a Mormon about his spouses and their names. The dialogue lists twenty-six wives named Amy Belinda Clara Dollie Elain Foony Gargrats Hattie Ima sentirity Lulu Marie XN Olga Polly Queenie Roxe Teresa Alma Teaie Wilhelmina Jude Zerbia and notes that one wife is not living, first wife named Xontippe Enoch.
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Alfred
Mastisin
Amy
Belinda
Clara
Dollie
Elain
Foony
Gargrats
Hattie
Ima
Sentirity
Lulu
Marie
Olga
Polly
Queenie
Roxe
Teresa
Alma
Teaie
Wilhelmina
Jude
Zerbia
Xontippe
Enoch
Unjust Taxation and a Gastric Tonic Cure
The piece ridicules taxation and government overreach while promoting Hoatattur's Stonmoch Bittera as a remedy for digestive woes. It claims the tonic improves digestion, strengthens nerves, and relieves fevers, chills, kidney troubles, and hypochondria.
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Dyrpeppinis
Woman's Rule Lecture Sparks Standing Test
A speaker lecturing on Woman's Rule asked how many men were run by their wives. About three quarters rose. He then asked how many were afraid to acknowledge it, and all remaining men sprang to their feet in a flash.
Kemp's Bal Gum for Coughs and Lung Ailments Advised
Advertisement urges readers to buy Kemp's Bal Gum at druggists for coughs croup laryngitis whooping cough asthma and consumption. Claims it is the most successful remedy ever sold with bottles priced 60 cents and one dollar and promotes keeping it in the house.
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Wil Druggista
Kemp
Eva Buttle
Houay
He Was Against Horse Cars In Chicago Tale
A Chicago man explains to a visitor he avoids horse cars. He notes that by the time Thad catches the car, two thirds of the distance to his destination has often passed, illustrating a longer wait than walking.
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Chicago
Thad
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Proves Palatable Remedy
An old advertising note touts Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites as a palatable, highly valuable remedy for consumption, wasting diseases, and related ailments, claiming to overcome difficulties with cod liver oil and urging readers to try it.
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Scott
How He Faved It First Omahan
An Omaha World brief notes a brave man named Jones facing death a hundred times without flinching. It contrasts with a veteran described as an undertaker, highlighting quick wit and local humor in a concise exchange.
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Man Jones
Omaha
Bustles Going Out and Wardrobe Quirks in 19th Century Adverts
The clipped text shows playful chatter about bustles and fashion trends, noting that bustles are becoming scarce as women joke about standing more. It mentions a Lynp shoe maker introducing a pour-measurare machine and hints at other garment and product curiosities in a local ad-like fragment.
TUG Lost Colt Found L war a peck of greah peas
A young woman, Mrs Small, enters a grocer to dispute a peck of peas and a missing fifty cent piece. The grocer accuses her of dropping the bad coin on purpose and bluffing to cheat him, while she leaves in embarrassment amid claims of customers’ trickery.
Dre Pieren's Golden Medical Discovery featured by makers
A departure from ordinary business is claimed by the manufacturers of Dre Pieren's Golden Medical Discovery. They guarantee the remedy for ailments from stomach derangements and other blood-related issues with money-back reassurance after a fair trial. The ad discourages offensive breath and hawking remedies, promoting Dr Saga's Catarrh Remedy as an alternative.
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Dre Pieren
The Fly On My Cheek A Drunk Man’s Mirror Illusion
A barber recalls a Saturday evening shave where a heavily intoxicated man claimed a fly sat on his cheek. The barber saw no fly, but the customer insisted the insect tickled his chin, misperceiving the reflection in the mirror as reality.
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Danny
Utiv Observer
Wibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills Ad
A historic advertisement touts Wibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. It claims relief for headaches, constipation, dyspepsia, indigestion, and biliousness while serving as an appetizer, asserting superiority over competing preparations.
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Wibbard
A Krilly Feeling in a Playful Scene
An old man watches children play blind man's buff on the green. He says the game shows sympathy and that they are always feeling for their fellow-man, reflecting on communal kindness as a gentle lesson.
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dAmerican Commercial Traveler
Not Enjoyment or Sorrow but Action Drives Progress
A dated reflection urges readers to press forward and improve their condition, inviting those seeking a path to contact L. F. Johnson & Co. in Richmond, Virginia for guidance. It notes 1765 English advocates of internal taxation like Grenville and Mansfield, opposing figures such as Pitt and Barre who favored liberty.
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Allthose
L. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
America
Grenville, Bute
Bedford
Mansfield
Friends
Liberty
Pitt
Barre
Conway
Palmer Tag Rentieman
Inchan
Korea
Augusti
Gawiee Chicaga
Fitz Dransin
Ali
Sam
Baxter
Theron
Bertone
Utica le Tésou
Gavise
Franklin
Chicago
Kissing at Biven Levghtcan Page Ad Promotes Remedy
Fragmentary ad text promotes an anti bite remedy with scattered phrases about a photo mail offer. Names appear as “Billy Baans” and J. F. Smith & Co., St. Louis Missouri, with garbled lines suggesting postal or wrapping costs and a free ward or climate note.
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Biven
Billy Baans
J. F. Smith & Co
St. Louie
Missouri
Bwitt’s Specific Cures Longstanding Ailment
An 19th century note claims Bwitt’s Specific cured a long standing skin disease after 31 years of ulcers and sores. Report mentions prior mercury and potash treatments worsening the condition. It states thirty days of 8 Sd restored health with no relapse nearly a year later and lists names associated with Atlanta.
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Bwitt
Jess
John B, Wali
Clark Bovet
Atignta
Blood Disease Testimony From Montgomery Pastor
In a letter from ALB Waarrox, pastor of the Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama, an anonymous speaker denounces Swift's Specific nord as the worst form of blood disease. The letter claims the proponents are gentlemen of high character but unreliable and recommends it as a great blood tapes.
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Swift
Alb Waarrox Pastorist Baptist Church
Montgomery
Ala
Two Bottles Cure Bee Condition Says Compton
A reader from Homeland Virginia reports relief from a bee condition after using two specific bottles. The account claims thirty days of improvement with fewer itching sores and pain, asserting the remedy outperformed potash and mercury mixtures. Compton endorses the treatment as superior to other products.
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Compton
Homeland
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