Candy Craze and Miss America Myth in Candy History
A long, chatty history of candy in American life, tracing Miss America’s imagined love of sweets from childhood to adulthood and detailing growth of the industry. It notes rising consumption, economic value, import patterns, and social attitudes toward candy among women and students, with vivid period tone.
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Amer
América
Damaers
United States
Europe
Phtset
Turkey
A New Yorker Embraces An Aged Irishman
The Drawback reports a New Yorker employing an elderly Irishman who speaks on the Emerald Isle’s woes. Stid the boss notes Pat, the king of England, has died. The old man pauses, removes his hat, and says as a man he was fine, as an Englishman among men he was unsurpassed, yet George will be watched.
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Pat
England
George
Wrong Angle Bright Side Dialogue Fragment
A fragmented dialogue scene explores a patient asking a doctor about a bright side after a severe injury. The exchange probes coping, perspective, and emotional resilience amid hardship.
Dr Martel's Female Pills Endorsed as Standard Remedy
An old advertisement extols Dr Martel's Female Pills as the seventeen year standard for women's ailments, claiming quick and permanent relief and urging purchase at drug stores. The fragment also includes marketing blurbs and unrelated quips with garbled text about happiness and a sale figure.
Coca Cola refreshes at soda fountains this summer
This promotional text invites readers to enjoy Coca Cola at soda fountains or bottled, promising cooling relief and thirst quenching. It advertises a free booklet The Truth About Coca Cola and the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, plus a stage dairy milking scene anecdote.
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Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Fragmented 19th century dialogue on palmistry and deception
A fragmented dialogue discusses palmistry and trust. It notes a person known to work well as a starter for shy youths. The speaker mentions smokers shifting to Lewis' Single Binder cigars and warns that a man is never easily deceived when attempting to fool others.
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Lewis
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