Doctor Suttor's Kidney Pain Relief Claim
A Balem Oregon man recounts ten years of kidney and rheumatic attacks with severe pain and sleepless nights. After medical treatment failed, he used Dean's Kidney Pills and improved rapidly, walking with one cane before taking three boxes. He reports lasting relief. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY for 50 cents a box.
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F. A. Suttor
H. FD. No
Balem
Oregon
Sayac
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
The Psychological Moment and Odd Miscellany
A fragmentary miscellany recounts Priam with an adjuster and Canandra, plus a quip about prophecy. It shifts to an advertisement urging Defiance Starch for laundry stiffness and a crude note on artesian well flow testing by exploding a bottle cap. It ends with a brief joke exchange about starting a cold.
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Tao
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease Remedy
Gumshoe OCR fragment lists Allen's Foot-Ease cure for hot and swollen feet with price 23½. distributed by druggists, address in Le Roy New York. Mentions Krauso’s Headache Capsules and various ad copy lines about tobacco, braces, soothing straps, and Winslow product notes though largely garbled.
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Allen
Allen 5
le Roy
N.Y
Do You Give Gas Here A Wildtoooking Man at Dentist
A wild looking man rushes into a dentist asking for gas to sleep a man through a tooth extraction. The dentist confirms gas use and the man intends to pull a plaster and escape. The scene shifts to humorous quips from Youth's Companion and Judge about grammar and joking exchanges.
Dog Across the Fence Provokes Quiet Banter
Brown jokes that the dog on the other side of the fence is only playing while Jones notes a barking dog rarely bites. The exchange hints at shared caution and familiarity in a rural or neighborhood setting.
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Brown
Jones
Fragmented Quote Refers To Moral Paradox In Speech
Readable portions hint at a discussion of blessing and giving versus receiving with unclear attributions. The odd phrasing mentions being blessed and more expensive, implying a moral or philosophical line of thought. No clear person, place, or organization is identifiable.
Too Busy to Talk Mistress Returns a Quiet Visit
In a playful exchange a mistress complains about no talk in the kitchen while her young man visits. Jane replies that he is so modest he does nothing but eat when he calls on her.
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Mistress
Jane
Man of soft snap? he holds the most hard cash
An Observation notes a wry quip by Tudge about the man with the gentlest snap who rarely speaks rashly and yet consistently keeps the most hard cash, hinting at prudence and wealth.
After His King Greenroome Finds Full House Streak Ends
In a backroom exchange, Greenroome boasts of nightly shows to full houses for a week and never drawing a final four card hand. Creensloth counters with a similar run and lacking a full house, as Puck notes the shared frustration from players.
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Greenroome
Puck
Saving His Life The Man
A terse overheard exchange shows one man pleading for rescue as he drowns and another, urged to act, questions the plan before deciding to plunge in. The moment captures a desperate bid for survival and a risky but decisive rescue effort.
Juggler of Cups and Platen Delivers Coined Wares
In a brief Chicago Daily News aside a juggler pockets his fee and muses on fate and prudence. The whimsical line brushes on thrift and timing as the performer shifts from act to earnings.
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Chicago Daily News
Next In Line Connolly Faith Predicts Radio Future
Puck notes convey a mock Irish boast about new wireless and photography as society wonders what comes next. The piece satirically toys with radical tech claims and the public’s sense of awe in a dramatic, playful tone.
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Puck
Sure Winner Plot Guessing Scheme Circulates
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a new drama concept where the audience guesses the plot for a fifty cent throw. The twist. no one can win, creating a provocative audience engagement.
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Milwaukes Sennel
Unbounded Generosity in a Chicago News Verse Item
A humorous brief from the Chicago News recounts Handsome Pete-Say and Miss-Why debating a nickel given for honesty. The exchange appears as a light moral vignette on generosity and reward.
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Pete
Pawer
Chicago News
Might Drop Dead Oh If T Could Only Undercut My Vest
The fragment hints at a humorous or cryptic note about a musty old dollar bill and embarrassment over a lost or tainted item. Names, dates, or places are not clearly readable. The piece resembles a playful aside from a Chicago Daily News page.
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Chicago Daily News
Butcher Shop Line Sparks Local Banter
A Milwaukee Sentinel fragment captures a playful exchange about a cut-up character in the butcher trade. The brief dialogue hints at humor within a shop setting and local newsroom tone. The remark suggests character or reputation in a small business.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Needy request for loan sparks old chat between friends
The fragment records a casual exchange where one person asks for five money or two, while the other replies the loan is currently lent and will be returned later, with several names noted for potential repayment.
Why She Was Thankful Sister Marries Into Family
In a New York family, a mattle girl praised by all the aunts grows weary of their advice. One aunt suggests strict discipline, another says she would hug and punish, and a third offers similar. The little lady finally declares she is glad papa married the sister they all have.
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New York
From Rockingham Co to Cure by Cuticura Reveals Told Testimony
A Burlington North Carolina mother recounts a cousin's birth skin disease cured after two months of Cuticura use. She notes the father spent a fortune before relief and claims the child's skin became soft and scarless, with the correspondent dating the tale June 16, 1905. The piece also references secret societies and laundry starch tips.
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Rockingham Co
W. P. Ingle
Burlington, N. C
Fragmented 19th century notices mix rejects and ads
A garbled page fragment includes remarks on a Westminster dean refusing a Herbert Spencer memorial tablet, a Defiance Starch and collar ad with package directions, a 10¢ 18 oz starch offer, a Punch-like quip about a spear, a Dr. B H Kline nerve remedy offer, a Philadelphia medical ad, a joke about walking a baby, a Lewis cigar promotion, and a thrift pun.
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Westminster
Herbert Spencer
Starch Choice Highlights Defiancy Starch Popular This Summer
The extraordinary popularity of white goods this summer prompts careful starch choice. Defiancy Starch, free from injurious chemicals, is deemed the safest for fine fabrics. Its strong stiffening allows using less starch, delivering a finish as perfect as when new. Some households tally budgets with husband and wife contributing about $15 each.
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Tris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Krauso
Yu Norwan
Dex Moines
Lewis
Maude
Peorin
Winslow
Peadine
Carters Iver
Eadache
Carters
Nule Iver
Ohta
Archbishop Whateley
Grammer
Tig
Reagan
Harper's Weekly
Naples
Foote
Sue Brette
St. Vitus
Line
B. H. Kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
John
Peoria
Thrift
Clarkton
Castoria
Bears
Warren de
Thompson
Tab
Lydia G. Pinkham
James
Blessing
Aug. Lyon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mia
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mali
Gepong. 2
Denver
Hugo
Colo
Weld County
A.J. Simonson & CO
Cooper Building
Colorado
Milleral Road
Avery
Formpata St
Lowlayn
Surgkhan Buoy
Molara
South Dakota
Aerson
Sra
Delkota
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