Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Thirteen Dollars Per Case
Frank J. Cheney of the firm Cheney Co a Toledo law notice sworn December 6 swears as senior partner to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Haxy’s Catarrh Cure. The ad promotes sales of a remedy with testimonials and a notary seal. It mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo O as the location.
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State
Onto
Crry
Torepo
Iwons County
Frank J. Cheney
Cuexry
Toledo
Prank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cnenry & Co
Hall
England's Discontented Woman Joke from Illustrated Mail
A satirical remark from Illustrated Mail on women expressing discontent. It notes that women are unhappy for two reasons: they are talked about or they are not. The quip underscores Victorian-era gender stereotypes in a brief humorous line.
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England
Hick's Carupixe Cold Remedy Ad
For colds and grip the Hick's Carupixe remedy relieves aching and feverishness and cures the cold. Restores normal conditions at once. Sold by drug stores with 2c price tag.
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Hick
Jefferson Named Ash Wheel Man in New England
A long time worker labels himself Thomas Jefferson as he wheels ashes and rubbish from back doors in a New England town. The tale notes his belief in his own importance and a landlord recalls the name with amused recognition.
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Thomas Jefferson
New England
Measuring Nail Growth Across Ages And Limbs
A study notes nail growth varies with age and differs between fingers and the big toe. Growth peaks from ages five to thirty and declines afterward. Toe nails grow slower in youth but equalize with finger nails in old age, suggesting lower limbs retain vigor longer.
Noted Georgia Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts Recovery
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his illness and recovery after adopting Grape-Nuts. He claims the cereal rebuilt nerve and muscle, improved digestion, and restored strength, allowing him to resume practice in five weeks. He urges others to trial the food when regular meals fail.
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Georgia
Wellville
Weeps Alone at Night Theodosia Garrison Poem
The line asks about sustaining a bird after flight and ponders what makes a title seem untitled. The voice attributes mourning to Theodosia Garrison in Harper's Bazaar.
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Theodosia Garrison
Harper's Bazaar
Newly Wed Pastry Company Aids Thorny Diet With Deception
Clinton Palmer seeks relief from his wife’s baking by using a phony service that supplies pies and cakes made by inexperienced wives. The office-manger explains how the scheme hides the doctor’s bills and preserves Palmer’s health. Palmer’s wife remains unaware until a dramatic kitchen confrontation ends the ruse.
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Clinton Palmer
Palmer
Newlyweds’ Pastry Co., Inc
Pie swap ends with jewelry scare and laughter
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat vignette, Clinton Palmer and his wife debate a missing pie that conceals a stash of jewelry worth about 10 000 dollars. The wife reveals she hid gems in a pie as a safeguard, Palmer improvises a confession, and both laugh at the culinary tailspin.
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Clinton Palmer
Palmer
Newlyweds Pastry Co., Inc
Arthur Whitney
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Primitive Bulgarians
A Harper's Weekly excerpt describes Bulgaria as a land of small landowners with few wealthy elites. Peasants are content with humble conditions, live in simple dwellings, and share bare floors, single rooms, and minimal sanitary provisions, while sturdy, healthy children grow up amid a plain diet and sheep-skin clothing.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Harper's Weekly
Cutting the Baddeley Cake at Drury Lane
Twelfth Night was celebrated with the traditional Baddeley cake ceremony at Drury Lane Theatre after the Dick Whittington performance. Harry Nicholls explained the fund’s origin to company members and trustees of the Baddeley fund.
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Drwary Lane Theatre
Dick Whittington
Baddeley Fund
Harry Nicholls
Robert Baddeley
Kentucky Mule Suit Settled After Eight Trials
The case between BH. F. Swettman and John Miller in Circuit court last Saturday ended with Miller recovering the mule. The court reserved decisions on the large costs until the next term. Only the mule possession issue was decided. seven prior quarterly court trials cost abe and the costs in she.
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Kentucky
BH. F. Swettman
John Miller
Miller
Abe
Commercial Column Highlights Mixed U.S. Trade Signals
Bradstreet notes irregular weather crop and industrial reports but a slightly larger overall business. Retail gains in weather permitting areas, cotton price rises in the South and East, and Pacific Coast expansion, with slower Central West jobbing. Weekly U.S. failures total 201, wheat and corn exports rise versus last week and last year.
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Bradstreet’s
South
East
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
California
Central
West
Tradt
United States
Lake
Canada
Grain and poultry market notes from New York and Philadelphia
Market brief covering wheat corn oats butter eggs and poultry prices across New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Spot and futures quotes list varying grades and locations with noted f o b values and receipts figures.
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New York
Duluth
Chicago Cattle and Hog Markets See Mixed Steadyes
Chicago markets show cattle prices steady to mixed with steers 5.75 to 7.15, cows 4.00 to 5.75, heifers 3.25 to 6. bulls 3.75 to 5.25, calves 3.50 to 6.50, and stockers 3.30 to 5.25. Hog prices fall 10 to 20 cents with choicest heavy at 7.15 to 7.25, light mixed 6.90 to 7.50, and pigs 5.20 to 6.75. Sheep barely steady with lambs 5.50 to 6.25 and yearlings 5.25 to 7.35.
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Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Lumber magnate offers Minnesota 2200 carat experimental deal
A wealthy lumberman proposes an ambitious plan in Minnesota involving a 2200 carat experimental venture. Details remain unclear in the fragment, but the offer signals sizable investment and potential regional impact.
Colors for homes and national aging architecture movement
The article advises careful exterior and interior color schemes to boost curb appeal and sale price. It recommends studying color books and requesting National Lead Company Houseowners Painting Outfit No 49 for samples and testing tools. It mentions Pure White Lead and the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as weather tested. It notes Saxons organizing to preserve older national architecture in city homes.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Relief and Comfort
Readers are urged to trust Allen's Foot-Ease as the original foot powder praised for cleanliness healing and comfort for tired feet. With extensive testimonials and warnings against imitations readers are advised to buy the genuine product.
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Allen
Marine Eye Remedy Promoted by Doctors in New York
An eye remedy marketed by doctors in New York proposes treatment for eye issues. The report notes a streetcar fare expenditure of 17 798 098 26 dollars in three months as part of the article.
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New York
Capudine relief promises for headache and chills
Capudine offered as quick relief for headaches from colds heat stomach or nervous troubles. It is a liquid taken orally and priced at 10c 2c and 5c per bottle. Also advertised are Siberian Railroad coupons for Far East travel and Mrs Winston's soothing syrup for teething with multiple claimed benefits. Salt mined across the German Empire and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claim itch relief within 30 minutes.
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Capudine
Ancient Tibetan Medicine Found Valuable by Modern Scholars
The Russian Academy of Medicine reviews a thousand year old Tibetan "Hand Book of Medicine" and notes truths echoed by modern doctors. Highlights include counts of bones nerves and pores, the heart as king, and causes of illness tied to passions. It cites pulse tongue temperature and other diagnostic methods, with bans on dirty instruments and use of vegetable remedies, baths, massages.
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Russian Academy of Medicine
New York Press
Remarkable Kidney Cure by Dean's Pills in Virginia
C L Wood of Fentress Virginia a prominent Norfolk Co merchant suffered months of back kidney and bladder pain with irregular secretions. After failing medical treatment he used Dean's Kidney Pills and within a box endured four days of pain and passed a stone measuring about one half by five sixteenths of an inch. He reports no further kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. L. Wood
Fentress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fragmented Chicago Tribune play letter transcript
A fragment of a Chicago Tribune letter discusses audience hearing versus sight at a play. One speaker reports broken eyeglasses hindered vision, another notes clear sight but poor hearing, mentioning a distant box party.
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Chicago Tribune
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Stands The Test Of Time
Hundreds of thousands of women in the United States have benefited from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs over thirty years ago by a woman to relieve female suffering. Read testimonials from Erie Pennsylvania and others praising its curative claim and offering free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Camden
N. J
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Ave
Camden, N. J
Erie
J. P. Endlich
KR. F. D
Eric
Douglas
No Need Of His Worrying Stray Story Exchange
A patient debates recovery with a doctor in a brief Stray Stories dialogue. The patient asserts continued fever, while the doctor notes fever persists but isn’t alarming, and the patient remains confident in his progress.
Earth division by private offices in New York
A witty remark from a Chicago Record-Herald quote: "how is the earth divided" answered as a jab about several people in a New York private office sharing which parts they want. The line reflects early 20th century commentary on power and influence.
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Johnny
New York
Chicago
Cutiura remedies hailed by patient from Tennessee
O. L Wilson of Puryear Tenn reports three years of severe itching and swellings then rapid recovery after using three sets of Cutiura Remedies. The cure is claimed to have left him sound and well in less than a week. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. advertises the treatment. A Hudson Bay Railway survey finds 250 to 300 million feet of timber along the proposed right of way.
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O. L Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Allen's Foot-Kase advertisement boosts shoe comfort
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Kase a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy It cures corns bunions swollen hot sweaty feet and ingrowing nails Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Dealers Sample sent Address Allen W Olmsted LeRoy New York
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Allen
al Draggista
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
What Sandwich Was For
A young student asks a professor why a man who has seen London in a fog and one who has not are like a hot sandwich. The professor theorizes, fails, and the student reveals the pun: one has seen the mist, the other missed the scene, and both end with the bite line about the sandwich.
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London
Jen
Wireless Telegraphy Displaces Carrier Pigeons in French Navy
The French Navy increasingly adopts wireless telegraphy, phasing out carrier pigeons as a communication method and signaling a shift to modern radio technology aboard ships and bases.
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