Nature's Signals and Minor Sermons on Dean's Kidney Pills
An old column mixes medical ad copy for Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. W. R. Cody about swelling and weight gain, followed by a quoted rural sermon about ministers and shepherds. The piece blends medicinal advice and social commentary with Dickensian rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
W. R. Cody
15Th St
Lewinton
Idaho
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Selfish Youth Quotation At Picnic
Mrs Mary E Wilkins Freeman notes youth selfishness at a Matuhew picnic citing a BostonCommon anecdote. A soaked young man waits for Miss Endicott while a boy relays her plan to arrive when weather clears.
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Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
Boston
Boston Common
Mrs Wiggin's London Visit Provokes Thoughtful Wit
During Mrs. Wiggin's London visit an interviewer asked her for views on the city. She replied with a witty anecdote about the dinner table, recalling a young lady who urged Dr. Gibbon to discuss the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Real Modesty quips on actors and a young performer
James K. Hackett recalled at a Pittsburgh luncheon that actors should be modest. He cited a young actor who advertised for engagements with a want ad seeking “a small part such as dead body or outside shouts” to show extreme modesty.
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James
K. Hackett
Pittsburg
Beach Camera Fiend Provokes Bathers Remarks
In a seaside scene two bathing girls condemn a man with a camera. The first calls him a fiend, the second labels the Apres episode especially disgusting. One girl notes the man ate his lunch from a box after posing all morning for his benefit.
Domestic Amenities
A humorous dialogue about clothing choices features a wife scolding her husband for donating light pants to a poor tramp and joking about summer wear options such as kilts. The exchange highlights social mores and fashion concerns in a lighthearted domestic vignette.
Right Living Through Right Food Message
Fragmentary text presents a slogan about right food as basis for night living and health. The phrases reference eminent water and disease ideas, implying a health guidance message about right living through proper nutrition.
Grape-Nuts Show Vital Elements In Wheat and Barley
The ad touts Grape-Nuts as containing key brain-building elements from wheat and barley with potassium phosphate aiding tissue rebuilding. It promises noticeable effects from daily use and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville found in packages.
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Wellville
Roosevelt Talks Farm Betterment At Summit Park
At Summit Park near Utica Col Roosevelt addresses Herkimer and Oneida county farmers on conserving soil and improving rural life. He links soil fertility, water and forest conservation to farm prosperity and urges practical education, farming cooperation, and equal city country representation.
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Utica
N. Y
Summit Park
Herkimer
Oneida
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Republic
Oriskany
Roosevelt
Nfe
Arthur Young
Young
Charles the First Costume Mischief at Ball
Gussie enters the town halls for a fancy dress ball in a striking costume claiming Charles the First. The hall porter recoils at his odd appearance while Gussie insists on the monarch identity, delivering a humorous misreading of history.
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Gussie
Christopher Columbus
Charles the First
London
Where Millions Are Entombed Catacombs of Rome
The catacombs of Rome stretch about 680 miles and held an estimated 6,000,000 bodies. Used as hiding places during Nero’s persecutions and later crowded under Diocletian, the catacombs feature unique etched designs and small chapels with Bible illustrations, making them a pictorial Bible in effect.
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Rome
Nero
Diocletian
The
Christian Herald
Tuberculosis In the Prisons and Reform Efforts
The article notes that about 100000 prisoners are discharged annually from U S jails and that 10 to 15 percent have tuberculosis. It reports a New York Prison Association and State Charities Aid Association campaign to prevent tuberculosis in state penal institutions and to enlist prison physicians and anti tuberculosis societies in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prison Association of
New York
State Charities Aid Association
Triplets Enter Household in Tennessee Amid Curiosity
An African American family in Tennessee welcomed triplets at home. An Irish man visiting to inspect the infants showed particular interest, pointing to the middle child and asking the parent which one to save. The observer remarked on the decision with a curious prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Waul
Wki Verybody
Dr Martel's Female Pills Offer Quick Permanent Benefit
An old advertisement promotes Dr Martel's Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women's ailments. It claims quick permanent results and sale through drug stores. The ad also includes social satire about professionals and businessmen.
Bjornson Warns Against Easy Going Men in Paris
A continental agent of a typewriter firm recalls Bjornstjerne Bjornson greeting friends in a Paris hotel near the Tuileries. The Norse writer cautions against placing trust in an easy-going man, warning such a person makes life harder for others.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Tuileries Gardens
Paris
I Don’t See You on Messenger Duty Jimmy
A lad with an envelope asks Jimmy about his new job and learns he works for a dog fancier. He explains he teaches ladies how to whistle when they buy a pet dog.
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Jimmy
Castorla Adverts and Musical Quips From The Era
A saturated ad note urges mothers to examine Castorla bottles for the signature and 30 years of use. A sidenote quotes a ragtime pairing of Mendelssohn and a query about Il Trovatore as a musical comedy. A Gladstone quote frames the page with a proffered view of human nature as a cultivated garden.
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Motnera
Mendelssohn
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Charles Dickens
Httle
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
Professor Bailey
Cornel
Sir Horace Plunkett
United States
Ufe
Atlas
Orld
Jim
Jess
Martel
W. E. Gladstone
Coe Ae
Carter
RY Marine
Soli Marine Eye Remedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
National Live Stock Com. Co
Mansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Nok
John Deere Plow Company
Western Canada
Canada
Maidstone
Sasr
Ced
Leonard x Persea
Shutler
Stettler
Alberta
Joly
B.A. Wikl
Will Maem
Bratnen
Landis
Frank J. Zimmer
Oswads
Mre
Judent
Henry Weinger
Eer Taylors Falls
Minn
Camrose
Pousehold
Axel Nordstrom
van Me Ore
Comestead
Peter A. Nelson
Vesta
Cannia Pine
States
Ponoka
Geo. Paskewtts
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
J. M. Maclachlan
Watertown
South Dakota
Standard Oil Coo. (Incorporated
Union Roofing & Manufacturing Co
Union Road, St. Paul, Minn
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