Cure for Consumption Promoted by American Chemist
A national advertisement touts T A Slocum M D of New York as revealing a “new scientific system of medicine” claimed to cure consumption and related lung and bronchial diseases. It offers three free bottles and confidential professional advice to readers who write to 98 Pine Street, New York, with full address.
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Koch
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T. A. Slocum
New York City
America
Europe
M. D
Pine Street
New York
Slocum Laboratory
Norr
Dr. Slocum
Johnson affronted by drink inquiry sparks embarrassment
Wallace explains Johnson's reaction to being asked to drink as a response to kleptomania tendencies. The exchange notes that Johnson was insulted not for abstention but for the phrasing of the question, highlighting a susceptibility to theft impulses.
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Ferry
Johnson
Wallace
Cincinnati Enquirer
Pacific Coast Syrup Co Advertises Maple Syrup
The Pacific Coast Syrup Co promotes tea garden drips and tobognan maple syrup for sale by first class grocers in cans only. Morey refunds if goods are unsatisfactory. Customer cautioned to avoid imitation and check lithographed manufacturer name on the can.
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Morey
THE
Pacific Coast Syrup CO
Moonlit Zululand and Global Tea Consumption Totals
In Zululand the full moon reveals objects up to seven miles away and print can be read by starlight. Tea consumption estimates by Melhall list the United Kingdom at 184.5 million pounds, the United States 80 million, Russia 37 million, Canada 22 million, and Australia 20 million.
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Zululand
Melhall
United Kingdom
United States
Russia
Canada
Australia
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An old 1886 advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It promotes testimonials and lists J Cheney & Co Toledo as sellers with a 75 cent price. also touts Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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A. W. Gleason
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tracing Gold or Silver Rods and Buried Treasures
M. D. Fowler of Southington Connecticut offers services to trace and locate gold or silver rods ore and lost buried treasures. Contact Box 337 for details and appraisal information.
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M. D. Fowler
Southington
Conn
City of Peking Sinking Recounts in Brooklyn Life
The Brooklyn Life quotes a distressed exchange about the City of Peking disaster. It notes total loss of life with the phrase all were drowned and emphasizes the suddenness of the ship’s sinking.
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Miss Pruyn
Peking
Brooklyn
Blond and Brunette Exchange Witty London Banter
Two characters, a Blond and a Brunette, spar over age in a London Fun page exchange. The Blond muses on reaching 100 while the Brunette jokes that she must stay 22 to keep pace.
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London
Embalming Display Draws Curiosity at Ardmore Undertaker
A New York Herald note describes Mr Pearce of Ardmore keeping a three year old embalmed corpse on view to show his craft. The leathered body shows no odor and hair remains fixed, with modern fluids claimed as superior to earlier formulas. A second item notes circus dressing rooms forbid whistling as bad luck.
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Ohio
Pearce
Mark Twain
Mark
Mr Pearce
Ardmore
New York Herald
Iodine on fingers of pianoforte pupils
A New York Times report describes a conservatory pupil receiving iodine to soothe fingertips after hours of piano practice. The clerk explains the iodine is used to prevent soreness and finger nails are cut short to avoid clicking on keys. Welsh mothers are noted to place tongs or a knife in cradles for child safety.
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Madison Avenue
Prescription
Musical Conservatory
Conservatory
New York Times
England
Teacup Tears and a Fated Forever
A narrator snatches a jeweled finger during tea and breaks the cup, sparking a vow of lasting heartbreak. The woman, grieving past harms, accepts a life to serve a heart she cannot forgive, as she remains present to pour tea forever.
Tremendous Exodus to the Klondike
Thousands of Americans press toward the Klondike despite warnings, seeking adventure and better prospects. The ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a warming tonic to aid digestion and combat ailments like malaria rheumatism kidney trouble liver complaint dyspepsia and constipation.
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Klondike
Hostetter
The Fullness Thereof and Remedies for Pain
An extended discussion extols St Jacobs Oil as a premier remedy for pain from rheumatism to sprains. It highlights Walter Baker cocoa and chocolate for purity and nutrition, praised by doctors and housekeepers. A brief dialogue about time and a morning downtown concludes the fragment.
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St. Jacobs
WOMEN MARTYRS AND THE WARNINGS OF WOMB TROUBLE
An editorial urges women to recognize the danger signs of serious womb troubles and seeks to inform readers about remedies. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a trusted treatment that strengthens the womb and eases related pains, noting widespread pharmacist endorsement.
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Lydia
Pinkham
America
Saloonless Hoopestown Sums Aid to Widow Tax Help
Hoopestown Illinois a town of four thousand has never had a saloon. The mayor earns 50 cents a year and each councilman half that. no fees are accepted. Last year the mayor and city council donated their combined salaries to help a needy widow pay her taxes. An adult sweats about 28 ounces in a day.
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Hoopestown
Ills
New York Tribune
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