Dr Chase's Nerve Food Promises Vitality for Anemic Girls
Ad heralds Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a cure for anaemia among young women, claiming it restores color, appetite and nerve strength. The testimonial from Lena Hiebert of Lowe Farm Gloucestershire reports relief from dizziness, weakness and exhaustion after fourteen boxes, with pricing at 59 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Toronto dealers.
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Chase
Sian
Dr Chase
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
One Deaf Man in Russia and Other Fragments
A Moscow vignette describes a deaf man wounded by firing as he drifts home, a poodle sniffing at him, and a resigning gesture. The rest notes Worms Exterminator’s soothing claims and a brief office scene with a humorous exchange about whistling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neglinil Prolese
Maurice Baring
Russia
Deafness Cure Claim Inflation and Carriage Comment
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore the Euclidean Tube and offers a reward for deafness due to catarrh. A separate scene in a crowded car features a stout man occupying space and a thin man quipping about fare by weight, prompting a witty exchange on car crowding.
A Boy Seeks Foreign Stamps After Mission Talk
After a missionary’s talk, a small boy climbs to the platform and asks if the speaker has any foreign stamps to spare. The moment reveals a child’s simple desire to help the “good work,” prompting the speaker to invite him to continue.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Endorsement
The pills are praised as the most popular form of medicine and the Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are highlighted for their compact form ease of use lack of nausea and gripe and relief in stubborn cases with no fictitious claims.
Engagement Question Delayed Till After Football Season
Loraine asks Clarice if she is engaged to Fred. Clarice denies a definite answer and intends to wait until after the football season to judge his prospects, per the judge’s inquiry.
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Loraine
Fred
Clarice
Autonomy For Towns Proposal In Saskatchewan
Mr W D Lighthall returned to Montreal from Regina after advising Saskatchewan’s municipal commission on a new system of government. The commission proposes home rule for cities, municipal ownership of streets, and ongoing control of utility rates. Rural lands will be taxed at a uniform 6 1 4 cents per acre.
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W D. Lighthall
Montreal
Regina
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Restless Babies and Baby's Own Tablets
A customer testimonial highlights restlessness in infants due to stomach or bowel issues and asserts Baby's Own Tablets quickly restore cheer. The product is claimed to be government analyst approved with no opiate or poisonous drug, sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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J. F. Loney
Allanford
Ont
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Minard's Liniment marketed for diphtheria cure
The Pittsburgh Leader notes a claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria. The item underscores sensational patent medicine advertising from the period and quotes a reader dialogue about remedies.
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Minard
Wanted A Gentleman To Undertake Sale Of Patent Medicine
A western newspaper ad invites “a gentleman” to undertake selling a patent medicine with the promise it will be profitable to the undertaker. The double meaning leads to a deadly outcome for an innocent man who misreads the offer.
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Harper’s Weekly
One Afternoon Out for Mrs Hichee Sparks Genteel Laughs
Mrs Dyer asks about Mrs Hichee and notes she now has only one afternoon out weekly since hiring a servant. The judge remarks on the change as a humorous aside in social banter.
One Interview Enough. Geraldine and Geraldine Dialogue
A brief exchange captures a humorous family moment in which Geraldine asks about obtaining a hand in marriage and Geraldine confirms with a wry remark about his mother avoiding bigamy, ending with the line I’m glad that your mother didn’t commit bigamy.
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Geraldine
Gerald
Houston
Two Moods In Jubilation Over New Automobile
Bink expresses jubilant reaction to a newly acquired automobile while acknowledging regret in a separate note from St Houston Post. The contrast highlights mixed feelings about the purchase and its effects.
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Bink
St’ Houston Post
Bickle's Anti-Con sumptive Syrup Promoted for Coughs
A midcentury advertisement urges quick use of Bickle's Anti Con sumpptive Syrup at throat irritation to stop colds from lodging in the lungs. It emphasizes nationwide suffering from neglect and claims a 25 cent price makes the remedy affordable.
Uncle Charles asks boy what he would do at peril
In The Circle magazine a parable style exchange has Uncle Charles asking Fred what he would do if confronted by a rattlesnake at the tree root a crouching tiger overhead and an Indian rushing with a tomahawk. The boy answers I should wake right up.
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Charles
Fred
The
Circle Magazine
Meteorological Mistake in Cupid Skirmish
A Baltimore American humorous exchange recalls a couple debating who rules the heart and home with a pun on weather terms. The wife claims the title of queen, while the husband notes his promise to reign was met with a storm.
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Baltimore American
Local testimonials tout MINARD S LINIMENT across towns
Patrons from Oil City Ontario to Norway Maine praise MINARD S LINIMENT. Names include Matthias Foley Joseph Snow Charles Wheaten Rev R O Armstrong Pierre Landers senr Pokemouche Thomas Watson and residents of Mulgrave and Sheffield.
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Minard
Matthias Foley
Oil City
Ont
Joseph Snow
Norway
Charles Wheaten
Mulgrave
N.S
R. O. Armstrong
N. A
Pierre Landers
Senr
Pokemouche
Thomas Watson
Sheffield, N.B
Father and Son Discuss Pull as Personal Friendship
A Washington Star quotation defines pull as personal friendship skillfully managed to yield dividends, explained by a man of experience to his son Rollo in concise, aphoristic terms.
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Rollo
Washington Star
Equalization Professor Brander Matthews and Mr Carnegie
Brander Matthews, an Equalization Professor and reformer, was seen sharing a wit sharp exchange with Andrew Carnegie. Matthews remarked on Carnegie not limping, joking that perhaps the limbs pull alternately.
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Brander Matthews
Mr. Carnegie
Balloonists sought after Reidh berry tale and tart ruin
A Kreisblatt advert in Hoechst near Weisbaden requests names of balloonists who dropped ballast down a chimney last Thursday evening, ruining Julia Schmidt's fruit tart. The note cites address 14 Britzelgrasse Reid and seeks witnesses to the balloon venture.
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Kreisblatt
Hoechst
Weisbaden
Germany
Reidh
Julia Schmidt
Britzelgrasse
Reid
Simple and Effective Graft Scheme on New York Streets
A New York graft tale describes a man dressed as a worker who tears his trousers and uses a newspaper as a prop to beg for pins. He targets Seventy-second Street, collecting trousers hats and coats from six homes as bystanders watch until dinnertime.
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New York
Upper West Side
Big City
Seventy-second Street
Columbus Avenue
New York Cor
Washington Post
Household Tips and Odd Facts From Old Column
A set of practical hints on knife warming before tying, a sectional wash boiler lid for laundry, cheese cutting with tissue protection, spice storage in glass jars, stain removal using benzine and emery cloth, plus a note on Holly's romance and Pliny’s tale of lightning protection and ice formation.
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Molly
Holly
Religious Dances and the Psams in David’s Dance
Commentators debate whether each Psalm had a specific dance and that David danced before the ark to its own music. The idea links liturgical dancing to individual psalmates, exploring how sacred movement accompanied ancient worship practices.
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David
Real Equal Suffrage Bonal Opinion Stance Cited
A remark from the Atchison Globe contends suffrage gains are hollow without giving women the right to ask a man to marry them. The quote underscores debates on gender roles and marriage autonomy in the period.
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Atchison Globe
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Mother Graves
Philadelphia Ledger
J. Cheney ¢& CO
Toledo
Proceista Tic
Hall
Ayer
Ayers
Lovell
Pittsburg
Ryrie
Ryrie Bros., Limited
Yonge St
Japan
Italy
Wolford
Rowse
London
Pearson’s Weekly
Parmelee
Addeese
Tent Oshawe
Sennto
Anton Winnipeg
TH. A
Great West
Wilson
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