Zam-Buk Cured Her Baby and Others Say So
Mrs. C. W. Bower bank of Toronto testifies Zam-Buk cured her baby's facial eruption after other remedies failed. She notes it also helped her daughter with sores on hands and arms and reports quick healing for a burned hand. Zam-Buk is promoted as a herbal remedy for skin diseases and many injuries, sold by Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Bowerbank
Denison Avenue
Toronto
Eaye
Zam-Buk Co
Rickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup Endorsed for Cough Relief
A Pittsburg Bulletin ad praises Rickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as agreeable to the taste and helpful for throat irritation causing hacking coughs. Used as directed, it claims to break persistent colds and restore air passages to normal health, recommending it to those seeking a sure remedy.
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Rickle
Bickle
Tides and Wit Raise Light Exchange in Kansas City
A terse exchange in the Kansas City Times shows a humorous bid to combine amusement with romance as one speaker urges marriage to gain access to tides of wit and pleasure implied by the dialogue. The fragment hints at social wit and personal motives in a clipped note.
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Kansas City Times
Catarrh Cure Claimed Constitutional Remedy
An old regional belief that catarrh was incurable is challenged. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo is promoted as the only constitutional treatment, taken internally in doses and acting on the bloodstream.
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Hintt
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Candidate pledges to steal back power in speech
The candidate's fiery crowd elicited applause as he vowed to reclaim what he views as stolen power. He awkwardly backtracked, joking that he would not steal as much as before, muttering about bungled public speaking.
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Philadelphia Lexiger
Minard liniment cures garget in cows and more
In a string of anecdotes and quotes from the Chicago Tribune and Life magazine, readers are reminded of practical remedies and social misfortunes. The items juxtapose veterinary anecdote with a domestic theft tale and light personal vignettes about family life and trust.
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Minard
Bishop of Sodor and Man's Amusing Transport Tale
The Bishop recounts a comical ride when a carriage waited outside the station. He boarded and closed the door, only to find the carriage unmoving. After a pause the bishop asked the coachman why they waited, and the coachman replied that he was sent to fetch the bishop, not his man.
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Sodor and Man
Dr. Drury
Girl Master of a Hunt Club in Ireland
The Hon. Mary Westenra daughter of Lora and Lady Rossmore has accepted the mastership of the Monaghan Hunt Club succeeding Captain Murray Irwin who resigned. At 18 she is one of Ireland’s leading lady riders to hounds and will hunt the Monaghan Harriers from Rosamore in the coming season.
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Mary Westenra
Lora
Lady Rossmore
Monaghan Hunt Club
Murray Irwin
Miss Westenra
Ireland
Monaghan Harriers
Rosamore
Railroad Wreck Stirs Porter on Kansas Train
A Kansas train wreck story recalls a porter who, thinking the train halted for repairs, checked ahead in a Pullman. A passenger jumps up shouting about a wreck and cries of pain follow as the engine and cars shift.
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills billed for all seasons
An advertisement claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills work in winter or summer in any latitude. It offers them as a constant aid for the dyspeptic and urges readers to carry them everywhere. The pills are advertised as climate resistant and guaranteed to stay fresh and strong.
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Parmelee
Not fond of soda water foot in mouth quote
Teddy remarks that plain soda water tastes odd as if his foot had fallen asleep in his mouth. The exchange appears in Success Magazine.
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Teddy
Success Magazine
Minard’s Liniment and Uncle Zeke’s City Ride Tale
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune column recalls Minard’s Liniment curing diphtheria and Uncle Zeke returning from the city. The speaker boasts about riding twenty miles in a streetcar for a nickel and recalls a previous year’s free ascent to the town’s tallest building.
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Zeke
Jed
Chicago Tribune
Better Than Spanking Bed-Wetting Cure Ad
An Ontario advert offers a free home treatment for bed-wetting and urinary issues. Mrs. M Summers of Windsor invites mothers to write for instructions, claiming the method cures children and adults without charging or requiring money upfront.
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M. Summers
Windsor
Ont
Do you shop with your wife in open leads tours
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a husband avoiding shopping with his wife due to numerous open leads on tours. The remark frames tours as ongoing discoveries rather than purchases.
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Detroit Free Press
Baby's Own Tablets Backed By Satisfied Mother
A Saskatchewan mother endorses Baby's Own Tablets for teething and common infant ailments. The ad promises relief for colic indigestion constipation diarrhoea worms and teething troubles without opiates. Sold at 25 cents per box or via Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Detroit Free Press Love Note Exchange Excerpt
A brief romance exchange from the Detroit Free Press shows Elfreda and Guy confessing long awaited love with playful dialogue. The snippet captures tender emotion and mutual longing in a period newspaper voice.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad and Social Quip Noted
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy with a price of 50c and promotions to request eye books from Marine Eye Remedy Co. Toronto. The piece also recalls Leonora O Reilly praising the Women's Trade League in New York and includes a crude farmer’s wife joke attributed to 1840s rhetoric.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Toronto
Leonora O'Reilly
Women’s Trade League
New York
Job
Philadelphia
There's the Devil to Pay at My House
A brief quote exchanges the idea of paying a debt or consequence at home. The memory hints at moral or social obligation. A newspaper snippet attributes the remark to the Atlantic Constitution and frames a domestic dilemma in colloquial terms.
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Atlantic Constitution
Died in poverty quote echoes from The Sporting Times
A fragment quotes the Sporting Times with the philosopher deriding sympathy for dying in poverty. The brief line questions the value of poverty and living conditions, reflecting sharp wit and social critique.
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The
Sporting Times
Women vote as husband refuses consent
In a Boston Transcript style quip a man asserts his wife cannot vote without his consent while joking about losing $30 hats to other women on election day. The exchange highlights early gender voting tensions and domestic control themes.
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Boston Transcript
Stanfield Wool Good for Unshrinkable Underwear
Nova Scotia wool underpins Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear praised for softness strength and heat without bulk. Wool comes directly from Maritimes farmers to Truro mills, processed to remove shrinkage, with 750000 capitalization and 300 workers. Garments in 3 weights plus 17 additional options available through dealers and free style catalogues.
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Stanfields
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Stanfield Mills
Truro
Stanfield
Cited Exchange Describes Hit-and-Run Suspect Attire
In a fragmentary dialogue from Life magazine a police sergeant asks for a description of the driver who ran over a person. The suspect was described as wearing a fur coat an automobile cap and goggles in the overheard report.
Imitation Minard's Liniment Sold At Low Price
A druggist can obtain a greasy imitation of Minard's Liniment from a Tor onto house at a very low price and label it as his own product. The counterfeit is described as the poorest of many imitations seen, and readers are advised to ask for Minard's.
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Minard
Toronto
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Man vows to seek Simpkins for a laugh about fair
After telling his joke four times without a smile the man storms off to find Simpkins. He recalls Simpkins borrowed money from him recently and vows to get a laugh from him instead.
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George
Simpkins
Chicago Post
Newfoundland Fishermen Praise Dodd's Kidney Pills
Fishermen in Fortune Bay Newfoundland call Dodd's Kidney Pills a boon to mankind as backache relief and rheumatism cure. Frank Banfield credits two boxes with curing five years of pain, stating his father also found relief. The ad claims kidney aches cause backache and that the pills have proven results in Canada.
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Fortune Bay
Dodd
Frank Banfield
Canada
Lieut Shackleton's Shilling Recalls Humble Start
Lieut Shackleton recounts earning a shilling a month from age fifteen and shoveling coal at sixteen off South America. His later fame for the polar dash is cited as proof of character and industriousness.
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Shackleton
Browning Settlement
Walworth
Eng
South America
South Pole
Suiting Her Convenience D’Orsay Talks Dinner With Lady Holland
Count D Orsay, visiting England, sits beside Lady Holland at dinner. Her imperious mood causes napkin, fan, fork, and glass to be dropped and restored by the neighbor. Frustrated, the youth asks a footman to place his plate on the floor, deeming it more convenient for her.
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D’orsay
England
Holland
Zone of Silence Ends Family Dispute
In a Pittsburg Dispatch excerpt, Maria admonishes John about a lingering cold and fever risk, while John retorts that he needs a zone of silence. The dialogue highlights domestic tension and concern for health.
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John
Maria
Pittsburg Dispatch
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Zam-Buk
Pittsburg Bulletin
Elfreda
Guy
Stanfield’s Limited
Truro, N.S
Fliegende Blaetter
Newfoundland
Royal Household
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Limited
Montreal
Dodds
Rte
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