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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1901
Page
6
A set of clipped quips from Chicago papers and a New York Weekly joke section features poking fun at family dynamics and "great men" lineage. The lines contrast domestic routine with sharp social wit about fathers, sons, and public figures.
General Washington in 1776 condemns profane swearing as a growing vice in the American army and urges officers to set an example so heaven will bless their arms. The piece also notes travel excitement causing diarrhoea and promotes Chamberlin’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by lendenin and Battles Pharmacy.
A string of humorous quips from Chicago Post and Brooklyn Life. A neighbor who quits speaking after borrowing a phone is teased, and a suggestion that love alters perception. The ad promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets at 25 cents with samples at local drug stores.
Building at corner of 15th Street and 6th Avenue lists office hours 11 to 1 pm 3 to 6 pm and 8 to pm for Dr Mock Rosensteinn.
Roast Oysters: remove upper shells and bake in a hot oven until edges curl. Butter with salt pepper and a dash of thick cream or catchup for each oyster. Oyster a la Bechannel uses thirty five oysters, half a pint cream, two ounces butter, flour, salt and pepper, simmer oysters in their liquor, add butter then cream, stir smooth, add mushrooms before serving.
John G Milburn a Buffalo lawyer long active in western New York and native of England born fifty years ago came to the United States in 1869 worked as a mechanical engineer before studying law and gaining citizenship after legislative wrangling. Belgian Toblansky claims a light from smoke device saturates smoke with hydrocarburet for burning and bright illumination. The column also relays a domestic dispute over cabbage in a Chicago Post excerpt.
A dated health ad promotes Dr Humphreys' Specific 77 claiming it prevents colds from causing long term illness and lawsuits a 20 percent US death rate from colds. It asserts the remedy is safe and available through druggists with prepaid shipment from Humphreys Homeo Med Co New York.
Henderson Grimett of Logan county West Virginia was stricken with partial paralysis losing use of an arm and side. After two bottles of Cham Berlin’s Pain Balm he was nearly cured. The ad cites other cures for paralysis and promotes the balm for rheumatism sprains and bruises sold by B J Clendenin and Battles Pharmacy Moline.
A collection of quick quips and comic lines from newspapers notes holiday chatter and jokes. A Georgia style line about starting Christmas gift installments early contrasts with jokes about lectures and money making tips. The items include a New York Times exchange about heiresses and a Chicago Post jab on introspection.
Bay Villa Sundeys River Cape Colony shopkeeper QO R Larson reports a general store serving farmers within thirty miles. He quotes cures for Chamberlin's remedies, Ballard's Snow Liniment, and Rocky Mountain Tea sold at F J Clendenin's and Battles' Pharmacy in Moline.
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