Debate Over Constitution and Flag Follows Old Jokes
In a clipped exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer two men mock a dispute on whether the flag follows the Constitution or vice versa. One argues the flag leads, the other insists the Constitution is timeless. The dialog shifts to a satirical plan to wrap constitutional ideas around a flagstaff as a comic solution.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jim-S-Smith
Jim
Joe Bangs
Joe
A Fitting Reproof
A trifling west side fire causes upheaval as a fat man escapes four floors before his mother. A messenger boy warns the mother and saves her. the fat man yells for help and tries to pay, while the crowd laughs at his cowardice and the boy’s nerve.
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The
New York Mail and Express
Duchess Fixes Doctor with Rank Based Cure
A tale from the Chicago Chronicle notes Marshal Le Febvre falls ill with ague and his servant recovers quickly. The duchess discerns the doctor misdosed by rank and prescribes remedies by grade, reviving the marshal after a dozen sips. The Detroit Journal comments on wireless telegraphy making digitally joined couples feel old fashioned.
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Marshal le Febvre
Chicago Chronicle
Detroit Journal
Beware Mercury Ointments for Catarrh Warning
A warning against using catarrh ointments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure by I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, testimonials, internal use, and price 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Western Napoleon of Finance Mentioned in Paper
A cryptic contemporary remark likens a noted financier to a long lived strategist. The exchange hints at admiration for his enduring influence and long career in economic circles referenced by a Philadelphia source.
Grain-O Proclaimed as Coffee Substitute
A new grain based drink called GRAIN-O is advertised as a safe coffee substitute. Marketed as pure grains, it comforts sensitive stomachs and tastes like coffee while costing 15 to 25 cents per package. Children may drink it with great benefit and grocers are stocking it nationwide.
Burlesque Carriage of a Tuba Draws Questioning Glee
A musician asks what he will be given for his battered tuba as a pawnbroker inspects the instrument with wire netting across the bell and wonders about the fun of traveling with one night burlesque companies in a scene from the Indianapolis Press.
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Indianapolis Press
It Excels Everything The Chicago and Florida Special
It Excels Everything The Chicago and Florida Special the first solid Pullman train Chicago to Florida goes into service January 14. One night out 32 hours to St Augustine via Big Four Penns Lines Monon C H D Queen Crescent Southern Ry Plant System Mast Coast Ry. Full particulars at ticket offices of lines named.
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Chicago
Florida
St. Augustine
Big Four
Penna
Monon-C
Queen & Crescent
Southern Ry
Plant System
Fla
Mast Coast Ry
Puzzling Observation Sparks Debate on New Woman
A brief exchange notes the paradox that the so called new woman is rarely very young, provoking readers at the Boston Transcript to ponder societal norms and aging roles reflected in contemporary puzzles and culture.
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Rawley
Boston Transcript
Rail Tickets to Midwest Cities From Chicago Central
The notice advertises passenger service via Wisconsin Central Ry to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Trains depart daily from Chicago Central Station at 12th Street and Park Row. James C. Pond is General Passenger Agent in Milwaukee. A separate item reports an Ohio man of 112 years faces nervous prostration attributed by his physician to 97 years of tobacco use.
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Wisconsin Central Ry
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Chicago
Central Station
12Th St
Park Row
Lake Front
James C. Pond
Gen. Pass
Agt
Milwaukee
Wis
Ohio
Iis
Coughing Promises Quick Relief from Kemp’s Balsam
An Iowa Democrat ad promotes Kemp's Balsam claiming immediate cough relief and urges readers to visit their druggist for a sample bottle free. Large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents. Delays are warned as dangerous.
The Silo Question and Innovations for Dairymen
Progressive Dairymen shift from experimentation to necessity. H I Cook describes stave silo design with air tight joints metal fasteners and cemented base. He discusses wall forms doors dormer light and a wire rope system to improve durability and accessibility.
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H. I. Cook
New Yorker
Potato Onion Culture Advice From a West Virginia Reader
A West Virginia reader explains potato onion culture with stable manure, plowing, harrowing, and planting rows 18 inches apart. He separates large onions from sets, uses Egyptian onions for early greens, and favors Prizetaker and Gibraltar seedlings for greens and steady green onions through late spring and summer.
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West Virginia
Gibraltar
J. Greiner
Road Mender Prizes and Butter Preservatives Compared
An article contrasts honor prizes for road maintenance in English counties with American practices and warns against butter preservatives. It notes road service competition boosts efficiency but American practices rely on election-time labor. It also criticizes preservative firms for false claims and notes confiscation laws in tropical countries.
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English Counties
America
Bhiter
Oly
What a Tomato Is Made Of
Prof. Harry Snyder of the Minnesota experiment station presents a series of analyses on tomato composition, detailing the food value and nutritional implications of the fruit for table use.
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Harry Snyder
Minnesota Experiment Station
Composition of solids other than sugar in feed samples
An Orange Judd Farmer report notes that the solids besides sugar are mostly water. Sugar content averages 3.83 percent, with samples ranging from under 1 percent to 4.5 percent. Protein is about 0.5 percent, fat about 0.5 percent, and the two are similar in amount.
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Orange Judd
Asparagus Bed Planting and Care Guide
Instructions for establishing an asparagus bed with one year old roots. Prefer spring planting in well drained soil, remove stones, dig trenches, add manure and soil, place roots spread evenly, space two feet apart, gradually fill trenches as plants grow, keep weed free, and annually manure in fall for top yields.
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Barnum
Rural Free Delivery Expansion and Postage Outlook
The postmaster general says rural free delivery, started years ago with about 200000 dollars, could expand nationwide at an estimated cost of 20500000. He urges economy to enable fuller appropriations. maintenance for next year is projected at 3500000. Also notes potato scab control by corrosive sublimate or formalin reducing damage versus untreated crops.
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Vermont
Abolition Debate Spurs Stretching Political Wrangling
The article notes lawmakers wrangling over abolishing the whipping post and contrasts passage of such a bill with the imagined benefits to lawbreakers. It then pivots to promotional wording for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach ills and a remedy for la grippe.
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Lpstetter
Hostetter
la Grippe
Small Change and a Barroom Counterfeit Feeling
A Memphis Scimitar excerpt depicts two men discussing a counterfeit vibe near a barroom. One says the bill cannot pass, then leads the companion away as they walk down the street. The dialogue captures streetwise slang and urban atmosphere.
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Memphis
Grain-O safe grain drink promises coffee taste
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. It has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and suits delicate stomachs. Men and 25ers per package sold by all grocers.
Unfamiliar Passenger Challenges New York Bus Lingo
A suburban lady aboard a New York streetcar struggles with slang from a conductor. When she asks for her stop the conductor replies with nonsense numbers and jokes, prompting a rebuke about service quality and a quip about a tenor solo for $3 a week.
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New York
Golo
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowel Relief
An 19th century style medical ad touts Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel mover necessary for health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and cures sick head ache, with a price of 25 and b0e.
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Lane
Cigar Burns Paper as Bargain Sale Price Fades
In a brief exchange a man explains he is burning out the price of tomorrow's bargain sale by burning the paper he takes home, while another acknowledges the hole in his paper from the cigarette. The scene appears in a Philadelphia Record item reflecting a casual street exchange.
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Dphiladelphia
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It states all druggists refund money if the remedy fails.
See here shopper warns of death amid bargain crush
A shopper cries There is a man just dropped dead in that bargain crush as a floor walker reacts with alarm. The exchange, reported by the Philadelphia Press, highlights a sudden fatal incident at a crowded sale.
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Philadelphia Press
Cancer Cure Promised at La Salle Sanitarium
A newspaper notice proclaims cancer is readily cured and guaranteed at the Cancer Sanitarium in La Salle Illinois by injecting an antidote into the diseased part.
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Cancer Sanitarium
la Salle
Ill
Quick Jokes and Ads Echo City Gossip Collected Snippets
A jumble of quips notices and ads from various papers. Short lines include race chatter, medicine ads, self help quips, dye and gum product mentions, dental care notes, and pithy Town Topics jokes. The collage reflects urban humor and commerce brief items.
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Mr. Clubman
Criteek
Sherlock Holmes
Washington (Ia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Grace B. Stansbury
Herington, Kansas
Grace B.stansbury
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lupia H. Pinkham Medicine Co
Towne—Newman
Brown
Crntches
1. T. Green
Piso
John I. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Pernam
Atchison Globe
Elew White
Indianapolis News
Chicago Daily News
Choe
Samuel Pitcher
Aly. Senna
Beit Baby
A. N, KA
Lax
Salzer
John A.salzer
Bears
Hirty
the Centaur Company
New York City
Canada
Department of Interior
Ottawa
KF. Pedley
C. J. Broughton
Monadnock Mik
Chicaga
C. O& Currie
Stevens Point
M. V. McInnes
Merrill Bi
Detroit
D. L
Caven
Columbus
James Guieve
Saginaw
Mich
N. Bartholomew
6Th Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Holme
Bates
Indianapolis
Heidelberg
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Stevens
MO Street
Cle
Veland
Dennis
H. BH. Green
Atlanta
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