Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Tumor Cure
A testimonial letter claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured fibroid tumors and improved overall health. The writer describes following advice, feeling well, and walking miles, and urges others with female troubles to try the product despite a note about lack of original documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia K. Pinkham
FL Hayes
Dudley St
Roxbury
Boston
Mass
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Mayes
Lydia KE
Belgian officer reports dangerous megwe octopus in Congo river caverns
A Belgian officer returning from the Kongo Free State describes a river octopus called megwe that capsizes canoes and preys on humans by removing brains through nostrils. Sightings near the Amadis station follow rocks and caves along the Uelle River, with bodies later recovered and no external wounds.
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Kongo Free State
Uelle
Amadis
New York Tribune
Himbri
Miss Barfoot Recovers Felt Miserable No More
Maplehill Iowa Aug 10 Miss Nelle Barfoot describes severe suffering and despair before using Dodds Kidney Pills. She reports being cured and urges other women to try the remedy, claiming renewed health and vitality now.
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Maplehill
Iowa
Nelle Barfoot
Miss Barfoot
Miss
Original Summer Girl and Elizabeths Wit in Tower Tale
The Quotation notes Sir Walter Raleigh praised Queen Elizabeth as the Original Summer Girl. He joked that her sour majesty dismisses many summer acquaintances. The queen pardoned him from the Tower for his wit.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
New York Sun
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Proven Results
There is widespread catarrh in this region once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney and Co Toledo is advertised as a constitutional remedy that works through the blood and mucous membranes. The firm offers a $1000 reward for any unrecovered case and invites testimonials and circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J.cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
The Thing to Write For in Philadelphia Press
A witty exchange about a new magazine attracting leading poets and novelists. The dialogue questions its appeal and even its appetite, showcasing journalist humor and literary culture of the era.
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Porterity
Philadelphia Press
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn With Allen’s Foot Ease Advertisement
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures corns, bunions, swollen, sore and sweating feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Cantaloupe Taste Inspires Mixed Noon Hopes
A playful note from the Chicago Tribune evokes a cantaloupe joy with eager tasting, but the flavor is likened to soft soupe, hinting at humorous sentiment rather than a formal report.
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Chicago Tribune
Effective Nerve Remedy Promises Permanent Cure
A historical ad promotes a nerve cure claiming permanent relief after three months. The product, labeled Great Nerve He storer, is sold by KLINE Ltd located at 81 AnD St. Potiaceipnia.
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Jer Rirmne
Secal Ft
Conversation Sparks Conflict Between Lovers
A brief dialogue excerpt shows a man insisting he must go while a woman accuses him of deception, lamenting that girls cannot trust his promises. The exchange conveys distrust and romantic tension from a Chicago Evening Post excerpt.
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Chicago Evening Post
Soothing Syrup For Teething From Birs Winslow’s
A faded ad fragment touts Birs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims gums are softened, inflammation reduced, pain alleviated, and windcolic cured, with scented preparation noted in the brief copy.
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Winslow
Dearer Times Echo in Hunnimune Exchange
In a Philadelphia Ledger cartoon style exchange Mrs. Hunnimune asks if love remains as strong as ever and Mr. Hunnimune confirms. She questions whether she is dearer now, and he reassures that everything is dearer nowadays.
All Up-To-Date Housekeepers Use Red Cross Rail Blue
A brief note promotes Red Cross Rail Blue as a cleaner for households making clothes clean and sweet smelling, advertised for grocers to carry.
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Red Cross Rail
Bunched
A short dialogue exchange references Mrs Gouit Wither Ah and Mrs Sharpas Canby Bunches with a Boston Post mention. The snippet implies social chatter about a husband’s money source and courtesy between titled ladies in a Boston context.
Nebuchadnezzar Eats Grass Jokes in Brooklyn Life
A brief Brooklyn Life quip notes Nebuchadnezzar chewing grass as a joke about his wife’s cooking. The item frames the ancient king in a humorous domestic contrast.
Bank Counterfeit Tale Debunked by Secret Service Expert
Kansas City Star reports government expert Thomas R. McManus explains that of 390000 silver dollars in circulation not more than one is counterfeit with any silver content. He notes genuine coins are struck from clean sheets of metal giving sharp lines and that factory-scale counterfeit plants would be costly noisy and easily detected.
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Thomas R. McManus
Kansas City Star
Hit of Broadway weighs in with nickel eating device
A New York bar features a weighing machine phonograph that responds to each nickel. Patrons crowd the bar as the device announces a man’s weight, prompting bets and lively chatter about the contraption and its odd display.
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Broadway
New York Sun
Commencement Address by James M Beck in Brooklyn
James M Beck opened a Brooklyn college commencement with a humorous anecdote as a hurried speech theme. He shared a tale of a grieving woman and a pastor, highlighting the line Grin and bear it as the motto that aided her during sorrow.
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James M. Beck
Brooklyn
Dominic
New York Times
Englishman Seeks Half and Half at Broad Street Café
A man dressed and speaking as an Englishman entered a Broad Street cafe and asked for a half and half. The bartender, a new worker, served the drink and the patron asked where the porter was. The bartender replied he was out washing windows.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Mrs Willoughby Objects To Public Image After Son's Marriage
An intimate friend questions Mrs Wiloughby over her stance on her son's marriage. She insists she supports marriage but fears being labeled as the "old Mrs Willoughby."
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Willoughby
Mrs. Willoughby
Reproach Not Found in Reproach of a Reprobate
A reflective line asserts that reproach lacks sting when directed at a reprobate, suggesting moral judgments may fail to wound those without merit or remorse. The phrase hints at resilience or indifference in the face of criticism.
Perique Tobacco and Imitations Stir Public Debate
An article cites tobacco traders and the New Orleans Times-Democrat discussing Louisiana perique, its manufacturing process, and imitations. It notes annual genuine perique production around 40 000 to 50 000 pounds, but estimates a single house uses 200 000 pounds yearly in perique mixtures. The piece explains perique is a manufactured product from treated leaf, with imitations sharing flavor though not the original process, some using acetic acid while genuine perique remains untouched by foreign matter.
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St. James Parish
New Orleans
America
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sousa and His Band at the Indiana State Fair
John Philip Sousa's orchestra returns as a regular Fair attraction at Indianapolis venues. The Indiana State Board of Agriculture funds the concerts, priced for accessibility, on September 16 and 17 at the Fair Grounds and Tomlinson Hall. The program features popular airs with encores and marks the band's only Indiana engagement that year.
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John Phillip Sousa
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Buard of Agriculture
Fair Grounds
Tomlinson Hall
Indianaolis
Scausa
Origins of the Sunday soda and the Sondae tale
A historical note explains the Sondae soda name deriving from Robert Sondae of Buffalo who created a fruit topped ice cream treat. The term spread nationwide with misspelled forms like Sunday, yet no patent or copyright protected the original formula.
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Sunda
Buffalo
United States
Sondae
Man laments deception and seeks dangerous remedy
The speaker admits being downcast after a late arrival to work and details a string of misfortunes caused by accidents at home. He seeks something marked dangerous to blunt the sting, while a caller insists that example wins where argument fails.
Traveler spins comic tale of vegetables in dress aboard train
In a first class carriage a bronzed traveler entertains other passengers with tales of travel and strange sights. He jokes about seeing vegetables wearing clothing, ending with a punchline that he has seen a whole dressing on his travels.
A Last Remembrance Reminds of a Tender Moment
A fragment from Life presents Ethel urging Charlie to propose again so she can have a lasting memory after he talks to papa, capturing a quiet, intimate scene of love and memory.
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Ethel
Charlie
Papa
Unclear Portrait Cited From Brooklyn Life Remark
A fragmented line from Brooklyn Life notes a man preferring something to his wife's cooking, lacking context to identify person, place, or event.
Perfection on Earth Warns Against Chumps
A New York Evening Sun remark suggests perfection cannot exist on earth and mocks those who claim it. The line asserts skeptical view of scientists and common folk alike.
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Earth
Men of
Science
New York Evening Sun
U S Senator From South Carolina Endorses Peruna For Dyspepsia
Senator M C Butler of South Carolina commends Peruna as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He states Peruna relieves symptoms after short use and emphasizes it treats catarrh, not artificial digestion, with claims of broad cures for catarrh in head throat bronchial tubes and stomach. He urges readers to seek free medical advice from Dr Hartman.
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P. Conlin
Greenfield Avenue
Carbondale
South Carolina
Peruna Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
M. C. Butler
Ess
Perune
Veruna
Peruna
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