Dr Caldwell’s Laxative Syrup Pepsin Endorsed in 1901
A reader testimonial extols Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin as a safe tonic and purifier for liver kidneys stomach and bowels. It warns against Sarsaparilla and similar nostrums and lists prices 50c and 1.00. Mrs F Callahan of Parkersburg praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption for sickly children.
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Dr. Caldwell
Sire. Winston's Soothing Syrup for children
The passage advertises a soothing syrup claimed to ease gum teethe pain and cure wind colic. It describes a scented bottle and asserts calming effects for infants.
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Winston
Mad poet McDonald Clarke taunts rude student
The famed New York figure McDonald Clarke known as the mad poet meets two young men at a hotel table. They mock him, offering a coin for a sight of the poet. Clarke replies by producing a York shilling and hands it back, remarking children half price.
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McDonald Clarke
New York
Clarke
York
Thought She Couldn't Live
Moravia New York June 6 Benjamin Wilson reports his wife nearly died from sugar diabetes and rheumatism. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills her weight rose from 130 to 190 pounds and she recovered strength, with relief from painful bumps and overall health.
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Moravia
N. Y
Benjamin Wilson
Dodd
Post Office Express Messenger Service Dares Mileage Rule
A curious postal tale recalls how a St Martin's le Grand clerk arranged delivery by registered post for three pence per mile. A smart messenger guided a Balham recipient to his home, with both signing a printed form listing items for delivery under the express mileage rule.
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St. Martin's le Grand
Balham
Theater Troupe Brings Hope After Georgia Debacle
The company faced ruin in a Georgia town with no cash or hotel trust, but an opera house manager in another town sent a telegram promising four hundred advance sales and funds for transportation. The troupe celebrated with a burst of improvisation and planned renewed travel as the train pulled in near a fiery sunset.
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Danville
Georgia
Tatvoreilroad
Transpor
Bowery
Opera
E-Burnin’ Down
New York Telegraph
Turn in Diet for Nature Hints and Dyspepsia Relief
A railroad worker details prolonged weight loss from poor digestion and sedentariness. After trying Grape-Nuts he gains appetite and strength, with family adopting the product. The ad promotes Postum Co. and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Noising Abroad Engaged Couple Sparks Secrecy Debate
In a dialogue from the Philadelphia Press Gasaway reveals his engagement to Miss Roxley and prefers secrecy. Harkaway prods that true engagement would be public, and the coincedes with a sly remark about Gasaway’s motives.
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Gasaway
Roxley
Harkaway
Philadelphia Press
Essay on Landscape Phrase Surfaces in Class Remark
The Chicago Tribune notes a teacher critiques a rhetoric essay for awkward phrasing. The student’s line sight broke upon a landscape is challenged and a classmate suggests she dropped her eyes as a correction.
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Chicago Tribune
Doctor Advocated Operation Peruna Made Knife Unnecessary
A collection of testimonials claim Peruna cured uterine conditions avoiding surgery. Eva Bartho of New York City credits nine bottles and long lasting health, while other named women endorse Peruna for varied female weaknesses. The ad urges readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus for free treatment guidance.
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M. Cartledge
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkenas
Lydia E. Pinkam
M. Canniepue
Whitehall &J
Atlanta
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Estes
New York City
Mas
Mantia Estes
West 125Th St
N. Y
Lydia
Pinkham Med. Co
Peruna
Eva Bartho
East 12Th St
Senator Roach
Larimore
N. Dak
Senator Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Belva Lockwood
General Longstreet
Washington, D. C
Helen Rolof
Kaukauna
Wis
Muriel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mich
Royal Templars of Temperance
Lucy M. Riley
Davenport St
Cleveland
Ohio
Hartman
Columbus
Hartman Sanitarium
Eliza and her baby cited by pupil in class exchange
A teacher asks for a boy to answer. a student waves and names Eliza and her baby in a classroom moment reported by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Eliza
Philadelphia Bulletin
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Cure All Dreaded Disease
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh and other ailments by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts a constitutional treatment and urges readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney in Toledo Ohio. The copy leans on testimonials and testimonials to persuade.
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Hall
Hal
F. J. Cheney & C.O
Toledo
Mail
Limitations of Journalistic Life
Humorous exchange about marriage to a newspaper man. Mrs. Scribbler notes they never attend events due to having nothing to wear. The quip appears in the New York Weekly.
Allen's Foot Ease and Ball Blue Ad Highlights
Ask Your Center for Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into shoes that relieves corns bunions swollen and sore feet and ingrown nails. Also promotes easier shoe fit sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c free sample address Le Roy New York Red Cross Ball Blue promotes clear whites in large 2 oz package. Includes a proverb about honesty and effort.
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Allen’s
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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