Seashore Excursion Offers $15 Round Trip From Indianapolis
The annual low rate seashore excursion will depart via Pennsylvania Lines on Thursday August 9 with reduced fare tickets to Atlantic City Cape May Anglesea Avalon Holly Beach Ocean City Sea Isle City Wildwood Rehoboth Ocean City MD and local Indiana organizer W Richardson D P A invites participation.
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Atlantic City
Cape May
Anglesea
Avalon
Holly Beach
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Wildwood
New Jersey
Rehoboth
Del
Indianapolis
Atlantic Coast
W. W. Richardson
Ind
Summer Outings Where to Go and How to Get There
The seashore mountains and lake resorts offer appealing summer pleas ures. Pennsylvania Lines agents provide full rate and through-car information and help plan vacation trips free of charge. Contact the nearest passenger and ticket agent for details.
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Pennsylvania Lines
W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis
Ind
Mustache Trends and Facial Hair Myths Referenced
A historical note discusses how most men who shave their mustaches imagine resembling Byron or Napoleon. It reflects on vanity and changing facial hair norms without naming individuals or events.
Iisas Cure Praised As A Cough Remedy On Jan 6 1900
An advertisement touts Iisas Cure as an effective cough remedy from I. W. O'Brien of Minneapolis Minnesota placing the notice on January 6 1900. It notes that Carter's Ink to the Beat Ink leads sales while the poorest pay less. The piece comments on torn gloves as a sign of suspicion in women.
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Carter
Iisa
I. W. O'Brien
Third Avenue North
Minneapolis
Minn
Fall on icy sidewalk prompts joke about shoes
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a man’s fall on ice and jokes about a wife repeating advice on footwear. The cartoonish remark shifts to a seasonal joke about laws preventing women from house cleaning, reflecting humorous press commentary of the period.
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Detroit Free Press
Libby Meats Featured For Quick Luncheon Needs
Libby McNeill Libby offers ready to serve luncheon meats and a booklet titled How to Make Good Things to Eat. The ad notes convenient choices for housekeepers and references a free booklet on request. The passage closes with a quip about graduation after studying economy.
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
Reliable House of Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicaze
The Elder Brother and the Prodigal Return Sermon
Dr. Talmage denounces self righteousness and jealousy while urging a warm welcome for prodigals. He contrasts the elder brother’s icy criticism with the father’s forgiving mercy, urging repentance and communal celebration at the banquet.
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Dr. Talmage
Managing a Woman On Eleventh Street Strife
A Star reporter notes a short, volatile outburst by a small man on Eleventh Street who blames his wife Liza for trouble. He describes working for white folks and defends himself against accusations of infidelity as a domestic dispute unfolds near a white household.
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Star
Fred
Teddy
Sixteenth Street
Jess
Liza
Jesus at the Pharisee's House Verse Tale
A Pharisee hosts Jesus for a meal while a sinful woman anoints his feet with ointment and weeps. Jesus tells a parable on forgiveness, praising the woman’s faith and love over the host’s neglect to honor him, and grants forgiveness and peace.
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Jesus
Simon
A Good Excuse Jury Relief Request Posed
A reader suggests a flimsy reason to be excused from jury duty, claiming a lack of time and conflict with personal plans. The note humorously critiques common excuses used to avoid serving on a trial.
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Eesya
West Virginia Littles Outwit Speaker Reed
Cyrus Patterson Jones notes a Success tale from West Virginia involving two congressmen Blackburn Dovener and Romeo Freer meeting Speaker Thomas Reed. Reed mocks the pair as dwarfs, they respond with humor about persimmon taste, and Reed shakes their hands in good humor.
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Reed
West Virginia
Cyrus Patterson Jones
Thomas B. Reed
West
Mr. Freer
One Woman's Wisdom Station Agent Dialogue
A brief item from Chicago News notes a passenger refuses baggage check insisting her bags go as requested. The exchange highlights a humorous moment reflecting traveler autonomy.
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Chicago News
Stomach Bitters Marketed For Health At Colleges
The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as beneficial for blood nerves and stomach disorders. It claims it cures constipation indigestion dyspepsia sluggish liver and weak kidneys and links health and strength to physique discipline.
Mantra on Life and Love
A reflective line about life's value tied to having someone worthy of love. It emphasizes love as the meaning of living and enduring bonds as essential to happiness.
Free Homesteads in Western Canada Pamphlets Offer
Copy available of Western Canada and British Columbian pamphlets with guidance for settlers seeking new homes. Include address for J. Francis Lee, general agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Chicago. Also notes on remedies and ads for teething syrups and Hall's Catarrh Cure with notary statements from 1896.
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Western Canada
British Columbian
J. Francis Lee
Cana-dan Pacific Railway
South Clark Street
Chicago
Sion
Departiment of
Interior
Ottawa
Canada
F. Pedley
Otta
E. T. Holmes
Government of Canada
Wall coatings and a witty aside on bachelors
The article urges coat walls of churches schools and hospitals with a pure cement like Alabastine for disinfection and easy renewal. It notes first cost is similar to inferior work and renewals cheaper. It closes with a quip that a successful bachelor girl is an unsuccessful sweetheart.
Grain-O Promises Coffee Substitute From Pure Grains
Ask your grocer today to show you Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury and all who try it like it. Grain-O has rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and suits delicate stomachs. 14 the price of coffee 15¢ and 25c per package by all grocers. Every woman has her moments of weakness when she really thinks.
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Talmage
Canada
Leo
Mississippi
Christ
Heaven
Kkindlier
Church of Christ
Perdition
South America
Glasgow
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot comfort
An 19th century ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease foot pain from corns bunions swelling soreness and sweaty feet. The copy claims it loosens tight shoes and is sold by druggists and shoe stores with a sample offer and address in Le Roy New York. A closing line presents a social remark about women.
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Allen
Zic
Olmsted
le Roy
Cure a Cold in One Day Drug Ad Promise Refund
An old ad promotes Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a refund offer if it fails. It notes a signature by WW Grove on each bottle and mentions a price of B50. The text also contains a quip about men and women's feet and shoe sizes.
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AB Dreggieta
Grove
Oratory Fatigue Critique in Chicago Journal
A pessimist complains that modern campaign rhetoric bores and unsettles audiences. He notes speakers face immediate mockery as soon as a striking phrase appears, arguing witty jibes hinder genuine reform and erode political shifts.
Her Abandonment of Feathers
A humorous Chicago Times Herald quip notes a wife buying a featherless hat to show taste rather than joining the Audubon Society. The gag hinges on the hat’s cost and the Perceived vanity rather than any environmental stance.
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The
Audubon Society
Chicago Times: Herald
Grain-O: A Nourishing Coffee Substitute for Children
Want to know if Caldaren drink tea or coffee. try Grain-O a grain based beverage marketed as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It tastes like coffee yet costs about 4 percent of real coffee and is sold by grocers at 15 cents and 25 cents.
Nell and Harry’s Quiet Engagement Talk
Nell confides to Belle that she may marry Harry. She praises his looks and wealth and notes she feels different from other girls, though the engagement is not formal yet.
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Nell
Harry
Belle
Puck
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health and Merit
A testimonial backed claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures disease and purifies blood. It praises fame from actual results and cites a Oakland man, Frank Nolen, who says six bottles cured his six months of indigestion headaches and nervousness. It brands Hood's as America's Greatest Medicine.
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Hood
Frank Nolen
Oakland
America
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