Peruna Praised By Patient In St Louis Letter
Sylvester E. Smith of 218 Granite Block St Louis testifies his health improved after using Peruna for catarrhal bronchial trouble. He recovered in three months and expresses gratitude to the remedy. Brooklyn physician A W Perrin also endorses Peruna and recommends it to patients.
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Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Perrns
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chas. H. Fletcher
A. F. Peeler
E. Down
Philadelphia
Edward Parrish
J. B. Elliott
New York City
C. G. Sprague
Omaha
Neb
J. A. Parker
Kansas City
H. F. Merrill
Augusta
Norman M. Geer
Cleveland
Ohio
Mind Reader Doubt in Parlor Exchange
A Detroit Tribune note describes a couple alone in a parlor. He sits in an easy chair while she occupies the sofa, joking that he is a mind reader, and she challenges the claim with a skeptical remark.
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Detroit Tribune
Ambiguous Praise in Cleveland Plain Dealer Quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip praises a new cook for cleanliness and beauty. The remark highlights the chef as the only one who kept the kitchen spotless while noting her attractive appearance. The exchange reflects lighthearted humor about domestic staff.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Chamber of Commerce Founded in 1768
The oldest commercial corporation in the United States is the New York Chamber of Commerce located in New York City. It was organized May 5 1768 at Fraunces Tavern marking its historic founding.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
United States
New York City
Fraunces’ Tavern
Always Being Broken Car Joke Highlight
A Bohemian Magazine quip ponders naming a car and notes good resolutions as a joke about keeping a vehicle in repair. The humor links wordplay on repair and yearly promises with a light newspaper tone.
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Bohemian Magazine
Poetry Versus Truth in a Wasp Verse
A brief quip contrasts the poet’s dull cares with sharper personal distress. The lines evoke the poet’s harp and the speaker’s deeper worries as sharper and more troubling. The anonymous verse hints at the tension between artful lament and real anxieties.
Bed Bound for Months Triumph with Kidney Pills
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says years of weakness sleeplessness swollen limbs and troublesome secretions left her bed bound for four months after three doctors declared no hope. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered enough to leave the house and regain strength. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Streets
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Greatest Widower and Royal Tales
A fragmentary excerpt links King Henry VIII to being the greatest widower born in 1066 with 510 wives, and mentions Lord Sir Garret Wolsey as a bachelor. It also references Henry VII, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Lady of the Lake in a dated historical narrative tone.
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Henry VIII
Anno Domini
Calais
Garret Wolsey
Henry VII
Mary, Queen of Scots
A Historical Mystery Solved The Man in the Iron Mask
A New York Sun excerpt recounts the mystery of the man in the iron mask with emotional reactions and expressions of sympathy toward the captive. The piece suggests a resolution or new understanding of the famed case.
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Man In the
Iron Mask
New York Sun
Sixty Minutes Equals Sixty Miles Exchange
In a light exchange, Eddie Motorby and a teacher joke that sixty minutes equals sixty miles, concluding with playful banter as Puck chimes in.
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Eddie
Puck
Barker's Never-Ending Rant Prompts Skepticism
In the Omaha Bee, Barker is described as always railing at something and being very skeptical. The exchange jokes about his skepticism being a form of dyspepsia.
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Omaha Bee
Fragmentary account of steam roller incident noted
The text shows a fragmented report discussing a steam roller, with uncertain details and references to subsequent facts and stamping. It lacks clear names, places, or dates, making firm conclusions difficult.
Woman Hater Quotation Cited From Boston Globe
A phrase from the Boston Globe notes that the saying all is fair in love and war has been applied to marriage both before and after wedlock. The item presents a commentary on enduring norms and social phrases regarding relationships.
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Boston Globe
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsement Ad
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe pleasant laxative. It claims cleansing and relief without debility or dose increases, praising physician approval and urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
The King's Cock Crower in English History
An antiquated royal role, the king's cock crower, timed hours during Lent to remind the court of Christian duties. The official crowed Ash Wednesday onward, replacing the barn door method, until the office persisted to 1822 in London.
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London
Daisy and Daffodils Poem Verses by Jean Ingelow
A lyrical excerpt describing daisies wild in wind bent fields and buttercups with two bonny boys and mother’s daughters gathering blooms. The scene shifts to a ship at sea and a hopeful, sunlit world praising cheerful hearts and a benediction from God above.
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Jean Ingelow
Summer dresses and skirts you can sew quickly
Quick fashion notes describe easy summer garments. Helen Berkeley-Loyd suggests fast starter outfits with linen skirts and shirt waists. She touts gores circular skirts five six three gore styles, a box plait front and back piece, and a one piece side circular design. A jumper waist from a straight cut piece doubles over at the shoulder line for rapid completion.
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Helen Berkeley-Loyd
Gibson
A Wise Precaution Cartoon Moment
A humorous Harper's Weekly vignette shows Willie sent to bed for mischief and his father asking if prayers were said. Willie claims he asked God to make him good and adds he gave the Lord time after the Amen with an R. S. P. remark.
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Willie
Harper’s Weekly
Dollar Bills Weigh The Same As Gold Pieces
A bank president tells a depositor that twenty seven fresh one dollar bills weigh as much as a twenty dollar gold piece while used bills balance with twenty six. He notes dirt on old bills adds slight weight, reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City Star
An Expert Carver
Mme. X seeks a skilled carver for a new venture. She tests an applicant about table service and carving ability. He claims assurance from ten years as a surgeon's servant in a dissecting room, asserting mastery of the trade.
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Mme. X
A Queer Compact and a Cat’s Cure
A seven year old boy Van hates Sunday School. His poisoned cat lies dying until he prays to God to save her. He vows to attend Sunday School all summer if the cat recovers, and she does. He keeps the promise, linking faith and duty in a children’s tale from Liv. Lipscomb.
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Van
God
Lippincott’s
Slang at the Restaurant Behind Buffalo Food Talk
A Buffalo paper story explains a slang lexicon for cheap dining, decoding phrases like two cackles and the pig for ham and eggs and Cunard liner with two dogs aboard for Hamburger steak with sausages. It recounts a waiter reacting to mixed orders and illustrates the slang through a Mississippi incident.
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Cunard
Mississippi
Minneapolis Journal
Danish method uses searchlight to curb eel migration
Danish investigators propose a simple plan to save breeding eels by shining a large acetylene light along riverbanks to illuminate shallow water and slow the downward migration to the sea, aiming to preserve a valuable food supply. The technique relies on preventing eels from reaching the sea where they do not return to rivers.
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Philadelphia
The Girl Graduate Mentioned in Kansas City Times
A Kansas City Times note portrays a girl graduate skilled in botany logic Dutch and Swedish gymnastics. She was thorough in Greek and Latin and asked for a gridiron to iron a shirt.
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Kansas City Times
Prisoner Comforts and Beds Compared in Quotation
A visitor in a Detroit Free Press excerpt remarks on prisoners sleeping on planks and calls the beds harsh. The warden replies that inmates may fare better than summer cottage beds, noting relative comfort.
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Detroit Free Press
Tunic gowns dominate old polonaise influence
The tunic silhouette appears in both afternoon and evening gowns with an evident polonaise hint. It suits embroideries, braidings, and border trimmings a popular feature in current fashion.
White summer dresses and linen suits feature color accents
New white dresses in shops include touches of color in embroidery or lace while all-over embroidery coats trimmed with lace remain pure white. Linen summer suits will show cuffs and collars in contrasting colors with pale blue lavender and pink used to enhance white fabrics.
Hatpin Fashion Drives French Women Wardrobe Change
Hatpin trimmings appear as a key eccentric in French women’s dress. The hat pin outfit has become a wardrobe necessity, using cardboard boxes to hold rows of hatpins described as lifeless as soldiers.
Satin Lining Preferred for Weight and Gloss in Garments
Satin is used as a lining material where possible and when price is not a factor. Glossy taffetas also perform well, but satin lining offers distinctive weight and sheen that stand out to observers.
How a Tall Figure Should Dress for Waist and Skirt Tucks
Guidance on shaping a tall figure with a short waist suggests placing vertical waist tucks and vertical lines in the skirt. A narrow belt matching the waist fabric should be worn to finish the silhouette.
Tunic Bathing Suit Fashion Prompts Formal Tone
An advance ad shows bathing suits with tunic styling and soutache braid arranging the fabric to evoke a formal etiquette look. The mode highlights a tunic effect sought in refined beachwear.
Hat Crown Styles Highlighted in Modish Fashion
A description notes use of colored tulle and mousseline in hat crowns to create a high, gathered Tam o Shanter style crown, signaling a fashionable silhouette for the period.
Dotted Swiss Undergarments Finish with Plain Swiss Hems
A guide states dotted, striped or cross barred undergarments should be finished with hems of plain Swiss. The instruction emphasizes contrasting fabrics for a neat edge in clothing construction.
A Tie Novelty Showcasing Butterfly Leather Turn-Over Collar
A description notes a tailored girl wearing a distinctive tie feature with a turn-over collar. Odd little butterflies crafted from leather accent the accessory, giving a quirky vintage detail to the outfit.
To Improve the Complexion With Cold Water Therapy
The article extols water as a complexion enhancer both inside and out. It recommends a daily cold face bath, dipping the face in water for two to three minutes, breathing between immersions, and maintaining a ready basin on a stand for convenience.
Takeoffs From Repair Man And Tire Dealer Sparked Inquiry
A stern speaker questions a new chauffeur about accepting charges from a repair man and a tire dealer. The response recalls an advertisement seeking an experienced driver who knew his business.
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Puck
New York Hostess Designs Four Color Decor Rooms
A New York hostess originated this idea and four rooms were decorated in pink yellow red and green. The pink room featured pink roses on card tables tied with pink ribbons and pink shaded lights while the server wore pink. The green room used ferns and smilax and all four rooms created a brilliant overall effect.
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New York
Paradoxical remark on a lazy man’s potential
A Philadelphia Press quote notes a man seen as lazy yet possessing the makings of a good person. The remark adds a harsh view that he needs a strong push to change, reflecting tough-guy commentary of the era.
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Philadelphia Press
Placing the Turtle Not a Fish Says Taxed Rep tile
The Australian customs department debated if turtle is fish for bounty purposes. An enterprising Northern Australia producer claimed the bounty under law granting payments for preserved fish. After dietarian consultation the department ruled turtle is not a fish but a rep tile.
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Australian Commonwealth Customs Department
Australia
London News
Twenty Thousand Dollar Production Yet Calls It Ice
The Pittsburg Post notes a debate over a costly display described as ice though critics dispute its value. The piece calls the snow glare real and genuine, emphasizing the white appearance of the snow.
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Pittsburg_ Post
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds After Dropping Coffee
A Washington physician credits Postum with ending years of periodic headaches and a host of illnesses linked to coffee. After trying and refining his brew, he reports clear thinking, steady hands, weight gain of 20 pounds, and renewed vitality. He notes Postum provides nourishment through phosphates and albumens and praises his wife and sister-in-law who also switched.
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D. C
Postum
Postum Co
Creek,Mich
The smart frock design with violet linen gown details
The drawing presents a refined frock model using pale violet linen with white embroidered buttons and braid buttonhole loops on the yoke. An under-bodice of washable ring-dot tulle is tucked with Cluny beading, and the skirt is short and plain gored.
Washing Lace Ties Like Old Fashioned Lin Vernie
Advice for cleaning lace cravats worn by women. Create lather with soap and water, work lace through the suds without wringing, rinse in milk until crisp but not stiff, and tint with cold tea to achieve a desired cream shade. Iron from the wrong side on thick fabric.
Corsage styles shift to velvet bands and small violet clusters
The New York girl abandons large violet corsages for a delicate band of velvet on the glove. A tiny violet group is pinned there, sometimes with a gardenia or an orchid at the center and violets circling or bordering it.
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New York
Woman uses coin bandage to erase frown lines
A woman reportedly removed facial frown lines by tying a bandage over a silver 50 cent piece each night. She padded the disk with cotton and sewed an inch wide ribbon at its sides, placing the coin over the forehead to press out the lines. After a year, she claims the method cured her.
Fashions Highlight French Influences and Linen Styles
A survey of current fashion notes describes the double peplum skirt trend, heavily embroidered tunics, and slender silhouettes for short women. It notes blue color pairings, silk muslin gowns with cloth hems, round metal buckles, draped skirts with fitted bodices, fringe touches, and lightweight straw hats as smart practical options.
A Queer Complication in Sydney Divides Town
In Sydney a 500000 population area a Sunday food ban prompts surreptitious eating. An Italian patron is pushed into a forbidden room with a teasing waitress who claims the man as her fiancé. He faces $2500 breach of promise suit then his wife sues for divorce and remarries.
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Sydney
Surplice Waists and Silk Crepe Taffeta Gowns Featured
Descriptions show surplice waists with silk or crepe folds and taffeta gowns in contrasting colors. The article highlights vivid color combinations and how fabrics such as satin or taffeta achieve the stylish effect.
History Side Lights and a Wild West Show Quote
A fragmentary note on William Tell and a father son moment mixed with a boastful line about a wildest show. The text hints at a historical or literary excerpt with dialogue about a tin cup and not running, pointedly referencing a performative display.
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William Tell
Scorned Neighbor Tales A Strange Lawn Mower Incident
A fragmented report describes a quarrel between neighbors over a lawn mower and a misplaced bottle of liquid. The account mentions tension and a surreal exchange symbolized by a starving pig motif amidst domestic dispute imagery.
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Jetta
Cure for itching sores in four days with Cuticura
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana reports a severe itching outbreak on her son spreading from his hands to the body. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment nightly and saw complete healing after four days.
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Cutteura
Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Portrait in Attic Reveals Family Secret
A surgeon's three leg amputations in a week spark gossip at home. Dorothy finds a daguerreotype of a one legged girl, revealing the portraitist was her mother who once had only one leg, prompting the daughter to ask if she knew the physician then.
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Dorothy
Papa
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised powder for foot relief
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions and swollen sore hot callous aching sweaty feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y This is an old time trade ad promoting a foot powder with multiple claimed benefits and free sample offer.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Embarrassment over bathing suit fashion at event
Miss Cayenne comments on her discomfort in a bathing suit saying she feels embarrassed. She adds the style may be out of date, reflecting concern over appearance at the occasion.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Witty barbs rise in married life
A Philadelphia Press exchange notes a husband finding his wife increasingly unbearable while she retorts with sharp sarcasm. The dialogue recalls his past view that such remarks were wit before marriage.
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Philadelphia Press
Reading summer resort literature on vacation
A playful exchange about travel plans and leisure reading. The speaker jokes they are already on vacation by absorbing summer resort literature while moving across the country. The tone mocks overlong trips contrasted with quiet reading.
Critic and Novelist Debate The Villain One Man’s Wickedness
The exchange centers on a novelist who crafts a villain embodying every form of wickedness his wife ascribes to him in anger. The fictional figure serves as a mirror of personal critique and creative exploration.
Moral about luck and defiance from a Boston drummer tale
A Boston man tells a Chicago NY leather dealer tale where a swallowed ten dollar gold piece unexpectedly saves him in New York after being robbed. The punchline urges never despair because one may cough up luck and walk into sunshine again.
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Boston
Bostonian
Chicago
New York
Twelve Labors of Hercules List From Myth Study
The twelve tasks include slaying the Nemean lion and hydra, capturing the Arcadian stag and Cretan bull, destroying the Stymphalian birds, obtaining Hippolyte's girdle, seizing Geryon’s oxen, retrieving the apples of the Hesperides, and bringing Cerberus up from the underworld.
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Augeas
Diomedes
Hippolyte
Geryon
Cerberus
Curious Book Titles From the Commonwealth Era
A London Scraps note catalogs rediscovered curious book titles from a prolific era of the commonwealth, highlighting satirical works attacking Jesuits and religious figures. The list includes "John Dances Better Than Peter, Peter Dances Better Than John, Both Dance Well" and "A Sigh For the Sinners of Zion Coming From a Hole In the Wall" attributed to Samuel Fisher.
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Commonwealth
John
Peter
Zion
Samuel Fisher
London
Bar patron builds a bar to match his smiling mood
A man known for his constant smiles decides to construct a bar that mirrors his cheerful outlook, offering a welcoming space for patrons to share in his beaming demeanor.
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