Paradox of Jealousy and Household Dialogues
A fragment shows a dialogue with lines about a woman jealous of another and a brief exchange between Mrs. Benham and Benham. The text mentions a paradoxical view of beauty and a question about company during absence.
Get Rid of Dandruff Before It Destroys Hair
Dry scalp signals tiny scales that rob hair of nourishment. Treat with anti dandruff shampoos and scalp care to prevent further damage.
Barry's Tricopherous Dandruff Cure Ad
Barry's Tricopherous prepared to cure dandruff and build up dry thin scalps. Alert bottle at your druggist or by mail. BACLAY & Co. Stone St. YY.
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Baclay & Co
Stone
Home Remedy Prescription Boasts Stomach Relief
A Chicago drug store manager claims a simple compound of tincture of cinchona Prosene Compound and sherry wine is the best stomach remedy ever filled. He credits Prosene Compound with supplying pancreatic juice to aid digestion, aided by vegetable tonics, and notes any druggist can fill the prescription. Colorado announces a public advertising fund to promote state resources.
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Chicago
For Itching Piles Hunt's Cure Guarantee
An advertisement claims Itching Piles Hunt's Cure provides immediate relief with one application and guarantees a cure. The copy promises a single use relieves and a full cure.
Cuba Exports Vast Havana Cigar Totals Reported
Over the last year Cuba exported about 256 738 029 Havana cigars. About 30 percent reached the United States totaling 79 483 125 cigars while England bought 92 459 687. Germany imported 25 000 000 to 30 000 000 and France 10 000 000 to 12 000 000.
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Cuba
Havana
United States
England
Germany
France
Nervous Women and a Promoted Remedy Mary Ellen Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A 1910 era warning about nervous prostration in women cites Mrs Nellie Marham and Mrs Geo A James praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad asserts the remedy cures nervous trouble from female weakness, inviting readers to contact Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Geo. A. James
Fredonia
N. Y
Pinkham
Nellie Makham
Morgan St
Buffalo
Lynn
Mass
Farmer's Opportunity Dr Simmons Ranch Near San Antonio Market
A ranch owned by Dr Chas F Simmons located just south of San Antonio is listed for sale. The property includes open rangeland suitable for cattle farming with potential development value. Sale details and contact information are provided by the listing agency.
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Chas. F. Simmons
San Antonio
Sailor's courtship tale ends in empty hands for a girl
A sailor wins a tin and returns home to woo a girl who spurns him for wealth. She offers marriage with money but he chooses love and sails away. The tale closes with the moral that marriage should not chase wealth or worldly prizes.
Humorous Snippets and Whimsical Observations From Public Life
A collage of light remarks about health habits weather love work and social quirks. It pairs jokes about garden labor honesty thieves and a printer with a flirtatious courtship and a light jab at Chicago hairpins and Kansas unions.
Oklahoma mean trick at the train station
A local editor recalls a prank in which a man and his wife meet an aunt presumed deaf at a train. In front of the aunt they tell the other that the aunt is deaf, and both scream to be heard. The ruse backfires as all are loud and fully hearing, seen as a humorous yet mean joke.
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Texas
United States
Wes
Miss Bess
Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
The Man Who Fights And Runs Away Poem
A poem contrasts a man who avoids street fighting by walking away with a hidden act of throwing a brick later. It notes his preference for dignity and the lofty plane, while revealing a surprising comeback on the quiet.
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Brick
The Rector’s Sermon Ends in Frightful Ferocity
The Rev. James Thompson rector of St Andrew's Church preached to a large crowd Sunday. He will soon leave his congregation to travel to Europe after medical advice. He then swung into frantic chaos running through Timothy Street to Johnson and Benefit to College. Police shot him after a boyish prank turned violent.
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James Thompson
St. Andrew's Church
Atlantic
Timothy Street
Johnson
Benefit Street
College
Judge’s Library
Dr Buck Paul Bailed on Texas Killing Charge
Dr Buck Paul, center at Tex, admitted to bail of 5000 dollars in the case State of Texas versus Paul for the death of Mr C B Short on April 30. Defense waived examining trial and county attorney, familiar with inquest evidence, agreed to the bond.
A Wonderful Restoration Causes a Sensation in Elkland Pa
Mrs. Charles N Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits a quick change after three years of fatigue, weight loss and sugar in urine to Deans Kidney Pills. She reports renewed energy weight gain and full recovery after using the pills and notes they were sold by dealers at fifty cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Woman’s Feelings Queried by Lady Orator in Debate
A female orator declares women feel more deeply than men and challenges claims of male superiority. A male audience member jokes about bald husbands as the crowd laughs. the moment ends with the crowd reacting strongly as the debate proceeds. A reader thanks for Simmon's liver sap par as a health aid.
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Orator
Siamese Reluctance to Walk Cited in Windsor Magazine
Windsor Magazine notes that Siamese prefer riding to walking and even a Bangkok man avoids walking if possible, with the family boat supplied. It extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as the quickest and surest remedy for aches pains and bites, framed as a class of its own.
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Bangkok
Windsor Magazine
Hunt
History Will Be Costly Boer War Official History Costs Rise
The British official history of the Boer War has cost 125000 and only one volume has appeared, signaling substantial expense with slow progress.
Don’t Poison Baby Forty Years Ago Warning on Narcotic Medicines
A public health warning recalls how mothers once used paregoric laudanum and morphine to soothe infants, noting narcotics cause sleep to deadly excess. It warns dr uggists must label narcotics poison and cautions parents against medicines without knowing ingredients. Castoria contains no narcotics if labeled with Chas H. Fletcher signature.
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Chas
H. Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Ill
Alexander E. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
J. 8
Alexander
Omaha
Neb
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn, N. Y
Gumming Season Ends as Gum Diggers Return Home
The Boston Globe notes gummers both amateur and professional emerge from Maine woods with spruce gum, selling at 2.40 per pound in Bangor, Maine. The piece likens gum gathering to miners leaving the Klondike, calling Bangor the Dawson City of the gum regions.
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Klondike
Maine Woods
Boston Globe
Bangor
Dawson City
Hunt's Cure Proclaimed as Sure Remedy for Eczema
A testimonial from W. M. Christian of Rutherford Tennessee touts Hunt's Cure as the sole effective remedy for eczema ringworm and itching conditions. The firm claim says they always use it and it never fails.
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Hunt
W. M. Christian
Rutherford, Tenn
Empty Flats Ahead for Overconfident Young Lawyer
A young lawyer boasts he will rent out his head to anyone who wants it. His cynical friend quips that such an offer would earn him the label Empty Flats, hinting at vanity and a lack of scruples.
Free Book Offer From Dr Coffee Des Moines
Readers can obtain one of Dr Coffee's famous books at no charge. The booklet describes a home cure method for icons afflicted with deafness head noises sore eyes failing light from any cause. Send a letter to Dr W O Coffee 360 Century Bldg Des Moines Ia.
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Dr. Coffee
W. O. Coffee
360 Century Bidg
Des Moines
Compliment Turns Rough As Kidder Calls Miss a Bird
Miss Clumsay notes Mr. Kidder’s language is not elegant yet he is complimentary in a rough way. Miss Wise asks, and he confirms calling her a bird. She quips an ostrich would also count.
Garfield Tea Health Boosts Blood Purity Rheumatism Aid
Garfield Tea promises daily use to purify the blood and ease rheumatism and chronic ailments. The Brooklyn based Garfield Tea Co. markets an herbal blend claimed to comply with the Pure Food and Drug Law.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
No Cordelia Color Blindness Misconception Debunked
A dialogue fragment discusses color blindness and asserts that a man need not have paint in his eyes to be color blind, challenging a common misconception.
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Cordelia
Free Medical Advice at Dinner Party
A London physician humorously answers a donor at a dinner party who asks what he would do for a man who suffers severe indigestion. The doctor replies he would howl with pain too, highlighting the humor in medical empathy.
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London
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An ad claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Figure of speech riddle sparks family talk
A brief quip from Harper's Weekly frames a joke about language. A boy asks what a figure of speech is and where the mother is. The father replies with a pun linking speech to a woman.
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Dad
Freddy
Harper's Weekly
Hunt's Cure Guaranteed to Cure All Piles
Advertisement claims Hunt's Cure relieves itching piles with a guaranteed cure. It promises relief after one application and urges readers to try the product to be convinced of its merits.
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Hunt
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The quote contrasts a rich man's son being praised as virtuous if he follows the right path and condemned as a degenerate if he spends his father's wealth, reflecting social judgment on wealth and morality.
Garfield Tea Purifies Blood and Improves Health
Garfield Tea by Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn purports to purify the blood eradicate disease regulate digestive organs and bring good health. sold by druggists.
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Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Man Describes Self as Hero in Recount of Experiences
A man explains his life by recounting experiences and portrays himself as his own hero. The narration emphasizes personal struggle and self-perceived courage.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Advertises Teething Aid
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething it softens the gums relieves inflammation and eases pain stating it cures wind colic and recommending a bottle for use.
Sharp men know that cutting remarks do not pay
A short aphorism notes that sharp remarks harm credibility and yields no lasting gain, urging restraint in public discourse.
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