Habit and manners souring social ease in early 1900s prose
The piece riffs on everyday habits that offend others, from oaths to personal grooming, noting how repeated acts become seen as normal. It cites examples like fingernail trimming in social spaces, teeth picking, hair touching, and loud talk, warning that such habits sour decorum. The passage ends with unrelated notes on wall coverings and St Jacobs Oil.
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Dean Richmond
New York
Mr. Richmond
Legion
Ethics
Lucifer
Cora Pearl
Philadelphia
Rheumatism cured by St Jacobs Oil claims
ProF. RepERT Optium of the Natatori um, this city, was cured of a severe attack of rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil as reported by the Washington DC Star.
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Repert Optium
St. Jacobs Oil
Washington, D. C
Star
Sealskin Sacques and Market Prospects
The Philadelphia Record notes Alaska sealskins top quality but costly, with interior Alaska culls mixed with Copper Island Victoria and Lobos skins selling for 13 to 16 dollars. Four skins make a lacque of fair size, with 25 dollars for making up. Demand remains high despite a few thousand fewer skins this year, risking scarcity and prompting substitutes from English makers, yet tariffs hinder American production of fur substitutes using mohair and Tiglian silk.
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Alaska
Copper Island
Victoria and Lobos
Philadelphia Record
House Walls and the Plaster Problem
The article critiques lath and plaster walls in city homes, noting repeated nail holes and cracks from changing tenants. It argues plaster is outdated, citing damp and cold rooms, and suggests seeking a better interior wall system beyond traditional plaster for durable, adaptable living spaces.
Ben Butler’s Youthful Bridge Prank and a Fateful Elopement
A humorous tale of young Ben Butler in western Massachusetts, devising a log-and-lard ruse to outwit rivals for a farmer’s daughter. After a slippery splash chase, she chooses him but he falls head over heels, returns home in defeat, and discovers she elopes with a hired man. Butler claims it was his narrowest escape, the General later noting continued luck.
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Ben Butler
Butler
Massachusetts
Ben
Flirt
Ain't yer got no respect fur de Lord
An Arkansau Traveler tale describes a colored family prayer disrupted when a kettle of boiling water scalds the wife. The husband mocks her insistence, asking for more humility while she defends herself, noting pain and defiance as she cries out despite faith.
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New Drusalem
Arkansau
No-failure myth and varied satirical notes
A collection of quotes on success and failure, ranging from the idea that no one fully avoids setbacks to endorsements of Dr. Guysett’s remedies. It adds ironic lines about Solomon’s sun and British Columbia’s climate, ending with a jab at English national resolve and folly. The snippet blends aphorisms, reader letters, and humorous commentary.
The Conductor’s Cold Remedy and Other Notes
A Conductor from Wrona Minn recounts rapid relief from hoarseness after taking White Wine of Tar Syrup on the advice of a Dr Warner agent. The ad praises Hood’s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia and chronic diarrhoea, and references various local commentary on cooking girls.
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Wrona
Minn
Chicago
Northwestern
R. RB
Personal Belts and elctro devices from Voltaic Bear Co
Ad copy touts Dr Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts on thirty day trial for nervous debility and lost vitality with complete restoration promise. Also promotes Buchu paiba kidney remedies, Wells' May Apple Pills, beef tonic Mansman's PrrronizeD Brrr Tonia, and Hood's Sarsaparilla as superior blood purifier with mass appeal claims.
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Voltatc Bear Co
Marshall, Mich
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
New York
The Nose as a Feature Across Races and Eras
A dated discussion on nose shapes across races and eras notes that Semitic and Turanian noses are prominent while Greeks Romans and Slavs show straighter forms. It cites Franks Arabs Syrians Africans and Victorians including Tennyson and Revolutionary sires, linking nose length to character and heredity.
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Disraeli
Tennyson
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