A Lesson in American Politics by Carl Dunder
Carl Dunder explains a satirical view of corrupt politics as he plots to run for alderman. He boasts of manipulating voters with bribes and favors while promising inflated salaries and preferred weights at the East Market. The piece satirizes electioneering and graft in a roaming dialogue with a sergeant.
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Dunder
Sergeant Bendall
Thas
Common Council
Dot
Donder and
Blitzen
Aged Beauties Across History and Beauty At Any Age
Historical accounts celebrate beauty beyond youth from Helen of Troy to Ninon de l Enclos and Catherine the Great. The article surveys famed women aging gracefully, noting Cleopatra Livia Diana de Poictiers and Madame de Maintenon, with remarks on martyrs and monarchs whose allure endured into later life.
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Helen of
Troy
Paris
Pericles
Aspasia
Cleopatra
Antony
Livia
Augustus
Diana de Poictiers
Henry II
Duke of
Orleans
Catherine de Medicis
Ninon de l’Enclos
France
Mile. Mars
Secrets of Beauty From a Bygone Age in Philadelphia Press
The article advertises home beauty methods to erase wrinkles using heat, myrrh, and wine on a hot shovel, then switches to plantain water, vaseline, and nightly washing routines. It describes homemade almond and cocoa butter preparations, almond meal for hands, and other edge remedies as cheap, safe options for skin care.
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Philadelphia Press
A Few Remarks on Virtue and Selfishness
A Kings of prosecutorial musings reflect on virtue as reward versus tangible results. The piece argues absolute selflessness is impractical, citing ambition as a form of self love. It weighs generosity, courtesy, and liberal opinion, noting the tension between giving and dogmatism in public life.
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Arkansauw
Speaking Clock and Edison Inventions Spark hush of history
A retrospective note on Edison and a talking clock that announces hours. The piece envisions severe historic penalties for such innovations, then describes a clock that voices mealtimes and hours and a moving female face that would bid good evening, signaling bedtime.
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Edison
A Sand Yielding Tree in Brazilian Pottery Use
The Brazilian Maquilea utilis yields bark rich in silica used in pottery making. Ashes from the bark are mixed with clay to produce durable ware. Fresh bark cuts like soft sandstone. The article also notes feed for fowls and chicks and the need for clean, light feeding coops for young stock.
Snake Charmers Save Officer From Hooded Cobra in India
An English officer in Toungoo recalls monsoon days when a cobra de capella rose from a young lieutenant's trousers. A snake charmer's pipe and swift action freed the leg, the venomous reptile was trapped, and brandy revived the shaken man. The tale underscores peril and skill in encounters with venomous snakes.
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India
Toungoo
ALLCock's Genuine Po ROUS Plaster Claim
ALLCock's are advertised as the only genuine porous plasters. They promise rapid, certain relief for spinal weakness kidney and lung troubles malaria ague cake liver complaints dyspepsia strains rheumatism lumbago sciatica heart spleen and stomach ailments and local pains. Warns against imitations and substitutes urged by sellers.
Tobacco blindness and grain market chatter in era notes
A satirical look at grain types and a London hospital report on tobacco caused color blindness. The piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a tonic improving bilious symptoms, liver and bowel function, and claiming relief for malaria rheumatism debility nervousness and kidney troubles while boosting sleep and appetite.
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London
Young Housekeeper and Wife Quips on Forever Love
A playful exchange quotes a young wife asking if love lasts forever and a husband joking that his endurance depends on her supper biscuits. The quip ends with a light remark on domestic life and affection.
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Charles
Clara
Texas
Roaring in horses cured by operation, naval vet notes
Dr Flemming, principal veterinary surgeon in the British army, reports roaring in horses stems from laryngeal impediment and can be removed by operation. Prof. E. W. Streewanp endorses gas seed as pig medicine. A joke asks why the north pole resembles an illicit whisky still.
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Flemming
North Pole
Doctoring Old Time and Warner Log Cabin Remedies
The article discusses Harper's illustration Doctoring Old Time and notes Warner's Log Cabin remedies by H. H. Warner. It traces interest in old time formulas, herbal therapies, and skepticism of modern medicine, predicting a revival of traditional cures and a shift away from poisonous drugs. Warner plans a line ofLog Cabin medicines for common ailments, promising renewed vitality.
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Harper's
Roberts
H. H. Warner
Warner's Safe Cure
Warner Observatory
Rochester
Warner
Simple Tricks and Odd Anecdotes From Bygone Days
A collection of curious tales: Columbus egg analogy, a chemist and a patent emulsion riddle paid for with a $100 check, Caesar’s claim on education, a sheep-shearer mistaken for a sheep, and notes on facial asymmetry including brain and ear differences.
Can't Forget the Old Life of a Old-Time Engineer
An engineer recalls eighteen years since he last ran a locomotive and still longs to take the throttle. He describes a 1870 wreck on the Sinois Central that left him broken but awarded cash and a life position with Illinois. He recounts temptation to return when a locomotive was offered by a superintendent, but chose a safer career as a traveling salesman.
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Sinois Central
Illinois
Akansas City Times
Kemp's Balsam and Scott's Emulsion Advertisements
An old notional ad sample extols Kemp's Balsam as a cure all for coughs with a positive guarantee and free trial size, priced 50c and 1.00, then shifts to praise for Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, cited by Dr. W H Cameron of Halifax as more tolerable and effective, with broad pharmacist distribution.
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Scott
W. H. Cameron
Halifax
N. 8
Wizard Oil Company
Chicago
G. Hlingraham
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
Drugzistm
Mayoress Seen as City Official and Local Hype
An old newspaper item touts the Kansas Mayoress as a city office figure. Moxie beverage is praised for boosting energy in exhausted women within days, curbing liquor and tobacco cravings, and aiding paralysis cases as a food. It also lists Lyon's Heel Stiffeners and Dr Tanay Thompson's Eye Water as remedies.
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Moxie
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