Cuban Chemical Cure Ad Promises Health Restoratives
A 19th century style advertisement touts Cubana as a universal remedy for kidney, liver, diabetes, and urinary disorders among many ailments. It claims a guarantee with a $100 reward if not cured, warns against intoxicants, and features testimonials from a Minneapolis user praising renewed health and work capacity. The notice includes purchase details, wholesale availability, and a money-back, bottle-for-bottle promise.
What Totemism Is An Interesting and Little Understood Subject
A survey of totemism across cultures notes its reach from Alaska and North American tribes to Australia Africa and India and even Samoa. Totems serve as more than symbols of alliance. they regulate marriage and social life while acting as sacred emblems and family kinship signs. Examples include Ojibway clans with twenty three totems including wolves birds and fish. Samoan beliefs warn of ill effects from consuming or using totems as fetishes. Mutual aid between person and totem is emphasized, with dangers if a clan member harms the totem. Other notes cite Senegamble scorpion lore and Australian traditions.
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Hathaway
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Copentigen
South Africa
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Papa
Jenkins
the Oaks
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Borneo
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A Translator's Blunder on Boehme's Treatise Title
A biographer mistook Boehme's pamphlet title as Rejections on the Treatise of Igarth Stiefel and misread Stiefel as hood. The translator, noting Boehme was a cobbler, proposed Reflections on the Roots of Isaiah, a misrender that circulated in several catalogs.
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Jacob Boehe
Igarth Stiefel
Boehme
Stiefel
Isaiah
A Good Thing to Know About Early Rising
A writer reflects on the lost art of rising early arguing the proper time to rise is when sleep ends. The piece praises those who know much and keep common sense alive, noting how newspapers reveal such simple truths.
Windom Wise Man Applies Travel Packing Proverb
The quotation from the New York Times notes a humorous take on travel prep urging a man to let his wife pack and then accompany him to repack, warning that without this plan he may need a dry goods case to carry his aversion upon returning home.
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Windom
New York ‘Times
Strenone Mint and the Chef Visit Tale
Strenone Mint recalls a past visit by Chef John and a sewing bonnet milestone. Deralt Tritune notes it was years ago, while a wife confirms the timing after her last bonnet sewing.
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Tony
John
Delphine's Choice at The Oaks Resort
A baudy comedy unfolds as Delphine pits twelve suitors against Jerry the misfit in a betrothal game at a seaside resort. The lads chase her favor during a staged courtship across church rituals and family dinners, with Delphine guiding the plot and vows.
Gaslit Luncheon Sparks Cartoonist Hat Prank
W C Gilson editor of Puck dined with Opper the cartoonist at his Bensonhurst home. After a puppy tore up Gilson hat, Opper offered hats, joking that it was the editor’s own hat. The moment inspired a line in Opper’s series Now Wouldn’t It for You in Everybody’s Magazine.
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Puck
Opper
Bensonhurst
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Gilson
Gibson
Everybody's Magazine
Sindbud's Alleged Prototype Draws On Brendan Legend
A fragment from the Loudon Chronicle ties Sindbud the Sailor to St. Brendan of Kerry and his seven year ocean voyage in search of Eden. The tale mentions sheep islands, birds that are fallen angels, a giant fish, and a lost Eden last seen on old maps and treaties.
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St. Brendan
Adam
Jascon
Eden Island
Spain
Portugal
Trish Monky
Loudon Chronicle
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