Impure Humors Said To Cause Digestive Ailments
All humors are impure matters the skin liver kidneys and other organs cannot handle without aid. They accumulate and litter the body. Pimples boils eczema foul appetite tiredness biliousness indigestion headaches and many related troubles are blamed on them.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Promises Cure
An advertising claim touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as removing all humors and invigorating the system. A user anecdote from MeA Ina and Rumford Falls, Maine asserts the remedy cleared a salt rheum on hands and disappeared sores after use.
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Hood
Rumford
Comic quips and ads mix with patent remedies
A collage of snippets including May Woodby mournfully lamenting a black coat and an uncle's death, along with ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hall's Family Pills, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a moustard plaster joke, and a consumer testimonial for Piso's Cure for Consumption dated February 15, 1900.
Reading Browning at the club draws mixed opinions
Mrs Gush and Mrs Bluff discuss a Browning reading at the club. They comment on the reader's dress and grace, noting mixed impressions of the performance and presentation.
Marital Pact Rejected as Goslin Snubbed by Suitor
In a clipped Philadelphia North American item, George Goslin declares he will not marry the top woman alive. Mrs. Spatte notes his stance while Misa Fracks confirms she refused him, signaling a failed engagement.
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George Goslin
Mr. Spatte
Misa Fracks
Philadelphia
Sleighing Dilemma Prompted by Variable Winter Weather
The article notes fluctuating temperatures across the country affecting sleighing and snow removal. It describes a solution using runners with tubs on axle joints to replace wheels, then discusses the problem of disposing removed wheels. George Glascock of Veedersburg Ind is mentioned as involved.
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Washington Star
George Glascock
Veedersburg
Ind
New Runner Illustration Shows Forked Ends For Wheels
A new runner design is demonstrated with forked ends slipping over wheel rims and held by bolts. When not in use the runners store flat in the carriage, saving space. The device suits long trips and away from home stays during freeze thaw when sleighing is uncertain.
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Buck
East
Tennessee
de. Mack
Washington Star
Superstitions Dying Out in Real Estate Folklore
Real estate dealers report fewer haunted house fears and fewer sales blocked by crime histories. West Eleventh Street’s haunted home tale lingers, while practical New Yorkers and large apartment blocks erode old superstitions about property values.
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West Eleventh Street
New York Tribune
The Duty of Mothers and Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
A mother urges mothers to seek medical guidance for daughters and cites Lydia E B Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for irregular menstruation. The letter from Mrs August Pfalzgraf of South Byron Wisconsin describes two years of suffering and says the product cured her daughter Lydia B Pinkham’s remedy is praised as unmatched for regulating monthly troubles.
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August Pfalzgraf
South Byron
Wis
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Snail Speed Study and Telephone Density Across Cities
Florentine researchers measured snail travel rates by 10 foot trials and found four snails would take fourteen days to cover a mile. In San Francisco and New York, telephones per capita show 1 per 16 and 1 per 48 residents respectively.
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San Francisco
San
Tailor and Customer Exchange Jokes in Chicago News
A humorous exchange in the Chicago News shows a tailors and customer banter about fit and accounts. The tailor claims trousers are shortened by the customer’s statements, while the customer jokes about his balance as the guide.
Got Them All at Once
A humorous exchange notes a claim about dividing eggs among the country’s inhabitants. Foote Lighte recalls obtaining that many eggs in one night during a town to Westward journey. Yonkers Statesman records the quip and its audience reaction.
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Sue Brette
Foote
Yonkers
Beautiful M M Lamps Offer Bright Economical Lighting
A newspaper ad touts M M Lamps as bright and economical lighting for stores and homes. It promises cheap costs and invites readers to write to W. Lord in Portland Oregon for a circular, with agents sought nationwide. Also includes a humorous exchange about stepmother and a joke about arithmetic. An Allen's Foot Kage sales pitch mentions a powder to ease tight shoes and foot problems with a free trial offer by mail.
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W. Lord
Portland
Oregon
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
New York
Magistrate Rules On Domestic Dispute Quip
The exchange features a magistrate addressing a defendant after alleged harm to his wife. The defendant retorts about the wife lifting and carrying sail, prompting commentary on the "weaker vessel" line and its inappropriateness.
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Philadelphia Press
Moral maxims from religious leaders in a varied sermon collection
A compilation of brief moral aphorisms from multiple clergy across denominations. The items cite Rev. Dr. Lowry, Rev. Dr. Van Dyke, Rev. Dr. Meeser, Rev. D. S. Mackay, Rev. W. J. Llole claw, and others, touching on faith, belief, hypocrisy, discretion, childish trust, moral laws, conscience, friendship, and immortality with regional ties to Kansas City New York Boston Philadelphia and beyond.
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Meeser
Baptist
Worcester
Mass
Mackay
New York City
Stev. W. J. Lloleclaw
Atlanta
S. Bryant
Methodist
Washington, D. C
J. W. Joyce
S’ittsburg
Stev. H. W. Thomas
People’s Church
Chicago
W. G. Partridge
Cincinnati
Olle
Garver
Unitarian
Jesus Christ
J. A. Rondthaler
Presbyterian
Indianapolis
Ind
Rainsford
Episcopalian
Hadley
New Haven
Conn
Christ
J. Rt. Boyle
Philadelphia
A. J. Stone
Baltmore
PF. F. Mason
Brooklyn
N. Y
Israel
J. H. Greenstone
F. Burgess
Kishop
Long Island
Irr Hillis
Congregationalist
Mont Mane Experiments Show Snow Insulates Telegraph Wires
E Janssen reports on Mont Mane that snow several inches thick acts as a strong insulator so poles are unnecessary for telegraph lines. Wires can lie on the ground and still transmit, reducing the need for poles in snowbound areas. The piece also notes a general townsperson longing to move to a farm away from neighbors.
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E. Janssen
Mont Mane
Pickles and War Talk in a Quiet Parlor
Mrs Wedderly asks why single men rush to war and Wedderly suggests ignorance of war drives their eagerness. A quip about a girl's love for pickles follows, implying light humor in a domestic exchange.
Passenger car routes linking Sacramento to Ogden and more
Train service lists Pullman and Tourist cars on Sacramento to Ogden and El Paso routes and Tourist cars to Chicago St. Louis New Orleans and Washington. Connections at San Francisco with steamship lines to Honolulu Japan China Philippines Central and South America. See agent at Drain station or address.
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Ogden
el Paso
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
San Francisco
Honolulu
Japan
China
Philippines
Central
South America
Drain Station
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