Do Sore or Ulcer Not Heal Due to Poisoned Blood
A historical health ad argues non healing sores stem from poisoned blood and propels a claim for a purely vegetable remedy. It warns of cancer risk, urges blood cleansing, and promotes S. S. S. from The S. F. Specific Co. Atlanta Georgia with free book and advice.
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SFT Specific CO
Atlanta
Humorous Shop Negotiation and Baking Powder Ad
A butcher joke features a playful customer who asks for a yard of pork and pays with a half-dollar to receive three pig’s feet, sparking a quip about yardage. The ad praises KC Baking Powder from Chicago, priced at one cent an ounce with a five hundred thousand dollar health guarantee and broad availability.
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Jacques Mig. Company
Chicago
Joke Narrated By Jolly Hobo About Thirty Quail
A humorous tale tells of a hobo who asks a man on the street for thirty quail in exchange for showing him how to eat them in thirty days. The man offers a different deal offering thirty days instead, revealing he is a judge.
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Teddy
Minkwitz
Frau Fischer
United States
Hamm
Ikki
Washington Life
Finland’s Role in Russo Swedish Wars and 1809 Annexation
Finland often fought between Russia and Sweden in historic wars. The border lay about 83 miles from St. Petersburg. It entered Russia after the Frederickstown peace on September 17, 1809.
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Finland
Russia
Sweden
St. Petersburg
Frederickstown
Humorous Quips and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of jokes and banter from various papers includes barbed humor about teachers, wives, bachelors, and social pretensions. Snappy lines cover taxes on romance, sly quips about a census, and light exchanges about attire and travel.
Encourage the Children and Nurture Young Minds
A Brockport Democrat urging parents to praise effort over criticism and treat children as travelers with growing opinions. Emphasizes conscience in guidance, faith in God, and making the home a magnetic center for children while respecting their privacy and fostering individuality.
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Brockport Democrat
Coffee is nerve destroying say landlady and boarder
A lampoonish exchange shows a new boarder asking for a second cup of coffee while the landlady and other boarders debate the drink’s effect. A bachelor quips that the brew dulls nerves, and a local man notes he is hiding from someone, inviting readers to recall their own evasive past.
Busy Delaware yards push 10,000 men on new Navy ships
An army of 10,000 workers at the Cramps Neafie and Levy and New York Shipbuilding yards on the Delaware River drive rapid warship construction for Uncle Sam. The armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington near completion while six large passenger steamers also rise for the New York and Cuban Mail line and the Southern Pacific.
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Delaware River
Saya
Philadelia Ledger
Cramps
Neasle & Levy's
New York Shipbuilding Company
Uncle Sam
Tennessee
Washington
South Camden Yards
Cramps Company
New York
Southern Pacific Company
Vanity of Clothes and Moral Habit in Dress
A reflective piece cites fashion as moral force. Advice to a moneyless wife emphasizes grooming. A child in Hardy's Manners Makyth Man echoes the idea that dress influences behavior, wishing for pink bows to seem good.
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E. J. Hardy
Katie
Julia
Just Like a Woman Retail Sales Pitch
A peddler named John visits a household and charms Maria with pleasant talk about the weather. She buys multiple stove polish packages after friendly compliments, and the con includes him mistaking the wife for the daughter before leaving.
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John
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts Cure Claim
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal treatment reaches blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for proof of failure. Also promotes Hall's Pills as a companion remedy.
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Hall
F. J. Gupar & Co
Toledo
Spelling rule lesson inspires pupils and master
A London Telegraph report recounts a school inspection where boys stumble over i and e in words like believe and receive. The inspector offers a simple rule: write the i and e alike and place the dot in the middle over them, drawing attentive reactions from pupils and the teacher.
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London Telegraph
Local gossip mislabels a distant beauty doctor
Citizens discuss a man admired by many women noting a nearby physician and contrasting him with a well known outsider described as a beauty doctor. The exchange hints at reputation and local curiosity about medical figures.
Not an Index of Power
Young Mr. Whimper pursued a public office bid, feeling confident of nomination and awaiting at his father’s fireside to recount his spellbinding experiences. He deemed his efforts largely successful, noting warmer receptions where he was least known, as his family reacted with amusement.
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Mr. Whimper
Cyclist’s Wedding Ride to Church on Single Machines
A bride and bridegroom wed near London at Epping and traveled to the church on separate bicycles, returning home on a tandem. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children during the period. The International Telegraph Construction Company has proposed a scheme to the Postmaster General of Australia to build wireless telegraph stations linking New Zealand and Australia directly.
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Epping
London
Mrs. Winslow
International Telegraph Construction Company
Postmaster General of
Australia
New Zealand
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