All Humors Impure Matters Affecting Health
The piece claims humors are impure matters the skin liver kidneys and other organs cannot process unaided. It suggests accumulation causes pimples boils eczema loss of appetite fatigue bilious turns indigestion dull headaches and many troubles.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promise to Cure
Mrs. Ina O Brown of Rumford Falls testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills remove humors and salt rheum, strengthen the body, and drive out the humor with use, noting sores disappeared after continued use. The ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla fulfills its cure claims.
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Hood
Ina O. Brown
Rumford Falls
Magazine worship in a Siberian Korak hut
An American traveler found a Korak peas ant family venerating a Mayor Dix image cut from Harper's Magazine as a household deity. The account suggests extreme magazine reverence, contrasting with a past American scene where magazines were widely read and trusted.
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Siberia
Korak
Mayor Dix
Harper's Magazine
Persia
England
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited as Cure for Dropsy
In Monticallo Illinois Oct 3 Special report praises Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney troubles. Mrs L E Baggett credits the remedy with curing her dropsy and restoring health, claiming complete recovery after following directions. The ad-like text extols the pills as the greatest tonic and notes they purify blood and energize the body.
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Monticallo
Mies
Lawrence County
Dodd
L. E. Baggett
Forrester's land turn to farm and his stump puller
In a brief reminiscence Binks recalls Forrester who bought wild land and made it a farm and notes he invented an effective stump puller. Winks adds that his son became a very successful dentist.
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Heredity
Binks
Forrester
Winks
How to Make Grape Jelly
Instructions describe stemmed grapes washed and cooked in a water bath until broken. Strain to obtain juice then measure. For each pint juice use one pound sugar in a warm oven until dissolved. Cook juice twenty minutes skim impurities then add sugar and boil briefly until jelly forms on a cold plate. Fill glasses and cover once cooled.
Corn Soup Recipe From Historic Cookbook
A historical recipe details corn soup using corn, water, milk, egg yolks, salt, sugar, pepper, butter, and flour. Simmer corn cobs in water half an hour, strain, cook with corn twelve minutes, add milk and seasonings with butter and flour rubbed together, cook three minutes more, then off the heat add beaten egg yolks.
Chocolate loaf recipe from old cookbook
The excerpt describes making a loaf with Devil's Food mixture. It lists boiling half a cup grated chocolate gill milk and brown sugar until thick, cooling, then mixing brown sugar butter eggs milk and vanilla, adding sifted flour and baking powder, baking in a leaf tin and covering with chocolate icing.
Chocolate Pudding Variation from Old Recipe
Mix sugar with grated chocolate, add boiling water and stir until thick and smooth. Let cool, flavor with vanilla, and fold into cold boiled custard. Chill on ice and serve with strawberries or whipped cream.
Sweet Potatoes with Parsley Broiled in Oven
Par boiled and sliced sweet potatoes are lightly peppered and salted, then baked briefly. A dressing of egg and bread crumbs is added and broiled under a gas flame. Just before serving, minced parsley is sprinkled over the dish.
Thick Peach Cider Preserve Step by Step
Into three quarts of cider add peeled peaches to thicken. Boil steadily until fruit becomes pulp. Stir often, cool, then simmer an hour longer until brown and thick. Pack firmly in a stone crock.
Baked Bananas and Creamy Potatoes Bake
A recipe card describes Baked Bananas with maple syrup lemon juice cornstarch and brown bread crumb topping baked until brown. serves immediately. Also outlines Potatoes Baked in Cream roiling cut in small pieces simmered in cream with pepper salt grated cheese and butter then browned in a hot oven.
Corn Omelet Recipe With Cream and Corn Filling
Beat four eggs until smooth then stir in four tablespoons of cream. Cook in a buttered pan until set. Sprinkle with salt and pepper before folding. Spread with grated corn from four boiled ears, slightly warmed. Fold and serve immediately.
Corn Pudding Bake from Simple Corn and Milk Mix
A home recipe blends one pint corn with one quart milk. Add butter salt and two eggs beaten with sugar. Mix and bake twenty minutes for a light corn pudding served warm to finish.
Whipped Cream Frosting Preparation Tip
A brief recipe note explains whipping cream to a stiff peak then folding in powdered sugar to taste. It advises spreading the mixture quickly and lightly on cake before serving, ensuring the frosting holds its shape. The instructions emphasize a firm texture for a clean cake presentation.
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St Anea
Doubtful Continental Titles Spark Suspicion in England
The Springfield Republican notes widespread use of bogus English titles and disputed claims. It cites the Herald's remark on many in England and Dod's Peerage admitting dozens of baronetcy claims failing close scrutiny.
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England
Bank of England
Herald's College
Dod’s Peerage
Smith
London
Springfield
Masa
Wherefore Mrs Dix Abroad and Marriage of Gotrox
Conversation shows Mrs Dix asking about Gotrox and her daughter. Mrs Hix explains the couple married last month. An advertisement notes consumption cures colds with druggists selling a 25 cent remedy.
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Dix
Gotrox
Hix
The Proper Time for Ghosts to Walk
A humorous exchange between a father and son asks when ghosts walk. The elder replies that they likely roam in the dead of night.
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Johnny Bumpernickle
Lawyer Proposes Ten Dollar Retainer For Free Advice
A man seeking free information asks about a defective sidewalk sprain. The lawyer responds that he would want a ten dollar retainer first, then offers to provide advice. The exchange satirizes legal consultation norms.
Allen's Foot-Base Cures Feet and Nails in Stores
Shake in Allen's Foot-Base powder to cure hot sweating aching and swollen feet. Claims relief from ingrowing nails bunions and even coma. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Sample mailed free address Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
A Hopeless Case
A mother questions a hopeful suitor about marriage. The daughter deflects, saying George has not hinted at a proposal and likely never will. She adds that his weariness last night came early, noting it was not yet nine o clock.
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George
New York Cities Echo Graeco Roman Naming Trend
A survey notes New York State hosts many city names drawn from Graeco Roman lore and distant cultures. The list includes Rome, Troy, Athens, Syracuse, Ithaca, Sparta, Venice, Florence, Parma, Naples, Delphi, Nineveh, Rome names, and various mythic or historic references across multiple settlements.
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New York
New York State
Rome
Troy
Athens
Cairo
Syracuse
Ithaca
Sparta
Italy
Greece
Egypt
Tyre
Memphis
Venice
Florence
Corinth
Parma
Milan
Naples
Hector
Ovid
Delhi
Delphi
Diana
Paris
Pompey
Ilion
Palmyra
Palermo
Marathon
Mycenae
Napoli
Nineveh
Babylon
Romulus
Siloam
Smyrna
Utica
Virgil
Homer
Cicero
Ceres
Couldn’t Read Music in Humorous Dialect Exchange
Pat and Mark discuss a Hebrew newspaper as Mike jokes about not knowing a tune. The fragment shows comic mishearing and language play with Irish and Jewish linguistic hints.
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Mark
Pat
Mike
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Big Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a reward of one hundred dollars for any case not cured. It claims the remedy is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad mentions F J Cheney and Co of Toledo and includes testimonials.
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Cheney
Chene Frankey
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Miseries of Wealth Overcoat Joke
A comic exchange contrasts wealth and thrift as Binks jokes about a man who can afford a fifty dollar rack to hang an overcoat while its owner’s coat is described as humpbacked.
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Binks
Winks
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