Backache and Kidney Trouble Cured by Dean's Pills
Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs reports long lasting backache and kidney trouble with sleepless nights. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his symptoms cleared and the cure remained permanent. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Kilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thomas N. McCullough
Weber St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dean
Foster-Kilburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Sunday Barbers Closed Prompting Patient Grumble
A speaker asks where to get a haircut as barbershops are closed on Sundays, with a child’s insistence and a parent’s frustration. The exchange captures a simple domestic moment about restricted service hours.
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H. R
Sonny
Remarkable 20 Foot Thermometer by Otto de Guericke
Otto de Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, built a 20 foot copper thermometer with a globe and bent tube. The U shaped tube held alcohol with a float and cord leading to a pulley. A gilt angel hangs at the other end, its finger pointing to a painted degree scale.
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Otto de Guericke
Magdeburg
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adends a Legal Oath
An affidavit from Frank J. Cheney of Toledo accepting a reward of one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Pall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason records the oath dated December 8, 1950. The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally via F. H. Cheney & Co. and urges readers to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikl
Lucas Coun Frank
Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Te-do
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Notary Pebblic
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Vagrant’s Bold Arrest Sparks Boisterous Parade
A vagrant, eager to escape the cold, manipulated his arrest for vagrancy and became loud en route to jail. A police officer warned him to quiet down or face release.
The Prince of Grumblers
Farmer Joy recalls a summer guest who loved to grumble noting he once asked for a toothpick after finishing milk. The tale appears in a humorous aside about unreasonable boarders from Mr Beeton.
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Beeton
Joy
Five Year Old Sealed Lip Wound With Mustache Joke
A five year old boy cut his upper lip badly and required a doctor to sew the wound. His distressed mother feared a disfiguring scar, but the boy reassured her with a quip that his mustache would cover it.
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Secur
Tommy
Harper’s Weekly
GOOD CHANGE Coffee to Postum and Health Appeal
A testimonial promotes Postum as a coffee substitute improving stomach, sleep, and headaches. A young woman reports relief after quitting coffee and starting Postum, with her brother also benefiting. The letter from Postum Co. urges readers to try it and mentions The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Poston
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Stephen the First Christian Martyr Lesson
Sunday School lesson framed around Acts chapters 6 and 7, detailing Stephen’s leadership, the church’s early organization, and his defense before the Sanhedrin. The piece notes the two Jerusalem Jew groups, Stephen’s power from the Holy Spirit, and his martyrdom as a seed for the church, with reflections on faith under persecution.
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Stephen the First Christian Martyr
Jerusalem
R. V
Palestine
Church of Jerusalem
Stephen
Alexander Whyte
Boanerges
Thunder
Barnabas
Mark Hopkins
Bruce
Phillips Brooks
A.V. G. Allen
Temple
Jesus
Moses
Saul
Jacob
God
Heaven
Beulah
Mothu
The Exceptional Equipment of the California Fig Syrup Co
The California Fig Syrup Co touts its expertise in producing Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, claiming unique medicinal plant principles and an original manufacturing method. It warns buyers to demand the full company name on the package to avoid imitations.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Bringing Him Out in a Rough Diamond Line
Dialogue notes Asker asks about Duffy inviting his voice and Miss Trimm explains she is shaping him. The exchange hints at a talent reveal with a witty use of cut and diamond metaphor.
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Asker
Duffy
Miss Trimm
Cutiura Heals Severe Eczema Claim In Newark Memoir
A Newark woman recounts brutal eczema suffering with bleeding skin and hair loss and credits Cuticura Remedies for relief and cure. She describes initial despair, then relief after using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent, with a date and address in 1908.
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Wm. Hunt
Thomas St
Newark
N. J
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
Boston
The Secret of Poverty Revealed by Dr Woods Hutchinson
Dr Woods Hutchinson of New York spoke at the American Museum of Natural History in New York this month, identifying overwork underfeeding and overcrowding as causes of poverty. He urged reducing the burden on the poor rather than giving them more.
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Woods Hutchinson
New York
Amercan Museum of Natural History
Four advantages of Munyon’s Homeopathic Remedies
The ad claims four benefits: they are harmless pleasant to take they relieve quickly and cost nothing unless they satisfy. Prof Munyon issues a Magazine Almanac to be mailed free from The Munyon Company Philadelphia to any applicant.
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Munyon
Munyon Company
Philadelphia
Perquisites Prompt Library Talk in Dupay Store
Hy Whittlesticks munches crackers while proposing a town library to Cy Dupay as a bright idea for local popularity. Cope notes that eloquence cannot fix a sour family mood, and the town debate over a library remains anchored in practicality.
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Dupay
Andy Carniggy
Cy Dupay
Henry F. Cope
Money Made in Livestock in Central Canada
W J Henderson visiting Seattle writes the Canadian Government Agent at Spokane about Central Canada farming profits. Wheat yields around 20 bushels per acre, oats 35, prices 76 to 80 cents and 35 cents, with vegetables thriving. He notes strong stock returns, cattle and horses fetching high prices, plus a three year homestead patent and sale values around $2,000.
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W. J. Henderson
Seattle
Spokane
Wash
Canada
George and His Wad in Demand
A young wife notes multiple bridge invites for George as his social appeal grows. The mother counters by saying George is an easy loser. The piece then shifts to starch advertising praising Defiance Starch for safe use on fine fabrics and strong stiffening power.
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George
He Wins Either Way
A dialog unfolds over a party risk as a doctor warns a wife she faces pneumonia and possible death if she attends, while her husband refuses to advise her, insisting she must decide her fate.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Campaign
An advertisement touts Murine eye remedy compounded by experienced physicians and compliant with pure food and drugs laws. It claims broad consumer approval and urges druggists to stock Murine for use in eye care.
Hidden letters mailed from cigar case scheme
A lighthearted exchange reveals a wife using a cigar case to ensure letters are mailed. The joke hinges on the husband’s forgetfulness and the clever concealment of correspondence within a personal item.
Nostalgic Patent Medicines and Household Remedies Ad Row
A collage of vintage product pitches and slogans for eye salves cough syrups teething syrups laxatives and creams. It touts Pettit's Eye Salve Lewis' cigars bromine laxatives and Garfield Tea while promising quick relief and widespread availability at druggists and factories in Buffalo Peoria and Le Roy. The ad copy blends spurious health claims with moral maxims and generic testimonial supports.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
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S. A
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Cutiura
Gentral Canada
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
NEW _YORK
Bears
THE
Centaur Company
Cuthisont
Spohn Medical CO
Saderetseiste Goshen
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U.S. A
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Thompson
H. Keith
Mfr
Cleveland
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
E. W. Grove
Woolford
Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
A-Tone Medicai, CO
Eaton Rapids
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Sloan
T Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
Piso
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