Peruna Endorsed by Medical Examiner and Doctors
Medical Examiner Wy Llewellyn Jordan of the U S Treasury Department and Dr Hartman praise Peruna for curing catarrh and related ailments. They claim catarrh affects half the population and that Peruna acts systemically to revitalize nerve centers and mucous membranes. Readers are invited to write for free advice.
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Wy Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
United States
Hartman
Kertman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Llewellyn Jordan
United States Treasury
Tea Drinking by Children Warned by Physicians
Detroit News Tribune notes that tea feeding of poor children under two remains widespread. Parents lacking milk give tea, causing nervous upset and other issues. doctors urge water with a splash of milk, known as cambric tea, and appeal to mothers to advise others kindly to stop tea for infants.
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Detroit News-Tribune
Fishermen Who Cannot Swim From Labrador Bay Scene
A Leslie's Monthly reflection on Labrador fishermen notes many fear water yet risk their lives. A man saved four times by grabbing a line, while one settler family lost two sons after ice broke. The father plunged in with his daughter assisting, but rescue came too late.
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Leslie
Labrador
Man
They Almost Do
A brief snippet notes a conversation about composing lyrics for a popular song. The Houston Post quotes two voices debating whether existing words could be effectively turned into a successful song, implying a test of creative expression.
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Houston Post
Father Time Intervenes As People Speed By
Father Time explains he is getting his hair clipped because people are moving too rapidly these days. He aims to slow them so they cannot grab him by the forelock, a humorous observation from the Chicago Daily News.
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Father Time
Chicago Daily N
Not Superstitious Busy Man Exchange
A brief exchange features a busy man nor superstitious, and a caller noting a warning sign. The judge comments that the man is not swayed by superstition as he acknowledges the sign.
Ingenious Hodison Works On Rolling Shade And Rug
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Hodison’s clever work on a window shade that rolls up straight and a rug that won’t curl at the edges, praising his ingenuity and suggesting a future airship may not be beyond him.
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Nordy
Hodison
Louisville Courier- Journal
Joys of Matrimony
Comic dialogue notes Fred returning after a long absence and Joe declaring he is married while Agnes is happy in a Chicago News style joke caption.
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Fred
Agnes
Joe
Chicago News
Sea Lion Battles Octopus Near Crescent City
Lighthouse keeper reports a sea lion and an octopus clash near Crescent City California. The octopus wrapped tentacles around the sea lion but was dismembered and eaten. Other sea lions then helped dispose of the octopus remains.
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Crescent City
Cal
Short Men Common
Dialogue humor highlights perceptions of height in daily life. Bill notices tall men, Jill counters with frequent encounters of short men when seeking loans. Yonkers Stateswan.
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Bill
Jill
Yonkers
Stateswan
Exhibition of native freedom at restaurant table
Two men quarrel over a bill of fare in a Chicago restaurant. One man insults the other as a walrus and mule meat while threats of violence loom, then an Englishman at a neighboring table observes and quips about using the scene in a book.
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Chicago Tribune
Pet scheme leads to violent room
The fragment notes a curious quote about turning multiple pets into one room for them to harm each other. Attributed to the Cleveland Leader, it presents a vivid, though unclear, malicious idea without further context or names.
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Cleveland Leader
Change of Business in Colorado City
A brief notice notes a change of business status for a local concern in Colorado, indicating the owner’s shift from prior activities to a new line of work described as banking or financial-related travel services. No further details are provided in readable fragments.
Achilles Consoled by Heel Warning on Snow
A playful line from Achilles about a vulnerable heel follows a winter scene of him tobogganing down his front steps. The note captures a light moment as he shifts to business, hinted by a chuckle and cautious humor about safety on the snowy stairs.
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Achilles
Suggesting an Easy Remedy
A fragment from the Pittsburg Post presents a quip about misplaced items and the humor of always finding a knife in the opposite pocket. The dialogue mocks self-deception and adds a dash of local newspaper wit.
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Pittsburg Post
The Manly Men Dialogue Excerpt
A Tit-Bits quotation features a female suffrage advocate questioning the fate of manly men. The meek citizen responds that some have married womanly women and are now engaged in raising children, reflecting social gender roles.
Artificial Foot Ordered for Beers Dog
William H. Beers, a wealthy New York broker, has ordered an artificial fore foot for his St. Bernard after it was crushed by a car, stating cost is no object.
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William H. Beers
New York
St. Bernard
Divorce Decrees End Twin Brothers Marriage Pact
In Champaign County Ohio in 1900 twin brothers Alvin and Alvi Bruckles were granted divorces from their twin wives who had deserted them. Both petitions cited willful absence as the cause, and both courts entered decrees dissolving the marriages that began in 1895 on the same day.
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Alvin
Alvi Bruckles
Champaign County
Ohio
Binge eyeglasses prohibition in German army debate
A miscellany of foreign items notes bans on eyeglasses in the German army, tax claims in India, wealth distribution claims in Britain, and social conditions in England. It also covers auctions of a fifteenth century Madonna found in Trieste, Irish land purchase sums, a Russian parole breach, British troops in Egypt, and London horse ambulances.
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India
William Smart
Exeter
England
Rider Hageard
Ciovanni Bellin
Trieste
Austria
Diarg
Sargon
St. Petersburg
Salor
Far East
Egypt
London
Odd Bits of Interest From a Vintage Column
A collection of curiosities including desert sand depths, rarity of Free Masons among lawyers, San Salvador’s 405 postage stamps, Vermont’s Wheat Bears building an early four mile wooden railroad in Massachusetts, 300 Porto Ricans wanting public education in San Francisco, a whale ramming a Spanish schooner in the North Atlantic, John Jordison resignations as Coalville postmaster, and the Clare family of Abbottstown supplying multiple Lutheran pastors in Pennsylvania.
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Africa
San Salvador
Wheat Bears
Vermont
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Board of Education
Anna
North Atlantic
John Jordison
Coalvilla
R. L. Clare
Lutheran
East Berlin
Abbottstown
Kew
Harry Clare
Philadelphia
Robert Clare
York
Quiet Pines and Haircuts in a Mechanical Parade
In a pine forest an old man sits by his cabin door as a barber complains about clients and wives. A horse buyer returns angry with a dealer over a muddy, auto–chased beast, while flattery and bravado color idle banter in a compiled set of rural vignettes.
Hoax in Chicago News Cartoon Dialogue
A humorous miscommunication about a cigar and catnip tea between an old man and his companion as depicted in a Chicago News cartoon dialogue. The exchange toys with domestic absurdity and a playful hoax element.
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Chicago News
Veteran Heller Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills Again
Joshua Heller of Urbana Di states that after using Dean's Kidney Pills in 1899 he was relieved of kidney trouble and back pain. He says warnings of attacks are met with the same satisfactory results as before and reiterates endorsement. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y advertises sale at 60 cents per box.
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Joshua Heller
South Walnut Street
Urbana
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Laying Foundation for Success in Southern Farming
Editor recalls a Macon fair tale of a Hancock county farmer who shifted from shallow methods to deep plowing and manuring. By adopting thorough cultivation he increased yields, ginning 4 bales on 210 acres, with 600 pounds of fertilizer per acre. The piece urges bold, modern farming to reach prosperity in 1905 and warns against cheap labor and half measures.
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Macon
Hancock County
South Georgia
Dublin
Cotton Crop Outlook and Market Advice Controversy
A rural columnist recalls an Atlanta Constitution appeal for twelve million bales of cotton and warns against overreliance on cotton, noting prices fell from fourteen to eight cents per pound. He urges farmers to prioritize home crops and seek remunerative markets, predicting a gradual cotton rise with improved demand.
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Bears of
Wall Street
Atlanta Constitution
South
Hawkinsville
Souc
New hardy oranges ready for distribution in the South
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports years of breeding for glade citrus fruit with cross of sweet orange and hardy Japanese orange. The new hardy oranges will aid Southern industries, marmalade production, and home use. Other new citrus varieties from tangelo and velvet-skin orange blends are also valuable in suitable climates. Agricultural math guides offer soil and fertilizer tips for cotton corn potatoes melons and small grains with per acre amounts.
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Bureau of Plant Ihndustry
Gardening tips and farming notes reveal varied spring tasks
The article compiles practical guidance on grooming and poultry care, planting rhubarb and asparagus in fall, and spring fruit tree work. It notes high demand for horses and efficient hog-keeping, emphasizes clean swill and ample water, and discusses sunflowers as plant supports and proper cattle breeding considerations. It ends with trends in roadstuff exports and seasonal planting timing.
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New York
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Kansas City Hotel Food Critic Sparks Dessert Debate
A temperamental hotel guest in Kansas City upset about the dessert order, insisting the ice cream pudding lacked ice cream. The waiter explains it is named cottage pudding and can’t be altered. Laughter follows and the diner’s menu complaints lessen afterward.
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Kansas City
Kansas Eye Wal
Pig
George
San Franciscos Climate Legend in Local Voices
A humorous San Francisco tale recounts an Irish visitor’s remarks on the city’s climate and scenery. His companion explains that climate shapes both trees and people, with a playful mispronunciation of local landmarks and phrases reflecting Californias weather and landscape.
Her Choice in Strife Over a Hairless Rival
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows Miss Coinleigh boasting of superiority in a dispute. The speaker laments defeat, accusing the rival of sparking a feud by pursuing a man described as lacking hair on his heel, a mode of the hemo.
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Coinleigh
Detroit Free Press
Shallows Murmur Talk on Family Tree Metaphor
In a Washington Star excerpt Miss Cayenne explains a family tree as an analogy, noting that even the smallest twig yields the most rustling, illustrating how minor branches reveal much about kin connections and lineage.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
In Small Talk and a Tiger in the Advertising Sandwich
A collage of clipped quotes shows a meat business boast, a blue lobster oddity, a Cleveland Plan Dealer reference, and a New York actor’s onstage violence with a weapon. The Washington Post and Judge offer reflections on anger and disagreement.
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Jones
Smith
eseimMiatic
Cleveland Plan
New York
Washington Post
Woman's Kidney Ailment Healed By Dodd's Pills
Mrs. A Wellatt of Champion Michigan describes sleepless nights and cramps from kidney trouble. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills, she reports relief within a box and regained sleep and strength. The ad touts the pill as a cure for diseased kidneys and credits a photographer husband in Champion.
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Mich
A. Wellatt
Dodd
Cuticura Ointment Aids Severe Skin Distress
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment as the best cure for disfiguring skin and scalp humors with one application, aided by Cuticura Swap bath and Cuticura Resolvent Pills for relief. It claims effectiveness for infants and severe itching, promising rest and sleep and calling the product a modern remedy praised by a St. Louis physician.
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Questio
Grove's Tasteless Chili Tells Cold Cure Promise
An old Philadelphia Telegraph note mocks a tonic claim promising to cure a cold in one day. The item warns against false guarantees and jokes about gimmicks in late 19th or early 20th century advertising.
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