Grades of Society Rehearsed In Narrow Cell Exchange
A brief dialogue excerpt shows a Fair Visitor offering roses to a prisoner and a jail exchange about comfort and a murder case. The scene includes a Cleveland Plair Desler attribution and a Cuticura advertisement praising skin benefits.
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Cleveland Plair Desler
Pet Parade Entry Question Spurs Child’s Clever Reply
A youngster at the Irvington branch library asked to enter the pet parade contest. When asked what pet she would bring she said she had none but a little girl wants to bring her baby brother. This remark fondly reflects the creative humor found around community events.
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Irvington
Indianapolis News
Women urged to check kidney health with Swamp Root
An advertisement targets female readers, warning that kidney or bladder trouble affects many women. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy to restore kidney health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Co, Binghamton NY, with larger bottles available at drug stores.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
New Albany
Lydia B. Pinkham
C.H. Chapman
Elm Street
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Momphis
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Georgia
Memphis
Pinkham Medicine CO
If. Mass
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Wording advises maintaining a clear head and physical strength to act, noting men worry most when personal interests are involved and least when others are concerned. The quote underscores practical resolve over anxiety as a prudent approach.
Satire on Novel Reading in 18th Century England
A fragment notes that novel reading became a topic of alarm to English intellectuals and was satirized in the farce Polly Honeycomb attributed to Garrick. The report also mentions a giant redwood felled near Portland Oregon used to produce lumber for fifty five room bungalows.
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England
Garrick
Portland
Ore
Hardest Thing for a Man to Kiss an Unaware Girl
A playful exchange where a man is teased about knowing the value of a dollar and chocolate gifts. Ethel notes a limit of 80 cents on chocolate gifts. The fragment references a Boston Globe book line about a brother and a humorous line about kissing a girl unexpectedly.
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Percy
Pater
Ethel
Boston Globe
Castoria Promoted as Harmless Pediatric Remedy
Advertises Fletcher's Castoria as a long trusted child remedy for over 80 years. Claims it substitutes Castor OH Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups with no narcotics and proven directions on each package. Promoted by physicians and bears the signature of the brand.
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Fletcher
Removing Rust Spots
Rust spots on metal should be rubbed with a cork dipped in paraffin. A paraffin moistened cork also removes marks from hearth tiles.
Stoppage Stranger and Native Clash Over Fast Trains
A terse exchange notes a past wreck at a station and mocks delays in service. The odd freight of dialogue suggests a commentary on railway stoppages and local memory of an incident.
Pilgrims Progress Rock Landing Pun
The pupil jokes that after progress to Plymouth a rock blocked the path and the pilgrim landed on it, a playful twist on the classic tale.
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Plymouth
Financial Not Moral Benham Deflects Smoking Question
In a witty exchange Mrs. Benham asks if he objects to her smoking. Benham replies he has no issue as long she buys her own cigars, highlighting a practical stance in a light social moment.
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