Brisk Advice Shows Frontier Attitudes in Two Brief Jests
Two short humorous vignettes highlight workplace and shopper interactions. A new housemaid Bridget asks for a recommendation on her first day, prompting the astonished mistress. A girl uses a ruse to speed service by claiming her father needs breakfast, convincing a clerk to hurry.
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Bridget
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Foreign Words and Phrases Glossary Snippet
A compact list of foreign phrases with English equivalents including Nous engageons dans la vallee and Debt is not only an inconvenience but a calamity. Other entries include Bella donna and Ad majorem Dei gratiam.
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la Vallee
Cardus Women’s Tonic for Menstrual Relief and Strength
Cardus is promoted as a medicine for women’s weakened condition. It claims to ease monthly periods and improve strength from food after continued use. It has long been used and recommended by women. Try it fairly and consult a doctor if no benefit.
Pleasure of Life Quote About Affection and Joy
A Cicero line notes that removing affection and good will strips life of all pleasure. The aphorism emphasizes emotional bonds as essential to happiness and meaning.
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Cicero
Adlerika Promises Quick Constipation Relief
Mrs Mabel Schott credits Adlerika with immediate relief from thirty years of constipation and gas bloating after one dose. The ad claims Adlerika cleans the bowel where laxatives fail and may aid intestinal bacteria growth control per Dr H L Shoub of New York. It urges readers to try one spoonful and buy at leading druggists.
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Adlerika
Mabel Schott
H. L. Shoub
New York
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