Woman Recovers Health with Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Richmond Pennsylvania resident Mrs Frank Clark credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with transforming her health after internal troubles and severe nervousness. She reports improved sleep, reduced headaches, and restored strength after using two bottles and urges other women with female ailments to try the remedy. The advertisement from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts promotes its nationwide reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Clark
N. Tulip St
The Family Pet and Its Christmas Gift
A humorous exchange about Christmas meaning for a childless couple. They joke their family pet is their motor car, with plans to gift it new tires and a new windshield this holiday season.
Cuticura Trial Offer for Distressing Pimples
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for pimples claiming rapid relief. It instructs to smear with ointment, wash in five minutes, bathe with soap, and repeat morning and night. Free samples by mail via Cuticura, Boston. ads praise hero worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Webster and Irving Fortnight of Dispatches Tale
The account recounts how in 1842 Washington Webster refused Irving a travel dispatch, then revealed Irving was named envoy to Spain. The anecdote ends with Irving astonished as Webster notes the president appointed him minister plenipotentiary and dispatch bearer to himself. The second item describes Juan Segura selling “prehistoric Indian relics” at Santa Fe depot, a scheme that raised bread costs for local Indians and led to his arrest after pleading guilty.
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Washington Irving
Columbus
Madrid
Granada
Alhambra
Spain
London
Webster
Mr. Webster
Irving
Juan Segura
Santa Fe
Riverside
Segura
Sam
United States District Court
Los Angeles Times
Quack Tree Surgeons Targeted by Massachusetts Forestry Group
The Massachusetts Forestry association will inspect and advise free of charge on proper treatment for shade trees owned by its members. It warns that many unskilled tree surgeons and fakers can harm trees, stressing the need for knowledgeable care and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Forestry Association
Scientific American
Not the Right House
A tired book agent, faced with slow sales, visits a shabby house and asks for Charles Dickens Robert Louis Stevenson or Walter Scott. The resident snaps no and directs him to the house across the street, suggesting they keep boarders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson
Walter Scott
Man Questions Link Between Early Marriage and Generations
A Chicago man offers one hundred dollars for proofs that a family practicing early marriages for a century yields vigorous descendants. He argues three generations in a hundred years suffice to test the idea against modern medical views favoring youthful marriages.
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Chicago
California Syrup of Figs Ad and Dinner Joke
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults, promising a painless interior cleanse and quick relief from constipation. The second fragment recalls a church dinner gag where Ebenezer White jokes with Deacon George Green about keeping chickens.
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California
Adv
Ebenezer White
George Washington Green
Grace
Mr. White
Deacon Green
Bradder White
Glass of Salts Claims Quick Bladder Relief
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts to treat bladder weakness caused by uric acid. It claims kidneys and bladder irritation can be relieved by taking four ounces of Jad Salts in water daily for two to three days, neutralizing urine acids and restoring normal urinary function.
Parvenue Discusses Room Claim With Mrs Scadson
A parvenue recalls spending a weekend with Mrs Scadson who claimed he occupied her Louis IV room. He later learns that room is used by young Mr Scadson when at home.
Literature and Laughter
A fragment recalls a friend of Campbell the poet stumbling down stairs and neighbors rushing to help as the poet led the way in inquiry into the disturbance. A quip from a friend echoes through the scene about the rolling mischief.
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Campbell
Farm dream cools as maple sugar plans fail
A man who bought a five acre woodland says he planned to tap maple trees this season but Uncle Rube notes there are no maples nearby. He realizes no burned maple tree exists within five miles.
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Pittsburgh
Rube
Epilepsy Cure Claim Promises Free Remedy Distribution
Reports from Red Bank New Jersey say epilepsy treatment by a Kline Laboratories physician yields great results with many claiming cures. The ad invites sufferers to write to Branch 48 Red Bank for a free supply of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Red Bank
N. J
Kline Laboratories
Quip on Diagnosing Appendicitis by Surgery
A doctor jokes that a patient had appendicitis because he operated. The remark highlights a blunt diagnostic punchline where treatment determined the diagnosis.
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Warners
Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N. Y
Absorbine, JR
W.F. Young
Temple St
Mase
Fatima
N. Parietien
Ste. Freer
Wisconsin
Bigshed Catalog
ALOG
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Waittney Eatener
D.C
Tree Raton
Judith Basin
Upper Judith Land Agency
Winifred
Montana
Mfg
Compu
York City
Pittsbuhiladelphia
Atlanta
Cleveland
Detrase
Lonie Cincininati
Kansas City
Minnear Serrancisco
Seattle
Hamburg
Sy Syi
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
Y. Maciones
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mich
Ini
Salzer
Guanacre
Gideon
Kedron
Red River
Balzer
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