Worry and Nagging Steal a Woman’s Beauty and Charm
A Success Magazine excerpt warns that worrying nagging and fretting dim a woman's beauty and charm. It argues that repeated complaints about family lateness dress mishaps or lost items erode love and respect, and that maintaining calm preserves attractiveness and influence.
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Success Magazine
A Cure for Rheumatism Promoted by Parmelee Pills
An 1890s advertisement explains rheumatism stems from uric acid in blood vessels due to a deranged liver. It claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills improve kidney function and blood purity by restoring healthy action.
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Parmelee
Price for ceremony leaves groom ruined for life
A minister recalls a humorous wedding anecdote from Walla Walla Washington about a newly married couple asking what the service costs. The groom, after the minister’s line that payment is up to the couple, stares at the bride and sighs I am ruined for life, in a raspy remark conveying mixed feelings about value and race.
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C. P. Smith
North Side Christian Church
Kansas City
Kan
Walla Walla
Wash
Kathleen Mayvourneen loan mock trial scene
An English debtor admitted borrowing money while claiming the plaintiff knew it was a Kathleen Mavourneen loan. The court challenged the phrase and questioned if it was a long term loan, remarking on the length of time it might endure.
Holloway’s Corn Cure Promises Repeated Corn Removal
A claim reports Holloway’s Corn Cure removed ten corns from a pair of feet without any pain. The notice suggests success will recur, urging readers to try the remedy for similar results.
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Holloway
Weather Signal Station Sits Higher Than Presidency
An exchange claims the presidency is the ultimate power while another quips that the weather signal station on Pike's Peak holds that top perch. The remark underscores satire about esteemed offices and the view from the peak.
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Pike’s Peak
Baby's Own Tablets Best For Little Stomach Ailments
In hot weather babies suffer stomach and bowel troubles, irritability, and sleeplessness. Baby's Own Tablets are claimed to speed relief and cure, with Mrs. Adam Marticotte of Chiorydormes praising their use for diarrhoea. Sold by druggists or 25 cents a box from Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario. Ensure the box shows the four-leaf clover and name.
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Adam Marticotte
Chiorydormes
Domestic servant's cautionary tale disrupts ill patient
A Virginia woman in New York falls ill and confronts her servant Cora after she recounts a cautionary cousin death tale. The mistress dismisses the remark angrily, telling Cora to leave the room and not return. Cora then apologizes by recalling her mother’s relative who died easily.
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New York
May
Cora
Miss May
Impurities in the Blood and Kidney Regulation Claim
The text states impurities in the blood follow kidney impairment and general bodily disorder. It promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a tonic to regulate kidneys, maintain healthy action, and prevent complications from kidney derangement, claiming restorative rank.
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Parmelee
Bjorkyns and the Little Cold Misunderstanding
A fragmentary dialogue shows Bjorkyns explaining a minor illness. Bjenkyns asserts no infection occurred, claiming only a small cold that he somehow spread by expanding it.
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Bjenkyns
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion as a cure for mange, prairie scratches, and Cu ban Itch on humans or animals, promising relief in 30 minutes and asserting it never falls. Available at all druggists.
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Woolford
al Ll
Where They Lost Their Luck At The Track And In Life
A reflective piece lists errors leading to failure including indecision in racing and business. It flags dawdling, mood mismanagement, risky shortcuts, lack of planning, overconfidence after early wins, unsuitable marriage, and waiting for chance or help instead of acting.
Russian letter cites reason for Russia Japan war in story
A New York Tribune summary of a private letter from a Russian woman claims Russia could have made peace with Japan if it could offer two non drinking officials a sober muzhik who never whipped a muzhik and a well fed worker. The substitutes offered by the czar failed to persuade the Mikado, keeping the conflict alive.
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New York
the Tribune
Russia
Japan
Alexieff
Grand Duke
Sergius
Orloff
Ouchtomsky
Jean de Cronstadt
Minard's Liniment heals mare's wire-wound scars
A mare suffered deep bruises and cuts from a wire fence. After trying various medicines without success, Dr. Bell recommended Minard's Liniment diluted then strengthened over three weeks. Sores healed and hair regrew, avoiding typical whitening. Signed F. M. Doucet.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure
There is more catarrh in the country than all other diseases combined and it is constitutional, not local. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, promises treatment for catarrh and offers a one hundred dollar reward for proof of failure.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney 4 CO
Toledo
Ohio
Sister at Home Sparks Nighttime Proposal Talk
A dialogue shows Mr Sloman asking Willie if his sister is home and Willie recalling her expectation of a proposal that night, implying hesitation about the intended suitor.
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Mr. Sloman
Willie
Tailor Plans New Suit Service After Delay
A debtor explains inability to pay a bill and asks for time while a tailor commits to begin work on a suit the following day, signaling intent to address needs in stages. The exchange highlights financial strain and prompt tailoring efforts.
Pa, why do automobiles have numbers
A quip appears in the column noting that numbers on cars help victims read them after being hit. The joke reflects early 20th century humor about traffic safety and public awareness.
Hotel Guests Complain Of Dirty Rooms Amid Ocean Breeze Ad
A guest charged the summer hotel with dirty rooms while the proprietor blamed the wind. The hotel advertises rooms “Swept by ocean breezes” as justification for the claimed cleanliness.
Minard's Liniment cures Diphtheria claim noted
An English prisoner in a London court handed a young barrister a dock guinea. He recalled defending him once at Hertford Sessions for stealing a watch.
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London
Hertford Sessions
Barrister Probes Alleged Watch Theft in Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom exchange highlights a bitter dispute over a missing watch. The barrister questions the claim of theft while the prisoner asserts possession and demands money, escalating the argument over compensation.
Lifebus7 Soap Disinfectant Endorsed by Medical Profession
Fragmentary text shows endorsement of a disinfectant product by the medical profession as a safeguard against infectious diseases. The snippet also contains a protest slogan about continuing a strike until the oppressed achieve victory, signaling social unrest.
Minard's Liniment and Cyclone Talk Reflect Frontiers Speech
A short reminiscence notes how Minard's Liniment cures colds and how residents of the cyclone belt call certain storm shelters "fraid holes." The piece contrasts evolving language with frontier speak and chi as Kansans doubt a man’s toughness when he uses unfamiliar terms.
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Kansas
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