Doctor Changed His Mind About a Cure for Lung Debility
An 1890 case cites Mrs. Gesner of Belle Island Nova Scotia saved from consumption and kidney trouble by PSYCHINE after a doctor dismissed it. In a 1998 letter she credits PSYCHINE with restoring her health and recommends it for lung trouble and debility. The ad promotes PSYCHINE as a tonic available from Dr Slocum Limited Toronto with trial offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 8.Gesner
Belle Island N.S
Gesner
Dr. Slocum, Limited
Spadina Ave
Toronto
A Question of Luck in London Dinner Talk
George Ade humorously contrasts luck and poetry, calling luck a kindly goddess when a playwright thrives and a cruel spirit when work fails. A London dinner anecdote recounts Tom Jackson misplacing his Imperial Order of the Roosters pin, later found at dinner beside his plate.
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George Ade
London
Tom Jackson
Lafayette
Jackson
Martha
Tommy
Mrs. Jackson
Rochester Herald
Dinner joke sobre butter tomato comparison at Episcopal convention
A dinner at the Episcopal convention in Richmond featured a witty exchange with a lady asking the Bishop of London if butter flies because the tomato can. The Bishop laughed while a young Englishman pressed for clarification on the joke's point, recalling Miss B’s quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
London
Christian Register
Classical Art Talk Turns To Fire Safe Oils
Mrs Swellman compliments a collection of water colors while Mrs Nuritch explains she does not own oil paintings because she does not consider them safe in case of fire.
Lincoln's Humorous Horse Trade Tale
The anecdote recounts Abraham Lincoln and a judge agreeing to a midnight horse trade with a forfeit and secrecy. Lincoln arrives carrying a wooden sawhorse, sits to inspect the judge's horse, and quips that he has never before come off worse in a trade.
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Lincoln
Illinois
M. T. Dolman
National
Bickles Anti-Consumptive Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An ad claims prevention is easier than cure and warns that neglected colds can inflame the lungs. It promotes Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as eradicating the cold and preventing inflammation, stating low cost and high satisfaction with surprising results.
Penelope Spins Shroud as Ulysses Might Need It
A fragment notes Penelope winding a cuckoo clock while referencing a detained at the office story about Ulysses. The tone mirrors a literary vignette from New Pork Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penelope
Ulysses
Shiloh's Cure Mentioned Amid Household Chatter
A fragment recounts a boast that Shiloh's Cure will always cure coughs and colds. A housemaid speaks of upcoming grand doin's at Mrs Lashley's and her eldest daughter's debut. A cook notes Casey's son is nearing his release after more than a year.
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Shiloh
Minard’s Liniment Praise from Fairville Customer
A Fairville reader dates September 30, 1902 to Minard's Liniment Co. Limited praising MINARD'S LINIMENT as a superior sore throat chest relief and stating they would not be without it even at one dollar per bottle. The note is signed by CHAS. F. TILTON.
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Fairville
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Sirs
Chas. F. Tilton
Millinery Term Origin Traced to Milan Fashion
The word millinery derives from Milan, Italy, once the hub of fashion for ladies hats, reflecting historic hatmaking prominence in that city.
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Milan
Wood as diet among Siberian coast natives
The article notes a Siberian coastal habit where wood is eaten as a regular part of meals. Natives strip and scrape larch logs, boil the shavings with snow, and may add fish roe milk or butter. Even when fish is available wood remains a common feature of evening meals.
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Siberia
Butter From Birds In South America Oil Bird Butter Story
A South American oil bird yields a fat used as butter by natives. The bird nests in Trinidad and on mainland rocky caves. Eggs lie in mud, young are fat and melted fat makes butter in clay pots, hunted from sea-accessible caves for adventurous sport.
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South America
Trinidad
London
Present Company Always Excepted Insight
A wry Kansas City Times line notes how to cut remarks in a group by making a broad statement and then singling out the target with the hedge present company, of course, always excepted, illustrating social etiquette and tact.
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Kansas City Times
Charm Obsessed Groom Watches Edna After Engagement
Detroit Tribune notes a groom keeps constant watch on Edna now that they are engaged, calling her a charm and a flirt in a terse exchange between Edna and Eva.
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Edna
Eva
Detroit Tribune
Cough Remedy Promoted With Pine Oil and Whisky
An old advertisement touts a cough mixture of glycerine Virgin Oil of Pine compound and whisky. It prescribes two ounces glycerine and a half ounce pine oil with a half pint whisky, taken as a teaspoon every four hours, claiming to cure a cold in twenty four hours and cure any curable cough. The note warns to use genuine Virgin Oil of Pine compound made and guaranteed by Leach Chemical Co. Windsor Ont.
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Leach Chemical Co
Windsor
Ont
Family of Bridge Lovers Faces Burial Decision
A bridge loving family mourns a father's sudden death and debates burial versus cremation. Amid the dispute the mother asks her son John for guidance and he defers, prompting a quip about making it “so spades” in a nod to card lingo. The remark reflects their passion for the game and post mortem talk.
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John
Success Magazine
The True Cause of Rheumatism
An old medical claim asserts rheumatism stems from uric acid in the blood rather than cold or damp air. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure, sharing a Canadian household testimonial and noting availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 50 cents per box or six for $2.50.
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Dr. Williams
Fred. Sabeau
Canada Creek
Dr .Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Johnny's Vacation Desire Surfaces on Farm Visit
A country family laughter turns to wistful tone as Johnny declares he wants to go home. The boy longs for home to settle a grievance with Sammy Green, while the father consoles him about life’s ups and downs.
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Pop
Sammy Green
A. B. Lewis
Habemian Magazine
Kilt Discussion Sparks Prairie Wind Joke at Washington Dinner
Harry Lauder mocks fashionable wear as Speaker Cannon notes kilts won’t suit Illinois plains. A Peebles coal heaver, Sanders McDowell, defends his top hat against coal dust and stigma, arguing dust hides a black forehead band when he removes it at night.
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Harry Lauder
Washington
Cannon
Illinois
Sanders McDowell
Peebles
Sanders
Lispeth
Worm Exterminator on sale at druggists
The affordable Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is within reach of all buyers and is available at any druggist.
Manly and feminine traits explained as hereditary
A dialogue cites a medical student and eminent surgeon discussing gender traits and an operation cost. The surgeon quips that heredity governs masculinity and femininity, with a humorous bartering of two hundred dollars for the procedure.
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Christian Register
Piper On The Move Sparks Street Conversation
A fragment from a Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt describes a boy asking why the piper keeps moving while playing. The father replies he cannot say, suggesting it may be to prevent someone from throwing bricks. The odd exchange reflects street scene humor.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Getting Him Classified
After dinner speech by Biggins described as a speaker who begins by saying he did not expect to be called on and then proves he cannot be called off. Source tone mirrors Washington Star commentary on public figures and speaking style.
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Biggins
Washington Star
Definition exchanges on philanthropy and philosophy
A humorous exchange from Illustrated Bits where Wife and Husband define a philanthropist as a man who gives away other people's money and a philosopher as one who bears with resignation the toothache suffered by his neighbor.
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John
Market Price Talk Sparks Old Trade Deception
A dialogue shows a shopkeeper resisting inflated pricing and an old hand urging a drastic cut to two and eleven pence. The exchange highlights tactics to persuade customers that the store once charged higher prices.
Shiloh’s Cure Coughs and Colds Quote Exchange
A Nebraska legislator quoted Daniel Webster on liberty or death in a momentous speech. A colleague corrected Webster’s dictionary authorship, quipping Noah wrote the dictionary. The speaker retorted Noah built the ark as a reply, in the Buffalo News.
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Nebraska
Daniel Webster
Noah
Buffalo News
Night Riders Question In Parlor Scene
In a Chicago News excerpt Staylate notes Kentucky night riders are a bad lot while Miss Wearion stifles a yawn. The exchange ends as the young man fades away to ease his mother’s worry, leaving a wry postscript on manners.
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Staylate
Kentucky
Miss Wearion
Chicago News
Mothers Value This Oil for Croup Fears and Relief
Mothers who fear sudden croup in children keep Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil at hand. Experience shows it best for treating this ailment and its varied uses make it a valuable medicine.
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Thomas
Recruit-Please Sergeant CommissionerBoxed Dialog
A clipped WWII era exchange shows a recruit pleading with a sergeant as a soldier complains of a splinter in the hand and the sergeant challenges the recruit about his activity. The fragment sketches a harsh drill sergeant drill scene.
Boy asks what he will be when grown up
In a Catholic News column a nine year old boy Tommy declares he will be a soldier to his visitor. The visitor warns of danger and death but Tommy counters that he will be the enemy if others threat him.
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Tommy
Catholic News
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G. W. Howerton
Clark’s Gap
W. Va
Scott
NN. U
Minard
Johnny
McKenzie
Economist
SeAnocentata
A. E. McKenzie Co., Ltd
Canada
Eddy S
Eddy
Hull
John Hallam
Toronto, Ont
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