Johnny bill tested as Knoxvill e man faces case
Knoxville residents watch the first trial under Tennessee's Johnny bill protecting girl students from flirtatious behavior and loitering near educational buildings. Lion Chamberlain, arrested for alleged violation after ignoring warnings to stop pursuing Miss Anderson, bound over for circuit court trial with $250 bond, set for January term.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Johnny Bill
Legisature
Lion Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Anderson
Johnny Law
Justice Sellers
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Wife of La Grippe
Mr James Jones of Jones and Son Cowden NL reports his wife suffered La Grippe last winter and nearly died. With Dr Kings New Discovery she began improving after one dose and six bottles cured her. The drug is advertised as guaranteed for consumption coughs and colds with free trial bottles at W T Younger's drug store.
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James Jones
Jones & Son
Cowden
Dr. King
Cowden and Pann
W.T. Younger
Old Gentleman Tests Suitor with a Challenge
A suitor presses for Clara’s hand while the father demands proof of support. Algy claims Clara was told the wedding would be arranged and the father would handle the rest. The young man’s injuries are serious but not certain to be fatal according to doctors, as events unfold in this clipped vignette. A reader from Harrisburg touts One Minute Cough Cure, claiming it saved a daughter for twenty five cents.
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Overstreet and
Thurman
Roanoke
China
Overstreet & Thurman
Campbell Ave
Algy
Clara
Mary Bird
Harrisburg
Dillard & Persinger
Abominations and a Dollar’s Dirty Destiny
A speaker laments a single dollar’s journey through crowded hands from rich to poor, through crime and sickness. The narrator imagines it traveling across the land, worn, stained, and dishonored, yet still wielded and fought over, wishing for forty thousand such tokens to redeem or expose the corruption it represents.
Roanoke drug cut list touts patent medicines
A long list of patent medicines is advertised with prices per bottle or box, urging readers to visit Roanoke stores Chas. Lyle Drag Co and White Front Pharmacy for low-cost purchases. The notice also promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a remedy for indigestion and claims its efficacy and safety. The tone mimics a period
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Rnason
Roanoke
Tlood
Paine
Tutt
Carter
Lyle
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Brown
Ron Ritters
Packer
Tetlow
Saunder
Simmon
Lisa
Winslow
Williams’ Pink Mills
St. Jacob's
B.S
Whormpson
Garfield
Cinde
Horsford
Hostetter
Hood's Lills
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Chas. Lyle Drag Co
Balem Avenue
Commerce Street
White Front
Campbell Avenue
Henry Street
Greatest of mortals is the noble fellow in view
A Chicago News verse extols the man who wins in battle rules a state or wins debates with love and logic. It lauds the pencil holder who reveals nature and, most of all, the temperate man who can lose his collar button without losing his temper.
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Chicago News
Electric Bitters Offer Gentle Remedy for Aged Digestion
Old people needing medicine to regulate digestion are offered Electric Bitters as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, strengthens organs, and aids digestion without intoxicants. Priced at fifty cents and one dollar per bottle at W. T. Younger's drug store.
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W. T. Younger
One Minute Cough Cure Ad Ends Quickly
Ad copy touts a cough cure named One Minute Cough Cure from Dil lard and Persinger. The fragment offers no verifiable claims or context beyond the product and sponsor names.
Dust to dust question from a January birthday
A chuckling Chicago News item recalls Bobbie asking if he is made of dust after a sermon. His mother confirms then notes January birthdays explain dust absence then. The anecdote captures a child’s curious theology in a church setting with light humor.
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Bobbie
Bobby
Chicago
Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Iron Bitters
There is no disease more uncertain in its nature than dyspepsia. Physicians note that symptoms vary in every case making diagnosis hard. Browns Iron Bitters is billed as a cure for all dyspepsia attacks nourishing the stomach blood and nerves. Sold by Dillard Persinger Bole Agents.
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Dillard & Persinger
The Disagreeable Woman in Society Today
A Philadelphia Record essay examines types of disagreeable women such as naggars patrons who patronize and rude figures. It contrasts them with the agreeable woman, urging self-improvement to avoid social friction and maintain harmony in households and friendships.
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Naggar
Peta
Wedgewood
England
Crouch
Wedgewoods
Fannie
Philadelphia Record
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward Title
We offer One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Traux, Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, etc. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Traux
O, Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Miss Keyes and the typewriter dilemma at Briggs office
A Boston Transcript joke mocks Miss Keyes about ambitions for a Briggs position, while an ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure from Dillard and Persinger, claiming to end coughs colds bronchitis pneumonia and lung troubles with easy safe use.
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Keyes
Mr. Briggs
Miss Alpha
Dillard & Persinger
Prayer Ends Ceredo Society Dance with Prayer
In Ceredo West Virginia on Saturday night Baptist minister Rev James H Rigg entered the ballroom knelt and prayed for all present The orchestra stopped and dancers bowed in prayer as he urged Nearer My God to Thee to close the event His action drew much attention and sparked discussion among attendees and locals.
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Ceredo
W. Va
James H. Rigg
Rigg
McKinley Statue in Gold for Paris Exposition
A life size statue of President McKinley crafted from pure gold will be featured at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Western millionaires backing the gold standard funded the project with F.D. Higby of Chicago arranging with McKinley for the pose. The seven foot statue will cost about 1,050,000 in bullion and may debut at the Pan-American Exposition on Cayuga Island in the Niagara River.
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New York World
McKinley
Montana
Ada Rehan
Chicago
F.D. Higby
Washington
Higby
Paris
Cayuga Island
Niagara River
Barn Grows On Willow Posts Into Multi Story Structure
Morgantown Indiana farmer J W Fesler built a small barn with green willow posts sunk into the ground. Over time the live posts grew, lifting the barn to nine feet high and prompting plans for a three story structure. Also noted: Miss Allie Hughes Norfolk Virginia burned. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve relieved pain and healed without a scar. It is a famous pile remedy.
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J. W. Fesler
Morgantown
Ind
Cormera
Fesler
Philadelphia
Allie Hughes
Norfolk
DeWitt
Dillard & Persinger
Ritualistic church scene ends in abrupt eviction
An usher escorts a colored woman to a front seat during a church service marked by music and reverent atmosphere. The visitor sways, claims she is not ill but feels she is getting religion, prompting the usher to insist she leave, declaring the church no place for that behavior.
The Science Behind Remedies and Life’s Laws
The article extols natural laws governing the universe and medicine. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a curative for consumption and lung disorders, claiming blood-building effects and superior digestion. It also touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation and liver troubles as famous pills.
Cupid in Quiver Image Sparks Weather Jibe in Cincinnati Enquirer
Dialogue shows Flora quipping about Cupid lacking clothes in cold weather while Laur questions Cupid’s traditional quiver portrayal. The Cincinnati Enquirer carries the exchange as a playful snippets item.
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Laur
Flora
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tetter Salt-Rheum and Eczema Remedy Ad
The ad touts Chamberlain's Yeast and Skin Ointment as a cure for tetter salt-rheum eczema and itching conditions. It claims permanent cures for many severe cases and notes usefulness for itching piles sore nipples chapped hands chilblains frost bites and chronic sore eyes. Price 25 cents per box.
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Chamberlain
Dr Cady’s Condition Powders for Horses
Doctor Cady offers condition powders for horses in poor condition as a tonic and vermifuge. Marketed as medicine rather than food, each package costs 25 cents.
The Bright Side of Life News Notes of Interest
A jumble of humorous and curious items from across the U.S. includes a Pennsylvania man who shot his wife’s nose to deter infidelity, a Tacoma minister seeking burial bill cash, a Missouri poker tragedy in a burning house, and a New York Herald versus Sun note on prosperity editorials. Other items cover sects in Russia, a grave opened in Indiana, a piano trust fear, a long bearded populist in Missouri, an heir dispute in New York, Canton breach of promise cases, and an unfazed Dawson City saloon tally of 42000 in one night.
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Tacoma
New York Herald
New York Sun
The
Herald
Russia
Indiana
Lamar
New York
Living Pictures
Canton
N. Y
Lim
Enthralled by Love and Affordable Goods in Chicago News
A verse note on courtship contrasts with a boast of thrift and romance. Curtis Fleck of Anaheim Calif purchases Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy after friends praise it and becomes a keen advocate. The remedy, in 25 and 50 cent sizes, is sold by W T Younger, druggist.
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Chamberlain
Curtis Fleck
Anaheim
California
W. T. Younger
I. G. Bagley
Hueneme
Cal
Herlain
W.T. Younger
Miss Lucinda Day Endures Nightly Light For 70 Years
Miss Lucinda Day of Springfield Missouri died aged ninety in a small lifelong home. Seventy years earlier a sailor lover left on a voyage and she vowed to light a candle each night should he return. He did not, yet she kept the vigil, believing him alive for decades. Mrs Stark of Pleasant Ridge Ohio recalls a medical claim about One Minute Cough Cure saving her son from croup.
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Lucinda Day
Springfield
Miss Day
Password mischief in Southern Illinois tale
A New York Herald yarn from a small Southern Illinois town recounts a farmers alliance lodge visit by a visiting leader who seeks the password yet falls to Knights of Pythias wit mocking his request. The tale ends with a quip about mistaken password theft and a note on De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure.
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New York Herald
Farmer's Alliance
Illinois
Farmers’ Alliance
Knights of Pythias
Sul Alliance
Town Alliance
Alliance
J. A. Perkins
de Witt
Dillard & Persinger
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Featured in Cure Claims
An antique ad style note extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a cure for stomach and liver troubles after a long dyspepsia and constipation case. It also mentions One Minute Cough Cure and a dedication from Mrs. M. B. Ford of Raddell's Detroit Proeress.
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M. B. Ford
Raddell’s
DeWitt
Dillard & Persinger
Norfolk Pilot Letter and Opinion on Education and Politics
A Norfolk Pilot editor discusses women’s higher education and men’s roles, arguing for balanced advancement and the right for women to pursue education. The piece endorses caution with youth activity, cites Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a remedy, and notes a Kentucky election stance by Uncle Henry Watterson and the Courier-Journal, viewing recent results as a political setback for the Kentucky Balters.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Advertisement for salve by W. T. Younger druggist
A claim filled ad promises the best salve for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands and skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Sold for 25 cents a box by W. T. Younger a local druggist.
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W. T. Younger
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