Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs. Jane Farrell of 606 Ocean Avenue Jersey City New Jersey says she suffered backache languor urinary disorders and kidney ills. She reports improved health after using Dean's Kidney Pills and urges others to try them. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Jane Farrell
Ocean Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
Dean
Tom
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Average woman prefers honest talk over luxury rumor claim
A saying contrasts plain honesty with a lavish home for the average woman. It suggests a husband who repeats what he has heard is valued more than a house described as seventeen zlogeta. The remark plays on desire for truth over ostentatious wealth.
Revivalist questions perfection as audience debates ideal spouses
A revivalist asks who has seen a perfect man or woman and a tall woman replies that she has heard much about a perfect woman, noting she was her husband’s first wife. The exchange highlights views on fault and perfection in relationships.
Duke of Westminster Borrows From Friend in London
A wealthy duke travels to London with his servant and meets a poor friend for the day. They share a costly cab ride and he loans two shillings. He later receives a playful bill for the privilege of riding with a duke and promptly sends a check.
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Duke
Hs Grace
European Breakfasts and a Lawyer’s Fees Tale
A long fragment shows Mark Twain bemoaning European breakfasts and preferring American fare. A Peoria tobacco ad appears. A farmer seeks legal aid from a lawyer who names three dollars and ends up keeping a five with a wink, delivering more value.
Self cure claim for blood disease via Dr Williams Pink Pills
R. I. LeRoy Hoar of Bristol reports curing rheumatism and other blood diseases after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. He describes symptoms from January, including cold clammy hands and swollen legs, and credits three boxes with restoring movement and feeling. He invites others to write to Schenectady for convincing evidence.
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Mr. Hoar
R. I. LeRoy Hoar
No. 182
Constitution Street
Bristol
Williams
Dr Wilcome Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Naturalist's Dusk Identification of Common Cow Beetle
A Scottish university professor reported a dusk encounter with a wingless beetle. Antenna-like organs aid burrowing and the insect ejects a protective fluid. The eastern naturalist later identified the creature as Vacca vulgaris, the common cow.
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Scotland
Eastern University
Hesitation costs a heart in a telegram twist
A Philadelphia girl delays a marriage proposal after saying she needs time to decide. The earnest suitor agrees to wait a week, but at midnight a telegram arrives reporting he has found a different girl who accepted that night. The tale ends with the rejecting note that the decision came too late for her.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Threat of the Grave Digger in Castine
In Castine Maine Ordway a village grave digger loudly and profanely demanded wages from Mr Sargent, chairman of the selectmen. After burying two pauper women famed in life for their corpulence he threatened to raise one of them if not paid by the next night, alarming visitors in the store.
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Las Manes
L. Douglas
Brockton
Fas
W.l.douge
Enuine
Prise Sarii
Leo
Ghoa
Stuns Lan
Douglas
Mas
Castine
Maine
Ordway
Sargent
The Way to Do It Song Fragment in Piqua
A humorous verse advises simple living to reach a long life. It lists tips like eating plain fare, enjoying air, avoiding late meals, and not provoking larger foes. It cautions against umpiring games, political runs, and calling men with guns, ending with a playful note from Piqua.
Remarkable Cure Promised By Cuticura For Ulcers
Gainesville Texas resident M C Mogs testifies after thirty years of painful ulcers. he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and was cured in six months, noting help from the first use. Also mentions an umbrella thief under a cloud.
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Cuticura
M. C. Mogs
Gainesville
Texas
Phrases and Patents Fill A Prairie Newspaper Page
A collage of adlike quips touts Pillsbury pills Defiance Starch and a Hungarian Presburg inventor. It blends boastful health claims with sensational promos for household gadgets and “attractive young lady agents” seeking work.
Multiple Tainted Ads and Remedies in an 19th Century Catalog
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and consumer notices including Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonials, We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for cures, Defiance Starch marketing claims, and various household remedies. Also mentions Mother Gray’s Powders, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Red Cross Bull Blue, and other era elixirs with endorsements and pricing hints. The text mixes testimonials, endorsements, and product promos with scattered editorial asides.
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Hall
Uncles to Wed in Washington and January
Four year old Sarah explains two of her uncles are about to marry. One will wed in Washington while the other will marry in January, revealing a family wedding plan through a child’s innocent wording.
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Sarah
Washington
Lippincott’s
Usual Way in a Curious Dialogue Exchange
A man remarks on the habit of starting questions from the opposite end, noting how a literary figure with a message to the world tends to forward his "contact" to audiences. The respondent volunteers to help but is drawn into the quirk of dialogue.
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IKEC
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