New and Palatable Dishes Tempt Jaded Palates at New York Hotels
Hotels in New York unveil summer specialties. Waldorf Astoria serves brook trout in blue sauce from live fountain prep, then finished with rich Burgundy sauce. Waldorf salad uses orange halves with pineapple and rum mayo. Knickerbocker chef presents a Boston duckling with onion butter, wine, veal stock, citrus, and curacao gravy served on toast with fruit garnishes.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
King of Siam
Jamaica
Huguet
Knickerbocker
Curacao
The Night Shift Quip Between Spouses
A humorous exchange features Positive Wife-John asking why he talks in his sleep and Negative Husband replying he does so to remember how to sleep talk, claiming it is the only chance he gets. The cartoonish dialogue showcases domestic banter.
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John
Puck
Cuticura Remedies Praised for Eczema Cure
Mrs. Violet Cole of Philadelphia details eight years of eczema with her child and how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent relieved sores on chest and head. She says her five children also benefited including ringworm cures and widespread relief. Sold worldwide with free treatment book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Boston.
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Violet Cole
S. Redfield St
Philadelphia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
A Milliner's Aid for Stain Proof Glue
An excellent preparation of stain less glue for millinery use is now on the market. It bonds velvets tapestries and delicate silks to buckram frames without damage or peeling. Water and weather proof the glue, enabling home creation of floral, butterfly, and quill designs as seen in Vogue.
Stuffed Veal Hearts Recipe Instructions
The guide instructs trimming washing and filling veal hearts with seasoned bread crumbs chopped meat or sausage. It advises browning hearts in fat then simmering in stock or water for one hour finishing in the oven for 16 minutes and serving hot.
Laundry Tip for Flour Sacks and Iron Prevention
A historical washing hint advises shaking sacks, applying kerosene to lettering, rolling overnight, then washing in hot sands to restore muslin. It also suggests kerosene in boiled starch to prevent irons from sticking.
Old Trays How to Clean Light Oak Trays
When light oak trays are badly marked wash and rub with warm beer until stains disappear then polish in the usual way. The note provides a simple household method using warm beer as a cleaning step followed by standard polishing.
Cream or Squash Soup Recipe
Two cups scalded milk with onion and celery salt, then squash added. Butter and flour form a roux, seasoned with salt and pepper, mixed into hot milk. Cook ten minutes, strain and serve with crisp crackers.
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Libby
Quote on marriage from Nagget dialogue
In the exchange, Nagget quips that a woman treats her husband like bric-a-brac if he is seen as ordinary. Mrs. Nagget prompts for the answer and the punchline follows that a husband’s greater value leads her to try to break him.
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Nagget
Spohn's Dis Cure promotes distemper cure for horses and dogs
Distemper in all forms affects horses and dogs but is claimed cured by Spohn's Dis Cure. The ad asserts over 600,000 bottles sold last year and offers bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Drugstores or agents are sought, with manufacturers listed as Spohn Medical Co Goshen Ind.
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Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Specntagious Diseases
Goshen, Ind
It Isn’t Always the Person Who Speaks
A reflective line notes that expression is not limited to willing speakers. Silence and listening can carry meaning, as can unvoiced thoughts. The statement hints at communication being broader than spoken words.
The Darwinian Theory
Miss Gottrox greets Count De Bree proposing a family tree display. He offers to show his lineage, while she exclaims at a coconut tree gag, framing a light humorous dialogue.
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Miss Gottrox
Begin Right with Resinol for Skin Erup tions
A vintage advertisement claims eruptive skin diseases of many years have been cured by Resinol ointment and Resinol 80ap in weeks. It urges starting with Resinol for cures of acne eczema herpes erysipelas erythema barber's itch poison ivy ringworm and more plus use as a dressing for boils carbuncles felons cuts and all skin abrasions and notes availability at drug stores.
Properly Thankful in Georgia Chicken Theft Case
Clark Howell of Atlanta recounts an elderly Georgia man charged with stealing chickens. The defendant, poorly defended by a young attorney, is found guilty beyond doubt and given a severe sentence. After sentencing the man thanks the judge and jokes about his fate.
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Clark Howell
Atlanta
Darky
Georgia
Appalling Excuse From Harper's Weekly
The judge scolds a prisoner saying this is the fifth appearance this term. The prisoner replies about keeping company with the judge to gain credit. The judge orders the officer to send the man to the island with a credit of 20 days.
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Harper’s Weekly
Well the circus outing and the bowdler quote
A brief dialogue depicts a child confirming a circus visit with his father. An attributed moral reflection from Bowdler notes that those who strive to do good may achieve more than they realize.
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Bowdler
Allen's Foot-Base Antiseptic Powder Ad Claims Comfort
An old advertising snippet promotes Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder for tired swollen feet. It touts rest comfort and easy walking and offers a free sample from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York. A quoted aphorism by Antisthenes appears at the end.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Eye salve in tubes prevents infection new drug size 25c
An eye salve sold in aseptic tubes claims to prevent infections. The offer includes Noorphine with druggists asked for the new 25 cent size. A valuable eye book is advertised in a bright package.
Whither a man cannot go this imagination the more fondly travels
A compact proverb muses that imagination travels farther than real steps and offers a wiser path to “deliver the goods” through mental reach and reflection.
Wrath and wine unveil the heart of friend to friend
A concise reflection on how anger and intoxication reveal true loyalties among companions, suggesting the fragility of friendship when passions overpower restraint.
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Plutarch
Garfield Tea Promises Relief Through Digestive Arousal
A historical note describes Garfield Tea as a herbal remedy claimed to correct constipation by stimulating the digestive organs. The text also mentions farmers growing wild oats as a local specialty.
Astonished Boy Sees Train Sparks Lasting Speech Loss
A Wisconsin farmer takes his twelve year old son to town where the boy witnesses a train of cars and remains speechless for three weeks. The author humorously warns the boy would go mute at a circus or zoo, suggesting the father's farm should be hidden away.
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Wisconsin
Don’t Neglect Your Kidneys Kidney Health Ad Warns
An advertisement urges kidney care, warning minor symptoms can signal serious disease. Obadiah Snow of Watertown South Dakota touts Dean’s Kidney Pills after relief from rheumatic pain, bladder weakness, and nightly urination. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells them for 50 cents. It’s difficult to discourage a girl who can’t sing.
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Obadiah _—snow
Crane
Watertown
S. Dak
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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W. Vu
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