Peruna Testimonials From Ottawa and Sekitan
Miss Della Janveau of Ottawa reports poor digestion and fatigue improving within three weeks after using Peruna. Adia Brittain of Sekitan says three months of Peruna relieved heaviness, biliousness, and fainting spells. Dr Nariman and Dr Hartman offer free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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Della Janveau
Globe Hotel
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Adia Brittain
Sekitan, O
Nariman
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
A Man’s Bargain Between Pride and Peace
A proverb contrasts buying peace through healthy pride with the folly of conceit. It suggests that choosing peace at the cost of pride yields a better bargain than clinging to hollow knowledge and thick ignorance.
Vintage ad copy and quip on cigars and meals
A fragmentary newspaper item blends a quote about truth and a promotional note for cigars described as the richest nality, priced at five cents, with a claim about better value than ten-cent cigars. It ends with a wry line about a woman facing mad dogs and the courage to voice financial limits on meals.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised powder helps weary feet
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to rest feet and cure corns bunions swelling and sore hot calloused aching sweating feet and growing nails It claims shoes become easier with this powder sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample by mailing to Allen 8S Olmsted LeRoy N Y and ends with an odd life-pledge line about filling out life paperwork.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Mother Gray
New York
N.Y
Vague Cleaning Ad and Moral Proverb Fragments
A scrambled OCR passage mixes laundry product pitches with moral sayings and a chess pun. References include Dee Red Crocs Ball Rice Promoting Defiance Starch, a 20z package priced at five cents, and cautions about virtue masking vice. The text also notes a chess tournament and a generic admonition about amending actions.
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Dee
Daugherty’s Meridian Well Tale Becomes Local Legend
A visitor recalls John Daugherty, a former Cincinnati gambler who challenged five merchants in a town to lose their winnings. He used staged cards and a fake trail sample to drain money, was captured at Meridian, then helped dig a city well. The tale blends crime, luck, and a peculiar fix for the well.
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Meridian
Daugherty
John Daugherty
Cincinnati
Ohio
North
St. Charles
The Cowboy and His Gun In Old West Stories
A Montana henchman in New York debates sensational cowboy myths and the skill of quick gun drawing. He contrasts magazine fiction with historical realism, recounting speed as key, the arm pit holster, and famous gunmen like Billy Hamlin. The tale ends with a Texas fugitive cowboy who hid in an arm pit holster before fleeing across borders.
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Montana
New York
Billy Hamline
BullYalo Bill
Texas
Mental Stimulus as a Remedy for Ills and Boredom
The piece argues many illnesses arise from boredom and lack of mental stimulation. It cites a New York Tribune view and physician anecdotes showing improvement when patients gain activity, amusements, or air, noting counter irritants and external amusement can curb psychosomatic symptoms.
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Hell
Milady
New York Tribune
Ideal Father Explains A Child Rearing as Accounts
A New York Press excerpt describes a father who treats bringing up a son like managing a wholesale and retail business. He outlines allowances for wear and tear, says a boy must learn truth and independence, and plans stricter mental development when the boy reaches age twelve.
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New York Press
Congressman's Short Autobiography Noted in Directory
The brief entry for Congressman Byrd of Mississippi’s fifth district reads simply Adam Byrd, democrat, elected to the fifty-eighth Congress, with 3 081 votes. The line is highlighted as the directory’s shortest autobiography.
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Congressman Byrd
Mississippi
Adam Byrd
Doan's Kidney Pills Cherish Back Pain Relief
An aged nation hears testimonials from several readers about relief from back aches and urinary issues after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Messages from Cleveland Garrsurne Warren Servinnss and others describe reduced pain, improved sleep, and fewer nighttime awakenings.
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Caim
Eomrn Warren
Third Party May Be All Right in Politics
A lighthearted note from Vanburen Indiana dated February 10 1000 praises Piso s Cure as the best medicine ever used for affections of the throat and lungs and contrasts political views with courtship.
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Piso
Vanburen
Ind
Hunt's Copy with Decoys on Massachusetts Shore
Clay Emery, author of Cap'n Titus and Clinton Mayo of New York, hunts copy and local color with decoys. On a Massachusetts bay shore he keeps a boat house with chairs and settees. An aged mariner nearby knows the place and has a named pipe in a wall cupboard. When Mayo is at home he raises a sixty foot flag, drawing local sailors who gather to share tobacco, pipes, and long yarns.
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Hunt
Clay Emery
Clinton Mayo
New York
Massachusetts
A Chin Off the Old Block Winston Churchill’s Fearless Speech
The article lauds Winston Churchill as fearless and similar in audacity to his father Lord Randolph Churchill. It notes his irreverence for elders, mocking sarcasm, and his readiness to provoke older politicians who fear public derision. It states he will likely pursue his father’s hardline political path despite opposition.
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Winston Churchill
England
Randolph Churchill
Winston
Waited and Saw. A Cure Declared by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Warren's Corners New York April 20 Thirteen years of kidney trouble with pains back and urination issues finally eased after four days of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The patient, A B Smith, reports permanent relief with no recurrence.
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Dean
Warren's Corners
N. Y
A. B. Smith
Dodd
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14Th and
Douglas Street
Omaha
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