Ailing Whitcock resident finds cure in pink pills
A narrative recalls thirteen years of pain from a member of Whitcock county in Minnesota who suffered abscesses and paralysis before trying Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. After six boxes, health improved, allowing work and nightly duties. the advertisement extols the pills' blood-building and nerve-restoring properties.
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Amin Gald
Mdwa Goodhue
Williiams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
Debt and Duty Between Two Boys in a Flood Fight
Jack Towner and Park Wright, bound by a long standing feud over a land boundary, face a flood on the marsh flats. Jack saves Park from drowning, breaking the cycle of retaliation and deciding to drop the quarrel, while Park pledges to honor the act as the flood recedes.
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Jack Towner
Park Wright
Ack
Parks
Jack
Park
Towner
Jason Wright
AY Park
Bruno
Jreek
Myst
TighBaron
Atv
Jack Yajyner
Wei
Ark
Bn Siswer
Jarrossyal Yridgee
Attom
Saaea
Pals
Sid Jack
Walking Around the World by Two Kansans Starts
O T Swanson and H P Gidley began a trek from Kansas City to circle the globe on foot. They plan to walk every foot, endure living in a tent, and rely on water where needed. They aim to offset costs by advertising from prominent American firms on their tent.
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O T. Swanson
H. P. Gidley
Kansas City
Houston Sensation: Woman Bicycle Rider Stirs City Streets
A Houston resident on Main Street caused a splash when she rode a bicycle in bloomers and a cap, escorted by a man. Onlookers crowded the sidewalks as word spread of the first woman seen bicycling in such attire on Houston streets. The scene drew much talk and many whispers as the pair headed toward the auditorium.
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Houston
Ehe
Main Street
Kiss Me Moment Baffles Ninth and Walnut Crowd
A playful street scene near Ninth and Walnut ends with a bashful young man kissing a pretty woman after she dares him. Onlookers cheer as the pair retreat, while a verse from Ram's Horn about hidden vice sobers the mood.
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Ninth
Walnut Streets
Philadelphia
Ninth Street
Walnut
Quotable Jests From Then and Now
A collage of humorous quips and jokes about politics love marriage and crime printed as a humorous miscellany. The material cites lines about candidates spouses and crooks with exchanges traced to newspapers such as Detroit Tribune Boston Courier Life Town Topics Indianapolis Journal Washington Star Cincinnati Tribune and Buf.
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Boston Courier
Mudge
Yabsley
Indianapolis Journal
Bluffington
Washington Star
Cincinnati Tribune
Twilight Interview on Veranda Ends in Tragedy
A twilight scene shows a couple in a veranda hammock with the man perched at her feet. The man asks to linger at day’s end while the woman questions his budget of 6.4 dollars a week. He vanishes from the yard and is not seen again.
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Rd Swinson
Whitcockrow Tenty
Nordom
Max Ae
H. É Akin
Omaha
Sheppard
George Sheppard
McKeesport
Detroit Tribune
Texas
Embroidery Tips and Odd Notices From the Era
Short notes discuss pansy embroidery with color guidance and virus remedies. Advertisements claim free trials for a restorer and a transit to Boston via Nickel Plate road. another item notes a Venus transit in 2004 and an elephant skin fact.
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Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Calahan
Adams Street
Chicago
Great Northern Fruit Bulletin Promote Pacific Northwest Produce
A special issue of the Great Northern Bulletin highlights the Pacific Northwest fruit business. It touts the region as a major producer of staple fruits and includes an offer to mail the publication and a map for four cents.
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Great Northern Bulletin
Pacific Northwest
J. B. Holt
Sunaho River Fruit Association
Wawawal
Homeseekers
H. H. Spalding
Ronsurer State Board of Horticulture
Almota
Wash
F I. Wurmner
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Cure for Constipation and Tonic for Organs
The text promotes Syrup of rigs as a gentle permanent cure for habitual constipation and to awaken kidneys and liver to healthy activity without irritation. It also mentions dispelling colds or fevers and notes sunflowers stalks are transformed into paper.
Neakadle and Tigg I Debate Shaving as Chore or Enjoyment
The Boston Transcript quotes Neakadle and Tigg discussing shaving and grooming as a routine. They debate whether to have a haircut, shave, foam and shampoo, moustache styling, and whether a razor needs attention, framing it as an idle conversation with oneself.
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Boston Transcript
Don’t Drag Your Feet Tobacco Cure Ad
An old tobacco cessation ad claims long use weakens nerves and vitality. It promises No-lo-Bae will restore vigor and life, offering a money back guarantee from the Sterling Remedy Co with addresses in New York or Chicago.
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No-lo-Bae
Sterling Remedy Co
New Yorkity
Chicago
Marrylog on 850 n Month
A young man asks if marrying on five hundred dollars and a fifty dollar monthly salary is wise. The narrator suggests waiting to meet the girl, noting some prefer rough weather over a life of poverty and hardship.
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Case
Ladies’ Home Journal
Salzer Seed Co Ads Promote 1898 Winter Wheat and Rye
An Iowa era advertisement extols Salzer's Red Cross of the North Winter Wheat and Monster Rye with advice to sow now. It offers free catalogues and samples to readers who mail the notice, then digresses into various remedies and real estate promotions with trailing names and locations.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
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