The Ten Trails Moral Tale of Two Hunters
Two Native hunters Hapeda and Chatun split paths after a deer sighting. Hapeda chases ten elk trails, switching often and returning empty handed. Chatun, patient, sticks to a single deer trail and brings back the carcass. Moral: success lies at the end of the trail.
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Hapeda
Chatun
Ambergris from a whale worth fifty thousand dollars
A torpid liver yields ambergris and the value from a single whale is about $50,000. A saying notes the Lord is not a refuge for the idle. Defiance Starch comes 16 ounces for ten cents, offering one third more for the same price. A mountain spider of Ceylon spins a ten foot diameter yellow silk net.
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Defiance
Ceylon
Hospitals Crowded and Cure Offered by Mrs Pinkham
A sobering hospital scene notes most patients are women awaiting or recovering from surgeries caused by neglected womb and ovarian issues. A Seattle case details tumor fear, costly care, and Boost from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with a call for women to seek free advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Luella Adams
Colonnade Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Miss Adams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Many Little Smiles and Shady Advice The Beggar and Bozo Snakes
A quirky Catholic Standard and Times item riffs on low offers of fashion advice from a beggar and a boastful character. Dialog builds a comic scene with Jack pressed for a testimonial while his sister resists. The piece satirizes credulity and social pretensions through witty exchanges.
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Skinflint
Jack
Catholic Standard and Times
Snakes Appear in Woods Behind Barn, Cookhouse Debate
Mr Booze claims numerous snakes in the woods behind the barn. Mrs Booze counters that he has seen snakes in every room at home, suggesting a recurring pest concern and household joke.
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Mr. Booze
Amateur Show Presents Hamlet Amid Cheers
A stranger pauses before the hall and hears loud laughter from inside. He asks the box office what’s happening and learns the amateur performers are staging Hamlet to a raucous, delighted audience.
Armor paradox echoed in quest for invulnerable weaponry
A dialogue presents a loop of seeking an armor that cannot be pierced, then a projectile that can pierce any armor, highlighting a philosophical trap in pursuit of ultimate military superiority.
Do you think there are any girl angels in heaven
A playful exchange unfolds with a woman asking about girl angels in heaven and a man answering that he knows of one girl angel who isn't there. A college youth phones home, anxious about a check he sent, while the father reassures him the check is safe in the book.
Hair Dye Risk Tales Invite Caution
A speaker warns of hair dye dangers noting a friend’s rapid gray turning and a bold black dye leading to marriage within a month. The tale emphasizes health concerns and unexpected outcomes of cosmetic dye.
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Ben Thayer
Advice Between Skinflint and Beggar
A terse exchange finds a skinflint offering bare financial help while a beggar retorts that advice is meaningless without money. The dialogue highlights economic tension and wit in a brief street interaction.
A Charmed Life
A terse dialogue centers on a college football trainer boasting faith in a freshman. The trainer questions the claim, challenging the young man about his feats, mentioning four auto smashes and attending many shows at Coney Island as proof of resilience.
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Coney Island
Puck
Lesson on Study and Self Denial
The ambitious youth asks how to study and practice for a literary career. The bewhiskered elder advises economy and self denial as the path to success.
Child’s wish to keep a quarter at Atlantic City
A five year old girl in Atlantic City received a quarter from her mother who urged a wish on the new nivoon. The child wished to keep the quarter and declared the wish fulfilled, prompting a humorous remark cited from the New York World.
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Atlantic City
New York World
Catarrh Cure Claims All Cases Won For Readers
The notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure. It explains the remedy is constitutional and taken internally to target blood and mucous surfaces. It also promotes Nall's Family Pills for constipation and notes ivory is produced by slaughter of sixty thousand elephants annually.
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W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Jas
W.l.douglas
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Nall
Declared Patent Remedies and Teething Syrup Claims
An assortment of ad copy and aphorisms offering De fiance Starch for perfect starch results, a Dr Kline nerve restorer free trial offer, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and miscellaneous motivational quotes about politeness and love. The text references 28 London cemeteries and includes promotional lines for products and advice.
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Kiine
KW Kline
Arch Street
Philadelpha, Pa
Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed by Medical Authorities
Medical writers and teachers from several schools endorse Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for weak stomach dyspepsia liver complaints and chronic catarrhal diseases. It lists ingredients like Black Cherrybark Golden Seal and Bloodroot and claims endorsements from Bartholow Hare Ellingwood King Scudder Hale and other eminent physicians. A booklet of extracts from authorities is mailed free from Dr. R. V. Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
Bartholow
Jefferson Med. College
Hare
The
Univ. of Pa
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
John King
Cincinnati
John M. Scudder
Edwin M. Hale
Hahnemann Med. College
Golden Medical Discovery
Hiphoric Medica Authority
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