Prescription for Positive Cold Cure Promoted by Globe Pine
Advertised cold remedy urges readers to buy Globe Pine Compound mixed with glycerine and whiskey. Directions call for two ounces glycerine and half an ounce pine concentrate, shaken into half a pint whiskey, doses after meals and at bedtime, with adjustments for children. Promoter claims it cures the “sickest cough and cold” and notes availability through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of
Chicago
Mills, Pancakes, and a Quip in a Daily Ad
A clipped miscellany notes mills, a nod to Mrs. Austin's pancakes as a wholesome breakfast option, and a brief ad joke about experience with hooking up followed by a playful line about horses or waists.
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Mrs. Austin
Adv
Has Your Ship Come In Gave A Nisker Dream
A widow mother with six children works hard to provide while her daughter Dot asks for gifts. The girl repeatedly says future riches will arrive when her ship comes in. One day the mother gives Dot a nisker, an unheard of event that surprises the family.
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Dot
Proposal Prank Ends With Unexpected Wedding Pact
A lighthearted tale from Detroit notes a man who courted many girls for sport and faced a surprising turn when Miss Evelyn agreed to wed him. The exchange reveals a cautious approach as she asks where she would fit in if they married.
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Evelyn
Detroit
Antiquated anti vivisection quarrel and comic pajamas tale
Disjointed clipping recounts anti vivisectionists clashing over Nobel prize for Tir and a Jacksonville visit. It then shifts to a long testimonial about Grape Nuts, a joke about a vegetarian being accused of eating a dive caterpillar, and a rambling serialized fiction summary featuring Lightnut and the mysterious pajamas with Frances and Billings.
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Tir
Alexis Carrer
Rockefeller Institute
Tlerbert Satterley
Jacksonville
Antic
Postum Co
Battle Crexx
Mich
Wellville
Eiver
Adv
Framed in Memory by the Judge and a Fight Remembrance
The narrator recalls a chaotic night filled with a dog fight, a punch named Heidelberg, and a muddled reconciliation with family. Jenkins recounts a tense scene where the narrator apologizes to a young man while a jealous Frances remains central.
Touch Bottom Chapter XXIX A dangerous pajama parcel
The narrator receives a troubling gray package from Mr. Billings via the butler, warning him to return the pajamas immediately. Jenkins and the narrator sense a clash with a trusted friend, as the initials Q E D appear, hinting at a hidden motive and escalating tension.
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Mr. Billings
Jenkins
Billings
Perkins
Wilkes
Jack
Jove
Reception Highlights with Baronesses and a Countess
A social note recalls yesterday’s reception featuring two baronesses and a countess. The dialogue questions whether their presence included singing or dancing or simply discussing American art criticism.
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Cratory of Art
America
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad Claims Cure All
An old advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a thorough cure for constipation and associated diseases. The copy markets the product as one laxative and three cathartic pills, with a quotation attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes disputing women weighing men.
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Pierce
Oliver Wendell Holmes
For sale advert from Springfield Missouri
For sale on time per cent of pack or cash sixteen sizes priced from 85 to 850 for farms or large communities. Write for booklet. Thos. BM Brown Springfield Mo Adv.
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Thos. BM Brown
Springfield
Candlemaker Runs Both Cereous and Light Ventures
An unusual note describes a candlemaker whose business blends extreme candling angles and illumination. The joke hinges on cereous meaning waxy and light as a double entendre for brightness and influence. The remark uses a pun to highlight the craft and its luminous scope.
Unnamed Lawyer Noted After Client’s Defeat
A remark about a lawyer who did not file a motion for a new trial after his client’s defeat is highlighted as uncanny. The dialogue suggests judgment of strategic choices in legal practice.
Pleasing Sounds and the Waiting Train Radioed
A traveling man and a fond father debate what sounds delight a listener. The father favors a child’s prattle while the traveler recalls the rattle of a train after a nine hour wait at a lonely station far from home.
Pujo discusses currency balance in Washington remarks
Representative Pujo speaks in Washington on currency balance noting it must balance automatically and delicately. The exchange compares the concept to a Christmas husband while a humorous aside about heavy parcels and a lighter pocket appears in the dialogue.
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Pujo
Washington
John
Shopper's Cramp—A New Ailment Mentioned by Simeon Ford
Simeon Ford at a New York hotel dinner discusses a purported new disease called shopper's cramp. He claims it appears in December, grows epidemic mid month, and ends by December 24. He says it affects women in the limbs while it targets husbands’ pockets.
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Gramp
Simeon Ford
New York
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Richard Lightnut
Lightnut
Francis
Nam France
Dicky
Jack Billings
Foxy
Grandpa
Tarrytown
Preances
Wishtnut
Liehtwut
Frances
Tightnie
Hay
Billings Etarmen
Liehtnut
Poarenberry
Sy Trancis Perry Elliott
JY “Ay Walraes
Bobls Sir
Riall OO
Mucker
Scoggins
Mr. Lightnut
Gaya
Mr. Bi
Rascal
Mr. Jack
Carter
Wetatypics
H, Sabel & Sors
Louisville
PISO
Piso Company
Box E
Warren
Timothy
Glover
Sy Stree
Mainabiloux City
Iowa
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