Backache Relief Ad From Bloomdale Woman
A Bloomdale Ohio letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and relieving back pain and other female weakness symptoms. The testimonial urges other women to seek root-cause relief and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. M.’ Fredrrick
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
People’s Medical Adviser
Homebound Joys in Winter Hearth by Arthur Guitermar
A poetic excerpt from Woman's Home Companion portrays roaming freedom and nature’s splendor, then anchors to intimate comfort at home. It contrasts wild landscapes with the warmth of a hearth, inviting readers to cherish domestic belonging after travel and exploration.
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Heaven
Arthur Guitermar
Poor Richard’s Maxims From the Indianapolis News
The column suggests including Franklin’s maxims on postal savings materials to educate the public. It lists numerous proverbs from 1758 emphasizing thrift, industry, diligence, prudent debt, and self reliance, noting their potential broad circulation among plain people.
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Indianapolis
Franklin
Richard
Republic
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Sanders
Japanese Adding Machine Beats American Clerk in Figures
In Tacoma a Japanese bank clerk using a saroban abacus outpaced a local clerk with a modern adding machine in a timed column of figures. The abacus user finished faster, with correct results, while the machine operator erred. The Japanese former Osaka bank clerk noted that many Japanese are quicker with abaci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Bank
Tacoma Ledger
Tacoma
American Institute of Bank
Saroban
Osaka
Japan
China
Arabia
Russia
United States
We Can Not Part from Thee Dear One in Love
A poetic note proclaims that lovers cannot part, claiming their fate is woven, their life shared through joys and sorrows. They speak of enduring love beyond time, seasons, and death, and reference the Pall Mall Gazette as the source.
Concerning Comets and Trusty Friends
A dated verse warns against chasing sensational strangers while neglecting faithful companions. It likens flashy comets to fleeting hazards and stresses enduring, dependable support. An echo of product promotion appears with a Murine eye remedy plug, inviting readers to try a trial size.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chi
Hopper Calls the Turn in Broadway Hat Shop Tale
In a New York World item, Wolf Hopper, hatless, waited while a clerk shaped a hat and a tense customer accused Hopper of mistaking him for a clerk. Hopper quips that the man’s coat wouldn’t fit either, revealing a quick wit amid Broadway bustle. Pettit's Eye Salve ad notes 250 price and Howard Bros. Buffalo, N Y distribution.
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Hopper
New York
Wolf Hopper
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Bo'n Oratah bon mots and garden boasts in dialect
A fragmented humorous monologue features Colonel Breckinridge and Major Bufford discussing a born orator. A mock lecture on rhetoric parodies a speech about human events and arithmetic. The piece also notes insomniacs sleep best after hearing a partner coach their son to operate a lawn mower and men in the garden.
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Tom Lue Lucvuitils
Breckinridge
Majah Buffor
Lexington
Majah
Buckneh
Wrestling trust controls most American wrestlers in dispute
A critical piece argues a streamlined wrestling trust dominates top fighters and shows, stifling genuine competition in circuits nationwide. It cites George Kennedy, Jon Coffey and Frank Gotch, detailing proposed deals and pay structures to lure talent, and warns of limited local options for quality bouts in St. Louis.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ernest
Charles Haughton
Varth
Frank Crotch
Kennedy
St. Louis
Eugene Tremely
Canada
Yussif Mahmout
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Jim Essen
Raoul de Rouen
Charles Jutler
Pat Connolly
Don Kelley
Mahmout
Zotch
Practice That Made Perfect From Life
A comic exchange from a barbershop tale where a ship’s barber recalls surviving a wreck on a South Seas island and says he kept practicing shampooing coconuts to stay sharp.
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South Seas
An Etude in Ivory by The Delineator
A lyrical poem describes amber sunset and ivory hands caressing piano keys. The speaker wanders through dreamlike landscapes of Greece and pastures, with clouds like fleece and dew on asphodel. The verse blends music, memory, and longing in a nostalgic, romantic mood.
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Greece
Woman Recovers After Kidney Pills Save Her Life
Ida Finch of Newton Iowa credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after severe back pain kidney trouble swelling and smothering spells. She urges readers to remember the Dean's brand and notes they are sold at 50 cents a box.
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Ida Finch
Main St
Newton
Ija
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr Martel's Female Pills and Other Notices
An assortment of vintage adverts and quips including Dr Martel's female pills praised for quick, permanent female ailments relief, a satirical note on tariff reform, a humorous window sign, a child teething remedy, and Dr Pierce's Pellets promoted for stomach and bowel regulation without gripe.
Beogorruh and the Irishman at the wheel
A Success Magazine tale describes a raw Irish crew member on a revenue cruiser. After a quirky turn at the helm he becomes the butt of nettle humor below decks as he boasts of steering prowess compared to a veteran in ten minutes.
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Success Magazine
He Did His Duty In A Humorous Irish Dining Moment
A hungry Irishman enters a restaurant and asks for seafood. Receiving refusals for whale shark and swordfish he finally requests ham and eggs with onions, expressing befuddled faith that fish were ordered. The waiter narrator notes the comic misunderstanding and the Irish patron’s persistence.
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Minn
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Watertown
South Dakota
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Omaha
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Harold Somers
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Pall Mall Gazette
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Wrestling Trust
Gotch
Trust
Zbyszko
Chicago
Frank Gotch
Aes
London
Ann
Fank L. Stanton
Iowa
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Houston Chronicle
DR. Martel
London Tatler
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Libya Food
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Allen
Oklahoma
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Apache
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Standard Oil CO. G Incorporated
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