Reason for Envy and Odd Ad Snippets
A fragmented page of quotations and early 20th century ads features jokes about envy and doctors, home remedies, eye salve, and a line about generosity. It includes lines about a stingy husband, a house servant, and a portrait of everyday products from a landlady to a La Binder cigar, with multiple brand mentions and brief humorous quips.
World of Wonders and the Cure for Dull Monotony
A vigorous defense of mental cultivation to escape daily dullness. The piece argues life is brief in a vast world and urges women and men to seek ideas, variety, and growth. It cites Wordsworth Macaulay and Cardinal Newman to stress beginnings over endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwin Smith
Lfe
Wordeworth
Macaulay
Cardinal Newman
Household whitewash removal and wall preparation tips
The article describes a method to remove thick whitewash from walls using a flour and alum paste cooked with water, applied overnight to loosen lime residues. It also advises filling plaster nail holes and cracks with a plaster of Paris paste before wallpapering, then letting it dry prior to papering.
The Shrines of Chill in Chile
Across Chile’s countryside, small shrines mark violent deaths, built by friends of the deceased with candles kept burning. One neat cement shrine ten miles from the nearest town shows melted wax trickling down the hill and bears the inscription In remembrance of Richard Fuenza lida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Richard Fuenzalida
Fattest People in Europe Say Denmark Notorious
Professor Lyde claims Danes are the fattest in Europe due to lethargy and sandwiched meals. Visitors note even hard workers in Denmark are stout, possibly from high cream consumption. A noted Danish dish olllebrod uses salt herrings with cream onions and beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lyde
Denmark
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Strength in Texas Woman
Mrs. M. A. kins of Quanah Texas says kidney trouble caused swelling and dropsy and doctors told her no hope. Doan's Kidney Pills revived her, gave life back, and made it worth living. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
M. A.kins
Quanah
Texas
Doan
Foster-Mulburn Co
Buffalo
Wasted Fortune on Skin Trouble and Cure Claims
A sensational collage of personal illness testimony, cures by Cuticura remedies, and assorted anecdotes. It includes Mrs. Bertha Sachs praising Cuticura after long illness relief, a lawyer’s courtroom quip, and various miscellaneous items about health, beauty products, and old-time ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Sachs
Second Ave
New York
N. Y
Morris Sachs
Uncle Joe Cannon Voices Canada Admiration and Western Move
The article quotes Joseph Cannon praising Canada during a Canadian interview and discusses Americans moving to Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta or British Columbia to claim 160 acre farms. It notes the friendly climate, social services, and profitable yields as inducements, with Cannon admitting he once coveted his neighbor's land. It ends with a literary quote about music and a remark on domestic harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cannon
Cear
United States
Canada
Ben
Canale
Winnipeg
Rockies
Great West
Virginia
Mr. Cannon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ead
Joe Cannon
Prose Fragments and Pseudo Advertisements Linked by Echoes of Wealth
A jumble of quotes and mock epigrams follows a Washington dinner remark about dying rich. The text shifts to an unreliable ad for Nature's Remedy tablets promising cure for rheumatism and kidney, liver, and digestion issues. A short moral note laments people who wait for grand moments, misreading small daily chances.
Money cannot buy virtue or a good life notto
Money cannot make a man good but can provide the conditions of a good life says William Smart in a fragmented 19th century sentiment. The text includes garbled phrases and stray words such as syrup and wolves and sheep and hare indicating a damaged OCR capture from a periodical or pamphlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's National Daily
Allen
Mistre
Pettit
Howard Bros
Diogenes
Lewis
Keystone
Hostetter
Ec Cvs Ha
Oman
Mackie
Parton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Prometne
Thomas A Kempias
Uncle Joe Cannon
Howband
Mra. Flimgilt
Moen
John Oliver Mabbes
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Castoria
Samuel Ptcaer
the Centaur Company
Bears
R Otte
Johnny
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
E World's Dispensary Medical Association
Wates
Western
Shaw
St News Agt
Emtsrarats
Lees
Deuwe
Cys Crawford
W. Mint Strowt
Kansan City
Mia
Nemrest
Alldraxgiata
Os Ian
Aheep
Wichita
Manus Goshen
Indiana
Spohn Medical CO