Inventor of Prosperity and the Great Man Debate
A street discussion on who was the greatest inventor turns humorous with a pawnbroker declaring the man who invented interest as the non slouch. Scattered lines include ads for cures, a New York boarding school, autos, life preservers, peace talk in San Francisco, and a London bishop’s humorous dinner remark about a begging sermon.
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Edison
Walt
Morse
Centlemen
New York
San Francisco
The
Hague
Pacific
Japan
London
America
Boston
Atchison
Jose
Atchison Globe Sights and Mirthful Snippets
Silly musings on offense and manners, home finances, a mother’s discipline, and a playful jab at old customs. The brief column mentions rising chicken prices, busy towns forgetful bill days, and a note about the ship Nulli Secundus and planned alterations after lessons from a flight.
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London
A Too Hasty Interruption in New Jersey Town
A New Jersey Sunday school superintendent, a druggist, and an editor, a prominent town figure, meets a New Yorker seeking to buy his drug store. He asserts never to drink as a Sunday school head, never as a druggist, but admits occasional drinking as editor. The anecdote aims to show not to interrupt speakers. Autogenous weldings by Robert Hopfeldt unite aluminum wires directly, a German electrician reports successful results.
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New York Times
New Jersey
New Yorker
The
Robert Hopfeldt
A New Strength for Old Backs Excerpted Ad
Mrs Joonnah Straw of Canton Ohio credits 1 Dean’s Kidney Pills with curing long running rheumatism and backache. At 81 she says she is as well as a 50 year old, works and sleeps well. Pills sold by dealers for 50 cents a bar. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also a brief anecdote about a country schoolmaster testing a carpentry problem and a new student seeking a carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joonnah Straw
North Broadway
Canton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Eczema Battle Cited as Worst Case Turned to Cuticura
A letter recalls a 1905 Piermont case where a baby suffered severe eczema on the face and body. After trying many patents, Cuticura brought relief in two months and full recovery within six months, with the note dated October 24, 1905. Also includes dream lore about omens and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathurn Rnemedien
R. L. Risley
Piermont, N
Countess rails at financiers and a boy’s bold bid
A countess on an American tour criticizes finance as wealthy over honest. A poor boy asks for an office job with a financier who questions his qualifications as he smokes a cigar. Separately, two railway lines under construction in Pahang vow to unlock mineral and agricultural potential.
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Countess of Warwick
New York
Malayan
Pahang
Man offers seat on crowded train to three ladies
A man on a homeward trip, seated among crowded car passengers, bows to three women and offers his seat. He hides behind a paper, hears some remarks about gallantry, and accepts their thanks as he returns to his seat once more.
Odds and ends from a late 19th century paper
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on marriage cynicism and deafness cures. It includes panicky sales pitches for Hall's Catarrh Cure, wry witticisms about debt and deception, funeral epitaphs with ads, Old School Farmer humor, and a note on Emperor Joseph II meeting subjects from a weekly audience.
Grape-Nuts Credited With Health Gains and Digestion
A testimonial on Grape-Nuts claims heavy meat eaters improve digestion and gain weight after switching. A man says his health improved from 95 pounds to 105, his wife gained 40 pounds, and neighbors report lasting indigestion relief after adopting Grape-Nuts. The ad cites postal promotions from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Sn Im
Battle Creek
Mich
Croqust Gelf and the Dawdler at the Links
A collection of quirky snippets from North Carolina courtroom tales and bustling town life. Jests about golf, crooked croquet, and blunt quips on aging, manners, and lawyers fill the page with terse humor. Notable bits include a bow-legged golfer, a juror’s sly verdict, and sharp observations on busy bodies and polite folly.
Syrup of Figs and Senna: a trusted wholesome laxative
One of today’s essentials is reliable health information and products. The text promotes Syrup of Figs and Senna as a known, ethically manufactured laxative approved by physicians and endorsed by the Well-Informed of the World. It urges buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Peruna endorsements and assorted notices from 1908 era
A collage of testimonials for Peruna medicine praising cures for catarrh and related ailments. Includes a 1908 Almanac offer and tablet form option. Mentions Dr Kline and distribution details. Also references a Swedish prince story and trivial quips about Crohn’s era products and cotton mills in North Carolina.
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S‘jacobs Oil
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Manitoba
North-West Provinces
W. PD. Scott
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Mina
J. BM. MacLachlan
Watertown
South Dakota
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
P't’g CO
Winchester
W.l.douglas
Seein
Wen
LDREN
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Namno
L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Sena You
Chesebrough
Eczema Covered
Heaven
DODDS
West Virginia
Wheeling
Perkins
James Perkins
Perkins & Parker
Parker & Co
Agricultural College
Emperor Joseph
Austria
Aoa
Ula
Lippincotta
North Carolina
Buxton
Huxton
Atchison Globe
Hiis Cnéemes
Tim
Tiny
Poeru Na
Perana
Edward M. Burtt
N. Jefferson Ave
Louis
Charica Levy
Allen St
Lew
Pst
Perina
Camden
Jennie
Yance
al Marrooe
Kline
Willy Mud Trust
AEM
LENE
Philadelpha
Fay
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Stockholm
E. W Grove
Lusitania
George
Sterling Remedy CO
Chicago
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