Mary and Meanderings in a Fragmented Saucy Page
A collage of spoof ads and quips from early 20th century humor pages. It includes a mock drugstore blurb for Allen’s Foot-Ease, jokes about Mary’s songs and wedding newspaper spellings, and a brief anecdote about Fitzgerald’s translation misadventure at a social gathering.
Health Smile Cure Promises Relief for Constipation
An advertisement touts a health smile offered by CAS CARETS claimed to cure constipation and torpid liver. It frames the product as an easy, visible improvement for an otherwise healthy face.
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Cascarets
Pocket picking poem as Harper's Weekly excerpt
A fragment from Harper's Weekly features Carlyle Smith’s poem about pocket picking and the loot at a bargain matinee, followed by scattered quips and brief notices on humor, advice, and odd anecdotes. The text shifts to ads and short passages, including a wartime joke, a tip on a patent stopgap, and assorted in-house jests.
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Carlyle Smith
Harper's Weekly
A Notre Dame Lady’s Appeal for Home Rheumatism Cure
A Notre Dame woman offers a home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. She claims the regimen eliminates uric acid, loosens stiff joints, purifies blood, and restores vigor. Readers are invited to write for details at Notre Dame, Ind.
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Notre Dame
Jett
Ind
Fragments From A Veiled City Mottoes And Advertisements
A garbled collection from a newspaper page mixes city motto proposals with satirical quips and adland blurbs. It contrasts calm slogans for Detroit with brash slogans of other cities and includes short humorous lines about politics, journalism, and everyday life, ending on a riddle about a green apple.
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Detroit
Cuai
Seine
Berthe
San Francisco
Ouitwaukes Trever
Pittsburg
New York
Lamba
Boston
Washington
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES Kidney warning from a pill ad
A Dayton Tennessee man warns backache signals kidney illness and urges use of Coats Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims rapid improvement after three weeks and full recovery in two months. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York at 50 cents a box.
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John M. Burwick
R. F. D. Dayton
Tenn
Coah
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. X
Practical Cookery Notes From a Homemaker's Quick Guide
A jumble of recipes and tips cover potatoes with mint butter baked fillings and egg bound mixtures for pies tarts and a globe of desserts. Dishes include stuffed potatoes with ham and eggs preserves with berries and gooseberries and a Sherry dressed watermelon. Classic cakes and Parisian charlotte are described with step by step prep and assembly guidance.
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Lucena
Very Old Chestnut From Lippincotts
This brief clippings note curates old humorous anecdotes. It recalls a mud mishap with a man found under a hat, a New York alderman on credit, and a joke about a seedy man asking for credit at a bar, reflecting early 20th century wit.
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Lippincott's
Aman
New York Tribune
New York
Tomato Relish Recipe From Historic Market Snack
One peck of ripe tomatoes peeled and chopped and strained use only pulp two cupfuls chopped onion two cupfuls chopped celery two cupfuls two cupfuls sugar two cupfuls white mustard seed one cupful malt two teaspoonfuls ground cloves two teaspoonfuls ground mace two teaspoonfuls cinnamon eight red peppers two teaspoonfuls coriander seeds and capfin three pints of vinegar Mix well and fill air tight jars Do not cook Store in a cool place
Fragmented Prose Collection Highlights Wit and Odd Sayings
A long, tangled piece of text presents a series of aphorisms and anecdotes. It includes jokes about remedies, faith healing, astrology, refereeing faults, cyclone safeguards, marital dynamics, graft, love, diligent living, dental wisdom, a tramp’s remark, missing ducks, a giant frog in Fairfield county, reflections on bachelor life, and views on managing men. The tone mirrors a humor column or collage from an old newspaper.
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Chicago News
New York Preag
Norwalk
Conn
George W. Tobey
Nobey
Tobey
Fairfield County
Infant Eczema Cured By Catlura Remedies Claims
Mother recalls six month old daughter suffering severe eczema on face with doctors failing to help. After using Catlura Remedies the eruption cleared by morning and fully disappeared with continued use. Also mentions Tomax Salvini biography note and foreign travel imagery in a related passage.
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Cutie
Mix
Gumbla
Sheldoy
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuthurn Remedies
Boston
Fragmented OCR reads in a political and literary mash
A garbled OCR fragment references discussions of political papers, the term red tape, and quotes from Victorian literature. It mentions Sotign tfal definitions, Judge Martin I Wade, and campaign stories by Henry Hensey in a Norman ae issue, with an anecdote about a man named Hen nensey and a friend walking uphill with limited energy.
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Cestion
Npr
Norman Ae
Martin I. Wade
Democratic National Committee
Apeeches
Ig Towas
Hennensey
Hennessey
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Told To Cure Tumor
A four year growth tumor case from Lindley Indiana is treated with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A patient testifies she would endure no hospital operation and recommends the remedy, praising its track record for female illnesses over thirty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lindley
Ind
Trydia R. Pinks
Banys
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