America's Brightest Woman Mary Lease Recommends Doan's Pills
Mary E Lease influential Kansas figure and former senator candidate endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after personal use. She attests to relief from bladder and kidney troubles and urges others to try the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. markets in Buffalo New York, 50 cents per box.
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Mary E. Lease
Doan
Mary E Lease
Kansas
United States
Dean
Mary
Elizabeth Lease
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Dubuque drummer who was discharged
At a New York dinner honoring Walter Damrosch a joke about a fat drummer in Dubuque who could no longer hit the drum ends with the band leader dismissing him for being too fat. The anecdote underscores humor about art, fatness, and practicality in musicians.
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New York
Walter Damrosch
Mr. Damrosch
Dubuque
Gratitude for Dodd's Kidney Pills Cures Pain
Sault Ste Marie August 14 Mr C L Smith painter and decorator of 309 Anne street recounts severe pains blamed on lumbago sciatica or rheumatism. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he could discard one cane then walk without aid and soon felt complete cure and lasting relief.
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Dodd
Proof Thereof
Mr Hamfatter recalls his wife’s dog showing unexpected church behavior. The animal followed the family to church and slept through the sermon, a display of sagacity the speaker highlights with humor. Marrowbone questions the interpretation, while the tale emphasizes the dog’s quiet observance of the service.
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Mr. Hamfatter
Marrowbone
Hamfatter
Easy Victim in Boston Portrait Scheme
A man visits a Boston photographer seeking a striking portrait and asks to borrow his own watch and chain as ornament. While the photographer steps out, the man vanishes with the jewelry, leaving the artist to conclude the theft occurred during the posing session in Boston.
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Boston
Cleveland Plain
Dr Braman and the Fiddlers Protest
The Rev Milton P Braman long pastor of the First Church of Danvers Massachusetts retired in 1861. He opposed instrumental music in church deeming it sacrilege and voiced ire when violins and bass were used to accompany a choir singing the 100th Psalm.
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Braman
Milton P. Braman
First
Danvers
Mass
Judge Peabody's Traite Client
An Irish Portland wife sought legal help after her husband’s troubles. She hired Peabody, later a Maine supreme judicial court justice, but the opposing side won. A friend asked about counsel. she replied she had Peabody and might just as well have had nobody.
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Peabody
Portland
Maine
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Doubt About the Head: Boston Man Hailed by Brick Incident
Patrick Murphy was struck on Tremont Street by a brick from a building under construction. After going home, he hired a lawyer who later sent him five new $100 bills. When Murphy asked the lawyer how much he received, the lawyer replied two thousand dollars, sparking Murphy’s complaint about the split.
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Patrick Murphy
Tremont Street
Boston
Sheridan
Cedar Creek
Waal
God in Natick? Little Hester’s audacious claim
Four year old Hester visits Natick with strict Scotch Presbyterian grandparents. After a lecture on being good, she asks with grave innocence why God loves her, replying that God cannot see her at home because there is no God in Natick.
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Natick
Hester
Her Favorites and Browning Echoes in Love
A reflective note recalls a lifelong affection for a beloved, the influence of Browning poems from youth to marriage, and a lasting habit of carrying the partner’s favorite sage. The writer references Browning and McLandburgh Wilson in a memoir tone.
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Browning
McLandburgh Wilson
Cuticura Said to Cure Severe Eczema in Mrs Davis
A Connecticut mother suffered years of eczema ruin, losing sleep and appetite, until she used Cuticura Soap two cakes, Cuticura five boxes, and Cuticura Resolvent three bottles. George C. Davis of New York credits the treatment with complete cure after expensiveDoctors failed.
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Wm. F. Davis
Stony Creek
Conn
Geo. C. Davis
N. Y
Man from Kansas Declares His State On Midnight Streetcar
A drunken man on a Shefield streetcar downtown mistook a stop request as a call to state allegiance. After misreading two passengers rising on Indiana Street, he shouted his home state Kansas and then settled back, content with his declaration.
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Colorado Avenue
Indiana
Kansas
Defiance Starch Promises Stain Free Ironing Advantage
An old advertising note touts Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry. It claims 160 oz per package, price of 10 cents, and asserts the starch never sticks to the iron while other brands use smaller packages. It warns against 12 oz packs and urges demand for Defiance.
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Defiance
Women in Politics Questioned by Mock Debate
A humorous exchange contrasts Muggins and Buggins on women entering politics. Muggins asks if they will ever succeed. Buggins quips women would not buy votes but price them instead.
Longtime Village Inhabitants Quiet Aging Tale
The piece reflects on an elder in the village who embodies aging with quiet dignity. The narrator notes the passage of years and the slow, steady process of growing old, highlighting the contrast between pride and routine in the elder’s life.
Bee swarms and bravado mark Cedar Creek skirmish tale
An veteran recalls Sheridan’s advance at Cedar Creek. As Union troops charged a wall the Bee swarms erupted, stinging soldiers and horses, causing a chaotic stampede before a decisive breakthrough. A captured Confederate quips at Yankee ferocity amid chaos.
Col. Bluegrass Laughs Off Ocean Crossing Tale
In a lighthearted exchange a Kentucky colonel insists he has never crossed the ocean, while a wag jokes that the sea is salt water and playfully presses the point.
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Col. Bluegrass
Kentucky
Defiance Starch Ad Promises Savings and Quality
A vintage advertisement extols Defiance Starch as superior in quality and quantity at 16 ounces for 10 cents. It urges readers to try the product now to save money, reflecting a classic direct marketing tone.
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A reflective line noting that if one half the world remains unaware of the other half after all this time, more people should focus on their own affairs rather than prying into others lives.
Commodore Nicholson Recommends Peruna
Letter from Somerville Nicholson of the United States Navy cites Peruna as a cure for catarrh and endorses the remedy for military and civilian use. The ad touts numerous testimonials, urges readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for prompt results.
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Somerville Nicholson
United States Navy
R. Street
Northwest
Washington, D.C
Peruna
Startman
B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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