Endorsement and assorted quips from a 1900 ad page
A collage of endorsements and ad copy from a 1900 newspaper page. Includes claims about a medicine curing deafness and a cough remedy Piso’s Cure, plus satirical lines about marriage and leisure. Also features ads for Defiance Starch and W W W W W W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
The Thing for Them
A quirky exchange reveals a mischievous king and rough-house football players. Spiketail demands the big gridiron as the scene hints at a comic clash of power and sport.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad and Ultimatum Suit
A vintage ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief claiming soothing effects and pain reduction. The text shifts to a legal note about a wife whose affections are alleged to be alienated not being worth one percent of the amount her husband typically sues for.
Guaranteed Piles Cure Offer Fails If Not Fixed
Advertising notice promises a guaranteed cure for piles with itching bleeding and protruding hemorrhoids. Dew gmne authorizes refunds if the ointment fails to cure in six to ten days. Price shown as 50 cents.
Too many people pray with their fingers crossed
A concise reflection on hopeful behavior and superstitious practice in modern life. The line hints at collective uncertainty and the comfort found in rituals offered by faith and luck, contrasting sincerity with guarded optimism.
Lydia E. Pinkham A Brief Life Sketch
A compact portrait recounts Lydia E. Pinkham and the rise of her vegetable compound. It traces its birth and notes how the Panic of 73 spurred offering the remedy in drug stores to the public.
Lydia E Pinkham and the Vegetable Compound Heritage
A romanticized profile of Lydia E Pinkham born Feb 9 1813 in Lynn Massachusetts and her rise from teacher to founder of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It details her family, early herbal remedies, the 1873 financial crash, revival of the business by her sons and daughter, and the preservation of medical records and training for her successor Mrs Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
Lynn
Mass
Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E’ Pinkham
Pinkham
Rich Man's Hobby Is Horses And Ambrose Clark Enthusiasm
F Ambrose Clark stepson of Bishop Potter is a devoted steeplechase rider. He fell at Belmont Park from The Bowery and walked to the jockeys quarters with a sore shoulder. A week earlier a fall at Morris Park broke his collarbone yet he remained a constant, eager attendee at races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
F. Ambrose Clark
Bishop Potter
New York
Clark
Belmont Park
Bowery
Jock
Morris Park i
Why He Didn t Know The Patient After Illness
A healthy matron confronts Dr Henry Russell claiming he failed to recognize her after she recovered from appendicitis. She notes his memory of her during sickness contrasted with the recovered appearance and asks why he did not bow or recall her. The doctor explains illness changes look and that a physician may only see a patient in dim moments.
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Henry Russell
New - York Press
Depew Recalls Illness and a Timely Phone Call
Chauncey Depew relates a humorous incident from a past illness. He describes bedridden days in his business room with callers, then an overnight telephone interruption from a New York paper. The exchange ends with Depew replying he hopes to last through the night and bidding good night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey ‘Depew
New York
Depew
Hat Price Prank Exposed in Clever Wife Joke
The Detroit Free Press quotes Mrs Cleverly noting a hat bought for $5 marked $15 and jokes about being cheated. Harold admits he overpaid while the wife suspects the same hat appeared cheaper elsewhere.
Farmer Poet James Whitcomb Riley Ponders Rye Yield
James Whitcomb Riley on his Indiana farm answers a neighbor’s question about rye yield. The poet estimates about four gallons per acre, replying with typical humor to a light rural exchange in a brief anecdote from his field.
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James Whitcomb Riley
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Jenks
Clerk
Lewis
Peoria
Fete
Wure
Defiance
Pinkham Sons
Boston
Brooklyn
Parnniy
Pek
Syste
Price
F. W. Diemer
I. D
Springfield
Weekly Scotsman
Samuel Pitomer
New
AtGanouths
Bears
Castoria
Jaques Mfg. CO
Chicago, Ml
Matt
Mull
Jobber
Mull's Grape Tonic Co., Makers
Third Ave
Rock Island, IL