GREAT SCOTT TALES OF ADDISON COUNTY MAN S physician
E C Scott Vergennes meat dealer and Ethan Allen G A R post commander credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from typhoid related kidney weakness after a month of treatment. He reports restored health and now weighs 230 pounds. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo sells at 50 cents.
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Addison County
E. C. Scott
Vergennes
Ethan Allen Post
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
A promotional notice claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and is a constitutional treatment. It states the product works by acting on the blood and mucous membranes and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Includes mail order details for F. J. Cheney & Co. and a note on Take i's Family Pills.
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Hall
Iist
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Vaudeville as School for Americans and Language
A professor of languages warns foreigners that vaudeville teaches American slang faster than drawing rooms. He notes many everyday phrases come from Broadway style quips and Cohan esque humor, as foreign visitors imitate stage talk to learn English. The Turkish minister and Spanish contingent illustrate theatre driven language immersion.
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Washington
Not Hie Property Sandwich
A Young New York theater scene incident describes a street urchin named Tommy quietly sampling a theater sandwich during rehearsals. He eats small pickle and meat portions, then returns the sandwich to its place, insisting the sandwich is not his. The actor questions his method and Tommy retorts that the sandwich is not his.
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Afi
Lower East Side
New York
Tommy
Seeing America Round Trip Tickets For Pacific Coast
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces that to boost the Seeing America First movement round trip tickets will be sold from Chicago to Pacific Coast points at 75 dollars. Tickets are valid on fast limited trains daily June 1 to September 15 with stopovers and conveniences. The tourist movement for the season is expected to rise significantly.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
America
Pacific Coast
Chicago
When He Drew His Sword
Judge Asher Carruth uses southern hospitality to explain a Kentucky man’s title to colonel. In Cincinnati, a stranger asks if Colonel Brown served in the army. the reply reveals he earned the title by drawing a sword at a church fair.
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Asher Carruth
Louisville
Riggs House
Dixie
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Buckeye
Colonel Brown
Agnes Divorces Bacteriologist Husband Over Germ Obsession
The dialogue notes Agnes and May discussing a divorce from a bacteriologist who studied germs in detail. The humorous remark recalls the husband disassembling a carpet sweeper to count germs.
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Agnes
Quicksand Bed Joke Echoes Across Travel Chat
A tourist asks about quicksand and Arizona Ike replies that he once fell into a folding bed while traveling east. The brief humor centers on contrived danger and a light punchline about a portable bed.
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Arizona
Grape-Nuts turns around a railroad man’s indigestion
A railroad worker credits Grape-Nuts for ending years of stomach distress and sleep loss caused by heavy meals. He says the ready cooked cereal makes digestion easy and clears his mind, restoring alertness like a precise engineer’s watch.
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R. R
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Porcelain Gains On Silver And Gold In Toilet Sets
A Boston girl gifted porcelain for a toilet table to a recently married friend. The Hub maid artist painted small scenes on brush and mirror backs. Porcelain needs only a damp cloth to refresh, avoiding tedious metal polishing.
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Boston
Engagement announced loudly by Eva Belles friend
Eva Belle informs excitement over the engagement as Edna confirms the news. Eva notes the announcement was made publicly with a megaphone creating a humorous scene.
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Eva
Belle
Edna
Trust to Natures Ancient Stomach Cure Promises Vitality
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a natural tonic for fatigue weak digestion and thin blood. It cites native roots like Golden Seal Queen's root Stone root Bloodroot Mandrake Black Cherrybark and claims glyceric extracts form a pure alcohol free remedy to invigorate stomach liver nerves and tissues.
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Pierce
Famous Indiana Oak That Towered Over Lafayette Is Gone
The long famed Lafayette big tree, linked to William Henry Harrison and Tippecanoe history, was cut down. The 115 foot relic stood on Riverside road between Tecumseh trail and the state soldiers home, once a lovers retreat and landmark near Wabash river, with ties to Tecumseh and a suspected Indian village site.
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Lafayette
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Riverside Road
City of Tecumseh Trail
Wabash
Lafayetts
Tecumseh
Faith and Works in Winter Prayer Scene
Deacon Easychap prays for warmer weather in the dining room while his wife shovels snow from the front walk.
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Giles
Deacon
Miles
Cure for Eczema by Cuticura Restores Camden Woman
A Camden New Jersey woman Emma White describes six months of eczema failing with three doctors, then a Cuticura treatment clearing her face and body. She credits Cuticura as a sure cure and urges others to learn of its benefits.
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Cuticura
Emma White
Cherrier Place
Camden
N. J
Peculiarities of Two Big Cities
In New York water meters have not been inspected for twenty one years. In Philadelphia a twenty one year old water meter could vote, a peculiarity noted in a humorous contrast between the cities.
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New York
Philadelphia
Cleanliness and microbes on a pin sized dust germ study
Dr. Somerville Hastings at the London Institute of Hygiene cited cleaner modern habits since Mary and Elizabeth's reign and described an experiment where a one inch sample yielded about 3 000 germ colonies on gelatin showing dust in living rooms poses health risks. he noted past washing habits of James I.
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Somerville Hastings
London Institute of Hygiene
Mary
Elizabeth
Hastings
James I
Christendom
Man Boasts of Freedom Yet Seems To Lack A Cook
The quoted remark notes a man who proclaims control over his home but appears to lack a practical helper in the kitchen, suggesting a humorous gap between rhetoric and daily life.
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