Peruna Endorsement From Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther
Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther of Washington D C testifies that years of catarrh and stomach trouble improved after using Peruna. She says several months of treatment restored her health and she still uses it for colds to relieve catarrhal symptoms.
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Elizabeth Reuther
Washington, D. C
Swamp-Root Endorsements From Virginia Druggists
Letters from Urbanna and Harrisonburg druggists dated November 4 1916 praise Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder tonic with long standing sales and strong reputations. Endorsers say it has helped customers and recommend the remedy to those in need.
Improving Washington and its grand plans for the capital
The piece notes President Wilson’s alleged goals to beautify Washington during a second term, including Great Falls electric power development and a new public park. It recounts a Kansas City 후cripple story of Bob Bigler who lost an arm and a leg yet vowed to forget the word can’t and to press on.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Great Falls
F. R. Bigler
Bob
Kansas City
Bigler
American Magazine
California Syrup of Figs Promise Quick Relief for Children
Mothers praise California Syrup of Figs as a harmless fruit laxative that quickly moves clogged waste from the bowels. The ad claims it benefits stomach liver and bowels and suits babies to adults, with a 50 cent bottle and directions. An aside notes about life and applause.
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California
Adv
MOTHERS JOY SALVE AND GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT AD
An advertisement lists MOTHERS JOY SALVE for colds croup pneumonia and asthma and GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT for neuralgia rheumatism and sprains from GOOSE GREASE COMPANY Greensboro NC Also a lighthearted wartime anecdote follows about a resident after a Zeppelin raid.
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Goose Grease Company
Mfr's
Greensboro
N. C
Adv
10 Cent Cascarets for Liver and Bowels
Advertisement for Cascarets claims relief from constipation indigestion and abdominal discomfort. It touts cleansing and regulating the stomach and bowels, removing bile and waste, and keeping the liver stomach and bowels clean with a 10 cent box. A note on German iron founders seeking to replace gravel with furnace slag in concrete.
Round of quick wits and comic exchanges
A set of brief humorous exchanges and vaudeville style quips. A man flirts and boasts to a woman while another notes the irony of mistaken identities. A lawyer jokes about circumstantial evidence and guilt. A playful dialogue about dining and favored games closes the page.
What Ye Has Missed. A Witty Quip Exchange
A brief exchange features a sharp line about sticking to known quantities and leaving the unknown to dreamers followed by a playful jab about courting. The dialogue echoes a humorous, period tone with a tease about romance.
Wise Youth. Why did pa call Mr Jones chump
A humorous exchange centers on a boy asking why his father called Mr Jones a chump. The punchline reveals Mr Jones is smaller than the father, delivering a light domestic joke.
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Mr. Jones
Road to Wealth and Witty Exchanges in a Silent Skit
A comic sequence features lines about best efforts and sales pitches with quips on golf temperaments, postponed weddings due to creditors, and a raffle gun gag. Characters include Miss Gotrox George Omar Henry and Dealer in a gag about bric a brac and artistic cigars.
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Miss Gotrox
George
Mr.Ardupp
Impertinent Query and the Suffragette Sporting Page
In a humorous exchange Hazel-Charlie Freshleigh allegedly tried to kiss me last night. Aimee-Indeed! The quip notes a suffragette wife who insists on reading the sporting page before her husband, sparking light cross remarks about domestic roles.
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Hazel
Charlie Freshleigh
Aimee
Smith
Notable Quotes From The Debating Capitalist
The dialogue presents Mr. Grabcoin as an eminent capitalist who credits his lawyers for major deals revealing a self made image. A second crop of witticisms suggests death as a cure for lying with satire about legacy and tombstone truth.
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Grabcoin
Not Quite A Socialite Mrs Duthwaite Keeps Busy
In a brisk exchange a witty riff on a Mrs Duthwaite who belongs to card clubs music clubs literary clubs and three charitable organizations plus two uplift societies. The chatter notes she also bakes a cake for the Dubwaites. A playful portrait of a woman juggling social ties and domestic duties.
Pessimistic Outlook and Social Snippets
A witty rounded of vignettes on public life and manners. A photographer snaps an eccentric man eating steak as a souvenir amid rising prices. A dialogue panel contrasts public life with traffic police and moral reform through marriage. A recovering driver laments high auto repair costs versus earlier bills.
Boys argue on playground over bloodied nose
Two boys fight on a playground lead to a teacher mediation. One boy has a bloody nose. The teacher urges an apology, but Billy refuses insisting he aimed for the eye and missed, calling it not an accident.
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Manchester Guardian
Billy
Jimmie
End Stomach Trouble With Pape's Diapepsin Ad
An advertisement promises quick relief from indigestion and dyspepsia in five minutes using a fifty cent bottle of Pape's Diapepsin. It touts the product as the world’s fastest stomach doctor and urges readers to ask for it at any drug store.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Hip Popotamus Spelling Sparked Family Fracas
Child recalls asking his father how to spell hip popotamus. The father, thinking hard, becomes angry and punishes the child for bothering him. A simple domestic moment captured in dialect dialogue.
Godspur’s Sheriff Campaign Questioned and Poetic Heritage
In a brief exchange, supporters praise Godspur as a strong sheriff candidate. A rebuttal notes his fundraising tactics during early campaigning. A separate joke contrasts poetry with heredity, joking that a physician finds disease hereditary through family poets.
Actress Reveals Gray Hair Remedy Ad Choice
An actress promotes a home hair darkening mix using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. The ad claims the formula darkens gray hair without coloring the scalp and leaves hair soft and glossy. It notes directions come with Barbo Compound and suggests druggist preparation or home mixing.
Great Discovery Promises Kidney Support via Anuric
J H Watson notes swollen hands ankles and feet signal a dropsical condition from kidney derangement. He claims uric acid inflammation and scalding urine disappear quickly with Anuric, recommending hot water before meals and using Anuric to flush the kidneys.
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J. H. Watson
Anuric
Johnnie on the Spot—lesson turns witty with duck eyebrows
A young teacher struggles with a difficult class led by Johnnie who knows more than her. The principal intervenes and offers to help next time. Johnnie finally speaks asking a quirky question, "Has a duck eye brows." An ad paragraph follows.
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Johnnie
Louiswill
Courier-Journal
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