That Awful Backache and Lydia E Pinkham Cure
Mrs Ostin Woonatt of Morton's Gap Kentucky says two years of backache and fatigue ended after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She now does all her own work and has no pain, praising the medicine and offering to publish her testimonial for others. The ad urges readers to seek root cause treatment and contact Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinknam
Morton's Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Eee
Mass
Wanted to Be Agreeable Farmer’s Humorous Tall Tale
A Connecticut hills farmer tells a visitor a tall story about planting corn on steep land. He finally confesses the gag and notes he was only trying to make conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Batcheller
Connecticut
Postum touted as milk enhancer in mothers story
A Kansas City mother credits Postum with solving dairy woes and health issues linked to coffee while nursing. She says coffee dried milk, caused dizziness, stomach pain, and a sick baby, and that Postum improved both her milk flow and her husband’s digestion. The testimonial promotes The Road to Wellville and the slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Postum
Baby
Postim Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Kes
Boss Cautions Absence After Home Day Off
An employer rebukes an employee for a personal day taken without a valid excuse, explaining strict attendance rules. The employee admits the absence was for pleasure to care for a hoarse wife, and the manager relents, apologizing for seeming arbitrary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbson
Theirm
H'm
Mr. Bud
Brazen Culprit and Winter Steam Tales in One Page
A miscellaneous, humor filled page features a judge quip over a Christmas kiss and a brazen culprit, stage jokes about Constable Miggs, coffee and complexion vanity, winter steam pipes warming scenes, and a minister’s quip about cheap sermons. It blends playful public notices with comic anecdotes and seasonal whimsy across a London style vignette.
Family names miscounted in curious chat
A caller identifies as Kitty McIntosh and mentions cousin Letty McIntosh, but the girl corrects that Letty is her fourth cousin with three other relatives, revealing a quirky family size detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty McIntosh
Letty McIntosh
Taking No Chances In New Year’s Confessional
A lighthearted dialogue shows Dorothys refusal of resolutions due to family input while Miss Money and others exchange remarks about love and money in a playful scene. The exchange hints at age guesses and honesty, with chatter about a Sidleys couple.
Timber and lumber as degrees of suitability
A father explains to his son that timber and lumber are not different kinds but stages. He notes a man may be "good timber" for office, yet become mere lumber once he achieves the position. The analogy contrasts potential with realized capacity in leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lom ‘Don
Admiral Mahan
New York
Failed Venture Hits Contractor in Goldfield Feeds
The contractor who profited by feeding miners in Goldtown went east and failed in business. Antley recalls the gnoramus secured his contract, based on Goldfield data, to feed the pupils of a woman's university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millers
Goldtown
Antley
Gnoramus
Louise Starts Them and Other Quips
Yonkers Statesman notes Louise never repeats stories about her women friends while Ethel counters with a joke. The exchange features lines about happiness before dyspepsia and a man’s happiest moments just before he’s miserable, ending with a food gag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abou
Louise
Ethel
Yonkers Statesman
The Outcome and Odd News Snippets
The excerpt humorously riffs on personal fates and social quirks. A man tied to three fiancés winds up marrying his landlady after debt and board troubles. Other items poke at advertising claims for safety razors and a civic joke about a hobble worn by a would‑be school board candidate.
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim Trial Testimonial
A long testimonial extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and stomach ailments. It narrates a patient’s improvement after using a dollar bottle and urges readers to request a sample and information from Kilmer Co. Includes unrelated jokes and product mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.Alexander
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Garfold Tea Remedy for Constipation Quoted Reflections
A fragmentary note praises Garfold Tea as the best remedy for constipation and mentions retreat from worldly concerns. The text contrasts peace with God versus peace with oneself as an iniquitous notion, quoting Sterne about affection and spun threads.
Spring Medicine Impure Blood and the Lively Spring
A fragmented local page cites spring ailments from impure blood and winter lifestyle, recommending Hood's spring remedies. It mixes ads for alfalfa seed, Hart of eeos, and various farm products, then quotes critics and quotes about health products and a note on eye salves and herbal laxatives. The piece blends medical claims with product promotions and literary quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tej
Hood
Balzer
Eeos Anes
Ger Sed Co
South &Th St
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Farmer
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Oe Cattibald
SAILS
Second Moor
Jungie Land
Miggs
Jim Peters
Jim
Jist
Venus
Dorothy
Fether
Sidleys
Rachel
Mamma
Mrs. Smith
Charles E
Marion
Ts. T
Charles E. Harria
PS aadExig
Booth
Pato
Anata
God
Gscaiete
Pettit
All Druggista
Howard Bros. Buffalo
Garfield
Teeter Ter
Lexatewe
GarSedd
Dobson
Wislow
Earth
Seborman
Howard E
U. Salt Lake City
Bangs
Whiton
mInser
Br. Sargent
Camberdee
Mase Bum
New Hampshire
T Cohol
Benes
Eoceerstios Ehlton
Fatt
Fairbasks
Roosevelt
Justles
Rhee
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