Munyon's Paw Paw Pills offer free trial by mail
A promotional offer from Munyon's Laboratory in Philadelphia invites readers to request a free trial package of Paw Paw Pills by writing Professor Munyon at 534 and Jefferson Streets. The letter promises confidential medical advice and describes the pills as gentle laxatives that stimulate liver and stomach secretions without scouring or weakening the bowels, claiming health benefits and urging proper digestion. Regular bottle contains 45 pills for 25 cents, with claims of nourishing the blood and restoring natural bowel action.
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Munyon
Professor Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Profesor Munyon
Manyon
Munyon's Laboratory
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Building
Monticello
Just Ferninst the Hill and Light Verse Snippets
A humorous column mix of playful lines about matrimony and marriage state lore. Witty exchanges include a quip about writing for fifteen cents a line and jokes on guardianship and proposals.
Quill Club Honors Speaker With Cigars Amid Courtship Gaffe
A three member delegation meets a rising lawyer in his office as the Quill Club offers cigars to praise his Washington speech. A misheard compliment and comical exchanges unfold about vaudeville, a jealous husband, a pocket Bible, and a daughter’s parlor scene.
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Ofce
Quill Club
L—I
Board and Lodging in a Puck-Style Sketch
A humorous exchange featuring poets and artists about publishing misadventure. The editor, a brutal fall, hospital stay, and a whimsical look at Mary’s biscuit making are woven with a brief abroad reunion. The dialogue hints at a forthcoming three volume work on “The Nicholas I Knew.”
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Scribbler
Nicholas
Puck
Not Much of a Dream in a Conversational Exchange
Elsie I recalls a beautiful dream of heaven where everything was countless more beautiful than any mortal imagined. Evelyn Pshaw teases that she expected a dream of marrying a man with a title, prompting a playful reply.
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Elsie
Heaven
Evelyn
Keep It Dark. Wife and Mayor in Knighted Shadow Trade
A domestic conversation reveals a wife and her husband the local mayor discuss paying a pedigree trace officer. The husband admits paying fifty pounds to keep the tracing agent silent as a knighted mayor’s wife is involved in sensitive dealings.
Can Handle Bills In Local Banter
A lively remark notes women gradually replacing men in civic duties. A witty compare suggests a woman bill collector could outdo men both in paying and collecting, calling her a potential wonder for handling bills.
Parson and Hats in Church Joke at Waterloo Time Lock
A humorous exchange references hats and church thoughts, then shifts to Napoleon awaiting Grouchy at Waterloo. The punchline notes Grouchy misreads the situation as a key, but it’s a time lock he set wrong, rendering the plan ineffective. The quip blends religious duty with military blunder.
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Napoleon
Grouchy
The Question Mazie-Why and Argyl Wrestling with Father
Mazie Why asks why her father would not raise his hand to a young man. The piece explores his feelings and whether he would act differently in other circumstances.
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Mazie
Few Millionaires in Sight Amid Talk of Wealth
A brief, fragmentary note cites Pete and Larry debating how many make a million, suggesting only a few individuals truly know such wealth personally. The line hints at social commentary on wealth and perception without clear details.
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Pete
Larry
Curious Cupid Explanations and Comic Snapshots
A humorous collage of old jokes and quips. Cupid explains a misfire as taking her for a dear. Miss Cayenne defends humane mouse disposal. A counterfeit marriage license questioned by The Stranger. Boarder muses on phrases proven and gotten. A titled match judged as a rank proposition.
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Miss Cayenne
Wry Riffs on Work Wealth and Wives
A compact set of quips from magazines notes the ironies of work and health, with lines about a tool man losing health to gain wealth and wealth to regain health. It recalls a pun on marital discord and public jokes about bridge, nerves, and the specter of an asylum.
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Maud
Bridge
Beatrix
Slippers Spark Romance In Railway Carriage Tale
In a railway carriage a wife recalls a romance with her husband sparked by a pair of slippers she gave as a Christmas gift. The pair fit perfectly and prompted their marriage after a picnic memory. A bystander calmly notes the moment as the tale unfolds.
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Charles
Ideas Magazine
Cuticura cure tale from New York eczema case
A New York City man describes months of severe eczema on face and scalp with intense itching and sleep loss. After trying soaps and creams, he used Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap and reports complete relief and a pledge to keep Cuticura on hand, praising the remedies.
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David M. Shaw
Pier 65
New York City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Absurd Publicity Patter and Patent Remedies Parade
A jumble of vintage ad rhetoric and spoof dialogue touts remedies for horses and humans, quack tonics, and comic exchanges. It mentions Spahn Medical Co Goshen Ind patent cures, Hamline Wizard Oil, Garfield Tea, Allen’s Foot Ease, and eye salves. The piece mixes satire with advertising blurbs and celebrity quips.
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Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin touted for all ages
An old age bowel relief ad extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as equally effective for children adults and seniors. It claims it cures constipation and related symptoms and urges older readers to ensure regular bowel movement with this laxative.
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