Sophies Quick Retort and Wiser Man After Shocking Incident
A New York couple ends a domestic dispute with the wife tapping the husband with a comb leaving him battered and bandaged his future mot tough after the attack. Sophie Tucker gains fame in vaudeville and handles rehearsal corrections with humor as director Ben Teal explains pronouncing a word with a silent T.
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USA
Hha Shack
Amazon
New York
Lizzy
Sophie
Sophie Tucker
Ben Teal
Miss Tucker
Mr. Teal
Salts for backache and kidney trouble advert
Wake up with backache and dull kidney misery suggests meat overuse. The remedy is four ounces of Salts in water before breakfast for several days to flush kidneys and improve urine. Jad Salts touted as a life saver for meat eaters. Also notes about police counts in New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
Recipe for Gray Hair Coloring Mixture
A home preparation suggests mixing water Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and dye to darken gray hair. It claims to color gray streaks, remove dandruff, reduce falling hair, and leave hair soft and glossy without scalp staining.
No Conveniences New Servant and a Garage Query
A suburban housewife tells a new servant they have no car, prompting the servant to say they cannot come without a parking space for the vehicle. The exchange highlights practical domestic constraints in a light dialogue.
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Puck
Hanford Balsam of Myrrh advertised with refund promise
An advertisement promises money back if Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh fails to satisfy, noting authorized dealers will refund purchases. The copy also contains miscellaneous quotes and brand lines about eye care products and self-image.
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Menlicine
Hanford
Adv
Remedy and satire notes in old advertisement page
The fragment lists a cold cure claim with Bromo Quinine tablets and a Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh remedy plus quips about signatures on a back box and social commentary on birthdays and women. It reflects ad copy and humorous asides typical of a vintage newspaper page.
Middy fashions for the sportswoman featured in era pictorial
A sportswear feature highlights the middy blouse as a practical versatile piece for golf tennis and other sports. It describes materials trims and fit with emphasis on ease and durability and notes the growing popularity of middy styles in winter resort wardrobes and athletic outfits.
Sleeves Dominant in 1860 Evening Dresses
The piece notes trends in 1860 fashion with sleeved evening gowns predominating and shoulder exposure kept modest. It mentions sleeve less gowns as rare, and references fashionable drawing of shoulders as a charming line. Also mentions a machine perfected to open letters at 300 per minute.
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Milady
Mourning Hats Show Artistic Crape Millinery On Fifth Avenue
The piece describes mourning hats made from English crape in black white or both, highlighting elegance and practicality. It notes all white crape hats soil easily, while black and white combinations offer a refined balance with crape flowers and ornaments elevating the somber style. Two hats illustrate the trend including a wide brim crape hat and a black crape turban with grape motifs. Also includes a tip to clean a white belt using tartar paste alum fuller's earth and oatmeal with whiting.
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Tham
Eight Hours Enough
A traveling advertising man receives a telegram from his secretary leaving to marry. He asks what to do as substitutes are rare. The reply: set the alarm for seven. seven hours is enough for anyone. The judge's voice closes the anecdote.
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Mui
Advertisement snippets and household remedies mix
A collage of old ad copy covers baby skin remedies with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, Weeks cold tablets, Piles ointment, Hanford balsam, and Denison's Coffee. Claims tout soothing relief for rashes, itching, burns, and colds, with sample offers and price notes.
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Mali
Dept. L
Speech on bone theory questioned in quirky dialogue
A playful exchange questions the reliability of an old goose-bone belief. Sapleigh argues the theory, while Miss Knox doubts it, and the two disagree over whether it can reliably predict events or fate.
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Sapleigh
Urine Test Promised Before Life Insurance
The ad urges insureds to submit urine for testing by Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It claims sluggish kidneys cause backache headaches dizziness and rheumatic pains and offers a 10 cent sample package of a "anuric" discovery for home testing.
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Pierce
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Anuric
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