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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
7
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Restores Sleep and Health in 1899
R N Mann of Fall Mills Tennessee reports a long stubborn cough relieved by Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. He had poor sleep and wasting health for years but after using the remedy he regains strength and vitality at age seventy four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
R. N. Mann
Fall Mills
Tenn
Our Budget of Fun and Quips from the Philadelphia North American
A humorous verse feature titled Our Budget of Fun displays a bachelor’s flirtations and failed romantic advances. The speaker laments cowardice and longing for a wife amid social awkwardness, pithy lines about love, courage, and courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North American
Landlord and tenant barter room rate in comic panel
In a short exchange the collector voices fatigue at daily visits while the landlady offers a room for ten dollars per week, framing a petty domestic dispute over rent in a single frame.
Memory and road tale from Tuffold Knutt
Two travelers argue at a fork of the road with Tuffold Knutt boasting of past rail rides in the neighborhood. Goodman Gonrong questions his memory as Knutt recalls riding on a rail fifteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuffold Knutt
Goodman Gonrong
Chicago Tribune
Adding Fuel to the Flames and Loyal Threats
A rural weekly editor faces a reader confrontation over an insult in a mock dialogue about wages and a diamond ring. The exchange blends family pressure with a veiled accusation and a jab at printing only the latest news from the era’s press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
A Mean Advantage From a Voluble Man
A brief comic exchange shows a talkative man visiting an invalid friend and engaging in lively chat, with Punch noting the scene as a sly social moment.
Notable Quips on Faith and Feuds
Snippets from columns tease public sentiment with jests about homeopathy faith and hay fever marriage. A exchange mocks a grasn widow while another joke frames a rift over marriage and revenge between Brown and Robinson, reflecting light gossip tone.
Oldest man in America tests Peruna remedy claims
Isaac Brock of McLennan county Texas aged 11 years in Valley Mills testifies to Peruna as the cure for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea after reading Dr Hartmans books he credits the remedy with his long health and extreme age says La grippe was epidemic catarrh and Peruna proved effective he offers a free book on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO. Props
Toledo
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remedy of the age
A brief note states a belief that Pe-ru-na is the greatest remedy of the age for catarrhal diseases, reflecting a popular health claim of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
English Idea of Happiness and a Happy Day in the Country
Two London girls recount a country excursion praising kindness from the vicars wife. They claim they saw two pigs killed and a gentleman buried during their outing. The tale is framed within a collection of stray stories and humorous exchanges.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and multiple ads in 1890s issue
A mix of patent medicine claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies, plus brief mentions of McKinley’s civil Philippine policy and various advertisements for Allen's Foot Ease, gas lamps, insurance style pitches, and humorous exchanges. The text presents medical cures, testimonials, and sales pitches from period advertisers.
The Colonel Sees Bolivar Statue in New York
A western colonel tours New York City and Central Park after visiting McGowan’s tavern. He admires the Bolivar statue, exclaiming at the sight of the horse and asking who the jockey is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge
New York
Broadway
Central Park
Bolivar
British to Deploy 213000 Men to South Africa
A Cairo dispatch reports a rebellion among Sudanese troops at Khartoum. In other news Baker's Breakfast Cocoa, produced by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass, is advertised as delicious and costing under a cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker's
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Cairo
Khartoum
Cascarets laxative ad and Yaqui conflict report
An advertisement extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe, natural laxative with a money back guarantee and affordable prices. A separate item notes General Torres leading Mexican forces against the Yaqui Indians has reportedly been killed.
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Torres
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