Minister Fletcher Praises Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
A Rutherford Tennessee minister, Rev A J Fletcher, endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for indigestion and dyspepsia. He reports long relief after trying numerous remedies and explains the product's availability, price, and government-vouched purity. He offers a free trial bottle by mail and invites medical questions to Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Fletcher
Rutherford, Tenn
Dr. Caldwell
Rev
Hr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello
Mixed Idioms On New York Street Car Ride
Passengers overhear German American English as a stout man recounts last night’s misadventures. The tale features exaggerated phrases about clocks doors dogs and a doctor with comedic mispronunciations and a flurry of slang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dot
Turtle and Snail Race Against Time
In a brief exchange, Turtle pleads to see Snail but Snail rushes home before dark, stressing the urgency of time as the clock nears midnight. The dialogue highlights their contrasting speeds and priorities in a tiny, humorous moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat Turtle
Old Fashioned Coffee Vanishes from Heart Ailment Story
A reader recounts heart trouble linked to coffee and credits Postum with full recovery. Family members switched to Postum after a friend's suggestion, praising its taste when brewed properly. The letter endorses Postum and references The Road to Wellville and the slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Illinois News Nuggets Briefs Include Train Wreck and Robbery
A westbound Chicago and Northwestern train wreck near Western Avenue injures several, none seriously, with Judge Benjamin B Lindsey aiding a fellow passenger. In Mounds, Illinois, a $1,000+ dry goods theft prompts a dog track and mass search. Census reform ideas surface in Chicago to ease enumerator workload. A gas asphyxiation death in Chicago leaves unclear if accident. Kinley declines Illinois tax commission due to Pan American delegate post. Acetylene explosion near Bloomington kills William Quinn and injures others. Slander suit arises in Sterling between Julia Quick and Marla Wingert. Pharmacy exam results reveal limited pass rates in Springfield. Parole petitions for Roberts and Smith to Joliet. K A Anderson dies after being kicked by a cow in Bloomington.
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Chicago
Freeport
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Western Avenue
Benjamin B. Lindsey
Denver
Col
Brantingham
Rockford
Judge
Lindsey
Judge Lindsey
Cairo
Mounds
Ill
Jake Blum
Jesse Moss
Bardwell
Frank Hagsy
Ohio River
Durand
John Combs
North
Hermitage Avenue
James $. Combs
Springfield
David Kinley
Graduate School
The
University of Ilineis
Deneen
Special Tax Commission
Taft
Buenos Ayres
Dean Kinley
Edmund J. James
University of
Alice Arnold
Alice
Irene Quinn
Sterling
Julia A. Quick
Marla Wingert
Joliet
Bloomington
K. A. Anderson
Unlce Joe Cannon on Canada and homesteaders
A Canadian interviewer quotes Joseph Cannon praising Canada and recounting his boast that he violated the Tenth Commandment while riding to the Rockies. He notes Americans moving to Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia for 160 acre homesteads. The piece contrasts Cannon’s fame with his candid views on westward expansion.
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Joseph Cannon
United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Rockies
Great West
Virginia
Cannon
Wheatfields
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Joe Cannon
The Day Settled It
A multimillionaire questions if a nobleman can support his daughter as she is accustomed. The nobleman agrees to a one year test to judge her condition, then will decide what to say. James the footman then releases the $5,000 buildog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Stockholm
the Bantings Industrial Co
Chicago
B. Curtis
National Dairy Machine Company
Goaden
Indiana
Iilinole
His Views on Suffrage
An old farmer resists a petition for women's suffrage, declaring a woman who is always moving causes trouble and joking about keeping her quiet with a reference to the Ladies Home Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Home Journal
True to Principle and Catarrh Cure Claims
The snippet mocks a claim about an assign ment after a week of marriage and jokes about marriage, then promotes Ball's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy claimed to cure catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It promises $100 if it fails and includes a Toledo address and druggist selling. It ends with a joke about an honest landlady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & CG
Hali
When Rubbers Become Necessary And Your Shoes Pinch
A collage of old patent medicine lines promotes Allen's Foont-lase for feet, foot care, and bunions, plus references to foot powders, soothing syrups for children, and Allen's Lung Balsam. Also mentions endurance, balancing wheels, and cigars in a stray, promotional tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Banked store woes prompt heirloom pun in Smart Set
A humorous exchange mocks a failing shop. A customer complains about lace curtains silk socks and credit while another quips about a steady stream of new heirlooms from a wealthy uncle. The brief vignette preserves the period tone and wordplay.
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Rev. Fletcher
Tennessee
Illinois
Uncle Joe Cannon
Prose
Dot Levi
Avebury
Rochelle
Centaur Company
Bears
Bitagerald & Co
Pat Attya
Box K
Washington,d, LB
Winseen He
Coleman Yesh PA Tapion
D.C. Bookstree
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N.Y
Western
Shaw
United Stone
Animobowaa
Albe
Phow
Sap't
Immcetion
Ottawa
Tonadian Governmant Agente
Crawford
9Th
Ausorbine, JR
Alluya
Nour
W. F. Koung
W.N. U
ST. Louis
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
H. B. Withers
Mineral Wells
Texas
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