Gordon's Testimony Proves Interesting
Charles W. Gordon, agent for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in Ogdensburg New York, testifies about his recovery from stomach catarrh after using Cooper's New Discovery. He describes rapid relief, ability to eat freely, and recommends the remedy, noting it reaches the stomach trouble quickly. The Cooper Medicine Co. of Dayton Ohio advertises the product with steps to obtain a local druggist if needed.
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Charles W. Gordon
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Ogdensburg
N. Y
King Street
City
Gordon
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Sure Thing Boy Papa Moths Through Clothes Question
A dialogue notes a child asking about moths and clothes with the parent confirming the moths in question. The exchange emphasizes a simple household pest query and parental reassurance.
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Papa
Cuticura Soap Promises Purified Skin and Hair Care
A vintage advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin scalp hair and hands. It touts anti itching and anti inflammation benefits and invites readers to request the Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Massachusetts. The piece also notes an observed Paris social scene and comments on Norway’s seafaring livelihood.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Easter and Review Sunday School Lesson March 27 1910
Easter and Review discusses Golden Texts from Matthew 4 23 and Revelation 1 18 and their meaning for Easter. It emphasizes Christ’s continued presence guiding believers and the call to teach the risen Jesus as present savior and example with lessons X to XII detailing his works and their relevance.
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Sunday School
Besson
Jesus
Palestine
God
Galilee
Aga Son
Begin the Year With Christ by Rev J R Miller
A devotional urging readers to start the year with Christ and live each day in duty and holy living. It emphasizes accountability for idle words, divine grace, and filling days with honor, obedience, and usefulness to create a radiant life.
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Jesus
Christ
Rev. J. R. Miller
D. D
Great Christian Man Gladstone Remembered in Praise
Dr J M Buckley lauds William Ewart Gladstone as a great Christian figure in Parliament seven years before Queen Victoria’s throne and during her sixty year reign. The dying statesman spoke of God forgiveness and the hereafter while Lord Salisbury awarded him high title in Christian Advocate tribute.
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Gladstone
Victoria
Lord Salisbury
J. M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
Oat
Quaker Gats praised as best and cheapest food
The piece cites Prof Fisher of Yale and Sir James Crichton Browne endorsing the nourishing value of oatmeal. It notes experiments showing meat eaters tiring faster than those fed on oats. Browne urges more oatmeal, frequent consumption for strength and endurance.
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Prof. Fisher
Yale University
James Crichton Browne
Ll.d
F.R.S
London
Fisher
Landlord and Tenant Clash Over Flooded Cellar
In a tense exchange a prospective tenant complains of several inches of water in a cellar, while the landlord insists the space does not leak and notes the water has remained for two months without dripping away.
Quack Cure Claims for Rheumatism and Odd Dialogues
A sensational ad style item touts a simple syrup of sarsaparilla and Toris with whiskey as a supposed rheumatism remedy, promising quick cures and druggist availability. The piece also scripts a comic dialect exchange about social trouble, then shifts to assorted medical testimonials and quack hints, including Painist and Digestive pellets, with wary disclaimers.
Doan's Kidney Pills Help My Back Pain
A Mrs R Crouse of Manchester Indiana reports two years of back weakness and rheumatic leg pains improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with normalized kidney function and vanishing dull backache. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Determining Sex and Twain's Gender Humor
In an anecdote from Everybody's Magazine Mark Twain recalls joking about gender roles. He recounts reprimanding a woman in Hannibal Missouri over a girl displaying her children and a boy in a bib, with the woman affirming the child’s sex in colloquial dialect.
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Mark Twain
Valentine
Hannibal
Everybody’s Magazine
Beware of Mercury Ointments and Catarrh Cure Claims
An 19th century ad and humor note warn against mercury in ointments and Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The piece mentions internal use risks and urges buying only genuine products, followed by a short joke about marriage promises and a cold meat quip from Yonkers Statesman.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Loledu, O
Toledo
Ohio
Price
Hail
Rheumatism Relief Claim At Six Hours With Elixir
Advertisement asserts Dr Detchon's frelicé relieves rheumatism in hours, claiming it removes the disease cause and provides first dose benefits. Includes a humorous newlywed exchange about hat price and a brief note on Lippincott's.
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Detchon
Deserted by two husbands quoted in Cleveland Leader
A fragment quotes Mrs. Gay as being deserted by two husbands and calls the abandoned creature in a Cleveland Leader snippet. A stray ad line urges a Lewis' Single Linder cigar and comments on women’s perceptions of other women.
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Cleveland Leader
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Norway
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Bradder Dingford
Pap
Perky Davis
Dr. Pierce
Greece
George Horton
Athens
Harold
Lewis
Pac Limite
Centaur Companys
New York
Bears
Castoria
Crear
Boolkte Binkley Medical CO
Dept
Nappanee
Ind
Ot. Co
Miss Cayenne
EL W Grove
Cacauux
Bbc
Rene
Western Electropoone CO
Los Angeles St
Los Angeles
Cal
Sporting Goods
R. J. Leacock Sporting Goods Se
St. Louis
Minuouss
W. WN. U
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
la Grippe
Roo
Blabettie
Doren
Haoigrour Drugalst
Special Agenta
Spohn Medical GO
Goshen
U.S. Ay
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