Joke ads target Tucson man sparks California mail surge
A San Francisco Chronicle alert reveals a fake matrimonial and a stenographer ad placed to prank Tucson businessman T. H. Schuster. The stunt stems from Nogales fake Boside Mining Co and jokers in California sending dozens of responses, with Schuster's wife baffled as letters flood in.
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Tucson
San Francisco Chronicle
Columans
T. H. Schuster
Ariz
Schuster
Citizen
The
Chronicle
Noxales
Examiner
San Francisco
California
Vizalia
Cal
East
Eastern College
San Francisco Examiner
Arizona
A. Orfila
Boside Mining Company
Nogales
Bob J. Whiteside
J. C. Gates
F. L. Keil
Col. Wm. Schuster
Mr. Schuster
West
Monday Chronicle
Wm Bowker Finds Relief After Doctor Advice
A resident of Juliaetta Idaho recounts years of indigestion and failed treatments until a letter guided him to Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. He reports liver stimulation relief and no longer experiences stomach pain on the left side. Peerce's Goldes Medical Discovery is credited with the cure.
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Pierce
Wm. Bowker
Juliaetta H Co
Idaho
Ares
Peerce
Goldes Medical
Felix's Department Store Offers Latest Dress Goods Patterns
If you want to see the newest dress goods patterns visit W. E. Felix's Department Store to view the current assortment and styles available.
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W. E. Felix
Three Simple Questions Librarian Cannot Answer
A reading room scene shows two well dressed men asking a librarian three literary questions. She cannot answer any, prompting a comment on exams for library positions. The piece satirizes the ease of factual recall without research.
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Savings Journal
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Eastern shore boarders rattling shells at meals
A Baltimore World quip notes boarders on the eastern shore eat with such regularity that shells rattle at meals and the stomachs rise and fall with the tide, illustrating shoreline lodging life.
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Wigsey
Baltimore World
Maternal Whales Drawn to Calf Harpoon Motive
The article describes how mother whales protect calves when harpooned. It notes that harvesters aim to strike a calf to trap the dam into proximity, as the mother will guide the calf and often sacrifice herself, charging the boat and enduring harpoons to protect her young.
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Animal Kingdom
Ereles
Remarkable Sicilian Shower Links to Mount Anak Eruption
A shower of remarkable character fell in Sicily on April 24 1781 covering exposed surfaces with a dust deposit nearly a quarter inch thick after evaporation. Researchers attribute the origin to Mount Anak and note vast airborne solids continually drift in the atmosphere. Global sunsets remain redder due to dust from the Sunda Strait eruption years earlier.
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Sicily
Mountana
Strait of Sunda
Monkey Talk Quip Hits Washington Star Page
In a humorous exchange between a orangutan and a chimpanzee the two mock a man who claims descent from a monkey and notes his repeated attempts to improve. The dialogue reflects light social satire printed in the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Old Age Signals And Lemon Myths In Era Papers
An assortment of brief items notes a social probe about lending to friends with mixed responses, a quip on aging tied to comfort by a fire, and a medicinal view on lemons from the London Chronicle. The lemon discussion touts acids and potash salts as scurvy preventives and cautions against overrating lemon lore, contrasting healthy diet with excessive claims.
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London Chronicle
Alice Hamill Hancock To Speak At Congregational Church
Promoter urges attendance for Alice Hamill Hancock as the most noticed figure, inviting readers to hear her at the Congregational church this Saturday at eight in the evening. Her appearance is billed as having enthusiastic press notices across her appearances.
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Alice Hamill Handcock
Farm Accidents Spur Quick Relief Claim
Acclaimed as a frequent farm hazard, minor injuries like cuts bruises and stings are treated with Dr Thomas Electric Oil which allegedly relieves pain instantly, encouraging readers to keep a bottle on hand.
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Thomas
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Advertised as Fast Cure
An advertising notice warns that neglecting biliousness and constipation harms health and promotes De Witt’s Little Early Risers as the best pills. The ad claims they cure digestive issues without griping or nausea and credits S. LD. Bell & Son.
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de Witt
S. LD
Bell & Son
Wields A Sharp Axe Dr King’s New 4.8 Pills Astonish Millions
Advertising blurb touts Dr King’s New 4.8 Pills as able to relieve stomach liver and bowel troubles including dyspepsia loss of appetite jaundice biliousness fever and malaria. Distributed at all druggists for 26 cents.
A Near Fatal Runaway and Healing by Arica Salve
A local man J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois suffered a four year leg ulcer that resisted doctors. Bucklen's Arica Salve cured the condition, advertised for oils burns bruises cuts corns scalds skin eruptions and piles at 25 cents through druggists.
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J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Iil
Bucklen
Weddings and Birthday Rings Made to Order
Weddins and birthday rings available to order at E. G. Capo's, the Jeweler, 83 West Congress Street.
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Capo’s
West
Congress Street
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