King and Ted Propose Last Night and Accept
The note claims a proposal by King and Teds Jack and acceptance. It warns against handling glass with a diamond to avoid further nicking the stone. The ad touts Odsoanera as a safe bowel health remedy and CasoAnmrs Candy Cathartlo as a metal boxed product, 10 cents to start, with imitations to beware.
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CasoAnmrs
Catarrh Cure Claim Pitches Constitutional Remedy
An old ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment. It argues catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes internal dosage and blood action. The ad offers a hundred dollar reward for any failed case and lists Hall's Family Pills as supportive medicine.
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Bid, Cheney & Co
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Oxzang & Co
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Quack Remedies and Oddities From a bygone Era
A collage of humorous and dubious ads and anecdotes from a turn of the century paper. Claims of cures for digestive woes with Crab Orchard Water, quips about Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti, jokes about city electricity, and assorted notices for traveling salesmen and tobacco works. Includes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
British succession rules favor males in primogeniture
The text explains the British line of succession favors male descendants over females, detailing that Victoria's eldest daughter would only inherit if all brothers died childless. It notes Empress Frederick of Germany would not alter the line, and compares Prussia where the Kaiser’s rank is hereditary and females are excluded.
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Blood Balm promise cures deep blood poison and sores
An advertisement claims Botania Blood Balm cures blood poison including sores throat and rheumatism. It promises healing for bones, rich blood, better digestion, and a glow of health. Free medical advice and prepaid medicine offered by Blood Balm Co., 26 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga.
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Blood Balm Co
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Atlanta
Ticket’s Wandering Journey Across Two Trains
A Railway Journal tale describes a passenger’s ticket blown from a forward car window on a northbound Colorado and Southern train. As the ticket drifted, a southbound train’s breeze swept it along, reaching the smoking car of the northbound, where a baggage master recovered it.
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Railway Journal
Colorado & Southern Road
A Child's Question On Love And Vaccination
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation frames love as a disease. A father responds that experts diagnose it as such, and jokes about whether people must be vaccinated against it, reflecting a colloquial, humorous view on romance.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealar
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