Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Promoted by Omaha User
Mrs Anna Pelzer of 2526 Jefferson St South Omaha Nebraska endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick cough and cold cure. Neighbor Mrs Benson also reports full family relief after using it. Dr King’s New Discovery is praised by druggist H Williams for lung and throat ailments with a trial bottle offered free or a $1.00 bottle guaranteed by S W Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Anna Pelzer
Jefferson St
Omaha
Neb
Woley
Benson
H. Williams
Lonesome Pine
W.o1
L. Mock
Mock, Ark
Dr. King
S. WH. Williams
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted by Local Testimony
A local testimonial extols Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney weakness causing backache dizziness and fatigue. J H Maloney of Emmetsburg Iowa describes relief after use and urges others to buy through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, the U S sole agents, price 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
J. H. Maloney
Emmetsburg
Baya
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Local notes from Estherville area: residents and events
Mrs Uheo Sehnittger visited Estherville Friday, joined home by her son Henry in business college. Miss Helen Erickson and Miss Ilo Schenck visited Matherville and Weatherfield. The oyster supper by Royal Neighbors at Huntington raised 20.25. School updates include Sunde Valley furnace install and Christmas plans. Community members moved, traveled, or shopped. multiple visits, farm work, and upcoming weddings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uheo
Sehnittger
Estherville
Henry
Helen Erickson
Matherville
Ilo Schenck
Weatherville
Sam Welde
Cayton
Sunde Valley
Will Watson
Ernest Harvego
Will Handgardner
Clarence Schenck
Chris Rosenberger
Hstherville
Lou Math
Clara Franz
Estheryville
Emma Nichols
Wa Harvego
Catherine Stérenburg
Ellen Erickson
Ernest Harveye
George Ports
New Scientific Production Promotes Meritol Kidney Pills
A medical advance claim promotes Meritol Kidney and Backache Pills as a cure for kidney and bladder irritation and infection. The American Drug and Press Association sells directly from Decoray Iowa laboratories, with refunds if unsatisfied. Members of the association distribute the product, and nonmembers can obtain a package by sending fifty cents to the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meritol
American Drug and Press Association
Decoray
Iowa
Association
Doing Ellis a Favor on the Steamboat
Conrad shares a stateroom with Ellis’s friend on a lake trip. A night of mishaps follows as crabs, a toppled car, and noisy sleep disrupt the voyage. Ellis seems unaware or indifferent as Conrad endures a chaotic, comic ordeal.
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Conrad
Hillis
Ellis
Dlis
Deeds Over Words Quip Prompts Witty Exchange
A brief exchange features a sharp line about valuing deeds over words and a witty counter about tithes. The dialogue underscores a humorously skeptical view of empty rhetoric. The provenance shows period tone and concise repartee.
Boston dressmaker eases tension with gossip talk
A Boston lady, fitting a new frock, spars with the dressmaker over changes. The customer asks about doll dresses and cosmetic differences, and the dresser replies that doll dresses exist but her own clients are easily pleased. The exchange leaves the maker noting relief and the client feeling better.
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Boston
Widowmaker Baseball Claim Triggers Family Feud
A heated exchange alleges a husband’s heavy baseball play led to his death becoming a widow. The speaker warns Clara Skegen that allowing too much baseball ruined her marriage and caused Bill Skeggs to die on the base, per a newspaper report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Skegen
Skeggs
Bill Skeggs
Postmaster Sarcasm Over Salary Sinecure Urged
Dialog notes a postmaster asking why a letter has not arrived in 14 years while Bill argues the man seeks salary, and Billi replies that he dislikes seeing a postmaster enjoy a regular sinecure. The exchange reveals tensions over employment perks and expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Doubtful office boy ponders grandma’s death at baseball park
A cryptic note from a newspaper page reflects a boy with one eye on the baseball park asking whether his grandmother is dead. The fragment hints at a domestic moment amid sport, without full context or clear reporting.
Negotiation Turns on a Villainous Figure
Dialogue reveals a perceived villain as a bottle maker. The exchange mocks appearance versus occupation, with sneering innuendo about a man engaged in manufacturing medicine bottles. The scene plays on misjudgment and satire in a bustling setting.
In the Days of the Ancient Dram
A pedantic speaker notes performances were given in the open air and Miss Cayenne quips that the man who needs a breath of fresh air would be discouraged by leaving the theater for air between acts.
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Miss Cayenne
The Ruling Passion in a Sunday country walk
A narrator recalls a Sunday with a well known speculator who immediately pursues his main interest by attempting a bank run during their stroll. The anecdote highlights the speculator’s fixation on financial maneuvering over leisure.
Promised With Alacrity in Quasi Dialogue
A fragment presents a terse exchange about lending money with a playful, uneasy tone. The speaker pledges to spend every penny before tomorrow, while a lone interlocutor tests restraint and trust in a brief, cryptic snippet.
Brutal Advice In A Joking Hair Care Bit
Miss Passee asks for a way to prevent hair loss and Miss Pert replies with a fateful pun about tightening hair. The exchange preserves a humorous tone and exposes a light misunderstanding about hair care.
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Miss Passee
Terrible Liar and Story-Teller Return Home
In a fragmentary old column, Little Rube-Say recalls Willie Green coming back from New York with an awful story. Mamma asks what he said, and Little Rube retorts that the Singer building is bigger than their new courthouse.
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Rube
Willie Green
New York
Fragmentary dialogue scene from a historical column
A garbled quotation presents mixed pronouns and stray phrases about wanting a shirt to try on pants and an implied exchange about words and manners. The text is incomplete, with nonsensical lines and stray punctuation.
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Byron M. Coon
Washington, D.O. Har
Washington
Enght Bros
Goon Block
A. BR
Soper
Alen
R. Alexander
Soper & Alexander Attorneys At
Law
Henl Nature
Kinet, Lounty and Hstherville
Laws
Albert H. Nash
Ollee
Grant Blocke
Magle Clothing Store
E. Wilson
E. W. Bachman
First National Bank
North Seventh Street
O. Allenby
J. 1. Clinite
B.D
Oleaner Lown Savings Parnic
the Tyme
Bright
S. H. Williams
Republican
Ed Miller
Montana
Mr. Miller
Dolliver
J. P. Stillman
George Berhow
Wisconsin
Albert Pryce
Smyle
Clarence
Ellen Schnittger
Witherville
Herman Harverge
Schenck
Petersburg
Bella
Albert Branswold
Hanlontown
Bella Nelson
Bjorke
Minneapolis
Ophienia
Bensons
Gagea
Brunswold
WMMSF
Henry Rosberg
E. H. Ellerson
Wyoming
Lewis Hovel
Minnesota
Peter Wicks
Johnny Horswell
Lewis Dobbie
Skog
Netherville
M. R. Weir
Maneice
Sharer
Huntington
Fred Aulton
Ceyton
S. M. Chambers
Estherville Township
W. J. Weir
Russell Hennaman
Jere
Charles Rogeberger
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Wilder
Misa Ballenger
Winnebago
Luella Ralston
Grandma Curtiss
H. E. Clark
Grover
Will West
Olson
Adrian
Hoagland and Hill
Ladies Aid Society
Andrew Benson
Lutheran League
Ophein's
Grover Paul Graves
Chicago
Logan Anderson
Forest City
Geo. Grems, Jr
Som
W. Harvey
John Voss
Will Harvey
Alex Buck
Geo. Grems
P. A. Fouts
Co. D. Wilder
Higinbotham
J. Club
Paul Graye
Ellsworth
Menzies
Towa
Union Stock Yards
Cricago
Ines
Via
Rock Island Lines
Anderson Drug Co
Posniee
Weir
Retherville
Toni West
Metherville
J. H. Becker
Spirit Lake
G. FE. Hemstreat
Wallingford
Larson Brothers
Win.dobngon
Owier Auwlioneers
Andrew Nielsen
Jonn Flier
Win
Sexgebruch
Chris I. Nielsen
Allavar Ringsted
Midland Sanitarium
Moors
Lili
Seventh Street
Des Moines
Hfe
Wills
Wong
Industry
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