Proof for Two Cents Kidney Cure Ad Quacks
A lettered pitch by Q W Winney of Medina New York promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with claim of curing kidney and back pain after eighteen months of illness and hospital care. He reports weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds and asserts complete recovery after 10 to 12 boxes. Ad notes price 50 cents a box and Foster Millburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also includes a humorous dialogue about a baby and a crusty bachelor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Altrerent
Mr. Winney
Fosterillburn Co
Buffalo
Lucky Girl Divorce Ends Cruel Forebears Tale
The 3itguns girl and the count’s marriage ends in divorce after cruelty and financial strain. He spent much of her fortune, leading to a separation that highlights hardship and shattered plans.
Patents Issued Last Week to Worthwestern Inventors
A list of patents issued recently to Worthwestern inventors is reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers. Names include Axel B. Archander of St Paul for a window screen, Edward Thompson of Minneapolis for a wheat separator, Harry B. Cornish of Minneapolis for a car preter, Fred Gehner of Garrison for a wrench, Isaac W. Hodgson of Minneapolis for resilient wire, Christoph Schaffer of Melville for a gate, Oscar L. Sole of Sioux Falls for a filling cabinet, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Minn
Axel’ B. Archander
Edward Thompson
Minneapois
Harry B. Cornish
Christoph Schaffer
Melville
N. D
Oscar L. Sole
Sioux Falls
Domestic Amenities and Odd Culinary Mentions Recall News
Fragmented lines reference stewed peas and a steam yacht while noting nourishing items and a missing football game result. The text also mentions tanners in the Northwest, a robe and fanning company, and a spring lamb mislabeling as mutton with a hinted bill of fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annny
Venus de Milo a Frumi: modern woman in ancient sculpture
A fragmented account discusses the Venus de Milo and the idea of a modern woman inspired by ancient Greek sculpture. The text explores how artists interpreted female beauty and cultural ideals across eras, reflecting on Troy and Greek influence, with speculative notes on biography and artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiner Hays
California Fig Syrup Co promotes ethical laxative remedy
The General Demand of the Well Informed favors a simple liquid laxative with known value. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, physician sanctioned remedy. Genuine product sold by leading druggists for cent per bottle.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
Room for One More on Trial for Bigamy
A light courtroom quip follows a bigamy trial as the prisoner faces questions about marriages. The judge asks if he has been induced to wed fourteen wives, to which the detainee replies that superstition figures in. He notes thirteen as an unlucky number.
Exclusive Tea Club Sparked by Furl Write Offer
Fragmented OCR hints at a promotional push by a Saver Co in Minneapolis offering 40 percent off, a fore price list, and testimonials. A line about joining the “Ferty club” and a note on exclusivity suggests a high end tea membership program beginning with a test sale.
Retired Gille Cites Tax Thought Assertion
Fragmentary remarks feature an unnamed old man Wiscowiski questioning taxation on knowledge and government revenue. The text appears to be a garbled quotation about retirement, mis-typed phrases, and incomplete dialogue from a local or humorous column, with unclear context and figures.
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Wiscowiski
A DEAL IN LIVERY
A Washington Post tale tells of Wicky Caan who buys a junkshop horse and buggy for five dollars selling a stolen twenty dollar note to Plunkitt’s, then crashes on river road injuring horse and himself. An ambulance carries Wicky to his boarding place as a trolley inquiry ends with a $300 release settlement.
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Caan
Dec Peters
Red Bruce
Vicky
Plunkitt's
Rome
Copany
Washington Post
Cuticura Cures Measles Scaly Head Case in Three Weeks
A Nebraska woman recalls severe head and neck skin troubles after measles lasting six months. She used doctor remedies and Cuticura salves, then reports a complete cure in three weeks with Cuticura medicines. Also mentions noisy baby and general household trouble from a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Fragmented ad copy on prices and repair services
The page fragment shows garbled lines about pay, prices, a political boomlet, quotes on religious character, and stove repair offers from American Stove Repair Works in St Paul. It hints at mantras about money and targets but lacks clear events or details.
Harassed Passenger’s Comical Travel Into Oddities
A fragmented verse and dialogue recount a harassed passenger boarding a trolley, riding, then being told to take the car ahead, with a drift into an airship and a sardonic exchange about politics and a county election. The piece shifts to a domestic vignette of a mother and child returning from an outing with a light joke about ice cream.
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Thone
Earth
Charon
Lydia E Pinkham Herb Remedy Promoted for Tumors
A vintage advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for tumors and related feminine distress. It quotes several testimonials from women in cities like South Bend Boston and New York claiming tumor relief and improved health after using the compound, often with accompanying Blood Purifier. The piece asserts the remedy’s superiority over medical opinion and surgery, urging readers to try the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Iydla E. Pinkham
May Fry
W. Colfax
Ave
South Bend
Ind
Thad
Titve
F. F. Hayes
Augsles St
Boston
Mass
Lydia Pinkham
J. Barber
Scott, N.Y
Lydia E. Diveham
Pinknam
Lost Hunting Returns Empty Result in One Way
A dialogue reveals a hunter’s success delayed by misfortune. The exchange questions what was accomplished and answers that no game was found, indicating a disappointing hunt. The humor centers on the paradox of seeking success yet failing to secure any catch.
Word Wizard Echoes Press Humorists Guild Quip
A misquoted remark plays on a press humorist as a word wizard who makes two jokes grow where one did before. The guild member notes such a talent requires no new material and avoids extraneous matter in the process.
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Guild
Far Future Debate Club Indictment Question
In a fictional dialogue a father and son discuss a college like setting. They reference matriculating at Yaleyard and debating strength, with remarks about football being considered light. They ask how to indict a man who makes bad money and whether counterfeit money leads to a true bill from a grand jury in Baltimore.
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Yaleyard
Grand
Baltimore
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N. W
Poster Robe & Fanning Co
Humnenpol
Venus DE Milo
S'Jacobs Oil
Issae
Iaares Marine
Iite
Tuk
Old Virginia
Dodds
Ines
Gille
Oura
Salt River
Hepale Works
AucoHo, Anegetah Stoll
Bill
Hiram Spiker
New York
Bears
Castoria
Suh
Colt Distemper
Saran
Tara Bergman & CO
ST. Raul,minn
WOODWARD @ CO
Western
Canada
Setuibar
Grain Commission
Aus
F. Mayer Boot & Snoe Company
Milwaukee, Wis
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