Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Testimonials
A 19th century advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats the disease internally. It lists endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes price 75 cents per bottle with widespread drugstore sale.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Cascarets Cathartic Ad Offers Easy Health Cure
A 10 cent Cascarets ad promotes bowel health claiming cures from headaches to cancer through natural, painless relief. It touts genuine metal box tablets stamped with C C C and warns against imitations. An iceman dispatched a mad dog on a Pittsburgh street, noted as the day’s cool-headed responder.
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Pittsburgh
Cure-alls and quack remedies parade in street notices
A collage of 1900 era ads and quips touts patent medicines and poetry jabs. The items promise cures for colds and coughs with Laxative Bromo Quinine and Piso’s Cure, claim refunds if ineffective, and feature humorous lines about dyes and self-comparison.
October Days From a Quiet Autumn
Selected verse recalls calm October scenes as Nature rests and lovers of quietness savor amber air and sunset light. Memory awakens to the golden haze of long departed October days, voiced by Zitella Cocke in Youths Companion.
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Twilight
Silence
Zitella Cocke
Jerusalem artichoke thrives on poor soils says Farmers' Review
The Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus is a yellow flowering perennial reaching eight to ten feet. Tubers are pear shaped and used for stock feed while leaves serve as coarse fodder. It grows on well drained dry soils and resists drought though wet ground rots tubers. Varieties white and red Brazilian perform best.
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Jerusalem
Europe
J. A. Ferre
Main Street
Hartford
Conn
Lulu
Conquered to Conquerors and the Soldier’s Call
A poem by Alice Van Vliet in New Lippincott reflects on battlefield courage and the humbled status of the defeated. The speaker praises soldiers for fighting bravely and accepting praise with humility, honoring the shared ordeal and the glory won by others.
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Alice van Vliet
New Lippincott
The True Ownership Poem by Ripley D. Saunders
A reflective verse argues true ownership lies beyond material gain. It contrasts worldly possession with a soul uplifted by nature and creation, praising a wise view that cherishes sea and land and the beauty of the world rather than gold.
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Ripley D. Saunders
St. Louis Republic
Night-time lullaby from S S Times by Ide
Poem urging a child to sleep with tender imagery of a white bed, curtains, twilight, and stars. Attributed to Alice Gertrude Ide in the S S Times, presenting a soothing bedtime scene.
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Alice Gertrude Ide
S. S. Times
Lovers and Sorrow in Verse Reflections
A Westminster Gazette takeaway on experience teaching lovers and love’s constancy. The poem links lovers to Adam and Eve and contrasts sorrow with a hopeful, seasonal renewal in nature. It follows a lyric tone praising enduring love and the idea sorrow lasts only a day.
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Adam
Eve
Westminster Gazette
Wind and Love Move Like the Wind in Verse
A lyric compares love to the wind and wind driven weather. The speaker contrasts thoughts of a woman and a man, each sensing love’s elusive movement as branches leaves clouds and snow swirl, concluding that love comes and goes beyond control. Aldis Dunbar.
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Aldis Dunbar
Ainslee
Water for Animals Warns of Contaminated Water Risks
The American Cultivator warns that stagnant ponds, swamp drainage, and polluted streams threaten animal and human health. Disease can travel from hog cholera to cattle and possibly affect milk. Solutions include deep wells or pure springs, pipe delivery, and regularly cleaned troughs to remove impurities.
Big Foot Ed Bunch Wins Five Thousand Dollar Poker Pot
In Leavenworth during the 60s the famed Big Foot Bunch built his legend at a gentleman’s draw poker table. After wagering his enormous shoe the players added up their leather in the center and Bunch took a $5,069 pot.
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Leavenworth
Big Foot
Ed Bunch
Big Foot Bunch
Bunch
Big
Take Care of the Machinery Clipping
A Rural World note urges farmers to store and maintain farm equipment to prevent weather damage. It highlights sharing storage with neighbors if space is tight and condemns neglect as a sign farming does not pay. The piece praises orderly tool houses and thrift.
Lighthouse Tender Visits Bring Provisions and News
About once a month a small vessel visits the lighthouse bringing sellers, newspapers, books, coal, kerosene, wicks, glass, lumber, hardware, eatables and fresh water. Goods are hoisted to the store room with a derrick. light ships are supplied by tenders. The tender carries the keeper’s report to the inspector and letters to sailors’ families. Few women live in lighthouses and many are forbidden in others.
Carter's Ink Declared Best Ink by Daily News Remark
The Chicago Daily News quips that Carter's Ink is as cheap as poor ink and the best ink made, suggesting frequent use. It also jokes that the flea was probably the original back biter.
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Carter
Chicago Daily News
Markets in New York and other cities report mixed gains
New York wheat prices show No. 2 red at 76.5 to 77 cents, corn No. 2 at 45 cents, oats No. 2 white at 28 to 28.5 cents. Flour remains active and steadier, beef prices range for steers and veals, hogs lower, with varied prices across Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo East Liberty Cincinnati markets for Oct 30.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Noted Knight Templar Credits Peruna Cure
A Chicago jeweler and lodge member Colonel T. P. Moody praises Peruna for curing long-standing catarrh and stomach issues. He cites his wife’s improvement and urges others to try Peruna after extensive use and endorsements from prominent figures. The Peruna Medicine Co. promotes the remedy as a cure for catarrh across many forms and organs.
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Colonel T. P. Moody
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan Avenue
Ill
Southwest
T. P. Moody
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