Pastor Saved by Peruna Almanac Ad Claims Free Guidance
An old advertisement urges readers to write to Dr Hartman president of the Hartman Sanitarium Columbus for free Peruna guidance. It touts Peruna as a remedy and promises a free almanac in exchange for a two sentence statement of the case. The text mirrors period tobacco era and patent medicine marketing rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trev
J. Stubenvoll
Elkhorn
Wis
St. John's
Stubenvoll
Mimperor William
Germany
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
H. Stubenvoll
Dan
Ms Forth
St. Joseph
Mich
Lydia
E. Z. Pinkham
Pinkham
Banca Swyper
East Center St
Marion
Bydin Fiskham Medicine Co. Lymm, Maes Ene
Littie Willie's Hearing and Other Oddities
A fragment from a New York Times piece recounts Littie Willie in a garbled tale of hearing his mother call amid playful confusion and a father’s intrusion. The loss of hearing affects play and response, with lineal affection and family dynamic noted in a dated voice. Also included is a brief description of a two-glass water trick and a cost list for exotic animals for a circus, detailing hippopotamus to polar bear prices, followed by a clipped Manila kite anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumatra
Penang
Java
Siberia
Bengal
Little Stories and Incidents for Young Readers in The Yucatán
A collage of short anecdotes and curiosities for children from a 19th or early 20th century paper. It covers playful kite making by Filipino boys, a list of virtues for girls, childlike letters to Santa, mispronunciations and jokes, Maya footwork among the Yucatán Mayas, a pig chase anecdote, and a note about a Hudson Bay Company official receiving a year’s worth of London Times.
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Yucatan
Peabody Museum
Dinrvard University
Chichen Itza
Iknon
Fastneseca
Canada
Hudson Bay Company
Youth seeks wife. pastor offers odd advice
A young member asks the minister why Miss Silverton refused marriage. The pastor quips to try wooing a widow, while amid ads for Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders and Mrs. Austin’s pancake flour, a quip about church and bitterness closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amica
Breakfasts and Backaches Across Odd Bits of News
A collage of captions and jumbled excerpts covers breakfast chatter with Mrs. Austin, a fictional boy Bobby’s tall tale, and a mock medical ad for Dean's Kidney Pills. Interspersed are cosmetic lines about dye and stamps, plus a note on Anaxagoras and a stray quip about retaining composure to avoid lawyers.
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Peru-Na
Willie
Willie-e
Sam
William Henry
Wren
Willie Des
New York Times
Manila
Pittsburg
Santa Claus
Annie May
Alice
Aller
Vivian
W. L. Douglas
Natice Lucrease
Saia
Lin Salen
W. i. Douglas
Victor Colt
National Kangaroo
Samat
Prise Stansped
Sean Rock
Pacific Coast
Wabash Line
Western
Northwestern
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Cal
Billings
Livingston
Montana
Ogden
East Lake City
Utah
Helena
Butte
Portlane
Ashland
Oregon
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
St. Louis
Kansas City
Loum
Mother Gray
New York
Fred
St. Olmstead
Leltoy
Crookaby
Penn
Hs Sarees i
Capsicum
Dole
Inbak Af Cine
Cirsebrough Manufacturing CO
Stabe St
New York City
Bobby
Nurse
Father Auster
Bright
CABE
Dean
Carmel
United States
Lester Milburn Co
Buffalo
Mistah Jackson
Baltimore Newsy
Italy
Bend
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Anaxagoras
Bian Grisea
N.U
Sax
Hamlins
Aeente
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