Munyon Promises Free Trial of Paw Paw Pills
A newspaper promotion offers a free trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills to readers who write to Professor Munyon at 53d and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia. The ad touts the pills as a gentle laxative that stimulates liver and stomach secretions without harsh cathartics, claims health benefits, and notes a regular bottle contains 45 pills for 25 cents.
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Munyon
Rewest
53D & Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Professor Munyon
Munyon’s Laboratory
The Palmotor New Apparatus Restores Life, Unc Sam Debuts
A new device named Palmotor is unveiled by Uncle Sam as a life restoration apparatus. Officials describe its function and potential uses in medical and wartime fields, highlighting anticipated benefits and early demonstrations.
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Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam’s Latest Scientific Triumphs Revealed
The piece extols federal innovation across physics and engineering with new devices for rescue work, money printing, telephone multiplexing, vacuum gauges, the Pulmotor lifesaving unit, automatic stamps, post office automation, and the automatic card sorter for the census. It highlights magnets, telephony, and government patent sharing as public benefits and notes ethics concerns around government-derived inventions.
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Prsegme Sam
Uncle Sam
Federal
Squier
United States Army
United States
Switzerland
Frederick Bates
Division of
Bureau of Standards
Atlantic
Major Squier
Germany
Fime
United States Census Bureau
Republic
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Postal Savings Bank
Fete Metro Sparks Debate On College Training
In a campus debate the question is raised: do colleges turn out the best men. One speaker recalls being turned out in sophomore year while another argues colleges still produce top graduates.
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Fete Metro
The Unattainable and a Banter on Marriage
A dialogue between The Unattainable and Old Benedict features marriage money doubts and a jab about earnings. The piece also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets and Garfield Tea as remedies for constipation.
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Benedict
Puck
Allen’s Foot-Ease touted by James Braid for athlete comfort
James Braid says no athlete can perform well with foot pain and promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder used in shoes. The ad claims golfers and tennis players at Augusta Pinehurst and Palm Beach praised it this spring, noting relief from soreness blisters and swelling. It cites 30 000 testimonials and urges not to substitute, sold widely.
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Allen
Augusta
Pinehurst
Palm Beach
O le Roy
Paxton Toilet Antiseptic Promoted as Multiuse Germicide
The Paxton Toilet Antiseptic is advertised as a dissolvable powder for toilet and hygienic uses, claimed to save money, beautify teeth, remove tartar, prevent decay, purify breath, and clean artificial teeth. It is touted as a general health product with claims of relieving tired eyes and healing throat wounds and cuts, available by mail postpaid with free samples.
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Beatty
Tony
Sam
Paxton
Parrot Demonstrates Word Association in Quiet Laboratory Feat
M. Pierre Hachet Souplet recounts a parrot named Polly trained to say cupboard ladder and climb. When the cupboard was raised out of reach, Polly combined the words to command the ladder and retrieve hempseed, showing the bird’s grasp of sequence and purpose.
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M. Pierre Hachet Souplet
Polly
M. Souplet
M. Hachet Souplet
Uncertain Sale Prompt Leads to Domestic Tension
A fragment shows an agent asking to sell an electric flat iron and a woman refusing, hinting at marital strain. The dialogue implies frustration with household devices and marital trouble, but no clear outcome or context is provided.
Immaculate Waiter Says He Is On Fire
An ideal waiter with a flawless service record suddenly falters during a meal. He confesses in a quiet plea to his master that his house is on fire, ending the tale with a dramatic, restrained burst of truth.
Doctor Praises Cuticura Remedies Cure Report
Dr B L Whitehead of Boston cites two cases of severe dermatitis and skin trouble cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment. A male patient improved after warm baths and ointment, and his wife was completely cured after applying the same regimen. The doctor endorses the remedies and notes lasting relief.
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B. L. Whitehead, M. D
Dartmouth St
Boston
Mass
His Instinct and Prescience in a Domestic Scene
A witty exchange notes a family dog sensing an impending quarrel. One person asks what is wrong with the dog, another explains the dog’s nose acts as a storm center signaling the coming row.
Grateful says Slithers grateful for chauffeur theft pair
Wilkes asks how Slithers feels about the runaway chauffeur who took his car and daughter. Bil dad replies the man is mighty grateful, claiming the thief relieved him of two expensive possessions. Also mentions Mrs Winslow syrup and Garfield Tea ads and notes on charity and popularity.
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Slithers
Wilkes
Bildad
Harper’s Weekly
Women May Avoid Operations with Pinkham's Remedy
Letter from Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe alternative to surgery. She claims two years of severe illness led to hospital care, but after using the product she recovered strength and returns to daily tasks.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Orville Rock
Ann Arbor
Pinkham
B. B. No.5
Paw Paw
Michigan
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