Duhamel Letter Describes Winter Life in Alberta 1900
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta about a lucky trip to Wetaskiwin, buying a pony, hiring a trio vehicle, and returning for dinner. He notes snow conditions, a deep freeze of 82 below zero, a warm spell with 22 above, and steady winter work building a log house stables and a well. Tate mentions ten cows six horses and sends best wishes to Mr Hutchison.
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Hutchison
Thomas Tate
Duhamel
Alberta
Canada
P.S
The Pallid Man Faces Terror and Pursuit
A pallid man flees through blocked avenues after a night of murder in Low Bridge. He recalls his crimes as Prof. Osborne pursues him to Washington, while a family remedy advertisement and a Chicago Daily News quip echo in the background.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Prof. Osborne
Molineux
Washington Post
Congressional Limited
Cornish
Zazie
Lowbridge
Washington Star
Wise
Chicago
Cily News
Ghost of the Ginder and Other Tales volume notice
A volume titled Ghost of the Ginder and Other Tales including several pieces is ready for distribution about May 1. Send 10 cents to T. W. Lee Lackawanna Railroad 26 Exchange Place New York City. Edition Limited.
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T. W. Lee
Lackawanna Railroad
Exchange Place
New York City
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Claims Daily Bowel Movement
An early 20th century style advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for health by daily bowel movement. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and includes a cure for sick head ache with prices listed as 25 and 5De. Includes two comparative quotes from The Bulletin and Chicago Daily News.
Cleanse Your Blood
The ad promotes Spring Medicine as a blood purifier that renovates the entire system. It claims corrupted blood becomes fresh and bright and improves digestion, appetite, kidney and liver function, and overall mental and physical strength.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Unique Cures
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for its peculiar qualities and unlimited cures, claiming it accomplishes a long list of benefits for all who take the remedy.
Easter Bells Poem by George Cooper
Poem urging Easter bells to spread peace and love across sea and land. Encourages awakening from gloom, melting turmoil, and fostering joy and kindness through music. Reflects timeless holiday themes and hopeful messaging in a Golden Days context.
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George Cooper
Deweys and Easter in a Rural New England Farm Scene
Martha Dewey, tired of farm life and worn by hard work, longs for beauty as wheat deals money and a mill life wears her down. A chance to attend Easter services with neighbors offers a glimpse of brighter days while the couple debates style, church, and the price of happiness. Nearby, villagers share Easter customs and children test eggs, cherishing simple prizes and communal cheer.
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Nat
Billy
Mrs. Dewey
Lon Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Mr. Dewer
Martha
Martha Dewey
Soren
Martha Hillis
Euster
Mr. Bonney
Dewey
Mr. Berney
Mrs. Bonney
Alps
Easter Changes at the Dewey Farmhouse
Martha, weary from toil, finds solace with Mrs. Bonney and Mr. Dewey during an Easter visit. The hospitality, pretty surroundings, and gifts renew Martha and inspire hope beyond daily labor, lifting spirits and renewing life at the farmhouse.
Easter Monday Egg Rolling on White House Grounds
Clifford Howard describes the Easter Monday egg rolling at the White House grounds as featured in Ladies' Home Journal. Children roll eggs down grassy hillocks, gather in groups to strike eggs together, and exchange broken eggs as the loser pays the prize.
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Clifford Howard
White House
Washington
Ladies’ Home Journal
Armored Trains and Stomach Bitters touted with vigor
The piece extols English armored trains in the Boer War era serving to transport troops and protect lines. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for indigestion biliousness liver and kidney trouble claiming fifty years of success and constant guarding against recurrence.
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England
Hostetter
Misleading Income Talk Sparks Wedding Row
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Evening News shows a wife accusing her husband of deception about his earnings after their honeymoon. He insists his stated income was misunderstood, noting his position is worth $50 though his boss pays only $10.
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Chicago Evening News
Grain-O: A Coffee Substitute That Helps Sleep
Advert says many cannot drink coffee at night as it spoils sleep. Grain-O is a non stimulating drink that nourishes and cheers, yet tastes like coffee. Suitable for nervous persons, young people, and children. made from pure grains. sold by grocers in 15 and 25 cent packages.
Punishment Jokes About A Ten O'Clock Rule
A New York World joke recalls a husband who returns home late and endures a wife who was once a schoolteacher forcing him to write I must be at home by ten o clock a hundred times on a slate.
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N. Y. World
Richest Gas Field Found to Date in Alaska Coast
Twenty eight hundred miles from Seattle via ocean, the discovery is termed the richest gas field yet found. The first steamer is due to depart Seattle on or about May 10, 1900. For full details contact Geo H Heatford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, Chicago.
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Seattle
Ocean
Geo. H. Heatford
Chicago
Sulwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Not Intimate Enough
A witty exchange riffs on naming familiarity with a doctor who shrugs at titles and jokes that friends only know him intimately as an old fool. The quip appears in a periodical caption style reflecting social tease.
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Miss Maison
Mr. Bones
Dr. Bones
London
Salzer Seed Co. Offers Catalog By Mail
A brief promotional notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co. in Crosse Wisconsin invites farmers to request their catalog by sending 5 cents postage. The ad highlights five remarkable seed varieties including Speltz Bromus rape corn and Onts.
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Farmer
Salzer
John A. Salzer
Sunday golf and sermons stir Jones to swing
A brief note from the Indianapolis Journal reveals Jones saying sermons lately have stretched long enough to inspire him to grab a club and play golf on a Sunday.
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Indianapolis Journal
Coughing Leads to Consumption Warns of Kemp's Balsam
An old advertisement urges readers that coughing signals consumption risk and promotes Kemp's Balsam as a cure with free sample bottles and inexpensive large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents. The copy stresses urgency to visit a druggist immediately.
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Kemp
Bats and Remedies Queried in Chicago Evening News
Comic quip about naming bats hanging by their heads prompts a playful exchange in Chicago. The note also cites Piso's Cure for Consumption praised by Nei Boyer of Trinity Springs, Indiana, in February.
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Pearl
Ruby
Chicago Evening News
Nei Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
You’re off your kopje says campus joke sparks chatter
Ohio State Journal records a playful exchange as Daggs and Waggs riff on a remark about being off one’s kopje to capture campus humor and light banter.
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Waggs
Daggs
Ohio State Journal
Faceless Dyes Refund Offer From Monroe Drug Co
A promotional notice offers a 10 cent refund for every package of PUTNAM FACELESS DYES that fails to satisfy. The Illinois text mentions Monroe Drug Co in Unionville Missouri and indicates the product is sold by all druggists.
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Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville
Regular Bird and Jailed Robin Referenced in Verse Snippet
A playful line notes a burglar becoming a jail bird as a robin. The Ohio State Journal quotes a maiden hearing her sweetheart at the door with a lighthearted carol-like exclamation about caramels.
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Philadelphia Record
Ohio State Journal
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
Ad copy promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and refunds if it fails. 25 cents price. Includes quotes from Atchison Globe and Chicago Journal.
Garden Spots of the South Get Half-Rate Rail Excursions
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad runs on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April offering round-trip tickets to major points in Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida at about half rates. For details contact P Sid Jones Birmingham Ala or J K Ridgely Chicago Ill. The ad closes with a noted saying from the Chicago Democrat.
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South
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
West
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Birminham
Ala
J.K. Ridgely
Chicago
It Is All Right to Change Your Mind When Wrong
Editorial quotes the Chicago Democrat urging openness to correction while warning against habitual error as a guide for readers and public opinion.
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Chicago Democrat
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Toledo
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Ghost of the Ginder
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Allien
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Harlem Life
Lane
L. A. W. Bulletin
Chicago Daily News
Hood
Charles Ae
Malvera, Pa
Dewey Farmhouse
F. M. Howard
Chicago Standard
Armored ‘Traine
Nome City, Alaska
Johnnie
Paw
Mr. Wise
Baltimore
Archie Young
Oaks Ave
West Superior
Wis
Swanson
Alexander Futrell
Vanndale, Ark
Swanson Kheuma
SC Cure CO
Lake
Ile
American Exchange Bank
St. Louis
Paice
TatLon
United States
Guernsey
Security
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dr.Bull
Cape
Pennine
W. L Dew
Sanante State
Sevier
Bain
E. T. Free
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Department Interior
Ottawa
F. Pedley
C. J. Brrouge
Vic
Stevens Point
M. V. McInnes
Detroit
Silk Supply Co
Century Bldg
FAY Manilla Roofing Company
Carden, BL
Perfection Rpg. CO
Parsoss
Kabbar
Center Aurora Remedy CO
Aurora, DL
H.h.green
Missouri Lakenan & Barnes
Mexico
Whiting
Cascaret
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