[Remedies]

Dublin Core

Title

[Remedies]

Creator

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934

Date

1907-01-22

Source

New York Evening Telegram

Publisher

New York Herald Co.

Description

Mr. Bunion needs a rest - a man comes along and offers him different remedies.

Contributor

Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library

Language

English

Type

comic strip

Coverage

1900s(1905-1909)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

ImageNo.

86

Series Title

A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion

PublicationDate

1907-01-22

Publication

New York Evening Telegram

Transcription

Mr. Bunion: Well, if I don't feel bum! Wheo! I aint sick and yet I feel bad enough to call it sickness. I am certainly in a bad way.
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Man: What's the matter with you? You don't look well.
Mr. Bunion: I've got a severe headache! A bad one!
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Man: Let me tell you a good thing for you to take. I always take it whenever I even think of having one--
Mr. Bunion: I don't like to take medicine if I--
/
Man: But man! You are sick! Is your liver working right? If it isn't let me rec-comend [sic] a good--
Mr. Bunion: My liver is all right, I'm sure!
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Man: Perhaps its your nerves. I remember a bad case I had once myself and I cured it by a simple little thing called--
Mr. Bunion: No! It is not my nerves.
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Man: Then you've probably got a touch of neuralgia if so go to the drug store and get an ounce of, eh, well, say a half--
Mr. Bunion: No, I think its because I'm tired out!
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Man: Do you think so? Well let me tell you what fixed me up once. I'm a great man for taking care of myself. Whenever I feel the least bit ill I ward any ailment off by immediately taking some good remedy but if I were you I would--
Mr. Bunion: No! I think I need a rest. A quiet rest.
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Man: I'd take a little of something any way.
Mr. Bunion: Huh! I feel better after hearing about all those remedies!

Original Format

newspaper comic strip

Physical Dimensions

11.8" X 8.5"

NYSL Microfilm Citation

NY 01 New York 93-31968, DEC 1906 -FEB 15 1907 Reel 104

Reprinted

Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works III, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2004), pg.158

Tags

fatigue
illness

Files

86-1907-1-22.jpg

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Remedies],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed April 1, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/86.