Unconscious Woman Found. Pinkham Remedy Endorsed
A New York mercantile alumna collapsed on a sidewalk due to womb illness worsened by self neglect and stimulants. The piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, citing testimonials from Mrs. Mary Roper of Chicago and inviting women to seek female physician guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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New York
Pinkham
Rober
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Roper
Ellis Ave
Judicial and religious notes from a 19th century page
A collage of legal observations and religious quotations. Topics include transferability of a right of entry for condition broken, physician testimony limits, and a Michigan false imprisonment case. Also remarks on labor unions, corporate stockholder power, and various sermons and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouvier
Baltimore & New York R. Company
N. J. Err
New Jersey
Northwestern Rep
Ohio
Burker
Supreme Court of Michigan
South Dakota
Fuller
Hodge
United States Steel Corporation
Wetherill’s Marble Dream Turns to Humble Brick
In 1888 the Philadelphia white lead magnate John Price Wetherill decided to build a marble palace. After meeting Struthers the mason and a Boston visitor, he reconsidered, deeming a two-story brick house preferable to a grand marble palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Burton
Philadelphia
John Price Wetherill
Wetherill
Struthers
Boston
Mr. Wetherill
12Th Street
Court Laughter Breaks decorum in London petty session
The London Tit-Bits recalls a petty sessions hearing where a pompous justice urged decorum while an official shouted Richard Orum at the door. The exchange sparked much laughter as decorum briefly vanished in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Orum
London
Sewing with Mama: outline animal tracing for child
A wise mother copies an animal outline on paper and places it under the sewing machine. With a long stitch and no thread, she pricks the outline. She then threads a needle with bright thread and the child is ready to sew with mamma.
Population density contrasts spark global tax to living view
A census highlights China with 103 people per square mile, while Belgium hosts 220, Great Britain 130, and Germany 105. The piece notes how scarce space fuels debates over livelihoods and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Pickled Cherries and Canadian Port Ambitions Mentioned
Instructions describe making cherry pickle using Morello cherries with stems in salt and water for twenty four hours then vinegar. Jars set in sun to finish. The text also mentions Canada possibly establishing a Dawson port on the Hudson Bay and notes Our Lady of the Snows as a dignified figure despite land losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Canada
Dawson
Yukon Country
Hudson Bay
Peruna credited by Miss Muriel Armitage for cures
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit writes she suffered five years with uterine irregularities causing hysteria and weakness. She says Peruna improved her health after six months and fifteen bottles, and she now feels cured. The letter asserts Peruna cures catarrh of pelvic organs as it does head catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mish
Royal Templars of Temperance
Peruna
Perua
Pelvic Catarrh and Nervousness Cited as Female Weakness
A 19th or early 20th century advertisement describes pelvic catarrh as a cause of nervous fatigue in women, arguing the condition can be permanently cured by Peruna. It urges readers to write to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio, for free advice if results are not prompt.
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Atlantic Rep
New Jersey
Judge Pitney
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Not an Authority
A brief dialogue quoted in the Baltimore American shows a man recalling past remarks to his wife about beauty. The woman counters that he was inexperienced in judging beauty at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
We Can Sell Your Farms Fruit Timber and Grazing Lands
Charles Somers and Co announces farm sales services for fruit lands timber holdings and grazing properties in Seattle. They offer free description and terms with no charges until payment is received, inviting property owners to write for listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Somers & CO
Second
Marion St
Seattle
Rheumatism An Undescribable Torture
An old advertisement explains rheumatism as a blood born disease that develops before symptoms, worsens with age, and is not cured by external remedies. It claims S.S.S. purifies blood, removes acids, and builds health, offering free information from The Swift Specific Co. and Griffith Belly in Atlanta.
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S.S.S
SWIFT
C.D
Atlanta, Gae
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Newark
Sia
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Portland Seed CO
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Oregon
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Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co
Portland
Boise Salem
Medford
Notary
L. N. Rosenbaum
New York Block
Seattle, Wash
Barnes & CO
Patent Solicitors
Bromoseltzer
SAMAR
Wean ‘Owers
Waterproof Res
PSH
Brko Clothing A‘ Tower CO
Boson Mas
U.S.A
Belance
N.Y
Heaven
Earth
Hell
E. L. Powell
Louisville
Albert Evans
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Rochester
N. Y
C. C. Willett
Baptist
Los Angeles
Cal
Rey
W. L. Worcester
Unitarian
C. N. Howard
R. A. White
Universalist
Ill
Russia
William
Wilson
Senate
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Dick Orum
Snows
Ayer
Emma Jane Entsminger
Langsville. O
Miss Muriel Armitage
Pe-ru Na
Urbana
Griffith Belly
Bloomfield Ave
Dent
Porglon Wisons
Ayer CO
Lowell
Robt
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Bailey Building
Perrin
John S. Beall
Commercial Block
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N. I. Joliffe
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