Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been a standard remedy for female illnesses. Testimonials from women in Michigan Pennsylvania and New York praise relief from organic inflammation dizziness and fatigue after using the product and the company offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts through letters by women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elizabeth Gentilcore
Buffalo, N.Y
Glor Street
Buffalo
New York
Lydia E.pinkham
Sufficient Unto Herself Reader humor from Cleveland Plain Dealer
A five year old plays near the stove as her mother fry doughnuts. The grandmother upstairs asks if help is needed. The mother, busy at the fryer, tells the child to announce to Granma that she is sufficient unto herself. The child reports that mother is fishing out the doughnuts herself.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Monkeys and Tails Tale at the Menagerie
A visitor asks why most primates have short or docked tails. A keeper explains: South American monkeys have tails while eastern hemisphere monkeys do not as a comical regional quirk, leaving the visitor to speculate on the reason.
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New York Tribune
miscellaneous historical trivia and biographical notes
A compilation of questions and answers covering figures like Woodrow Wilson Johns Hopkins Amundsen and Garfield plus topics such as the Northwest Passage San Antonio blue hen state and Sigma Tau. Includes dates Alaska purchase 1867 and facts on bluestocking Jainism whalebone laminae and carbolic acid origins.
Easter Morning Call and April Fools Party Tales
A family scene shows two children delivering Easter gifts a lily and eggs possibly to grandma or a sick playmate. An April Fools Day party at a nursery features Ethel in a fool’s costume with games and charades. The piece also describes a blindfolded spoon guessing game and notes a Westmount Quebec carrier pigeon addition to Mr. Robinson’s collection.
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England
Porfirio Diaz Former President of Mexico Eyes Return
The former Mexican president Porfirio Diaz may again enter politics as speculative chatter surrounds a potential comeback. Analysts note Diaz’s enduring influence and historical role amid current party dynamics.
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Mexico
Long Journey Home From Newfoundland to Ireland
A tale notes a cross Atlantic voyage covering over 2000 miles from Newfoundland to Ireland. The item frames the distance and mentions an individual’s return to an old English home, highlighting the vast travel distance involved.
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England
Newfoundland
Ireland
Chicago News
The Lily Bells and Curious Ink Secrets in Print
A mix of verse about Easter lilies and a note on invisible ink using cobalt, plus a historical snippet about the Gadsden Purchase and a quip on riding causing flat feet. The piece blends poetry with curiosities and old currency references.
Golf Links and the Eighteen Hole Legend
The article recalls that St Andrews originally had twenty two holes before 1764 when four holes were merged into two. Since then courses have been laid out to conform to the standard eighteen. It also notes the historical custom of men wearing hats at table in the seventeenth century.
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St. Andrews Links
London Saturday Review
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