Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Proves Cure
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sable Mullen reports relief after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She suffered months with pains around the right side and leg, feared surgery, and credits the remedy with recovery. The ad claims the product helps displacements, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elwood
Ind
Sapie Mullen
N. B. St
Insurance Bet Sparks Life Policy Dispute
A fragment shows a quip about insuring a life with Brighton, arguing that luck governs fate and suggesting a policy would pay out if death comes tomorrow. The exchange hints at a risky, witty debate over insurance bets and mortality.
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Brighton
Fred Draws Psalms And Declares Enemies Present
A mother asks eight year old Fred to illustrate the twenty third Psalm. He sketches shepherds and pasture then, amid quiet, returns to arranging toys on the table. He explains the scattered toys are “the presents of my enemies.”
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Fred
An Unsleeping Youth with a Milkman Destiny
A farmer muses on his son Josh’s late hours predicting he will become a milkman. The passage uses dialogue and quotes to contrast friendship and enmity, echoing Schiller and George Eliot on self-awareness and moral restraint.
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Farmer Corntessel
Josh
Elusive Miss Thorne and Grimmel In Washington Intrigue
A tangled plot unfolds as Miss Isabel Thorne and her companion vanish at a diplomatic event. Senor Alvarez is wounded, Pietro Petrozinni is arrested, and a missing ambassador case rocks the legation. Detective Grimm uncovers a schemes with a Latin compact and a dangerous rescue.
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Count da Rosini
Ev Ig
Isabel Thorne
Campbell
Sopvice
Grimm
Washington
Senor Alvarez
van Legation
Miss Thorne
Pietro Petrozinni
Miss E
Senor Rodriguez
Venezuela
Legation
Monsieur Baissegur
Prince d’Abruzzi
Mr. Grimm
Mr. Hastings
Blair
Mr. Johnson
Isabel
Count di Rosini
Russia
Prince Abruzzi
Mexico
Germany
Rankin
Mr. Grim
Mosely
Senorita Rodriguez
Secret Agent Love Ends With Double Deception
Mr. Grimm confronts a dangerous scheme as Isabel Thorne reveals her identity as a former Italian ambassador’s daughter and ally of Russia. A struggle erupts over a wireless cap invention, a fatal shot wounds Isabel but she survives, and Grimm heads to Washington with her.
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Isabel
Mr. Grimm
St. James
England
Rome
Vles
Rosa d’Orsetti
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache Claim
A Sturgeon Bay resident Henry C C Leonhardt reports kidney pain and backache relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills after doctors gave only temporary relief. He credits the treatment with permanent improvement and urges readers to remember Doan's when back pain strikes. Sold by druggists and stores. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Henry CC. Leonhardt
Liberty St
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hat Critic Becomes Hat Saver After Settlement
Bunsen mocked his wife’s new hat with sharp remarks and a cross eyed milliner joke. She sent a bill for retrimming the hat totaling 18.34 dollars. He paid without protest and declared the revised hat perfect, vowing to stop criticizing hats.
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Bunsen
Finding Fault Privately When Necessary
The note advises: locate fault in private and after a delay, to reduce resistance. Blamed individuals resist less when accused without witnesses, as both sides remain calm and the accuser has shown restraint after observing the fault and choosing an appropriate moment.
Castoria Warning and Call to Parents in Ad Card
A vintage ad urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the proper signature and advertises the product as safe for infants and children. It notes CASTORIA has been in use for over 30 years and ends with the line Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Headache Toothache and Earache Remedies Promoted
A vintage advertisement touts Hamlins Wizard Oil as a household remedy for headache toothache and earache. It also references Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for children teething easing pain reducing inflammation and curing wind colic.
Diary of a Fly i Killer and Home Front Humor
A humorous diary reports a week of battle with flies in a house. The narrator recounts failed attempts at catching a nimble fly and misidentifying a wasp while noting minor damages and odd mishaps. It concludes with a quip about Jim returning home to Tennessee after hard times.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grand Opera Pianist Advertisement in London Agency
Advertisement from a London employment agency seeks an expert grand opera pianist. Open to male or female applicants. One candidate should speak French, preferred.
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London
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Paris
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Alexandria
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Tennessee
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Uncle John
Success Magazine
Southern Land Exchange
TRE
Great Delta Mortgage Loan & Guaranty CO
Jackson
Mississippi
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Indianapolis
Henri Millar
Michigan
Northeastern Michigan Realty Co
Alpena
Mich
Lottus Gyo Sabie , Des Ft
Arkansas
City
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B.T. Sellers
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Marianna
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Weakley & Weeden
Florence
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