Favorite Prescription ad and Norah Hanson anecdote
An victorian advertisement extols Dr. Plaree and Favorite Prescription with Unicorn root Golden Seal root and other ingredients praised by medical authorities for uterine and reproductive health. The piece includes quotes from physicians and cites Norah Hanson's employment anecdote about improper footwear in snowy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casaly
Golden Sea
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett
Males College
Chica
John M
Agudder
Fate of
Cincinnati
E Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Pierce
Bitterneasa Quip by Maxim Gorky Draws Stout Observation
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes Maxim Gorky delivering a biting remark about Americans failing to verify if a senator is a bigamist. He claims observers found four bigamists in one hour, yet Americans have spent three years unable to determine a senator's marital status.
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Hin Bitterneasa
Maxim Gorky
L Philadelphis Ledger
David
Jaya
Philadelphia Ledger
Miss Passay
Miss Knox
Hardup weighs risks of gold mine investment
In Detroit Free Press chatter, Hardup frets about safe investing if the gold mine he favors pays off. A neighbor asks what he’s worrying over now as he eyes potential riches and the need to guard his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Farm Sale Sparks Looming Poverty in Five Years
The speaker addresses Mary about selling the farm for 850000 and plans to move to the coast to enjoy life, but warns that paying John Brown's bond will exhaust all funds, potentially driving them to the poorhouse within five years. The tone hints at financial distress and looming hardship.
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Mary
John Brown
Do Not Sign a Friend's Lend Bond Instead Buy It
Moral guidance advises against signing a friend's loan and urges securing a bond when needed. Readers are asked to write for details or consult the agent at the County Sent.
Surety Bond Offer From Title Guaranty & Surety Co
The Title Guaranty and Surety Company of Scranton Pennsylvania announces its home office and capital surplus total one million dollars for surety bond issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaranty & Surety Companny
Home Office
Scranton
Family skin troubles and remedies advertised in 1906 notice
A mixed advertorial item describes eczema relief with Cuticura remedies for a wife, hair regrowth with Cuticura products, and baby care claims. It cites testimonials from Iowa City in 1906 and includes an Allen’s Foot-Ease promotion for foot ailments with sample offers and dealer directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Street
Iowa City
Iowa
Genius of Insanity Mentioned in Humorous Exchange
A fragment from Catholic Standard end Timea depicts Mrs. Lyon-Hunter presenting Mr. Bull to Prof. Dum proser and the author of a learned treatise on Genius, A Species of Insanity. Mr. Bull responds playfully with charm at meeting a genius.
Siege of Orleans relieved to gain relief in 1429
Chronology fills many battles and events from 1429 to 1908 including sieges, treaties, charters, plagues and notable incidents. Notable entries: 1547 Charles V defeated Protestant forces at Muhlberg, 1704 first issue of the Boston News Letter, 1707 battle of Almanza, 1783 Wikes tower, 1849 riots in Toronto Montreal, 1851 Canada portage stamps, 1862 Confederate withdrawal from New Orleans, 1894 Coxey's army in Washington, 1908 Milan exhibition. Also long narrative on Timothy Kane at Bellevue and a street anecdote about Little David and a tramp.
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Orleans
Charles V
Muhlberg
Wallenstein
Mansfield
Dessau
Susa
France
England
Connecticut
London
Boston News Letter
Almanza
Spain
Wikes
Tower of London
Pelletier
Toronto
Montreal
Francis Joseph of
Aussia
Elizabeth
Bavaria
New Orleans
Russia
Turkey
Alexander Joseph of Battenberg
Bulgaria
Messrs. Whiteley
New York City
Washington
Dr. Tabinge
New Tabernacle
Brooklyn
Mauritius
Coxey
Washington, D. C
Athens
Greece
Japan
Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
United States Senate
Matthew Quay
Pennsylvania
Ottawa
Canada
McKinley
Andrew Carnegia
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Labor Party
Australia
Milan
Italy
Lindberg committee valuation of Minnesota railway property
The Lindberg committee reported to the Minnesota Senate that railway property in the state has no real value of 215,000,000 or about 27,000 per mile. Yet the property is capitalized at 400,000,000 with average nails of 50,000. Net earnings in the first year on the committee's valuation averaged 8 percent. The estimate considered original construction cost, equipment, improvements, grants, and operating expenses.
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Lindberg Committee
Minnesota Senate
Ten Years of Pain and Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Michigan credited Donn's Kidney Pills with quick relief and eventual cure after ten years of kidney problems and two years unable to leave home. The ad notes the remedy costs 50 cents a box and was sold by all dealers. It also includes intrusive pasted text about social conversation and a garbled herbal line claiming to purify blood and cure disease.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton St
Napoleon
Donn
Buster-Milburn ‘Co
Buffalo
Does the Divorce Question Interest You or the Marriage?
In a brief quip from the Detroit Free Press, Mrs. Quizzit asks if divorce interests Mrs. Flygh. Flygh replies she has not reached that issue, noting the marriage question remains the puzzle and dominates her thoughts.
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Mrs. Quizzit
Mrs. Flygh
Detroit Free Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised medical patent claim
An advertisement extolls Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal treatment for catarrh that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to be a regular prescription from leading physicians, not a quack medicine, and offers testimonials on request. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
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Hall
FB. J. Cheney & CO
Praps
Toledo
Dougglats
Price Toc
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Womtti
Norah Lunthan
Norah
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Father Srey
Aircel
Castoria
Bears
Austria-Hungary
Alien
Allen
Deuggists
Shea
le Hoy
N. X
Rooter
Ae m Little Chua
Bellevue Hospital
Timothy Kane
Fins
Detroit Prep Press
Miss Adelaide Nichols
Lydia E.ham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adelaide Nichols
West 92Nd Street
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Am Druggists
West
Gsatutes of
Harne
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig. Co
Elkhart
Indiana
Post
Paxgon CO
Boston
Canadian West
Cana
Suibeftace Canti Government Ag
D. Scott
Imml
E. Z. Holmes
St Paul
Ming
J. M. Muchachlan
Watertown
Dakota
N.U
Thompson
Seattle
China
San Francisco
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Mengland
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
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