Women Charm with Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for painful or irregular periods backache bloating and nervous prostration. A testimonial from Mrs Ches F Brown vice president of a Mothers' Club describes dramatic personal improvement and renewed marital affection after three months of use. The piece urges troubled women to try the product to regain health and happiness.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Ches
F. Brown
Nothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mia
Pinkham
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tom
Lydia
Ad in Hartford days marks Twain base ball ad for lost umbrella
The note describes Mark Twain's local ad offering a $10 reward for a missing gold headed umbrella on the Hartford grandstand after a Bartfords win over Providence. It names a red headed, freckled boy about 12 and warns of reward for the boy or umbrella at Farmington Avenue. The piece includes stray lines about property rights and a city girl in Sunset Vow Cottage, with a later reference to Nottingham.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Kost
Baseball Ground
Bartfords
Providence Nine
Farmington Avenue
Bonebody
Man of 70 quits coffee and gains health after habit change
A 70 year old Northeastern man describes quitting coffee after forty years and adopting Postum. He reports improved nervousness, energy, strength, and health within two months, noting better focus for writing and columns. He credits initial relief and urges others to stick to changes and study the book One Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa
Mion
Wellville
Pest control and farm tips from an early agriculture issue
The article discusses crop cultivation and pest control methods, notingProfessor Forbes work on destroying corn root lice with a disk barrow, and describes safer chicken coops, windfall apple disposal, crab grass versus white clover, homemade kerosene mixtures, and pig weaning cautions. It cites U.S. poultry farming as a major industry and emphasizes practical, simple farm solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorn
Fro
Forbes
Agricultural notes on sheep, crops, and orchard care
A compilation of farming guidance covers dry farming methods in arid regions, sheep market demand, orchard rejuvenation in Saugatuck, and dairy feeding profits. It highlights Campbell dry farming, the rising sheep market, pruning and spraying to salvage orchards, and farm-produced feeds for dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yhe Campbell
North Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Massachusetts
FS. Cooley
Pope's Income and Reform: A Historical Quip
The piece discusses the Pope's income as variable and augmented by subsidies such as Peter's Pence and world bankings. It estimates a probable average annual income around eight million dollars, noting fluctuations and sources while weaving in a humorous exchange about money and a baby's bank account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Veteran Avoids Amputation After Kidney Pills
Roose velt Avenue resident B Frank Doremus recalls severe kidney trouble after discharge, including headaches dizziness sleeplessness dropsy and leg swelling. After declining amputation he used Deans Kidney Pills, reducing swelling normalizing urine and ending pains. He remained well for nine years. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sells 30 cent boxes.
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B. Frank
Doremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Dean
Dean’s. Kidney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tailor's bill 5,000 years old baffles Penn tale
A humorous note on a 5,000 year old tailor's bill from a University of Pennsylvania expedition. The quip plays on the age of the relic and the difficulty of collecting payment, with a Brooklyn character delivering a punchline about the bill being too old to collect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimmelstein
University of Pennsylvania
Thiz
Brooklin Bagie
Skin Eruptions Cure Claimed After Cuticura Use
A 60 year old veteran reports a severe eczema outbreak all over the body, including limbs and head. After trying many medicines with no relief, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent products, two treatments, and says he is now cured, thanking Cuticura. Mention references July 37, 1905.
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Cuthura
Jobo
Treach
Richmondale
Ross Co
Obie
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Includes Endorsements and Testimonials
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with reward promises for cures Hall's Company and distributors in Toledo feature endorsements from local business figures J Cheney Walding Kinnan Marvin claim integrity and financial capacity. It promotes internal use of the cure and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation alongside a humorous dialogue between Miss Elderleigh and Miss Plumpleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Chhndy & CO
Toledo
J. Cheney
Srm
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Whotenaio Dewsalats
Ball
Testimoninia Gent
Untitled Quip Echoes a Humble Heist Motive
A fragmentary rascal tale shows a speaker confessing to a partner that love is not the aim but money. The line hints at a thwarted plan tied to a wife and wealth, with a tone of rueful wit. The speaker insists affection for a spouse remains secondary to financial motive.
Question and Answer on Japan Manners at Lecture
An audience member asks what pipeyanete do to plum juice to make it tell during the professor’s lecture on old Japan. The speaker offers to answer questions about peculiarities not covered in the discourse.
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Japan
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Wealta
PSEC
Mrs Chase Brown
Nottingham
United States
Chicken Coop
Washington
Cra Grasa
Orcharda Paya
Saugatock
Mich
Saugatuck
Chicago
Popley
Catholic Stradard and Times
Mayme
Greene
Miss Elderleigh
Young Huggins
Miss Plumpleigh
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wis
Eureka
Boston
Standard Gil CO
Goodsole
Security
Carter
Cartersne
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Ooliren
L. Douglas Wonen
Mision
Shildren
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Lou
Sambe
Bushman
Moxa
Putnam
Ottom
Dye
Beck
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