Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound touted by readers
A reader from Norristown recounts recovery after female troubles with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges others to try it. The piece also notes the compound's three decades of use and a call from Mrs Pinkham for sick women to seek her advice in Lynn Mass. It then shifts to a Vienna report on radium effects on gems and a note about early German woodworker schools around 1875.
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Lydia BH
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vienna
Wheeker
University of
British steel barque Johanna arrives after long voyage
The British barque Johanna docked in the lower harbor this morning after a 17 000 mile voyage from Java via St Helena Falmouth England and Delaware Breakwater. She loaded 8869 sugar baskets at Cheribon and Tagal on November 26 and reached Malmouth in April, then was directed to Delaware Breakwater and now to discharge.
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Bari
Java
Aha
St. Helena
Falmouth
England
Delaware
Doey
Cheriibon
Tagal
Malmouth
Curedeczema Relief After Cutting-Remedy Trials
Mrs Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green England reports her son Owen suffered severe eczema from infancy to age fifteen. After multiple hospital discharges as incurable and harsh treatments, a six month course of Cuticura Remedies led to a complete cure. The letter is dated January 12 1907.
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Hoaptiaia
Owen
Fili
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Doves and parasols spark debate in light verse and fashion
From the New York World and London Daily Graphic comes a playful critique of science’s mockery of dove coyness and domestic behavior, plus a fashion note on men embracing parasols at English race meetings as summer sun protection becomes a trend.
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New York
Wallace Craig
University of Chicago
Byron
Tennyson
Craig
Madam Dove
Jean Ingelow
Shakespeare
Hls
England
London Daily Graphic
West End
Lady of Fusnion
Ascot
Milwaukee merchants offer half-fare excursion rates to West and Northwest
The Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers offers 50 percent round trip fares for merchants from August 15 to 28 with return by September 2 or August 20 to September 6 with return by September 1. Buyers must obtain a receipt for one fare to Milwaukee countersigned by a Milwaukee official to qualify.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manor
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and Manufacturers
Wisconsin
Mill
Waukee Association of Jobbers and Maneufacturers
University
Mason and Broadway
Making the Sultan's cigarets at royal palace
A tobacconist claims the Turkish sultan has long smoked Aneste cigarets, produced locally in a small airy palace workshop. Cigarets from this source would cost over one shilling each, with royal approval described as a timeless custom.
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Rom BP. T. O
Ostrich Eggs Hatching Near Tampa in Local Store
Tampa Times reports 13 ostrich eggs from a new Tampa ostrich farm placed in Crenshaw Brox store incubator on Upper Franklin Street. Eggs require 107 degrees for 46 days to hatch, with each egg worth 20 dollars and potential young birds valued higher after a month. This marks Tampa's first ostrich-hatching attempt.
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Tampa
Crenshaw Brox
Franklin Street
Mandy Sea
Saved at the Crisis Kidney Pills Revival Claim
Mrs Herman Smith of 901 Broad Street Athens Georgia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her life from kidney disease that began with weakness and irregularity and progressed to dropsy with swelling and back pains. She says doctors offered no help and that the pills saved her. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Denny
Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
The Happy Warrior Read At Cleveland Funeral
Three Cleveland family members and Dr Henry Van Dyke independently chose Wordsworth s poem The Character of the Happy Warrior for the late president s service. The poem was read as the eulogy sermon and song replacing a standard tribute.
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Cleveland
Princeton
Brooklyn Eagle
Grover Cleveland
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth
Mr. Cleveland
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Henry van Dyke
Dr. van Dyke
Rose Cleveland
Ang Gong
I Sa En
Careers in Science Offer Good Opportunities Despite Low Pay
Members of the Timpets State Academy of Science discussed young men entering science fields. Botany demand is high with government and education sectors hiring, while chemists, geologists, and zoologists find jobs in industry and surveys. Despite strong opportunities, earnings remain modest for many scientists.
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Timpets
Philippines
W. A. Noyes
University of Illinois
United States
Bain
Tlinois Geologies
United States Geological Survey
Competentauen of
Science
Beating Cold Storage: Eggs Kept Fresh by Chinese Method
Paducah lawyer Marshal Raymond recalls learning a method in Shanghai to keep eggs fresh. He buried a barrel of eggs in earth for months, then dug it up to find eggs tasting and looking freshly laid, claiming it beats the storage dealer and serves as a natural technique ahead of rising egg prices.
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China
Storage Commission
Marshal Raymond
Paducah
Arlington
East
Shanghai
Commission
Agricultural Department
Licensing reform sparks public house divide in England
Mr Asquith’s closing speech on the second reading of the Licensing bill laments its lack of popular enthusiasm and widespread suspicion. The piece argues reform harms the lower classes who rely on pubs to obtain drink, while richer patrons keep private cellars and staff. The bill’s broader social disruption is said to be felt across society, with strong opposition from those financially tied to the industry.
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England
London
Asquith
Ane
Come’ Mone
Nttie Eblad
Inheritance Custom of the Black Warest Peasants
From the Antiquary notes the Black Forest peasant farms descend by a youngest son rule called vortel. Heirship passes to the junior, who abdicates in favor of his heir when mature to rest the power. Eldest cannot claim early. if demanded the elder must buy out the younger. The system preserves peace in the farm.
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France
Benjamin
Jacob
Vortel
Esau Ee
Yeu's Ambitious Child Aims for Undertaker Role
In Warper's Weekly a father jokes about Yeu, praise for his school progress, sculling talent, and top spelling though he quips the boy dreams of becoming an undertaker. The other parent quips about religious instruction and the “dead languages” solving the joke.
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Warper’s
Yeu
Girl at Toll Gate Defies Sheridan Army in 1864
In a Metropolitan Magazine tale set near Winchester, a young woman Charlotte Hillman guards a toll gate as Sheridan’s army passes. She demands tolls, raises the bar against jeers, and marks notches for soldiers as the army marches toward Stephens City. The episode ends with Washington paying her toll bill.
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Sheridan
Metropolitan Magazine
Winchester
Valley Pike
Stephens City
Charlotte Hillman
Straightway
Toll
Barry
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Lee
Grant
Joe Johnston
Washington
Charlotte Hulman
Men and Women as Friends in Early Reflections
The text argues men and women form friendships differently with men valued for equality and trust among men. It notes men confide within male circles due to presumed greater respect for confidences and a stronger sense of honor, contrasting with female relationships and concerns over trifles.
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Vance
Coffee to Postum Cure Testimony Promotes Health
A reader shares a long testimonial blaming coffee for severe health decline and praising Postum as the cure. The letter recounts years of illness, weight loss, and headaches improving after switching to Postum. The writer cites regained energy and strength, claiming 348 pounds weight and overall wellness. The ad ends with a call to readers to request more letters, noting authenticity and ongoing interest.
Peruna Restores Run-Down Women Says Della Stroebe
Read what Miss Della Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin writes about Peruna relief from a run down condition. She improved from the first bottle, and after six bottles felt cured, praising Peruna as a medicine for women in run down states. Another testimony from Mrs Judge J F Boyer Evanston Illinois credits Peruna with restoring strength, appetite, and sleep after decline.
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Della Stroebe
Peruna
Richmond St
Appleton, Wid
J. F. Boyer
Sherman Ave
Evanston
Ill
Bathing DoNts And A Slump In Prosperity
Practical seaside tips warn against waterproof cotton and cold water baths and urge warm immersion and brief swims for quicker warming. A short note mocks a pedestrian dodging autos while noting a recent prosperity slump and a forecasted rise in the mercury.
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