Lydia Pinkham testimonial boosts health claims for women
An unsolicited testimonial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming eight years of female ailments cured in seven months. The letter from Mrs. Irwin O'Poxsen cites personal recovery and stresses free advice from Mrs. Pinkham. Also included are light reads and a Red Cross Ball Blue advert note.
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Jenie B. Ononnell
Oakland Woman's Riding Cird
Lydia G. Pinkham
Hell
Lydia J. Pinkhan
Pinkham
Aing
Irwain O'Poxsenn
Bost Dist St
Chicago
Ill
Lydia FE
Reaching the Top in a Baltimore News Parody
A fractured local flavor notes a caricature of professional ascent with mock dialogues and humorous misreadings. The piece lampoons ambition in the subway era while quoting weathered voices and comic exchanges about a lineman and a top rung career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore News
Rafferty
Doan's Kidney Pills Proclaimed Cure by 50,000 People
Fifty thousand interviewees at their homes claim Doan's Kidney Pills cured them. Free offer drew thousands to try the remedy, praised for easing back and joint pain, sleeplessness, and dropsy signs. Pills said to cleanse urine and remove gravel, with a coupon offer to readers.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Eveline’s Prayer Habit Turns to Heaven's Seashore Belief
A towardly household scene recalls Eveline deferring prayers. a mother gently reminds her daughter to say them. Eveline replies she plans to wait until next week, joking that heaven may be as hot as here and implying angels are at the seashore.
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Atlanticah
Evelyi
Eveline
Curious Sky Phenomena Across Regions
A New York report describes muddy rain brown snow in New York and Italy, with Sahara sand coloring the snow and infusoria causing red rain. Historical notes mention rainbow hail in An Mora and Minsk, with theories on cosmic origins and foreign substances lifted by whirlwinds and evaporation.
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New York
New York Mail
Expr
Austen
Italy
Germany
Blume
Sahara
Mediterranean
Anmora
Tropics
Remy Cable
Sannedert
Laistones
Minsk
Prussia
What a Good Name Does
Chicago Illinois Aug 1th Mer Wall berg of 2 South Peoria St had suffered liver and kidney troubles for years and was near death. Friends lost hope but his brother brought Dodd s Kidney Pills from Minnesota after hearing of their credit. Five days of worsening gave way to steady improvement and he recovered to full health. Congressman Julius Kahn of California was once an actor.
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Chicago
Wallberg
Peoria St
Minnneapoli
Hin
Dodd
Minnesota
Mr. Wahlberg
War on house flies announced by U S government
The United States Department of Agriculture and its entomology division launch a national campaign to exterminate flies, warning they spread typhoid and cholera. Dr. L. Howard leads efforts, distributing pamphlets, urging sanitation and targeted fly control in farms, kitchens, and urban areas to reduce fly-borne disease risk this summer.
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Teapa
Washington
United States
Jersey
L. Howard
Spain
Massachusetts
California
New York
Louisiana
Ith
Fies
Chtiép
Boards of Health
Department of Agriculture
Division of Entomology
Sanitary Commission Agent Praises Kansas Corn Prospects
Drovers Telegram reports W F Cowley of Columbus Indiana treasurer of the Kansas stock sanitary commission visits Kansas City stock yards. He traveled across Kansas noting excellent corn prospects with clean fields tasseling, minor flooding only in low land and hot winds unlikely. He cites large wheat and alfalfa yields, good cattle forage, and strong cattle supplies aided by prior winter stock movement and southern inflow.
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Sanitary Commission
Toure
Kansas
W. F. Cowley
Columbus
Ian
Tve Stock Sanitary Commission of
Kansas City
Cowley
Oklahoma
Master of English shines in Cleveland's speeches
The Baltimore Herald praises ex President Cleveland for mastery of English in his Tilden club banquet speech. It likens his style to state papers and public writings, noting elegant yet restrained prose and natural sentence flow that reveals the precise word choices and strong structure behind his rhetoric.
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Cleveland
Baltimore Herald
Tilden Club
Mr. Cleveland
Colorado Farmers Reap Benefit From Widespread Rainfall
Denver Record Stockman reports heavy rains drenched northeastern Colorado and spread southwest, filling irrigating ditches for weeks of work as farmers and hired men race to put water into fields. Rain totals varied by region with Sterling to Palmer Lake seeing the heaviest falls. Wyoming also soaked, New Mexico spared, while western rain was light outside high hills.
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Colorado
Denver
Sterling
Divide
Palmer Lake
Arkansas Valley
Trinidad
Wyoming
New Mexico
Education vs Wealth Debate in a Red School House
A quirky tale from a rural school where Otis bets education outweighs money. Otis pursues degrees from BA to PhD while Brad, driven by wealth, climbs through business to earn ever more titles. In the end Otis remains the true scholar as Brad acquires multiple honorary doctorates. The piece satirizes academic credential inflation and the lure of riches.
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Napoleon
Washington
Otis
Bradbury
Brad
Ote
Jearning
Eva
Bragford
Aaid Otis
Institution of Learning
Bradford
Tourist agent weaves peculiar true tale of cheap Europe tour
An American visitor sought a cheap European itinerary from a tourist agent. The plan shrank from six cities to Lucerne only after budgeting and price cuts. He offered to halve the ticket price and provide a guide to the omitted place, promising a workable result.
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Europe
Paris
Lucerne
Forsence
Rome
Venice
Vienna
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J. E. O'Donnell
Lydian E. Pinkhaim
Red Cross
Piso
Croup
L. A. Henree
Pilling Street
Brooklyn
Accomir
Buffalo, N.Y
Duan
Prati
A. d. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Pulientes
Evla Liz
Canada
C. C.C
South End
Tod
Gant
Thompson
Julius Kahn
Sam
Musea Domastic
Philippines
Mt. Pelee
Bert Gosspot
Miss—Haw
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Toas
Inrad
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Otu
Wall Street
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