Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief
Leesburg resident Maude Jorgie writes of long suffering from feminine ailments and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after prescribed treatment. The letter promotes the product and invites other sick women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Jorgie
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Do you have to send Miss Gilday Violets
A compact survey of snippets from a Denver paper includes a jokey line about sending violets to Miss Gilday and a quip about harmonizing with complexion. Other bits note misheard speech, a workday reference, and a playful exchange about a motor vehicle sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver News-Times
The Pessident and the Plumber From Lippincott's
A playful Roosevelt prank tale details President Roosevelt surprising a plumber with a wet washcloth during a household joke. The incident unfolds as he hides behind a door and yells I ve got you now and the plumber receives the splash instead of a family member. Roosevelt apologizes and continues to laugh with family at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott's
Roosevelt
Walter
Cure for terrible eczema on baby with Cuticura products
A mother recalls her baby niece suffering from eczema all over the body especially the face and hands. After a year and a half with a city doctor no relief, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and claims the child was cured in three months. Address provided in St Louis, Missouri. May 2 and 20, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore Turing
Doutor
Suren
Alice L. Dowell
Easton Ave
St Louis
Commodore Vanderbilt’s Demure Courtship Motive Revealed
An anecdote from the New York Sun recalls Commodore Vanderbilt’s polite greeting to a woman his wife and daughter knew well. The daughter notes prior conflicts over poultry sales, while Vanderbilt remembers joint histories with root beer sales and oyster peddling in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Commodore Vanderbilt
Commodore
New Jersey
A Tate by Elihu Root from the New York Tribune
Secretary Root on Cuba occupation length is illustrated with a rambling anecdote about a kindergarten class and a bear, highlighting the difficulty of predicting complex policy durations. The tale shifts to a humorous exchange showing children mimicking speech and a mock brain exercise about reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Elihu Root
New York Tribune
Root
Panama
South America
Cuba
Old Fireside Notes and a Metropolitan Opera Anecdote
A collage of verse appreciation and market notices follows with James Russell Lowell lines on friendship and aging. A Minneapolis hide and fur ad appears alongside Heinrich Conried’s remarks about a mistaken clerk and a luncheon anecdote, ending with a witty exchange about aging and appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Doan's Kidney Pills Promise Quick Relief and Longevity
An advertisement and comic snippets from an early 1900s page feature Doan's Kidney Pills with a Staunton, Virginia testimonial from Mrs. James M. Long claiming back pain and kidney trouble relief in 1903 and ongoing absence of trouble by 1907, followed by dealer pricing and seller Foster-Milburn Co. A small humor panel contrasts a railway line romance and a cartoon joke about a fox detecting a man, while a streetcar gag ends with a pun about stepping off at the foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
James M. Long
N. Augusta St
Staunton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Escaped Convict McCarty Returns to Indiana Penitentiary
William McCarty, who previously escaped on parole, voluntarily returns to Michigan City State Prison to finish his sentence. He traveled from Yakima, Washington, using his own funds after being convoked by Salvation Army conversion. McCarty, 40, admitted breaking parole and expressed contentment at paying his own way back to serve out the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wm. McCarty
Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
State Line
North
Yakuna
Wash
McCarty
George French
Salvation Army
McClarty
Jean Valjean
William January
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Washington
North Yakima
Miataet
Montpelier
Ind
Fils
Fie
Indiana State Penitentary
Indiana
William McCarty
Warden Reid
What in a Silver Dollar The Hidden Marks on U S Mint Coinage
A compact guide to silver dollar features explains the edge ring, milling, and reeding to deter wear and theft. It notes the Liberty head modeled after Anna Williamson, the eagle on the reverse with arrows and an olive branch, and the laurel wreath symbolizing victory. Mint marks from New Orleans and San Francisco are identified. Philadelphia yields no small letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Philadelphia
Anna Williamson
Greece
New Orleans
San Francisco
Logansport man claims cure via seven day fast
William M. Loner of Logansport Indiana completed a seven day fast at a cost of 15 pounds claiming relief from stomach liver and kidney troubles. He plans a 40 day fast next fall under medical watch while working during the week and resting as he daily rides a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
William M. Loner
Loner
Long
Casa County Medical Association
Mount Hope Cemetery
Beauty in the Garden and Odd Health Notes
A column discusses Ella Grundy s garden based fitness craze with spade work, digging for beauty, and daily lawn routines. It praises garden exercises to improve posture and figure, notes finishing touches from fresh air sun and rain, and adds assorted notices about ranch land in Boone County Nebraska with artesian wells and rural amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rem
New York
Ella G. Grundy
Boone Co
Neb
Corn Belt
Artesian Wells
R. F
Lockwood
Petersburg
Amusing Duke Encounter on Train in Scotland
A Duke of Sutherland travels incognito with an American aboard a Scottish rail journey. In Edinburgh the American meets a plain dressed traveler who is actually the Duke of Fife. At Perth the trio converse casually before the American learns the Duke is the Duke of Sutherland and the surprise of aristocratic travel astonishes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Sutherland
Edinburgh
Perth
Duke of Fife
One of the Essentials of healthy homes promotes trusted products
The text extols a universal standard for health and happiness and highlights a renowned family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Lenny, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. It urges buyers to seek the genuine product through leading druggists and notes its world-wide approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Is Peruna Useful for Catarrh Across The Nation
A discussion on Peruna claims its ingredients fall into two classes hot standard remedies and acknowledged tonics. The article asserts catarrh affects nose throat lungs and stomach and that Peruna’s principal ingredients each have reputations in treating catarrh. It notes widespread chronic catarrh and widespread doctor attempts to cure it with Peruna’s touted tonic action.
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Bioux City Pit'g CO
Tov
Bpecher
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Arthur
New York ‘Times
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Elary Arbuthnot
Belder
Evelyn
Harold
Yonkers Statesman
Bill
Jill
Qutooes Valiean
Pacific
Goast
Indiana Pensitentiary
Caven
Adam
de Blow
Winglow
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Ment
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Tye
Mary
Paxton
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