Four Facts For Sick Women To Consider
An advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for many female illnesses. It claims long use and many testimonials, inviting women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts for free guidance and treatment advice. It notes American horse blankets are worn by Japanese workers in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyche
E. Pinkham
Sime
Lydia
Pinkhem
Fle
Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
Famous Treaties Through History and Their Impact
A historical overview lists major treaties from Westphalia to Paris and Vienna, detailing outcomes like the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years War, the Pyrenees sealing Spain’s decline, the Treaty of Augsburg securing religious freedom in Germany, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris recognizing American independence. It notes later treaties shaping Britain’s colonies, the Crimean era arrangements, and the 1898 Paris treaty ending the Spanish American War.
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Partie
Washington
Weatmuuin
The
Pyrenees
Spain
France
Europe
Germany
Utrecht
Paris
Great Britain
Canada
Mississippi River
United States
Black Sea
Pars
Cuba
Porto Fuca
Guam
Philippines
Berlin
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Turkey
Veteran of Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars praises Peruna
W W Jackson of Washington D C aged about 83 a veteran of the Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars writes he is a physician by trade who abandoned medicine. He suffered stomach trouble and catarin but after taking three bottles of Peruna he reports immediate improvement and complete relief recommending it as an infallible remedy. Dr S S Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio endorses the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jackson
St. N. W
Washington
B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Islands in the Atlantic and beyond prompt reader quiz
A reader asks which ocean holds most islands and a series of locations is listed. The letter names Cuba Porto Rico Santo Domingo Haiti Newfoundland Bermuda Madagascar Australia New Zealand Long Island Manila Mexico Hawaii Japan and more, noting oceans and seas. The piece playfully counts islands and notes Chesley Island in the Mississippi as an Atlantic arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Holgebrook
Cuba
Atlantic Ocean
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Hayti
Republcs
Newfoundland
Atlantic
British Isles
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Manhattan Island
New York i S
Bermuda Islands
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Australia
Pacific
New Zealand
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Teddy
Philippines
Dewey
Hawaaii
Bandwich Islands
Juan Germindez
Robinson Crusoe
Sicily
Borneo
Japan
Chesley Island
Mississippi River
Postum Food Coffee Restores Health in Rome Matron
A Rome New York matron reports that Postum Food Coffee cured her headaches dizziness stomach upset and irritability after coffee harmed her health. She says her appetite recovered and she regained sound health with continued use and rebuild of strength. The letter endorses Postum and references The Road to Wellville book.
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Rome
N. Y
Postum Food
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mieh
Httle
Wellville
The Races of Corn and Their Distinctions
Botanically a single species Zen Mays divides into six races Hop corn Mint corn dent corn sweet corn soft corn and pod corn as described by Plumb in Indian Corn Culture. Each race has varieties and distinct kernel traits including flint dent sweet and pod forms with regional suitability and crossbreeding tendencies noted by DeWitt C. Wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumb
New England
Central West
Mexico
Dangers and Cautions in Fruit Tree Spraying
Farrington warns readers that spraying fruit trees and small fruits carries danger to humans if not careful. He cautions against arsenate of lead and Paris green, notes bees harmed by bloom-time spraying, and suggests hellebore dusting, whale oil soap mixes, and post bloom arsenate spraying as safer practices. He also describes alternatives for asparagus pests and currant worm remedies including pine boughs and hand-picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrington
Woman's Comical Error Over Cow Teeth
Mrs. M. J. Moore of New York bought a Monticello house with four horses, chickens, and a high bred cow. Her brother fed the cow hot mash, destroying her upper teeth, prompting checks and laughter as she learned cows have no upper front teeth. Bossy was eventually replaced and then bought back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Moore
New York
Monticello
Boundaries of Man s Knowledge Senator J McCuimher
Excerpt discusses how knowledge of any object extends beyond perceptible existence. It argues that a complete history includes all prior and subsequent states from embryonic origin to eventual disintegration. The piece cites philosophical views on the unknowable bounds of knowledge and traces man's history from birth backward to cellular roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 3. McCuimher
National Magazine
For Duty
Mand
Che
Got Forty Gals on the Farm: A Bragging Farmer Tale
A vivid clipped excerpt reports a farmer boasting how he secured “forty gals” through a stubborn claim of employing only college students on his farm. The tone echoes a rural railsplitter brag, mixing exaggeration with a jab at modern work ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpha Tsulletin
Geehaw
Sim Wallon
Giddap
Important Legal Victory Protects Foot Eage Trademark
Allen S. Olmsted of Le Soy WN (the inventor of Woot Tage) scored a major win in New York Supreme Court securing a restraint on competitors selling or making a powder resembling Alton’s Foot-Eage. The ruling upholds Olmsted’s branding against underhand copying and praises his courage in defending a household staple sold across continents. Wisconsin pork output rises with clover and oats. Piso’s Cure is praised by Mrs. J M Swayze of Wakita Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Olmsted
le Soy
Mr. Olmsted
Ordera
Uia
Clingtend
Supreme Court of
New York State
Alton
Gulisted
Tatire
United States
Alea Alhusted
le Rey
Wuera Neers
Thide
Teoune
The Teacher's Foe Escapes Enforced Idleness
Miss Margaret M. James, after six years of crowded city teaching and nervous collapse, recounts recovery from enforced idleness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills, bought in six boxes, with enriching her blood, restoring sleep and appetite, and giving her strength to teach again. She notes others among her colleagues used them with enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Getre
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Manchuria
Siberia
North China
Pod Products
McNeittl & Libby
Chicago
Lion Coffee
Tts
Everywhere Woolron Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Amiel YS
Ielief
Public Ledger
Jenks
Winslow
Haouston
David Kennedy
Popron
Albany
Wisconsin
J. M. Swayze
Wakita, Okla
Emu
Eammeriea
Sears, Roebuck & 66
Bears
Gastoria
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Coletha
Coletha Chemical Co
St. Louis
Sioux City
Iisue FC
Seca
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