Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Hero Letter
Mrs T C Willadgen of Manning Town writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of suffering from severe female complaints. She followed the guidance from Mrs Pinkham and regained perfect health, urging other women to try the remedy. The ad promotes the product’s thirty years of claimed success for ailments including displacements, inflammation, and irregularities with an invitation to write for advice to Lynn Mass.
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Hia Twoman
Lydia Fe Pinkham
T. C. Willadgen
Manning
Town
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia i. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ruined the Cream from the Chicago News
A noisy Windmill agent argues with a farmer about passing automobiles and alarming siren horns described as blood curdling and milky. The piece shifts to a German duel tally, noting Gottingen and Jena as leaders with daily duels, several thousand yearly across empires, largely sword fights and few revolver incidents.
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Chicago News
Wal
Electric knife on trial sparks medical debate
A novel electric surgical knife, devised by an American firm, is now under trial by Professor Bier at the University Medical School. Proponents claim faster operations and quicker healing, while early tests show more bleeding than with standard blades. The device uses a high frequency current to produce a tiny flame-like spark at the blade tip, requiring none sharpening and claiming ease of cleaning. Separately, notes of mining stock opportunities and brokerage advertisements appear at the end of the page.
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Bier
University
Surgion Cuale
The
Blor
Tenants Carry Their Farms Across Distances
In a humorous LA Times piece a madren farmer praises tenants who carry their farms when they move. He extols French farmers for keeping families on tiny plots and transporting soil with their belongings, likening top soil to a prima donna’s voice. Ads for guns, traps, furs appear amid the satire.
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Los Angeles Times
Inanimate Movements from Baltimore American
A fragment from the Baltimore American notes a quip about political platforms and boards in a wry exchange. The brief item uses a playful line about hearing a platform plunk answer and a board walk, reflecting light editorial humor.
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Baltimore American
Awning Maker Implicated in Shady Deals
Joax states the man is involved in numerous shady transactions. Hoax asks his line of work and Joax confirms he is an awning maker.
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Joax
One of the Essentials of happy homes health and knowledge
An advertisement extols a well sourced method for improving family welfare. It highlights a proven laxative product Syrup of Figa and Elixir of Senta, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co, endorsed by physicians and trusted by the Well Informed of the World, sold by leading druggists.
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California
Turkish coffee as national drink of Turkey and imports
Consul Ernest L. Harris of Smyrna notes coffee in Asia Minor is the national drink, with Smyrna relying on Brazilian imports. Arabian coffee is best but costly, Brazilian toffee dominates local trade through London, Hamburg, Trieste and Marseilles. Annual imports reach about 0,000,000 pounds with prices 16 to 20 cents a pound. Arabian coffee costs more than twice that. Flat weather increases hospital visits for children, many due to improper feeding, and a remedy is advertised for eye troubles.
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Ernest L. Harris
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Turkey
Brazil
London
Hamburg
Trieste
Marseilles
New York
Pardon and Power Rise in Charlotte’s Scene
Pliny the Younger praised a man who forgives moral faults while remaining cautious of his own errors. In Charlotte, the Southern Power company backs a major power surge, with 10 million capital and offices here. It currently supplies 16 000 horsepower from Catawba and 40 000 from Grant Falls, as a new Yadkin river plant near Charlotte is planned, per Charleston News and Courier.
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Pliny the Younger
Charlotte
South
United States
Niagara Falls
Southern Power Company
Catawba
Grant Falls
Yadkin River
Charleston News
Caurter
A Hot One. Diogenes on Honest Men
Diogenes laments finding an honest man as he proclaims his search has yielded none. His friend replies that such a state reflects poorly on their circle of acquaintances.
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Diogenes
Mrs Sickles Reunites With Feeble General After 27 Years
In New York at the Hotel Brevoort Mrs. Daniel B Sickles 83 speaks of a tender reunion with her husband the aged diplomat and war hero. She explains their long separation and her life in Madrid Vienna and Athens raising their two children while he pursued his duties. She plans to stay near him at the hotel if not disruptive saying she is practical and will visit twice daily. The piece also notes her studies in modern Greek and lingering affection for past days.
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Daniel B. Sickles
General Sickles
Hotel Prevovurt
Armough
New York
Sickles
Brevoort
Spain
Bis City
Washington
Vittles
Madrid
Siam
Wfe
Greece
Tala
Trade for Another's Wife Tale in Army and Navy Life
A Civil War era tale recounts a Native American trader offering horses and a wife in exchange for a woman. The narrator and husband resist until witnesses confirm a binding price, then the husband negotiates peace with money and tobacco to avert trouble. The officer narrator fears a claim if the bargain is not kept.
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Sheba
Leutenant
Kidney Pills Claim Cure For Gravel Attacks
A reader from Gallatin reports severe kidney gravel attacks caused by 25 stones over years, with back pain and blood passages. After using four boxes of Dom e Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo N Y, he says rapid improvement and no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents eight box.
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Dean
Depot Ave
Gallatin
Alice
All Denler A
Foster-Milburn Co
Baffala, N
A Rolling Plant California Cactus Adrift in Desert Winds
A curious rootless cactus of the California desert rolls across the desert floor for eight to nine months each year. When rains arrive, it takes root where dropped, sends out shoots that become new cacti, and rapidly spreads roots over a wide circle to absorb moisture and plant food.
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California
California Desert
Prescribed Cuticura Heals Baby’s Eczema After Months
Mrs. M. J. Harris of Alton Kansas reports her baby son’s face cleared of eczema after a single cake of Cuticura Soap, one third box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent following three months of another doctor’s treatment. The condition began at one month old and persisted for three months with a raw nickel sized area on the cheek. After treatment, the child remained eczema free. now two and a half years old. May 14 and June 12, 1907.
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Oiher
Ilan Besenna
Haby
Ally Baby
M. J. Harris
Alton
Kan
Rural Revelry and Decay in English Traditions
A reflective piece laments the decline of rural merriment and old English fairs, feasts, and pageantry. It argues these events historically educated and bound communities, while noting modern injunctions and appeals to courts. The tone critiques societal shifts away from communal revelry.
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Hyam
Milgate Monthly
England
Peruna Praised By State Figures In Medical Testimony
A collector of testimonials from prominent figures including Yon George W Honey and ex Quartermaster General G A Lt. Writes from Washington DC extolling Peruna for catarrhal troubles. Testimonials praise its efficacy when other remedies failed and note the new Peruna tablets as a convenient form for those who object to liquids.
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Yon
George W. Honey
Nacional
Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry
State of
Wisconsin
State of Texas
G. A
Kirst St
N. B
Washington, D. C
Borie
Fred J. Hebard
Kansas City
Catarch
Renter’s neck plague hits Kansas City housing signs
A Kansas City Star item mocks a so called renter’s neck, describing a humorous disease from lingering over for rent and for sale signs. An unnamed real estate agent notes widespread, curving necks and upturned chins as people rifle through districts. The cure is simple buy a property.
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Kansans
Itg
Kansas City
First Passenger Train Trial Run on Stockholm and Darlington Line
A horseman with a red danger flag rode ahead of the engine during the railway pageant trial in England in 129 percent. The rider warned spectators as the locomotive completed its demonstration along the Stockholm and Darlington tracks.
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England
Stockholm & Darlington
Texting Paint Showcases Lead Testing Offer
Property owners learn how to prove the purity and quality of white lead, the key paint ingredient. National Lead Co offers a free testing outfit and a free book on paint after writing to Woodbridge Building, New York City.
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National Lead Co
Almple
Woodbridge
Misplaced Sympathy At The Ballpark Crowd
A chaotic scene erupts as the batter misses, the umpire calls three strikes, and 25,000 fans explode in cheers. Hats fly, women wave handkerchiefs, and men celebrate with back-slaps while a blond spectator laments the missed hit. The masculine rooter who paid 78 cents for a seat remains speechless.
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Winslow
Bette
Germany
Jens
Gotiingen
Gottingen
Jena
German Empire
France
Italy
Ae Copper
Vulcan
Dolar Key
Lawson's
Trinity
National
Balukiala
Smethers
Shasta Brokerage O
Dunsmutr
Cat
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Cynthia
Phoozle
PHTIT
Atl
Howard Bros
Tuffalo
N.Y
Janet McKenzie Hitt
Boston Cooking School
Jaques Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Putnam
Cole
Monroe
Mrs. Sickles
Birmingham
Eng
Hompson
Fygg
Uae
Tmartman
Avy Bank
Sioux City
H. Fatent
Rafer
G. Gardiner
Soux City
Haan
Ant
Dergey Clary
Sian
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicazets N
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