Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Said to Help Woman’s Health
A Milwaukee woman recounts long infertility and female health troubles. After months of treatment and her husband’s concern, she started Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and became pregnant after twenty two months, calling the remedy a life changer and praising its author. The letter is presented as a testimonial from Mrs L G Grover of Milwaukee Wisconsin to prove the product’s efficacy.
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Lydia
Pinkham
L.G. Grover
Grove St
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Business Woman's Association
L. C. Glover
Milwaukee, Wis
Business Woman’s Association
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Canada Farm Promotion and Grain Prices Rise
Western Canada advertises high wheat and grain prices with oats barley and cattle yielding well. It promotes settlement offers of 100 acre homesteads and urges immigration to Canada through official channels with contact details for agents in Fort Paul Watertown and New York Life.
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Hue
United States
Ford
Canada
Lhmigration
Te Aumorlad Caradon
F. Holmes
Jackson St
Ft. Paul
Minne
Watertown
W. V. Densmoth
New York Life
Range Finders on Warships Endangering Gun crews
The British admiralty halts fitting the range finder on an electric light platform amidships due to danger to gun crews. The Varing engagement showed observers in the fighting tops suffer, prompting Japan to pursue armored observation towers. Decision in Britain is under discussion and investigation.
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Admiralty
Naval Department
Varing
England
Boston Standpoint on Women and Pioneer Spirit
Ainslee's essay contrasts a Boston woman with western newcomers, noting the West's warmth derives from newness and camaraderie while Boston has grown settled and inward. The piece argues Boston has shed pioneer zeal, prefers lasting ties, and resists siege mentality as the city remains rooted for generations.
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Boston
Ainslee
West
Kidney Pills Help Freeborn Man Rejoice in Health
Freeborn Minn Oct 17 Mr R E Goward a well known farmer reports relief from kidney trouble after using Dodd s Kidney Pills He says the treatment gave rest from pain and new life He recommends others with kidney problems try Dodd s Kidney Pills as they cure the kidneys and restore vigor Blood becomes pure and energy returns to the body
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Freeborn
Minn
R. E. Goward
Dodd
Mr. Goward
Queen Alexandra Embraces Cats Amid Dog Fame
Queen Alexandra, famed for blue ribbon dogs, now reveals a cat fancy. She houses a small army of pedigreed felines at Buckingham Palace Windsor and Sandringham. Six favored cats include Sandy, a Persian born at Sandringham, who travels with her, while Howard VII disapproves of the cats.
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Queen Alexandra
England
Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Sandringham
Sandy
Jack
Haward VII
Reward offer and testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure
A historical ad fragment offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. It includes endorsements from Cheney & Co and other druggists, with pricing and a related joke about frog legs from a kitchen scene. The text reflects period advertising and informal dialogue.
Plow for New Ground and Farm Field Practices
Practical notes on building a shovel plow with an iron reinforced beam for rooty new ground, plus fall work. It covers exhausting soils, clover manuring rotations, sow pig feeding and care, cement floor extensions with slatted paths, sheep shelter, and root crops for pig nutrition.
Feeding and husbandry notes from a periodical tract
Practical guidance on fall feeding for poultry and turkeys, root crops and grains, manure use for vegetables, and fall planting of shrubs. Includes observations from Globe-Democrat on Behring Strait exploration and Tchuktchi customs, with details on shelter, water, roosts, and harness upkeep.
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Poultry Kingdom
Houwer Grounds
For Success in War in The Life of Nelson by Mahan
Summary discusses Nelson as exemplar of two key forces in command mental power and moral strength. It notes how these elements, rarely combined, met in Nelson and, with his exceptional opportunities, shaped his fortune and greatness. Also mentions Vermont population growth from 1850 to 1990.
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Nelson
Mahan
Dead Shots with Blowpipe in Guiana Indians
Longman s Magazine describes two blowpipe types used by Guiana Indians the poocoona made from torah reed and a second variant with the dart and sights. The article details reed length massive mass, palm casing, front and back sights from dasyprocta acouchi teeth, a fish tooth rear sight, and a seven inch palm leaf dart shot with venomous cotton plugs prepared.
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Longman's Magazine
Guiana
The Simpson Tunnel and Great Alpine Projects
The Churchman notes the first construction train through the Simpson tunnel marking a milestone alongside the first electric train in New York City. It highlights the four great Alpine tunnels, comparing Mont Cenis, the Arlberg, and Gotthard works, and contrasts their completion times with the present interval. The piece reflects on rapid engineering progress and notes environmental details such as glacier waters used in construction and future traffic plans through the Rhone valley to the Diveria.
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Simpson Tunnel
New York Lubway
Mont Cenis
Attle Ides
Bulla
Arlberg
The
J. Gothard
St. Gothard
Rhone
Diverso
Napleon
Simplon Pass
Diveria
Panama
Japanese Paper Plant Adopts US Planting Plan
The article notes Mitsumata shrubs for papermaking to be planted in America and southern Europe. US agriculture officials will test growing the shrub, with potential cultivation in Florida, Louisiana, irrigated Texas, the Colorado desert, and in parts of California. Pulp yield in Japan reaches about 2009 pounds per acre, with seeds priced high. It also mentions 2000 Mohammedans in London planning a large mosque.
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America
Japan
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Colorado Desert
Sacramento
San Joaquin
California
London
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Western Canada
Montana
Niga
Jevar
Ani
Orth
A.J. Notte
Bostom
Tower Canadian CO
Tororto
J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Clalty Bbie
Elr
Waat & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholevale
Taludo
O. Hail
Walker
St. Jacobs
Savage Huthanaata
Globe-Democrat
Harry de Windt
Behring Atraits
de Windt
Behring Straits
Kearl
Anadylisk
St. Petersburg
Tehuktch
Arctic Ocean
Nijni Kolymsk
Dunwaldjik
Dumwaldjik
King's Island
Behringstrafte
Waling
Ander
Esquimaux
Alaska
Vermont
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