Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Women
Irene Crosby of 313 Charlton Street Savannah Ga reports relief from irregular and painful periods using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims thousands of women cured for monthly suffering and urges others to start treatment and seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Hays
Lydia Pinkham
Irene Crosby
Charlton Treat
Savannah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vinay
A Morning Suggestion and Household Cures Featured
An assortment of patent medicines and anecdotes appears. Prominent are Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort and a note on Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. The text also includes humorous quotes from periodicals and a brief item about medical bargains.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N. J
Coast Artillery Reorganization and Senate Farm Talks
Washington reports a plan for a complete Coast Artillery reorganization and revised field coast forces with a raised end strength up to 19 147. Negotiations on railroad rates statehood Philippine policy and ship subsidy continue amid doubts of a cross party compromise. Senator Cullom predicts a court review amendment to the rate bill within weeks. Associate Justice Harlan may resign to aid church consolidation with a $25 000 fund. The Assembly church votes to unite with New York Avenue Church.
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Washington
Coast Artillery
Field and
Representative Hall of Iowa
House Committee On Military Affairs
Secrueary Taft
Bates
War Department
House
Senate
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Cuwllom
White House
Knox
Cullom
Dolliver
Clapp
John M. Harlan
United States Supreme Court
New York Avenue
Assembly Presbyterian Church
Assembly Church
Supreme Bench
The
Out of Date Newspapers and Versatile Quotes
An 1885 paper is read for two hours before being found to be out of date with Balkans Santo Domingo and Venezuela reports. A party scene follows with guests praising a speech and a comic remark about a leaking bathroom tap. A quip about Sanford’s optimistic temperament ends with a pearl payment image.
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Balkans
Santo Domingo
Venezuela
Philadelphia Bulletin
Newberry
Sanford
Baldwin
President's Message Length Draws Comment in Press
The New York Sun notes the 26,000 word length of the President's message while the Philadelphia Bulletin reports on General Wood reacting to the abolition of the lieutenant general grade. He quips about not resigning and staying in training for a possible jump.
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Piella
Bella
Pack
New York Sun
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wood
Philadelphia Ledger
Terrible Scalp Humor Cure by Cuticura Ad
A testimonial from H. M. F. Weiss of Rosemond Christion Co Ith detailing a scalp eczema like condition starting ten years earlier with sores and hair loss. After trying remedies he used Cuticura Remedies per directions and saw improvement in two weeks. Later a major eruption in Oct-Nov 1904 was treated with a doctor and Cuticura Soap and Ointment leading to recovery by Aug 34, 1905.
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Cuttcura
H. M. F. Weiss, Rosemond, Christion Co
Ith
Witty Victorian Social Snippets From 19th Century Journals
A collection of brief, humorous quotable exchanges from period papers. Includes lines about voting, dance invitations, apartment amenities, rural speech, and funeral etiquette, reflecting social mores and language of the era with playful irony.
Daughter Plays Loudly Sparks Parental Dispute
A Chicago News excerpt captures Mrs Firstfloor insisting her daughter play as loudly as she wishes while Mrs Secondflet objects. The exchange reveals parental intent to discipline Willie, prompting concern about public noise and discipline in the home.
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Willie
Chicago News
Humorous Remarks From Papers and Jokes About Money and Births
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers. It includes jokes about money in families with line by line exchanges on wealth, marriage, and attitude toward gifts. It notes a Canton Illinois family where Mrs Joy has fifteen children with a pattern of twins and one triplet across multiple stork visits.
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Charles Joy
Canton
Ill
Floating canvas screen nets fish catching method
The piece describes a Chinese fishing technique where a white canvas screen lowered from a boat causes fish to jump over it into the boat. It notes Malays use a similar method in their waters, highlighting how the screen serves as an artificial obstruction guiding fish into capture.
Oddities and local notices from a faded page
The Caspian Sea is the lowest body of water on the globe. Its level has fallen eighty five feet below the Black Sea. A camel cannot swim and drowns when footing fails. A Bresium zoo monkey had cataract surgery and now wears spectacles. A Oakland teamster arrested for driving a lame horse, claiming Christian Science cures. A Concordia boy ends prayers with God bless papa and mama, animals are worth two dollars a piece.
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Caspian Sea
Globe
Black Sea
Oakland
Cal
Concordia
Kon
Papa
Mama
Zurich Professor Tames 200 Fish In Lao of Li cerne
Doctor Fastenrach, a Zurich professor, has trained over two hundred fish in the Lao of Li cerne. When he wades into the lake they come to him, eat from his hand, and allow him to lift them from the water.
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Fastenrach
Zurich
Licerne
Hla
Coffee Debate Promotes Postum Against Harmful Coffee
A group of coffee importers and roasters push to boom Postum Food Coffee, claiming coffee harms about one third of users. They challenge the coffee industry with a $100,000 wager and urge readers to test by stopping coffee for ten days, using Postum instead. They cite Postum and Grape-Nuts as pure, and warn caffeine in coffee destroys brain tissue while Postum rebuilds health through wheat bran and minerals.
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Omething
Natfre
Boston
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Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine CO
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Carice
Louisville Courier-Journal
Anne Teeke
Gasser
Taier
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Puck
United States
Committee On Territories
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Thompson's
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Mayer
F. Mayer Bool & Shoe Co., Mliwwudce
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Brooklyn
Acura
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Lumbago
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Inwa
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Iowa
Philadelphia Press
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Limburgar
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