Peruna testimonial and travel ads from old newspapers
A historical fragment cites Hawaii delegate R W Wilcox praising Peruna for dyspepsia and catarrh of the stomach, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice. The item mixes health testimony with travel boosts to Yellowstone and assorted 10 and 12 cent product notes, plus a Newark antitoxin tale and a Panama-California Exposition reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Wilcox
Congress
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Washington, D. C
R. W. Wilcox
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Lady Milbank of London Yachts and Hunts in Panorama
The Weekly Panorama profiles Lady Milbank as England s premier beauty. She stands taller than many, blonde with blue eyes and milky skin, famed for ears, style, and a black plume hat. Averse to frivolity she is an expert yachtswoman with a pilot’s certificate and an ardent huntress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milbanic
London
Lady Milbanic
England
Milbank
Scotland
Bingjiang
India
Flor
King Edw ard Error in Loyalist Salute to Americans
In a charged scene Queen Alexandra receives a mixed delegation of American coaches presented to King Edward of Tingland. The king, bored, praised their loyal sentiments while critiquing Americans who backed Britain financially yet showed no support in the Spanish-American War. Critics say similar loyalties exist among Britons and Americans alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard
Alexandra
King Edward
Tingland
Eoward
Ouy
Hearst
Chicago
United States
Manhattan Island
King Edward of
England
Spain
That Man Maclay Portrait of a Historian and Admirals Rival
A portrait of Maclay portrays him as a Scots born journalist turned historian and writer who attacked Admiral Schley for national attention. He climbed from reporter at the New York Tribune to lighthouse service and a navy clerkship, aspiring wealth and esteem through his charges, educated at Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maclay
Admiral Schley
Machlay
Schley
Cornell
New York Tribune
Lighthouse
Navy
Oddities and tips from a bustling era of wit
A column mixes light jests on ostrich farms profits and feather values with brief quips about geography accuracy and politics. Anecdotes feature a preacher and a poplar comment on populist angels, plus a Wisconsin reader touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as miraculous therapy after kidney disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vrienl
Mroker
Oe Jong
Pale
Cox
Wis
Frank M. Russell
Kitney
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Dod
Wisconsin
Dandruff in Ballrooms and a Hair Growth Claim
A salon advertisement notes dandruff on a gentleman’s coat in ballrooms and promotes Newhero’s Herpicide as a cure. It claims the product kills a germ said to cause baldness, stimulates rich growth, and keeps hair soft, pliant, and the scalp cool and pleasant.
Infallible remedies hawked in a 19th century ad
A montage of patent medicine pitches and claims. Ice cream as a cure for hiccups, Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, Wizard Oil for pain, and Defiance Starch touted with bold guarantees. The piece mocks overhyped cures and consumer gullibility while noting dubious medical assertions and promotional boilerplate.
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Raw
Sandwich Congress Islands
Alb
Tial
Me Esea
Newark
N. J
Friend
New York
Gepan
Old Point Comfort
W. E. Conklyn
Clark St
Defiance
Leyis Kipling
Yellowstone
Yellows Stone
Madgard Kiplin
Gulf
Blake
Burlington
Yellowstone Park
Omaha
J. Francis
Neb
Los Custs
Egypt
Essa
Jim
Avelington
Park
J. Vyraneis
Sozodort
Phelps Brown
B. Brown
Newbureh, N.Y
MRS. Gross & CO
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
Zorboy
A. Morrissey
ST. Mary’s Agabemy
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
Academy
St. Mary's Rew Notre Dante
Leonard Hamburg
Leonard
Etwee Ney
Ver
Wisieny
Unity Blay
Panorama
Lady Milbank
Ida Waters
Great Plains
Rockies
Berlin
Dirg
Winslow
Rte
Ren
Aaymin
Minn
A. R. Harlbun Co
Vox Maines
Lawn
Mater Bagsere
Hid Drago
Hall& Ruckel
Minnesota
Tls
F. Thomas 1. Sim
Pioneer Dress
St. Paul
Man
W.N. Y
Des Moines
California
Oregon
Washingtond
Towa
Binghamton, N Ye
Wilcox Bros
Tracy, Minn
Harvest Hands
Western
Canadr
Ee Canada
Laas
Wheat Belt
Onen
Ste
Ottawa
Canada
N, Bartholomew
Cwe
Buffalo
Johnson
Hagneric Siargh
Quia Canernee
Lee Leet
Wetmore
M. G. Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
America
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