Reforms for Insurance Endorsed by New York Committee
New York report outlines proposed reforms for life insurance firms. Key points include organization, director control, retirement of stock, investments, policy valuation, rebates, surrender values, surplus distribution, and penalties. It urges allowing nonstock life companies with large membership, bans political contributions, and strengthens state supervision. Also notes executive order on civil service for laborers and suffrage and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate
Prudential Life Insurance Company
New Jersey
Fife Insurance Corporations
Quotations and Advertisements in a Shifting Market
A collage of vintage ads and quips. It includes references to patent medicines like Mrs Winslow's Syrup and Dr. King’s remedies, Christmas bound phrases, and small town humor from Town Topics and Puck. The piece juxtaposes sales pitches with jokes about marriage and fortune, reflecting a bygone era.
Cure for Chronic Psoriasis Advertised by Cuticura
A testimony claims thirty five year psoriasis cured in thirty days by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The patient describes red circular patches scaling shedding raw skin, intense itching, and bleeding, with complete recovery asserted five years prior and attributed to daily bathing and treatment. The notice includes unrelated geographic notes and historical references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Chidester
Hutchinson, Kay
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A historical ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for women's ailments. It cites testimonials from Mrs Holmes, Mrs Cottely, and Mrs Tolmes of Larimore North Dakota, describing backache headaches and menstrual relief, and urges readers to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice for irregular periods, weakness, and other female troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Holmes
Cottely
J.C. Tolmes
Larimore
North Dakota
Pinkhamt
Emma Cottely
East 18Th Street
New York City
Lydia I. Pinkham
Free Advice to Women by Mrs Pinkham
A notice invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham for guidance on symptoms. It notes she is Lydia E. Pinkham’s daughter in law and assistant, continuing twenty five years of free cheerful advice and medicine that restored health to many women. Address Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob L. Davis
Galena
Stone County
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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Congressman Meekison
Peruna
David Meekison
Meekison
David MeeKson
Napoleon
Ohio
Earl S. Sloan
Gil Albany St
Beston, Mass
Iowa
Taxa
Pricas
DES Moines Greamery CO
3A & Wine
Des Moines
Price
Diemer
Springfield
A. Howland
Madison Avenue
Kanwis
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
California
T&s
Chicago
Xisch F. RE
Century Bidg
Iie
D&w
Canada
Ottawa
Harmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
W. W. Bynnett
New York Life Building
Ouiwua
Nebraska
New York Committee
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
England
London
Charles Dilke
Forest of Dew
Gloucestershire
House of Commons
Unganda
Africa
Chicago Journal
Miss
Lewis
Peoria
DOWT
Russ Company
South Lend, Tool
Dora
Charly
Nora
Eve
Adam
Puck
Maseus
Shakespeare
W,n.y
D.g. Holmes
Emma Cotrely
Serbia
DRS. Thornton & Minor
Oak St
Kansas City
Jam Ei
Peabody-Macpherson CO
Union Park Place
Hicu
California Fig Syrup Co
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