Woman’s nervous trouble eased by vegetable compound
A West Danby woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing lifelong nervous trouble and sleeplessness. She testifies the remedy helped her and her daughter, and she keeps it at home for ongoing use. The ad extols the tonic as derived from native roots and herbs and lauds its reputation. A separate line notes Priscilla asks Alden why he does not speak for himself, and his reply about pride.
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West Danby
Lydia E. Pinkham
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy and Advice
A vintage notice proposes a gray hair treatment using Bay Rum and Bardo Compound with glycerine in water, applied twice weekly to darken faded gray hair, reduce dandruff, and improve softness without coloring the scalp. It claims low cost and non staining results. A separate closing line adds a quip about men and jokes.
Weeks' Break Up A Cold Tablets Ad Card
A vintage advertisement proclaims Weeks Break Up A Cold Tablets as a guaranteed remedy for cold and la grippe sold by druggists for 25 cents. The copy urges taking no other medicine and ends with an egg in the cup proverb.
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Coldia
Wilde, a Survive of the Ghost: Hump and Wolf Larsen Clash
In a fogbound San Francisco Bay wreck, Humphrey Van Weyden is hurled aboard the sealing ship Ghost. Captain Wolf Larsen battles ethics and power with Hump as a cabin boy, confronting Mugridge the cook, coercion, knives, and evolving philosophy during a brutal voyage toward Japan.
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Humphrey van Weyden
San Francisco Bay
Ghost
Wolf Laursen
Japan
Mugridge
Hump
Wolf
Cooky
Mugridie
Thomas Mugridge
George Leach
Leach
Thoma
Wolf Larsen
Thomas Mueridga
Restful interlude aboard with Wolf Larsen and crew
In a calm period three days of rest unfold aboard the ship as the narrator and Wolf Larsen converse about life, literature, and the universe. Tho Mugridge grows restless, while Louis warns of danger. The crew continues labor, including watch duties, and a brief moment of danger and tension emerges aboard deck after an earlier conflict.
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Wolf Larsen
Louis
Finding Goodness in Pleasure and Leisure for All
A discussion on fatigue and overwork, urging shorter hours and graded work. It argues that workers deserve time for sunshine, air, and recreation, linking leisure to health, sanity, and moral well being across social classes. The piece cites doctors, unions, and the idea of shared rights to leisure.
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Inbor
God
Travel adviser cautions against dangerous Cape Cod route
A travel briefing warns travelers to avoid a perilous route around Cape Cod. Officials cite rough seas, shifting currents, and limited shelter as reasons to choose safer passages and prepared mariners.
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Cape Cod
Cleanse the pores with Cuticura skincare ad
Pimples blackheads redness and rough skin respond to Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. The super creamy emollients prevent pore clogging and improve the skin. Free sample by mail with book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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