Doctor Advised Operation in Galena Kans Mentioned
Mrs Hay of Galena recounts a painful lump on her right side that grew to the size of a hen’s egg after a fall. A doctor urged surgery for a ruptured tumor, but Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound relieved the lump. she urges others to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham for female illnesses.
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Galena
Kans
Kansas
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. ? R. Hay
Mineral Ave
Ans
Lydia E. Pinkham
A Sad Case and Ocean Liner Jokes in a Patchwork Column
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from early newspapers recalls sea travel on the Great Lakes with Sarnia to Fort William service and new Northern Navigation Co steamers. It includes a medical quip about a Howard girl, a doctor’s pun on birth dates, and light exchanges about ocean liners and publishing a historical novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Sarnia
Ontario
Fort William
Northern Navigation Co.’s
Great Lakes
Grand Trunk Railway System
W. S. Cookson
Merchants Loan & Trust Building
Chicago
Howard
Kan
Pocket Gopher Damage Across Farms Drives War on Pest
Lawrence Bruner argues pocket gophers cause multi million dollar annual harm to crops and irrigation, with losses estimated from 100 to several dollars per 160 acre farm. He notes burrow systems beneath soil, limited reproduction, and increasing numbers due to reduced natural enemies like owls hawks weasels and bullsnakes, while enticing crops attract populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bruner
Fruit Growers Spraying Hints for Home Orchards
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station advises fruit growers to use Bordeaux mixture with arsenical poison to control apple diseases and worms. Apply from pre blossom to post harvest in multiple large sprays, using strong pumps, with careful coverage from many directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Department
Agricultural Experiment Station
The
University of Wisconsin
Device for Tree Planting Method Illustrated in Old Text
Instructions describe a planting tool and steps to stake out and notch a board to guide hole placement for tree planting. A board with a notch is set against stakes, and pins are driven into holes to secure the guide, enabling removal of the board later.
Cuticura cures a day itch claim and other items
A testimonial from New York City dated April 27 1909 describes rapid relief from a severe burning itching skin condition after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment starting March 20. The ad asserts the patient was fully recovered by April 1 and promotes Cuticura products. The second fragment features Lee Wyman promoting preserving children’s sayings and a mother and child exchange about the ten commandments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sola Props
Boston
Mass
Lee Wyman
Wyman
Mrs
Permanently Cured Kidney Trouble Claim Card
Mrs Catherine Kautz of Findlay Ohio reports four years ago she suffered kidney trouble with back pain and weakness. Doan s Kidney Pills cured her and she has been free of kidney trouble for three years. For sale by dealers 60 cents a box Foater Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also a humorous Sunday school dialogue about souls and heavens between two boys with punchline about bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kautz
Center St
Findlay
Doan
Deafness Cure Claim Promises Catarrh Relief
An old advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes can be cured only by constitutional remedies, offering $100 for any catarrh caused deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes a patent remedy and family pills, ending with a light joke about vacation impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drigelsty
Thy
Yake Hal
California
Gos
Skepticism and satire in a curious ad fragment
A compact column fragment mocks skepticism with a quip about a man refusing chicken salad as sinful. It pivots to medical claims about constipation causing diseases and promotes Doctor Plerer's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and cathartic cure, then notes checks signifying prosperity and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and colic.
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Plerer
The Overland Simplest Car Sale Ad Teaser
The Overland offers a simple pedal control car with few parts and automatic machinery. Prices range from 1000 to 1500 dollars with multiple models including 25 and 40 horsepower, all including gas lamps and magneto. A catalog coupon invites readers to locate the nearest dealer and learn more.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Bigging
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Boston Herald
Pocket Gopher
Horticultural Department of Agricultural Experiment Station of
Wisconsin University
Chimmis
Willie
Bobby
Willys-Overland Co
Toledo, Ohio
Ands
Mapower Verlands
Hay
Siapofke
Philo Ray Spec, Co
Newark
N. J
Freer Bazel
MEER
eHicl
Ouri
Acothe
Missouri
Western Canada
Deneen
Illinos
Yernoy Dongen
Ilinois
Baskatchewan
Lauade
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Yv
Tiakes Bick
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