Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
A Silver Lake Massachusetts woman Mrs Ida Haskell credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing four years of inflammation and ulceration after trying many remedies. Testimonials from Mrs Tillie Hart and Mrs Thle Harr of Larimore North Dakota advocate the medicine's efficacy and invite other sick women to write to Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orer
Ida Haskett
Silverlake
Mass
Lydia
Thle Harr
Larimore
N.D
A Comparison of Heartbeats Between Diets
The text asserts different heart rates for vegetarians and meat eaters. It claims the vegetarian heart averages 58 beats per minute while the meat eater averages 75, amounting to about 24,000 additional beats per day for the meat eater.
Age of many measures and tall tales from a family diary
The excerpt blends family lore with tall tales and jokes about time keeping through almanacs and memory. It features a diary keeping father, grandparent pensioning facts, relatives recalling years from 1888 to 1949, and a comic exchange about the earth resting on a mud turtle and Achilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Lincoln Washington
Abraham Longstreet Whitehead
Achilles
Mr. Achilly
Scintillations and Cost of Art Dialogues
A fragmentary old verse and prose excerpt contrasts shells of wisdom with a barber shopstyle joke about a farmer seeking a portrait. The snippets showcase humor and aphorisms about honesty adversity fear and art pricing in a rustic tone.
Thirty Years of Service Ends With Peruna Aid
Hon David Meckison long known in Ohio and across America for founding the Meckison Bank of Napoleon. He served four terms and led his party in his state. A single flaw, catarrh, resisted. Peruna finally helped, prompting a letter to Dr Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Meckison
America
Meckison Bank
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Hartmap
Peruna touted as cure for chronic catarrh in Cold Season
An advertising promotional piece extols Peruna as the best internal remedy for common colds and chronic catarrh. It cites testimonials from Mrs. A. Snedeker of Cartersville Georgia and urges early use at first cold symptoms to prevent persistent illness. Dr Hartman offers free literature and personal advice from Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Cratis
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
The One Who Keeps Resolutions Never Breaks Them
A quip notes that those who avoid making resolutions never fail to keep them. It suggests self discipline and caution in setting goals. The line underscores consistency over grand promises. The sentiment frames restraint as a path to virtue.
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Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Ill
Moses
Wilson
Dillon
Wye
St. Jacobs
Price
Reuben
Meckison
David Meekison
Congress
Kison
D. von Engel
Germany
Texas
Wendell & Koedpnick
San Jacinto ST
Houston, Tex
P. O
Alabastine CO
Grand 8
Mich
Water St
New Rebide
B. Lacey
Washington, D. C
H. Green
Old Colony Building
Chicago
Lil
W. N. U. Houston
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