Sisterly Bond and a Potion for Female Ailments
A photo shows a sisterly embrace amid womanly growth while an older sister endures menstrual irregularities. The ad extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a sovereign cure for female complaints including bearing down, back pain, womb issues, ovarian inflammation, and tumor expulsion in early development, claiming it calms nervousness and restores vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Grace B. Stansbury
Herington, Kansas
Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps Promoted as Cure All
An advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as a seasonable remedy that tones the system and cures various ailments including colic flatulence stomach pains and kidney and bladder troubles urging readers to ask a druggist for it and refuse substitutes.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE PROMO CLAIMS QUICK COLD CURE
An advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes money refunds if it fails and features Sure E. W. Grove's signature on the box. The closing line adds unrelated text about Pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Century of marvels and their men of science
The article highlights key figures shaping the nineteenth century. Watt, Faraday, Ericsson, Cuvier, Darwin, Pasteur, Lister, Howe, Daguerre, Livingstone are named for advances in steam, electricity, locomotion by water, biology, chemistry, sanitation, photography, and geographic exploration. It lauds their lasting impact on science and discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watt
Michael Faraday
John Ericsson
Stephenson
Princeton
George Cuvier
Cuvier
Charles Darwin
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Elias Howe
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
David Livingstone
Africa
Lighthouse to honor William Black at Mull coast
A monument to novelist William Black will be commemorated by a lighthouse at Duart Point Mull on the dangerous Scottish coast. The light is to be fueled by compressed gas in a tank and replenished periodically by a lighthouse steamer serving the west coast islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Black
Duart Point
Mull
Coast
West Coast Islands
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Crace
City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lupia E. Pinkaam Medicine Co
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Chase
M. B. Green
Philadelphia
Atlanta
W. N. A. Houston
Psaxen
David Liwan
Ngeonce Cuvier
Charles Robert Darwin
Reee
Michael Faraway
Ias Howe
Tur Aga
Witsels
Raore
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