Peruna Endorsements Highlight Digestive Health Claims
A Canadian lady Mary Burns of Halifax praises Peruna for curing years of indigestion and stomach trouble in three months. Miss Blanche Grey of Memphis writes of Peruna giving new strength to a tired society woman. The ad asserts Peruna has no narcotics and cures catarrh by improving digestion reducing stomach and bowel inflammations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Mary Burns
Spring Garden Road
Halifax
N. S
Blanche Grey
Memphis
Tenn
Alabama Street
Defiance Starch Promises Savings and No Sticking
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch noting 16 oz per package at 10 cents, double the size of rivals. It claims no chemical additives and that other brands misrepresent sizes. Bonus lines promote personal remedies and social quips from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Damage suit wave hits Houston on May eleventh
The Texas damage suit industry grows with a Houston rush of filings totaling 86,995 in a single afternoon. Railroads face most of the claims, including Western Union and a local firm, while critics accuse plaintiffs and lawyers of exploiting public credulity and call for harsh treatment of fraudsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Dallas
Beau Monde
Foot care ads and short quips from turn of the century papers
A collage of old advertisements and quips promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder for new shoes and foot comfort, Defiance Starch buys and samples, Fiso's Cure for coughs, Dickey's Eye-water, and miscellaneous witticisms on marriage and manners from early 1900s notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Farmers Congress education push for Texas farmers
The Passenger Department promotes an unusually low fare to College for the Farmers Congress on July 5 to 7. Wm. Doherty urges farmers in Central East West lines to attend, stressing education, diversification, and improved methods as vital for Texas prosperity. The piece notes UK earnings for adult male workers at about $360 annually in a separate quote.
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Wm. Doherty
Doherty
Texas
Farmers’ Congress
South
United States Department of Agriculture
A. & M. College
California
Florida
Japanese Straw Charcoal Heals Wounds For One Shilling
Japanese doctors dress wounds of 600 men with a fine powder made from slow burned straw. The antiseptic absorbent charcoal is packed in sachets and applied to the injuries, offering rapid healing at a cost of one shilling per treatment.
Watchshirt Stud Tiny Timepiece Wound by Turn
An English watchmaker has completed a tiny watch in the form of a shirt stud. The dial measures two sixteenths of an inch and it will be worn with two other studs. The upper stud winds the watch and the lower adjusts the bands.
Military Glory and Public Benevolence Critique
A terse moral reflection warns that societies praise destroyers more than benefactors, fueling continued pursuit of military glory among the most exalted leaders. The aphorism laments vice arising from such biased esteem and calls for reconsideration of wartime praise.
Hunt's cure praised for skin troubles by Mrs Hightower
A reader testimonial from Palmetto La. 60c per box claims Hunt's cure is the surest remedy for skin troubles like Keze ma Ringworm. Also mentions Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children for feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worm destruction sold by all druggists and addressed to AS Olmsted Loktoy N.
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Atlanta
Hunt
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C. W. G. Barsshide
J. N. Wisner & CO
Cotton Exchange
Hant
R. V. Morris
Scottsville, Ark
Lydia E.pinkham
Fiso
J. W. O'Baren
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Mion
Dickey
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Ponape
Od Lr
Panghn Sood
New York
Wherrett
C.E. Wherrett Co
Atchison, Kana
J. Ll. Hightower
Palmetto, la
Astoria
Bears
Castoria
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Kk Sheibig
Texas Ave
Housta
W. Green
Texas Optical Co
H.F Coilen
Ripans
United States
Frompson
W.N. U. Houston
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