Parlor and magic room air castles and cures
A jumble of ad style lines touts Fotey's Honey and Tak cough medicine from Erie sellers Trupen and Loughran while warning of counterfeit products. The piece mocks fashionable showy rooms with no kitchen and recalls DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for burns and piles, kidney cure boasts, and sneering at sensational fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fotey
Chas. Bender
Erie
Trupen & Loughran
DeWitt
J. M. Bosworth
Cough and Ailment Remedies Advertised in 19th Century Split
Advertisements promote Forry's asphak to stop acid when exposure begins and warn against taking other remedies. Tilden & Loughran claim efficacy, while Atchison Globe notes a strong case against a lazy loafer. Puck highlights a One Minute Dough re cure for croup and a quip about laborers and dough-winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forry
Tilden & Loughran
Banner Salve guarantees for skin diseases and burns
The manufacturers authorize the undersigner to guarantee Banner Salve for burns, cuts, sores, ulcers, tetter, eczema and all skin diseases with money back if it fails. A testimonial notes the product's claim and references DeWitt's Early Risers as an alternative remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilden & Loughran
DeWitt
Witt
L. M. Bosworth
Quack Remedies and Patent Patent Claims Highlighted
An article fragment promotes assorted cures and health products. It touts Bright’s disease remedies, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for burns and skin disorders, FoLex’s Henzy and Tak for coughs, Kodol Dyspepsia for digestion, and generic “L. M. h.” advice, along with literary quips about strength and health.
Lettuce Rules in a Garden of Vain Vegetables
Charles Dudley Warner compares vegetables in a humorous prose essay and defends lettuce as the finest garden company. He contrasts beans cucumbers corn and melons with lettuce praising its crispness refinement and social charm despite oil vinegar and pepper accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dudley Warner
Folded Transfers Test a Conductor’s Patience
A New York Times report describes conductors frustrated by riders who hand in folded transfers. Women often fold transfers tight and hide them, forcing conductors to unfold and verify each one. Men crumble slips and hand them over, delaying service and testing temper. The piece likens the issue to handling railroad or theater tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stowaway Bride Dies After Shipboard Breakup
A tale from Ainslee's Magazine recounts a poor couple who fled to sea with a stowaway bride. The woman, exhausted by hardship and denied marriage, leapt into the bay during deportation and later died in a charity hospital, a broken heart cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Hospital
Strength In Aluminium
In answer to a common query metal workers ask about aluminium strength. Cast aluminium is about as strong as cast iron in tension but weaker in compression. It is not very rigid under transverse stress and can bend nearly twice its length before breaking. Forging and pressing at 600 degrees Fahrenheit greatly improve tensile strength, and nickel alloyed aluminium is much stronger than the pure metal.
Unconscious Disciple in Eastern Fakirs Posture Debate
Trotter and Miss Rivalton discuss eastern fakir feats as Miss Rivalton recalls Maud Wayuppe playing golf. The dialogue lampoons exotic notions and fashionable quirks in a Harper's Bazaar style exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trotter
Miss Rivalton
Maud Wayuppe
Harper’s Bazar
The Brain Its Function and Self Control
This article from Pearson's Weekly explains brain structure and function, noting the cerebrum as the center of mental action and detailing sensory and motor areas. It warns that poor blood and worry harm brain activity and urges self control to preserve equilibrium, linking memory to the prefrontal region. It ends with a note on campaign badge collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atchison Globe
Fordville
Miscellaneous
Iden & Loughran
Heyes Sage
Chicago Daily News
M. Bosworth
Puck
Bright's
FoLex
Henzy
Tak
India
L. M. H. Wort
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Eibstracts
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Iowa
E.C DeWitt &Co
Chicago
NEW Mason Fruit Jairs
Warren Jackson
Bradley & Wide, Grocers
Todisch Bros
C. W. Dudgeon
AmgEs
D. Embree
Duff Street
Story County
E. D. Mineah & CO
M. Hemstreet
A. Richmond
M.D
J. A. Campbell
Hemstreet & Campbell
Real Estate & Insurance
South Side Main Street
Drs
Richmond & Hutchison, Physicians and Surgeons
Bosworth
Ames
Hatchison
L. L. Zenor
Hamilton Block
W E Harriman
Phas
Hunt
I. C. Browntie
D. D
Flcat & Bro Dentists
Vrilie
Rhads
Ames, Iowa
Frank Morris
Wight
Union National Bank
W. M. Grexiey
Henry Watson
A. &. Nexpuam
Assa
Doe
Bankers’ National Bank
National City Bank
New York
Valley National B
Des Moines
M.boswonti
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