Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief from Female Ills
Letters from women describe avoiding surgical operations after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts thirty years of success in curing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid conditions irregularities backache and periodic pains and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
The Girl for Him and the Waiting Lass Joke
A Scottish suitor telegraphs a marriage proposal and endures a long wait for an answer. The telegraph operator warns him, but the Scot defends waiting as a sign of a Nine lass for me, a playful quip from Everybody's.
What Women Have Done In Boston Art Society
Mrs. M. F. Johnston of Richmond Indiana spoke at the Boston biennial of the G F W C for the Art association of that city ten years old. Five hundred dollars is appropriated yearly for purchasing a picture and the council contributes $100 for the annual exhibition. She noted shifts in the stand arid in pictures and crafts and predicted in the coming years greater culture and knowledge of art for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Johnston
Richmond
Ind
Boston
Art Association of
Burial place clue to bishop’s grave in Brompton
A society piece recalls a well known English bishop who has lost his third wife. A cleric who knew the first wife returns from Africa and seeks the bishop's burial site. He visits the cathedral and asks the verger who replies that the bishop mostly “pukes ’em” at Brompton, implying a burial tie there.
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Africa
Brompton
Health and income linked by good health’s value
A Chicago girl writes of illness from overwork and poor nourishment. After adopting Grape-Nuts for two meals daily her health improves, brain fog dissolves, and she remains employed. The letter promotes Postum and Grape-Nuts with a testimonial tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Postum Co
Battle Reek
Mich
Well- Hille
Pligs
World Capital of Women at Waldorf Astoria
A New York observer counted 18 965 entrants to the Waldorf Astoria on a Saturday using a mechanical tally. Most visitors were women. the piece argues their spending comes from a man’s earnings and questions the productivity of hotel leisure and fashionable consumption.
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York
Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Thirty Fourth Street
Thirty-third Street
Peacock Alley
the Palm Room
Bomb Throwing Becomes Habit in New York's Dynamite Zone
In New York an area on the east side known as the dynamite zone experiences daily dynamite incidents. Ten serious explosions since January and six large bombs in the Eleventh street heart area have wrecked tenements. Most bombs fail to detonate properly, allowing victims to escape. Police efforts continue amid rising fear and late-day activity.
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New York
Eleventh Street
Night Hawks of New York City Live By Night Schedule
A feature on the so called night hawks in New York City describing leisure class men who linger in hotels and nocturnal venues after sundown. They share late dinners reads and theater visits before dawn and plan next nights outings while rejecting daylight life after eight years in this schedule.
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York City
Boston Post
Night Hawk
Coney Island
New York City Launches Spankatorium No 1 At Court
A revived spanking post becomes a juvenile court adjunct named spankatorium No 1. Parents may choose spanking over institutional confinement as two attendants manage the sessions. Abie Epstein tested it, praising the plan, while the city also reports washing about 50,000 boys weekly in new baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Spankatorium
Abie Epstein
Not Only Could SUT Did
A witty exchange shows the husband of a brilliant talker reluctant to join midday meals. A male admirer jokes about the wife’s conversational talent, praising her presence at the table while the husband lightly bows and leaves as the wife enters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grandon
Cuticura Cured Four in Chattanooga and More
A reader testimonial claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a baby’s neck sores and a wife’s tetter, with others in the family noting similar success. The piece also mentions Jerome K Jerome’s philosophy and a London hospital anecdote, then promotes Defiance Starch for laundry, urging proper laundering and starching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillia Wilcher
Eleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
Woman Wins Scholastic Honor At Eclectic Medical College
Miss Stella Schaffer delivered the valedictory at Eclectic Medical College New York graduation. It marks the first woman valedictorian in over a decade. She also won the electro therapeutic prize Your Druggl and a commercial ad line appears among the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Schaffer
Eclectic Medical College
City of New York
Miss Schaffer
Allen's Foot-Engo Powder For Swollen Feet
Allen's Foot-Engo is presented as a powder for swollen and sweating feet. The ad claims instant appeal to buyers and notes availability from druggists, though wording is fragmented. The promotion hinges on foot care relief and mass appeal to consumers seeking quick comfort.
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Allen
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