Indian Women and Endurance Medicine
St Louis Post Dispatch notes that Indian women are proverbially healthy and strong. They reportedly march days with babes on their backs and even travel around confinement. A local weed allegedly grants endurance, used to make a medicine sold by J. H. Blackburn as Indian Weed or Female Medicine.
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St.Louis
Post Dispatch
J. H. Blackburn
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
New York
Pusting Away Clothes
Packing away winter clothes and draperies needs common sense and organization. Place heavy overcoats at the bottom, with light fall coats on top for easy access. Wrap small articles, mark contents, use linen bags for skirts, and add perfumed flannel in bags. A memorandum book aids locating packed items.
Boxing Lesson Turns to Quick Fight in Instructor’s Ring
A wary student asks for boxing lessons to win back his girl. The instructor tests him with a quick spar, revealing the student’s lack of nerve. After a short bout the student admits defeat and agrees to pay two dollars per lesson. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as a nerve tonic.
Lagrippe Poem Echoes Suffering From Cold
The verse laments a severe lagrippe with pleas to Time to return the nose and vigor. The speaker describes sneezing coughing and continual misery begging a mother to sew up the head with a pillow slip as the illness lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kange
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Health Claims
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the One True Blood Purifier and claims pure blood is the basis of health. It touts Hood’s Pills as vegetable, harmless, reliable, and beneficial for lasting well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
The Tongue of Slander and Its Lure
A meditation on slander describes how idle tongues feed on bitterness and sweetness, direct attacks or subtle insinuations, and poison reputations. It notes slander corrupts noble minds, yet remains alluring to many, revealing weakness behind education and refinement.
Castoria Recalled In Child Health Rhetoric
A vintage ad line traces Castoria’s role from infancy through motherhood. The snippet highlights the medicine as a constant remedy across stages, reflecting early 20th century consumer culture and parental trust in familiar brands.
Ice cream in a minute promotion by Beird Co
A Pennsylvania firm advertises a one minute ice cream freeze device promising instant smooth ice cream and easy profits. It offers complete instructions by mail and suggests employment on salary for full time workers to sell the freezer and kit nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Beird & Co
S. Highland Ave
Pittsburg
Constiption Remedy Claims Quick Blood Benefit
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for obstinate constipation claiming to improve blood health and energy. Dr. W. A. Wri ar is named in the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W. A. Wriaur
Boys and girls roles in a Boston essay critique
An Athens Banner essay mocks boys for loudness and boldness while praising girls for restraint. It argues boys are vocal and reckless, compare them to frogs, and says men become husbands who stay out late, whereas grown women become widows who keep house.
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Athens
Boston Gil
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