Women and Surgery Fear a Common Ills Cure Found in Pinkham Compound
A letter from Letitia Blair of Canada claims unnecessary surgeries on women are common and that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fibroid-like symptoms and drops in change of life, avoiding operation. The notice urges sick women to write for advice, highlighting the product's claimed effectiveness and mass guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Letitia Blair
Gamniston
Ont
Mrs. Pinkham
Household Hints From A Scribbler’s Page Of Tips
A collection of kitchen and home tips offering practical hacks. Advice includes using vinegar and lemon juice for cooking and cleaning, turpentine for fabric tar removal, keeping dry flour on newspapers to prevent scale, coffee roasting aroma, poached egg whites set with vinegar, and various methods for cleaning silver, knives, and piano keys.
News Notes from Toronto and District
Fernie fire losses exceed 1.5 million by insurers. Windsor GTR station broken into with 600 stolen. Turkish women may gain freedom under new government. Railway Commission to study Sunday work on railways. A tip on improving sauces with lemon after cooking. Seventeen charges against Owen Sonod hotelkeepers for Mayor Act breaches. three jailed four months, others fined heavily. Adam Bannerman, 80, walked 8 miles to Bradford to repair a watch. a rig halted his return. Sanday and Day are farmers near Martinton. five sons and five daughters in Day family. many marriages foretold. A Toronto man Lawrence driving near Bradford helped a boy driving a cow. wife thrown, collarbone broken. Inspector Fisher at Craighurst fined hotelkeeper Stewart McFadden $50 plus $82.17 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie
Windsor
Railway Commission
Owen Sonod
Adam Bannerman
Bradford
Sanday
Day
Martinton
Toronto
Lawrence
Age of progress in medicine cod liver extract
French chemists discover a process to separate curative elements from cod liver oil producing a oil-free cod liver extract. Vincois a modern preparation claimed to build strength and aid chronic throat and lung ailments as well as general debility. A Battle Creek druggist offers it with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinoi
Ond
Vinci
D. H. Ma
What Happened to the Man Who Bought It
A humor piece sketches two Brownstown farmers meeting on the road and chatting about Sim James. Sim, battered and bandaged after an accident, limps in front of his place as they banter about a peddled colt and a broken wagon, with locals trading quips from Detroit Free Press and Denver News-Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim James
Bay
Barry
Sim
Jemimy
Jock
Stor
Keers
Abe
Yaos
Detroit Free Press
How It Affected Mark the Eaddieafter Golden Highlander
The fragment hints at Mark the eaddie's changed behavior after Leo ate a Golden Highlander and shifted to golf. It contrasts bachelorhood illness with married life and hints at boarding concerns and misquoted Browning. The text is garbled and source details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
the Eaddie
Leo
Dages Move Waxed Eloquence on Women's Failings
A polemical piece mocks male advice givers amid a late 19th or early 20th century voice. It lampoons constant prescriptions for spinsterhood wifehood and motherhood, noting endless maxims and premisses while urging women to appear pleasant and follow prescribed roles.
Odor Free Kitchen Tricks From Onion to Bread
A dated note on cleaning utensils after onions says a raw potato pass removes onion odor from a paring knife. It also suggests covering pots of cabbage simmering with a large bread piece to absorb fumes and keep dinner plans secret from the household head.
Hints for Housekeepers and Olive Preparations
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century household guide offers tips on marking bottles to deter tampering with poléon runa and how to clean lace with magnesia or French chalk. It includes cucumber sauces for fish, a boiled egg cheese ball filling, and methods to tenderize pot roast with a dash of vinegar. It also describes olive based sandwiches and preparations, including Russian style and stuffed olives.
Experience and Dangers of a Balloon Parachute Escape
A balloon stunt at a country fair yields a dramatic parachute descent. The narrator recalls fear, near death as the parachute tangled, then opens, saving him just before ground impact. A concluding humor panel contrasts the scene with a cartoon joke about giraffes and soap.
Fragmented dialogue and Rustinish line ends
A torn passage presents a playful exchange with a duck of a doctor and a child remarking on a physician. The text includes muddled names and a line about Ruskin and servants followed by a fragment about someone in a study. The readable portion hints at a humorous or parodic card scene.
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Wise Ween Dana Tea Unis
Detroit Trita
New York
Washington Star
Fou
Baltimore American
Ananias
Becker
Lestie
Denver News-Times
Dusty
Dusty Dennis
George
Chicago News
Mr. Corntessel
Tom
Winkle
Hinkle
Insane Asylum
Browning
Ant Aarobot
Tommy
Goodley
Jones
Elmer
Ruskin
Ceedes
I. R. Hambly
Femoes
Peninsular’ Ranges
Jet
Thow Yen
Heelan
Barrie
Cowan Company
Manufacturers
Cowan
the Cowan Company Limited
Renee Sesecure
Canada
J. A. Maclaren
Canadian National
Mammoth
Paris Salon
Sebastopol
Foto Liste
Raizy Litenks
Vodellation
Addrono J. C. Orr
Bavader
City Mall
Torists Chreap
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