Peruna advertised by Sisters of Charity and Dr Hartman
The Peruna Medicine Company promotes Peruna as a safeguard used by Sisters of Charity in caring for children with ailments from laryngitis to catarrh. Letters from Catholic Sisters and from Congressman Meekison praise its benefits, urging readers to contact Dr Hartman for free literature and personal advice.
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Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Medicine Co
Meekison
Napoleon
David Meekison
Lartman
Formule Peruna
Kartman
Tartman
S Tartman Sanitarium
Pills and testimonials spark reader warnings in 190L era ad
A fragmented testimonial page reports a dealer's claim to print consumer quotes praising Piso's Cure and a child teething product. It cites St Louis and Philadelphia Press sources with dates and prices, noting a 25 cent bottle and various opinions about medicine.
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Philadelphia Press
Piso
Self Iaking Dating Stamp Offer Noted
A reader asks about a 75 cent Self Iaking Dating Stamp and provides an address Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indians. The fragment suggests a requesting contact point though details are unclear.
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Fort Wayua
Fort Warne
Indiana
Rivalry Over Girl Sparks Fatal Fight in Wallace
In Wallace Indiana a feud between William Woodrow and Harry Lowe ends with Woodrow jailed on an assault charge while Lowe lies dying at his mother's home. Daisy Bruner prompted the rivalry as both men sought her favor, leading to a barber shop confrontation where Woodrow wounded Lowe with a knife. Ebner Grim, a soldier, saves a deaf boy on a railroad by leaping onto the track but is injured in the rescue.
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Rist of Life
Elkhart Railroad
Wallace
William Woodrows
Harry Lowe
Woodrow
Iarry Lowe
Daisy Bruner
Lowe
Ebner Grim
Ippines
Evansville
Indianapolis
Grin
Grim
Cura
Phil
Foreign Legion
Chicago Record-Herald
Richest Indiana Will Filed for Probate in Port Wayne
The Tate will probate document names three daughters Mrs. John C. Nelson of Logansport Mrs. John N Sauberty of Neenah Wis and Mrs. Charles Knight of Port Wayne as heirs and executors. Roswell Wo Ck neye of Leovisville to receive 68 and 68 a month for life. Each daughter receives 1000 cash for her husband.
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Son
Tate Dharge Dames Che Ney
Indiana
Port Wayne
John C. Nelson
Logansport
Ares
John N. Sauberty
Neenah
Wis
Charles Knight
Fore Wayne
Roswell Wo Ckneye
Leovisville
Heir to 200000 Claims From Father’s Death
Charles Osborn a Lake Shore Railroad worker inherits $200000 after his father dies in St Paul Minnesota. Parents separated years ago and the family moved to Elkhart after the mother’s death. The father had long awaited reunion and last appeal on his death bed from typhoid fever proved effective.
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Charles Osborn
Lake Shore
St. Paul Minn
Young Osborn
Elkhart
West
Derensed
Fire in Shields Clothing Store Causes Large Loss in Fort Wayne
A blaze at Shields Clothing Company in Fort Wayne caused an estimated loss of 875000 with partial insurance. Fire details and potential causes are under investigation as crews work to determine how the blaze started and spread through the store.
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Shields Clothing Company
Fort Wayne
South Carbondale
Warren County
Glendale
John McCafferty
William Paylor
Alfred Ellis
Mary Carr
Homestead Loan and Investment Company of Indiana
Indianapolis
Clover Leaf
Clarkshill
Shelbyville
Mathis Bros
Chicago
la Porte
Joseph Weeks
Cara Weeks
Lawrence
Cora Weeks’ Nather
Susan Trehind
Weeks
John Rhine
Salamazoo
James
Win
Grand Rapids
Micch
Julia Docs Vile
Jndian Springs
Calhoun
Mr Grover Returns to Health After Kidney Wills Use
Frederika Iowa December 28 Mr A S Grover aged 74 reports years of illness with kidney trouble and diabetes like symptoms. After taking ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Wills his bloating disappeared he gained weight and sleeps well with no return of symptoms.
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Frederika
A. S. Grover
Dodd
Doubt Cast On Male Intellectual Supremacy in Question
The youth asks if man is woman’s intellectual superior and the sage replies that he sometimes doubts it. The records show comparatively few women bigamists, suggesting gendered assumptions face scrutiny in this brief exchange.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Promoted by a nurse at a New York Children's Home, the preparation claims to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worm infestations while moving and regulating Bowels. Over 40 000 testimonials. Available at all druggists for 250 with sample breeze. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Trial Jokes Hint at Harsh Fate for Murphy and Mag
In a courtroom quip, Mr. Doolan and Mr. Grogan discuss Murphy's fate after a trial. Murphy faces life in prison, while the mag may not live half that time, reflecting grim humor about the proceedings.
Rheumatic Cure Ad and Bizarre Claims From 1900s Classifieds
An assortment of vintage ad copy includes Dr. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure promising pain relief after ten tablets, a buckwheat product praised for purity, a two-person wheeled chair powered by storage battery, Putnam Facialless Dyes, a remark about race-based brain weight differences, and light humor about husbands.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proves Helpful
A Nashville woman testifies after years of backache nerves and monthly pains she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After three months she says she is cured and wishes others to try it with free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Rose Hennessy
Lexington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rose Nora Helmessz
Broadway
America
Miss Peary Rokers
North Summer St
Nashville
Tenn
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