Richmond Lady Tells How She Was Cured by Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Tupman of Richmond Virginia describes suffering from backache bearing down pains leucorrhoea and womb falling. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound starting June 1903 she improves rapidly weighs 110 pounds and gains strength. She urges other sick women to try the remedy and writes to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
R. C. Tupman
West 30Th St
Richmond, Va
Of Minor Importance in a Southern City
A New England man arrives in the South and is mobbed by hotel porters who tear his bag away. The confrontation centers on the bag as three black porters struggle over it while insisting they will take the man. A husky porter declares his intent to seize the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Felix Gouraud
Tip
L. A. Sosre
Gouraud
U. S
Canada
Europe
Fred T. Hopkens
Great Jones St
N.Y
New England
Manley Recovers from Bright's Disease after Kidney Pills
Lon Manley of Whitehall Illinois was told by his doctor he would die from Bright's Disease. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills he improved rapidly and fully recovered, saying he feels better now than in years. The cure surprised many who doubted recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Ill
Lon Manley
Bright
Dodd
Manley
Death loves a shining mark says the mourner
A terse exchange quotes a mourner with a mourning band on his hat and a student of human nature arguing that louder acts draw attention while the boat rocker often escapes, in a compact philosophical clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Human Nature
Western Canada Immigration Surges North of the 49th Parallel
An editorial from the Chicago Record-Herald notes Canada welcomed 40 672 immigrants in the first four months, led by wheat lands in the Northwest. Most arrivals came from Great Britain and the United States, with Continental Europe contributing 10 445. Canada’s growth outpaces US gains per capita, amid a population mix of Anglo Saxon and Germanic origins and a future as a grain market rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
49Th Parallel
Chicago Record-Herald
Canada
Dominion
Committee On Agriculture and Colonization
Northwest Territories
Winnipeg
Great Britain
United States
Ireland
Europe
Western
J. ©. Duncan
Big Four
Indianapolis
Ind
Economic notice on trade and export activity in May
Weather and labor disputes affect agriculture and construction while trade remains solid. Railway earnings exceed last year with strong pig iron sales and rising steel rail demand. tin plate output increases though London prices fall. Hides rise, Western corn planting delayed, and exports show April strength with wheat and corn figures for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
London
New England
Colorado
United States
Canada
Seaboard
Chicago
Grain and live stock prices across U S markets
A dense list of market quotes from Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York shows cattle hogs sheep and various grain prices. Values span No 2 cuts wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs potatoes with shifts by market and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Doan’s Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Relief Says San Antonio Woman
Mrs. Robert Broderick of San Antonio testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her longstanding kidney and back pain after an 1902 trial. She reports continued benefits over a year with rare relapses and praises keeping a box on hand. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y., with price details for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Broderick
1915
Virginia Street
San Antonio
Texas
Dean
Doan
Buffalo, N.Y
Weary Walker Requests More Crusts From Mrs Newed
Weary Walker asks for extra bread from Mrs Newed as he and his partner plan to play quests. The narrator notes the old exchange with a hint of hardship and community want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weary Walker
Colonists Excursion Rates West Northwest Southwest by Nickel Plate Road
An advertisement style snippet notes excursion rates to the West Northwest and Southwest via Nickel Plate Road with an agent contact in Fort Wayne Indiana. It echoes travel offers and promotional lines from period notices and odd collateral jokes and products. It mentions C A Asterlin as T P A and hints at related transit and commerce items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callon
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ely's Cream Balm for Nasal Catarrh
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm offers the same healing soothing effects as the spray form for nasal catarrh. It preserves the soothing properties and includes a spraying tube. priced at 75 cents, available at druggists or Ely Bros New York 56 Warren Street by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely’s
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Automatic Baby Nurse Invented by Swiss Mechanic
A Swiss mechanic claims to have built an automatic baby nurse. The device attaches to a cradle and uses air waves to trigger phonograph lullabies and clockwork rocking when a baby cries. When the crying ends the wires stop vibrating and rocking ends.
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad
Be Your Feet Ache and Barn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25e Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Sure Sign of Second Childhood Talk
A comic dialogue between a wife and husband about a father beginning to recall many boyhood incidents that never happened, illustrating a humorous misperception of aging. The exchange suggests memory lapses and playful speculation on a parent’s changing mental state.
Tri Weekly Tourist Car Service via Nickel Plate Road
Advertises a budget tourist car service along the Nickel Plate Road with modern train comforts at low costs. Berth rates are less than half the price of regular Pullman service. For details contact the nearest agent or C. A. are TJPA Fort Wayne Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
C. A
TJPA
Fort Wayne
Ind
Average Man Question Sparks Athenian Wit
Floramay asks what is an average man, mother explains he is someone who will make a chump of himself if given the chance. Noticeable miscellany on dyes, church attendance in London, a pancake flour endorsement, and a Quito cotton mill tale appear among general advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Floramay
Rubber Stamps and Ink Goods Offered To Order
The ad promotes rubber stamps, self inking stamps, and ink pads with a factory style offer. It urges readers to request a catalog by sending to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. The text cites a statistic from 1850 about crime in the population, noting the proportion is now greater than one in 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Eary
Bellevue and West Low Rate Excursion to Chicago
A 1903 notice promotes a Bellevue and West excursion to Chicago on June 18 via Nickel Plate Road with round trip at a small cost. It also mentions summer amusements, agent contact C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Indiana, and urges using Eagle Linen Paper for letter writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
The World's Greatest Skin Soap Ad Claim
A historical advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as the premier skin cure for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin scalp hair and hands. It highlights versatilities from baby care to toilet and nursery use and touts unmatched cleansing fragrance and value across domestic and foreign markets.
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Suane
Janassary
O. F. Woodward
Fe Roy
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
U.S.A
India
Hees
Ottawa
Can
Tels Duncan
Indiangapolia
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Ohi
Spenger’s Presses
Hercules
J. A. Spencer
Wiliams St
Dwight
Varine Thompson
Eye
Western Canada
Bradstreet
Dr. Kline
Bend Ae
Arch Bt
Philadelphis
Pie
Connecticut
Berkeley, Cal
Tommy
Little Chronicle
Special Fates Daily
Dinguss
Shadbolt
Egypt
Nineveh
Putnam
Quito
Ecuador
Andes
T.P. A
Caracas
Valencia
Bellevue and
West
Gests
Chas. E. Hires
Co. Balvern
Paxton CO
Columbus Ave
Boston
Maes
Pacific Coast
Wabash Line
Northwestern
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Cal
Billings
Livingston
Montana
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Helena
Butte
Portland
Ashland
Oregon
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
Kansas City
C. S&s. Crane
Gen
Sr. Louis, Mo
Ensic Ree W.mobrris
Washington, D.C
Sterling Remedy Co
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