Backache remedy testimonial from Rockland woman
A Rockland Maine woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing long standing back and side pains after trying doctors and remedies. The letter asserts backache signals female weakness and urges readers to seek root cause relief. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts invites sick women to write for free advice.
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Rockland
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Young Upton boy banished leper colony expert wireless operator
James Archibald Thomas a 16 year old from Upton is banished to Penikese island for leprosy. He is an expert wireless telegraph operator and will enable daily communication with the mainland through a station to be erected on the island. His schoolmates plan to ship his receiving and sending plant to the island or buy a new outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penikese Island
James Archibald Thomas
Upton
Board of Health
Boston Post
Thomas
Little
Massachusetts Board of Charities
New Bedford
Penikese
West Indies
Notable Indiana Obits and Local Tragedies Spread Across State
A sweep of short notices records the sudden death of Henry B. Stoy at 62 in New Albany from heart disease, four Gasser family members critically ill from tainted corn, and Montgomery Hamilton in Fort Wayne also dying of heart disease. The itemized list covers suicides, legal sentences, lightning deaths, assault injuries, a derailment mystery solved, and civic events from Tipton County corn show to Fortville masons tribute, reflecting a turbulent Indiana snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Stoy
New Albany
Louis Gasser
Washington
The
Eagles
Chas. Klauhmeier
Evansville
Edward Hawall
P. Roche
Fort Warne
Grant's World Tour Tale Shows Silent Man's Wit
The Washington Post notes stories told by Mrs. Ulysses Grant about General Grant during their world voyage. A tale from the Civil War about quieting a noisy infant by song is alleged to be fiction. Mrs. Grant jokes that Grant could not sing or whistle.
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Globe
Gen. Grant
Mediterranean
United States
Ulysses
Mrs. Grant
Cow Attack on Auto Ends with Heavy Repair Bill
Dr. Grant Chaney of Portland Indiana will face large auto repairs after a cow on the highway suddenly halted his speed and damaged the vehicle. The cow kicked the lamp and dash as the car struck, leaving dents and breaks but the cow appeared unhurt. The doctor will now treat cows on highways as potential danger signals. A separate note quotes entomologist J C Warburg recalling his first Saturnia pyri specimen and early taxidermy mishaps with cyanide poisoning and mercuric chloride.
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Grant Chaney
Portland
Ind
J. C. Warburg
France
Family honor and bid for naturalization surface in quarrel
A Washington Star excerpt depicts Mr Comrox admitting his son in law wields threats to force a favored outcome. The man demands his own way or he will become a naturalized American citizen, prompting pressure from wife and daughter to yield for family honor.
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Mr. Comrox
Washington Star
Vicarious Oscalation Sparks Chaperon Dispute
A humorous exchange shows a suitor defying a chaperon with a vow to kiss the woman, while the chaperone accepts vicarious kissing. The piece notes a woman’s soulful appearance may hide sourness and cheeky observations about kisses being valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Cure for Eczema Relief After Cuticura Treatment
A man plagued by yearlong eczema finds relief after two or three applications of Cuticura Ointment followed by continued use of Cuticura Soap and Pills. He reports near utter relief from itching and skin healing after medical frustration at a skin hospital in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Henry Seuarie
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Division of Labor
Rankin
Fyle
Chicago Tribune
The Foot Ease and Other Household Remedies Spotlight
A column of multiple old advertisement snippets highlighting Allen's Foot-Ease as a trusted foot powder, Mother Gray’s regulator for women, Marine Eye Remedy, Cross Ball Blue, and assorted quips. Claims include cures for foot troubles, eye irritation, and general household health.
Free Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin Promoted For Children Health
Advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for children to maintain daily bowel habit. It cites free trial offers from Dr Caldwell and testimonials from Mrs M F Cash and Mrs KK kn Stout, plus claims of curing constipation and related ailments. Ends with travel trivia about the Mauretania tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
United States
M. F. Cash
Webb
Okla
Caldwell
Kn Stout
Louisville
W. B Caldwell
Monticello. la
Square’s son-in-law spins wild fire tale at builders
Land of the Midnight Sun recounts how carpenters laugh at the square’s son-in-law who boasted of a west house fire story. He claimed a window sill shavings fire would have destroyed the house and nearby barns if the blaze had occurred during the fight.
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Postum
Wellville
Review OF Indiana
Montgomery Hamilton
Fort Wayne
George H. Corya
Jennings County
Charles Martin
Wabash
Charles Fair
Mrs. Fair
Ida Stoker
Davis H. Daugherty
Thomas Hawkins
Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction Company
Joshua Cavins
William West
John
F Evansvile
Willie Osborne
Griffith
Tipton County
Tipton County Corn Club
Joseph D. Halbert
Columbus
J. D. Emmons
Boenes
Cohen Salters
Muncie
Salters
Indianapolis
Salter
John W. Ader
Danville
Michigan City
Robert
Jolly
Indiana Colony
Gladys
Ader
Ad Davis
Mason
Davis
Fuss Chamness
Richmond
Arthur Chauncey
Chamness
Chauncey
Roland Sisson
Princeton
Roger
J. F. Peetz
Decatur
John Mullen
Darlington
Ivory
Tolly
Lebanon
Carnegie
Sugar Creek
Mullen
Springfield
Southern Corporation
Order of the Astern Star of
Fortville
Harvey Cauldwell
McCordsville
Order
Oaklandon
Pendleton
Knightstown
Greenfield
Elmer ©. Hastings
Delpha Robinson
Jasonville
Shoals
Miss Robinson
Hastings
Miss Pink Likens
Charlie Carson
Jacksonville
Mr. Carson
Lillian Brizins
Rawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute House
Grand Opera House
Fairbanks
Watson-Beggs Company
General Grant
Eczema
Cuthurn
Chisago Tribune
Allen
Europe
Roumania
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Norway
Britain
America
Tommy
Mars
Yonkers
Haarlem
W. H. Warren
Bleecker St
New York
Holland Medicine Co
Scranton
Creo
Mauretania
Fred the Paxton
Boston, Mass
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