Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted in letters
Letters from women across the country praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervousprostration headaches backache and menstrual issues. The ad cites testimonials from Lillian Ross Katharine Craig Marie Stoltzman Ellen Olson and others plus claims of widespread cures over thirty years and invites readers to write for advice. It also mentions railway noise attempts to curb plague and other assorted product notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ross
East 81Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Kewanee
Ill
Letter of a Firm Shows A Clever Ruse At Work
A Cleveland firm hires a college student for a clerical post based on nerve and appearance rather than skill and knowledge. He fakes competence by delegating the task to a stenographer who writes the reply dictated by the manager. The plan collapses as the young man takes credit for the letter, but he no longer works there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sle
Water color postal pictures offered free by Borax Co
A 1910s note promotes four water color pastel pictures by the Pacific Coast Borax Co. as a nursery aid and decorative set. They claim four prints in ten colors, sized 144% by 17 inches, with flesh and flower tints, valued at a dollar each, and offer them free to respondents who send a postcard to the New York City office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Borax Co
New York City
Dublin Concert Hall Tale and Colour Blind Fact
A memory of Juge's concert hall in Dublin notes a late evening encounter between a young Englishman and a Hibernian friend over the slowness of life. Mat provokes a mock fight by pouring cold water, while a separate stat notes that about 4 percent of educated people are color blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juge’s
Dublin
Mat
The Rise of Household Remedies and Peruna's Rise in Trade
The text traces the growth of modern patent medicines from home brewed cures to commercial remedies. It notes Peruna as a key product from Dr. Hartman, once a Mennonite staple, later manufactured for general sale and trusted for bronchial illnesses and throat ailments. It also mentions a golden age of simple living before hoarding and cites social dialogue about gardeners and spring harbinets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beng Snags
Pennsylvania
Hartman
Cocoanut-Custard Pie Mix Offered by D Zerta Co
A 10 cent Our-Pie package from D Zerta Co Rochester N Y provides the proper ingredients for two Cocoanut-Custard pies. The note warns against soggy crusts spoiling meals and promotes a ready mix for correct custard cocoanut flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Zerta Co
Rochester
Realized $16 an Acre On a Western Canada Crop
Reports from Charles McCormick of Kenville Manitoba and Thomas Sawatzky of Herbert Sask show wheat yields valued at about $22.50 per acre and overall profits. McCormick notes 100 acres with 80 acres at 22 bushels per acre sold at 90 cents per bushel and 20 acres oats at 60 bushels per acre sold at 35 cents per bushel, totaling about $2,004 with $400 in expenses leaving over $1,600 net. Sawatzky says 70 acres of wheat yielded 1,750 bushels valued at 90 cents, 15 acres oats at 500 bushels, and 5 acres barley at 80 bushels, claiming strong regional farming gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCormick
Kenville
Manitoba
Canada
Thomas Sawatzky
Herbert
Satkatchewan
Western
Cures by Cuticura Featured in Measles Recovery Tale
A Bakersfield grandmother recounts her seven year old granddaughter suffering a severe itchy bleeding eruption after measles. After using Cuticura Remedies, symptoms subsided in 24 hours and fully cleared in five days. The report, dated June 25 and July 20, 2006, notes longstanding relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catteura
F. Ruefevacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Kidney Pills Restore Mrs Sipftle’s Strength
Mrs Marie Sipftle of Helena Montana reports kidney trouble and backache three years ago with weakness and dull pain. She tried Deans Kidney Pills and after four boxes she achieved a complete lasting cure. Sold by all dealers 3 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Diversion. Fashion infant death rates compared London fashionably dressed West End 11 percent East End 38 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sipftle
Miller St. Helena
Mont
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Lady in the Moon Vision by an Amatuer Astronomer
An amateur astronomer describes a perceived face in the moon, calling it a lifelike lady in profile. He notes observing through a small opera glass when the moon is half full and explains how the terminator highlights facial features.
Deafness Curable Only by Specific Remedies, Not Local Stations
A health notice states deafness results from an inflamed mucous membrane of the Eustachian Tube and can be healed only by proper remedies. It claims most cases stem from catarrh and offers a reward for any catarrh deafness case that cannot be cured, urging readers to request circulars from PF J Cheney & Co Toledo. It also promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Not Disappointed. A Hundred Men Own All The Money In The Country
Adam Zawfox and Job Starkey discuss a page listing a hundred men who own all the money in the country. Starkey laments not finding his name and admits no real expectation to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Zawfox
Ron S
Job Starkey
Bart
Nobow
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Pettit
Howard Bros. Bufale
Lewis
Tokio
Borax Products
Pacific
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Freddy Fangle
Danube
Freddy
Donna
Pat
Dodds
Guar
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
Broughton
Jackso
Chicago
Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Minn
M. V. McInnes
Avenue
Detroit
Mich
T. O. Currie
B. Callahan
Milwaukee
Wis
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal Busing
Indianapolis
Ind
Thompson
Canaan
Mexico
Mexico City
Federal District
Watson
Actes
French Automobile Club
Paris
Champs Elysees
Hunger
Pluto
Chicago Tribune
Fashionable End of
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East End
W.l.douglas
Boug Breckton
Macs
Bette
RB. Kline
Picedelpein
Alifo Co
Coast CO
Dept. D
Providence
C. N. OU
Ween Wesc
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