Woman seeks relief from ovarian pain in 1899 letter
A March 15 1899 plea from Mrs S J Watson Hampton Virginia to Mrs Pinkham asks about Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for eighteen months of ovarian and back pain. She recalls overwork and seeks guidance hoping for a cure and a reply.
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Beavers Inspire Economic Dams Advise Engineers
A historical review notes beavers instinctively arch streams to divert current, guiding engineers toward arch dam designs. The piece cites widespread adoption in regions like Great Bear Valley and California, arguing arches offer long term cost efficiency and stability for water management.
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Stra Wasktoress Heros
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A Pike County Miracle and Ranches News
A Pike County tale tells how Wm C B Sullivan of Velpin Indiana cured kidney trouble and rheumatism after three boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills. He states he was crippled a month ago and now works hard with no pains. Also notes Charles Goodnight’s Texas Panhandle ranching plans and Buffalo Jones securing mountain sheep for Persian goats. Conversational quip ends with burglar card joke.
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Kansas City Journal
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Luck in Odd Numbers Fascination With Nine
A Notes and Queries writer explains an odd habit of favoring odd numbers, tracing it from a Turkish lad who tested random digit strings for a total of nine. The tale spans Arabia, Islington dairy tycoon Rhodes, and rabbinic reverence for ten, with examples from France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, ending with a humorous Prague synagogue anecdote about a minyan mixup.
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What Do the Children Drink Grain-O Ad
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared, and costs about a quarter of a cent per serving. Sold by all grocers.
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Macharoni
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A Fellow Feeling in Brooklyn Street Life
A twitching street voice in April recalls a nonconforming tramp and the sympathy of a passerby. The scene unfolds near Boerum Place with a plea that Steve is a dollar, capturing a rough Brooklyn moment and local colour.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Truth A Lion Without and The Sofa Pillow Riddle
A playful quadriga of lines blends romance and whimsy detailing a lover confessing devotion to a partner while a lion joke frames a misadventure. The Indianapolis Press supplies the quip: a slave warns of a lion, the ruler questions, and a bowstring ends the exchange.
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Indianapolis Press
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad and Cast A. Way Dialogue
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn 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 24e Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8S Olmsted Lelroy NY The Ubiquitous Tramp Cast A Way-Yes madame I ve been solicitor for nigh twenty years Mrs Farmkins-A solicitor Cast A Way- Yes I solicits bread am meat.
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Allen 8S
Olmsted
Lelroy
N. Y
A. Way
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