Remarkable St Jacobs Oil Cure Story From Portsmouth
Mrs Elizabeth Rabbets describes her husband a shipwright at His Majesty's dockyard Portsmouth recovering from a severe ankle and leg injury after using St Jacob's Oil. She credits the remedy with bringing swift mobility and a skin condition in their daughter improved by Vogeler's Compound, urging others to try the products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Times and
Naval Gazette
Frederick Payne
Portsmouth
England
St. Jacobs
Arthur Creswell
Commercial Road
Vogeler
Elizabeth S. Rabbets
Grafton Street
Mile End
Landport
Bt. Jacob's Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Reading at the club prompts dress critique
Conversational excerpt shows Mrs Gush and Mrs Bluff discussing a reading by Brown ing at a club last night. They note the dress hung awkwardly and suggest a more graceful handling of the book.
Piso Cure for Consumption Ad From Ocean Grove
An old advertisement for Piso's Cure for Consumption promotes its use for coughs and colds. The notice is dated Peb 17, 1990 from Ocean Grove, New Jersey. It cites N. W. Samuel as the sponsor.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Not Sudden Enough. Her Mother
Edith argues with her mother about a delayed marriage proposal and a man’s nerves delaying a formal declaration of love until late New Year's Eve, as recounted in the Brooklyn Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Brooklyn Eagle
Dropsy Treatment Ad by Atlanta Doctor Publicized
An advertisement from Dr. H. H. Green's Gons of Atlanta Georgia promotes free treatment for dropsy claiming to be among the world's greatest specialists. The notice invites readers to view the ad elsewhere in the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Last Fate Worse Than the Firm
Smith-Poor Wederly endures a rough period as his first wife divorces him, and alimony payments strain his finances. His new wife’s dressmaker notes the harder times, reflecting ongoing domestic tensions in Chicago society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Wederly
Jones
Chicago News
Advises Young People to Marry for A Better Future
Ainslee's quotes urge couples to marry early and accept modest incomes to build a stable home. It cites self made leaders who married on about $1 000 a year and notes German thrift as a model. The piece contrasts New York living costs with affordable courtships and a comfortable life on small earnings.
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New York
Philadelphia
Peru Na praised as universal catarrh remedy across states
From Oregon executive office letters flood in praising Pe-ru-na as a cure and preventive for catarrh and colds. Dr Hartman notes hundreds of letters daily from all classes, including the governor of Oregon, extolling its health benefits and household use.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Hartman
Statesman
Poruna
Peru
Oregon
Pe-ru-na
State of Oregon
Executive Department
Savem
Columbus
W. M. Low
United States
Love's Strange Moods and Courtship Data Across Nations
A foreign statistician analyzes romance from hundreds of novels to compare how men propose and how women react. Among 100 accepted proposals, most men vow eternal love, grip hands, kiss lips, and show excitement while a minority confess apprehension or happiness. Rejected suitors exhibit despair, withdrawal, and compulsion to emigrate, while women anticipate proposals and respond with embarrassment, affection, or caution.
Patents List In Medinal Week To Northwestern Inventors
Patents awarded include Sidney Fletches Viborg S D kite attachment William Mallinson Harlem N D strap coupling Frederick Muenger Hit City S D drift pin for drilling machines Douglas Petre Dubth Minn trolley head John Smith Heron Lak2 machine for treating flux Mott Stevens Wakpeten N D acetylene gas generator Heman Stone Morris Minn belt tightening tool Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys 011 12 Pioneer Prensa Bidg St Paul Minn
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Sidney Fletches
Viborg
S. D
William Mallinson
Harlem
N. D
Frederick Muenger
Hit City
Douglas Petre
Dubth
Minn
John Smith
Heron
Mott Stevens
Wakpeten
Heman Stone, Morris
Ie He Wins and Eastern Cashier Speculation Quoted
A clipped exchange notes that a cashier from the East was involved in a betting speculation and ultimately did not win. The Cleveland Plain Dealer frames the gag around speculation versus actual victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Testimonial Ad Fraud Warning
Frank J. Cheney and Co. declare they are Toledo partners and offer one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured or not. Notary public witness, date December 1, 1899. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Products sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Cheney
Tim
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Safdiirm
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Fr. Cheney & CO
Drugeists
Iie
Venice Flood Turns Grand Canal into Water Carnival
A Venice flood floods palaces and the Grand Canal, floods piazzas and stores, turns gondolas into makeshift ferries, and prompts residents and visitors to witness a waterborne spectacle before the sun returns and stones dry.
Patent Medicine Ads and Humorous Quotes Chronicle
A collage of old drugstore ads touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for feverishness teething troubles and worms, Cole's remedies, Winslow's Syrup, and various nostrums. The text includes a quip about a mule and a joke about cooks, with references to manufacturers in New York Wisconsin and Fargo North Dakota.
Long Wars Leave Ragged Ends Across Europe
A French journal notes Europe bears the longest campaigns in history with lingering disputes. Konigsberg still owes 1814 tribute despite Napoleon's 1807 battles and extinction delayed by unforeseen circumstances. Stein remains technically at war with Prussia since 1866, illustrating many unresolved postwar issues.
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South Africa
Philippines
Europe
Napoleon I
Prussia
Konigsberg
Lichtenstein
Royal housemaid tale ends with queen remark
A London household anecdote recalls a maid who left Buckingham Palace after a brief tenure. She told her interviewer that she departed because really her majesty the late queen was to blame. The incident highlights the demanding nature of royal service and the unusual questions asked during job inquiries.
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Buckingham Palace
Exacting Queen and Bed Making Traditions Revealed
A fragment recalls the late queen's precision noting her insistence on spotless dusting and a perfectly smooth bed. Chamber maids spent two hours daily crafting the undersheet to avoid any wrinkle, reflecting meticulous royal housekeeping.
Longevity in a single city house linked to Greeley
A New York Tribune tale notes a house east of Fifth Avenue where two sisters aged about 91 and 81 have lived for 33 years, with a bachelor of 70 who has resided there since 1850. He is descended from the first husband of Gov. William Bradford's second wife who joined Plymouth in 1624. The family has long subscribed to the Tribune and once hosted Horace Greeley.
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New York Tribune
Fifth Avenue
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Tribune
Horace Greeley
To Cure a Cold in One Day and Other Ad Snippets
A collage of 19th century ads promises quick cures with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a refund offer if ineffective. Notices seek home correspondence work and paid advertisements from Wm. BB. Trons & Co. Chicago. The clip ends with a sententious quote on narrow minded judgment.
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His Majesty's Dockyard
Rhoaston Browningster
Canada
Manitoba
Western
IF. Pedley
Ottawa
W. Ritchie
Grafton Nwt
Capitol Building
Salem
The
Executive Office of
America
Adtm
Bray
Soarris
Habe
Fate
Gaver CO
Boston
Cir OF
Venice
London
Grand Canal
St. Mark’s
St Mark's
J. W. Cole & CO
Black River Falls
Wis
Cole
J. Nk, Rindgaun
Sue
Bar
Fargo, N. D
Chesebrough
Aoe
Corr
BB. Trons & Co
Ureculy & 20S
Marbichesd
Mase
Hone
Atlanta, Ga
Thompson
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
WORLE
DE Dusias Union
Aor Ee
W. J. Douglas
Corona Kid
Corona Colt
W. L. Douglas
Jacquard & Sit
Drese
Siickaon
Fourcomntex
JuuscrTos
Sisy
JT. M. Roberts Supply
Great Northwest
Opportunity
Wonderful Northwest
Opportunity Company
Newspaper Row
ST. Paul
Winn
S Centain Stampa
Twin City Paint & Wall Paper Co
Dept. & Reference
Scandinavian-Americatt Banky Bt. Paul
Salzer
Cora
Salter
Chotee Enion
Butéfe
Apa
John A. Salzer
Virginia
U.S
Pyle & Dehaven
Real Es
Tate
Petersburg
Minneapolis
Duluth
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