Helpful Advice From a Trusted Medical Advisor
An author urges readers to confide in a physician about private illnesses and explains how private letters from women seeking guidance have demonstrated the advisor's expertise. The piece emphasizes discreet, confidential correspondence and the value of shared experiences in healing.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Promises Cure
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female diseases based on patient testimonials. It cites a Pennsylvania writer praising relief from uterine and nervous ailments after following directions, noting decades of use and claimed cures of cramps, displacements, and other symptoms. A closing joke compares waiting two months for an audience with a king to a wasted trip when not selling anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Finest Kodak Store in America
Zimmerman Bros of St. Paul Minnesota are reputed to run the finest Kodak store in the nation. They offer developing and printing for amateurs with very beautiful work at reasonable prices. A price list can be mailed to any amateur upon request.
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KODAK
America
Zimmerman Bros
St. Paul
Minnesota
A Pleasant Topic in Courtside Quips
A snappy exchange frames a hush tone remark about marriage and a spouse. The dialogue hints at aloofness and irony as a question about how a formidable partner married a "dub" husband sparkles with dry wit.
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialist in Fargo Eye Ear Nose Throat
A short notice references Dr J H Rindlaub a specialist in Fargo North Dakota offering services for eye ear nose and throat care. The excerpt adds a cynical remark about people wasting money trying to appear foolish.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N.bd
Undefined historical note on remedies and elixirs
The fragment references porches and a waning tale of teatine remedies, winds, and a fifty-dollar bottle. It hints at divinity not needing defense by avoidance, suggesting a medicinal or superstitious context without concrete facts or identifiable figures.
Signs and Superstitions of Luck and Love among Friends
Verbena and Petunia discuss wedding myths and luck charms as they compare tales of signs from threads, salt, pearls, opals, and the moon. They conclude luck depends on attitude, noting superstitions balance each other and doubt their power.
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Verbena
Petunia
California
New York
Trousseau
The
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Destiny
Bridget
Morning cold water habit aids stomach and liver health
A simple daily routine suggests drinking a glass of cold water first thing after rising and last thing at night. The advice claims this practice keeps the stomach clean and strong and helps prevent ailments linked to digestive disorders and liver health.
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THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Capitol Frieze Standoff Delays Rotunda Decorations
Lawmakers fail to agree on a final allegory to complete Brumidi’s 15 incident frieze in the Washington capitol rotunda. The unfinished dome and scaffolding mar the space while debates over civil war imagery and Washington’s inclusion stall completion.
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Ttig
Capitol
Washington
Constantine Brumidi
Columbus
California
Cortes
Temple of the Sun
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
de Soto
Mississippi River
John Smith
Penn
Pennsylvania
New England
Gen. Oglethorpe
Georgia
Lexington
Cornwallis
Tecumseh
City
National Capitol
Appomattox
South
George Washington
America
Mrs Perry Belmont to Cover Floors With Royal Rug Replicas
Mrs Perry Belmont plans an early use of reproductions of antique rugs and carpets trod by royalty to cover the parquetry floors of her new Washington residence valued at about 1 000 600. The federal bureau of manufactures, aided by American consuls, collects foreign design schemes for utility articles and shares them with American manufacturers and technical schools. about ten thousand fabric designs have been mounted and are circulating among U S manufactories and industrial schools.
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Perry Belmont
Belgium
New York
Washington
Europe
Federal Bureau of Manufactures
Floral Path to the Capitol Proposal by Senator Wetmore
Senator Wetmore proposes a bill to spend 2 500 000 dollars to acquire six blocks between the capitol and Union Station, demolish existing buildings, and create lawns with statues and flower beds, aiming to make Washington's entrance the world’s most beautiful.
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Capitol
Senator Wetmore
National Capitol
Union Station
Washington
Hidden Bias in Advice on Body Image
A quote notes gendered weight norms suggesting thin women are praised for slimming while thin men lack similar support. The remark reflects societal standards that reinforce gender differences in body expectations and help available for body image concerns.
Hides Pelts and Woon Fill Orders Through N. W. Hide & Fur Co
A brief ad urges selling hides and pelts to N. W. Hide & Fur Co in Minneapolis Minnesota. The copy ends with a quip about indifference freezing the milk of human kindness.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
American Tent and Awning Co offers stacks and tents
Prices and information available from American Tent and Awning Co in Minneapolis. The ad headlines various products including awnings, flags, and tents and mentions humorous and dubious medical claims alongside trials and cures. The item lists dubious statements about women as talking machines and men sewing oats.
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American Tent & Awning Co
Minneapol
Vanity and the Secretary Root anecdote
A tongue in cheek passage recounts Secretary Root noting a policeman sent a 41 page speech report to papers before delivering it. A newspaper excerpt mocks the moment with a call to continue the speech as the hour grows late.
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Root
Castoria Reminder Promotes Trusted Baby Remedy
Public notice urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for safety and the signature of its original maker. It highlights Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and notes it has been in use for over 30 years.
The Major's Remaine Mystery Joke
The article reports on Maj. Jinks's cremation and a jokey remark about his widow storing him in a fruit jar as the last of the family jars.
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Maj. Jinks
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Catarrh widely claimed to be a constitutional disease needing internal treatment rather than local remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F Z Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as the only constitutional cure with 10 drops to teaspoonful doses. The firm offers $100 for any failing case and urges readers to read circulars and testimonials. Bold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.Z. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A. Fr. Cheney &Co
Drugegisten
Heavy Mortgage Prompting Cracked Home a Fright
A local quarrel turns on a dilapidated house with a heavy mortgage. An elderly neighbor questions the builder about the structure’s safety while the builder deflects, insisting the load of debt prevents collapse.
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for foot odor sweating calluses and swollen feet sold by druggists for 25 cents. It urges not to accept substitutes and notes a trial package. The notice ends with a cheeky tip about wives advising men to choose a woman who confides in her mother.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N
Hoyt s Headache and Neuralgia Cologne Remedy
An 19th century drug advertises Hoyt s Headache and Neuralgia Cologne as a harmless quick relief for headache neuralgia nervousness faintness exhaustion sleeplessness for inhaling and external use. Sold by all druggists in 25 and 50 cent bottles. A woman with a drug store complexion contemplates bluffing at blushing.
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Hoyt
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