Ancient cure touted for St Vitus dance on Arkansas boy
A Arkansas City boy healed from St Vitus dance after five boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, bought on suggestion from a neighbor. Father credits the pills with complete, permanent recovery after a year of illness and a failed medical course. The pills are sold for 50 cents a box or 22 50 for twelve, by druggists or direct from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Karl A. Wagner
George Wagner
Oth St
Kan
Karl
St. Vitus
Karla
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
No To Bac Promise In Tobacco Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts No To Bac as a cure for tobacco use promising lasting life changes. It claims ease of quitting and offers a booklet and sample for free with purchase through Sterling Remedy Co. of Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
California
FIO Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
N.Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Constitutional Remedy Price 75c
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The line repeats the claim and price, with a humorous aside about Uncle Sam refusing to walk Spanish and a remark about a tin can likely causing a fuss when curtailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Price
Sam
To Cure Constipation Forever with Cascarets Candy
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic to relieve constipation. It advertises 10c or 25c boxes with a druggist refund if the remedy fails to cure.
Butter Fraud Warns Dairymen Against Cream Refiner
The article notes repeated schemes to boost butter yield by adding nostrums such as Cream Refiner which mix into unchurned cream and raise yield up to 25 percent but ruin quality. Pennsylvania inspectors exposed several creamery operators using the substance, leading to arrests for criminal adulteration and calls for strict enforcement and lawful breeding methods to increase milk and butter production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York ‘Produce Review
American Creamery
Pennsylvania Pure Food Department
Binghamton
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Readius
C. B. Cochran
Seeking for Pearls Quest of the Flusive Gems
The article recalls pearl seeking as a glamorous romance and risky quest. It notes ancient efforts from rivers to Britain, driven by desire for the congealed dewdrops pierced by sun beams, valued as symbols of purity and worth across cultures.
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Great Britain
End the coloring of butter and cheese by law say readers
L S Hardin in Home and Farm condemns coloring dairy products with anatto and analine arguing for a law banning such coloring except for exports. He notes cows color milk with proper feed and claims the fashion is lightening while some colorings are vile and dangerous to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Hardin
South America
Oleomargarine Cases in Chicago Protract Longer
The Illinois oleomargarine law cases drag on despite strong evidence. Defendants’ wealth appears to fund prolonged litigation, delaying enforcement. Some sentences have been imposed, yet defendants remain free.
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Chicago
Flower Viewing in Japan Hanami and Seasonal Blooms
Japanese excursions to view seasonal blossoms are a valued custom. Hanami gatherings at temples and along the Sumida River attract crowds from February to December, with families, tea houses, pavilions, and snow scenes enriching year round outings across Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Sumida
Tokio
St. Nicholas
Dinner Guest Mistakes Host Gloom for Threatening Gaze
A Cleveland man recalls a dinner where he misread the host's steady stare as a vow to denounce him. After hours of tension the guest collapsed into sleep, while others applauded. The tale ends with the host clearly inebriated, merely fighting sleep rather than plotting revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Every man is valued in this world quote
A short aphorism attributed to Bruyere notes that a person is valued by their conduct and actions, stating that true worth is shown through behavior rather than words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ache
Bruyere
Bills of Fare in Fashionable Restaurants Debate
The article discusses whether French and German dishes improve menus and claims that pre introduction cuisine was coarse. It notes diners with dyspepsia once lacked appealing bills of fare, though Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is blamed for claimed cures.
Unclear fragment about Lady Mary Montague purchase
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Lady Mary Montague and buying everything but provides no clear event, date, or facts to establish a coherent news item. The readable names are insufficient for a concrete report.
A Friends Advice Brings Decades of Health Restored
Mary Lingard of Woodstock Ontario credits Dr Ayer s Sarsaparilla with curing her liver tumors and ending years of pain. She began a course thirty six years ago and has remained active and healthy, taking a annual spring course to stay well. The testimonial promotes the remedy and its disease curing power.
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Mary Lingard
Dr. Ayer
Woodstock
Ont
Ayer
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H. Les
L. Heath
SyqurtFisg
Cascarets
Gillard, Elgin, al
Candy Ade
Mark Regi
Tate
Fisapant
Latable
Pote
THE
Funk & Wagnalls
Standard Dictionary
United States
St. James's
London
England
America
Lady Mary Montague
Hi. H. Green
Sons
Atlanta
Atege
Rochefoucauld
Chubinger Bros
Keokuk
Owa
New Haven
Conn
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