A Woman's Burden and a Cure in Detroit
An Evening News feature profiles Mrs. Alexander B. Clark of 417 Michigan Ave Detroit who suffered five years with ovarian trouble headaches neuralgia and blindness amid despair. After trying various treatments she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health energy and weight gain and bringing back happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
Detroit
Mich
Alexander B. Clark
Michigan Avenue
Beauty Ad Promises Clean Blood for Clear Skin
An old advertisement touts Cascarets beauty pills claiming clean blood improves complexion and eliminates pimples and blemishes. It offers 10c to 50c options and guarantees satisfaction. Also notes Alps glaciers and compares spirits consumption between Scotland and England, with Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo listed as a specialist.
Teddie the Boy With an Abnormal Appetite for Sweetmeats
A humorous sketch recounts five year old Teddie on our street. He chases candy, begs pennies, splashes in gutters, swipes brooms and sausages, and wears clothes misbuttoned while his bold, playful antics delight observers and mortify his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddie
High Tension Electricity Experiments by Prof Trowbridge
Prof John Trowbridge conducts high tension electricity tests using a large storage battery and condensers. The apparatus produced a four foot spark, uninsulated even by vacuum tubes, illustrating the futility of insulating a lightning rod. The event implies voltages near one million volts and suggests a mile long lightning flash could reach about one thousand million volts without an induction coil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trowbridge
Accounting for It Oyster Riddle Becomes Quarterly Joke
The Yonkers Statesman relays a classroom moment where a student miswrites oyster as oyst er and jokes about months with no r in oysters. The teacher points out the missing letter and the student races back to correct the slate.
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Havens
Feht
Tguter
Haven
Yonkers
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Promises Asthma Cure
An advertisement extols Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a radical asthma remedy and lists testimonials from several patients claiming rapid, complete relief. The note emphasizes its wide use for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, and throat and lung diseases, with half-size bottles offered at a reduced price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Ayer
Ayer
S. Hutter
Rolink
Stevens Point
J.C. Ayer
Dr. Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Monument planned for Rev. A. M. Toplady in London
The Reverend A. M. Toplady, author of Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me, is to have a monument erected in London. This note appears among advertisements for tobacco cures and retailer notices.
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A. M. Toplady
London
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Alps
Scotland
England
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo
N. Dak
California Fig Syrup CO
Francisco
Cal
Louibville
York
Danny
Cathartic
Kcecareb
HOGI
Morning Romery Company
Chisege
Montreal
New York
Hank
Chet
Hillyer
Rascal
Parson Haven
James Havens
Parson Magruder
Edward Eggleston
THE
Funk & Wagnalls
aeLry
Standart
Ane nTree
United States
S J. James
America
Standard
H. G. Kitchell
Greenwood
Miss
J. Rosells
Victoria, Tex
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Pr.h
PTL
AL Taln Zimmerman
ST Paul Minn
HM. Green
FONG
sUente
Gary An
J.c.hubinger Bros
Cokeokuk
Iowa
New
Haven,conn
Eide
Sapolio
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