Worse For a Woman To Suffer With Scrofula Claims
An 19th century advertisement argues women suffer more from skin disease and praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for purifying blood and curing chronic scrofula and diarrhea. Testimonial from Mrs. Jas Murphy credits health improvements after using the remedy. Reference to Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser offered free with stamps.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical 7
Jas. Murphy
Fonda, Pocahontas Co
Iowa
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Missouri Pacific appeals for summer rail excursions
Extensive travel ads tout low fares to Colorado Utah and the West via Missouri Pacific with through sleepers from St Louis to Denver and stopover options. Also promoted Monon Route summer tickets to Mackinac Island and Marquette Michigan, plus G A R encampment Chicago plans. Speeches and notices urge planning for the 1900 events and patriotic travel.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Rockies
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Pueblo
Colorado
Utah
West
Pullman Sleepers
Superior Service
G. A. A. Drang
Indianapolis
Ord
H. C. Townsend
St. Loui
Bethany Assembly
Bethany Park
Ind
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Monon
Marquette Mich
Mackinac Island
Mackinaw City Midh
Frank J. Reed
J. W. Brandon
Agt
Bloomfield
Spain
United States
Awkward Bob Saves Teacher in Wilmette Fire
A high school tale from Wilmette follows Awkward Bob, once mocked for looks, who helps a science teacher escape a blazing school fire. He dies saving the teacher, earning a posthumous diploma and a noble send off as courage defined.
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Wilmette
Awkward Bob
Charlie Underwood
Bob
Mabel Moore
Mabel
Charlie
Young Underwood
Whooping Cough Relief Story From Danville Parent
Mrs. O E Dutton of Danville Illinois says her two children suffered with whooping cough. She used Foley's Honey and Tar, first a small bottle then a 50 cent bottle, which she credits with relief and saving a doctor’s bill. The anecdote includes a back and forth with retailer J B Stalcup and a remark about a girl after his own heart.
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A. J. Jennesse
Butler St
Chicago
Foley
J. B. Stalcup
O. E. Dutton
Danville
The Kind You Have Always Bought Plaster Scene
A child asks about the holes in a porous plaster while a mother prepares to apply it to Willie’s back. Willie answers that the holes are to let the pain out, and Edna questions further.
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Little Edna
Willie
Railway passenger’s quip spurs chatter in morning coach
A pompous passenger in a railway coach declares nothing can be done well in a hurry. A wag counters with a joke about catching a train as the scene unfolds. The ad copy for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promises refunds if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. 2c
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Foley
Bright
J. B. Stalcup
E. W. Grove
Mr. Major
New York
Major
No Sweat Sixteen In China
A London Mail writer describes China as lacking Western girlhood rituals noting early marriages. The piece highlights hair fashion, stating Chinese women wear long black hair tied tightly then piled into coils and wings. It claims no spinsters exist except nuns who shave their heads.
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China
London Mail
Lamp glass care tips from a bygone guide
The passage instructs that lamp glasses must be bright to yield clear light. It advises cleaning with a damp newspaper to rub and then polishing with dry newspaper for a sparkling result.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Claims Quick Cold Cure
The ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold in one day with a no cure no pay slogan. It also notes tea cleaning for varnished wood and furniture and a method to remove mildew with warm dry sawdust for polishing metal and other surfaces.
Calor1: Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought Bignature Co
A damaged text fragment notes calico pasted over plaster holes may be whitewashed or papered over and will hardly show, with references to a brand line and generic repair notions.
Best Way To Cure Backache
An ad promotes Foley's Kidney Cure claiming to restore kidney health and warns against substitutes. It also advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for its taste and quick, lasting relief with sales by Geo E Craven. It notes abstracts offered by M J Timmons and location next to the Recorder.
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Chamberlain
Geo. E. Craven
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