Peruna Ad Promotes Health For Women In 1900s Sale
An evidence rich ad features Nellie Curtain of St Paul praising Peruna for relief from daily mucus loss and fatigue from catarrhal pelvic ailments. It cites Congressman Mark H Dunnell and invites readers to write Dr Hartman for free advice at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Nellie Curtain
Pearl Street
St. Paul
Minn
Miss Nellie Curtain
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Mar . Dunnell
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Lydia E. Pinkham
East
Ohio St
Chicago
Pinkham
Selah Stowell
Wellington St
Kingston, Ont
Porxnam
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Sunday Fishing Fable Ends With Deacon’s Lament
A Sunday fishing trip near Center Creek turns comic when a deacon ignores Sabbath in pursuit of sport. He helps a girl land a footlong catfish and later catches several fish himself before realizing it is Sunday and must return home for church. The town paper notes the humorous clash of faith and recreation.
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Center Creek
Kansas City Journal
Bright Reply Saves Midshipman From Punishment
On a voyage to San Francisco from China a midshipman named Walters helped himself to the captain's sherry while recording the ship's weather. The captain teased him about his answer regarding the barometer and cautioned him to avoid the decanter as often. Walters' quick wit earned him leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Walters
Frisco
Olive oil in Arizona and the rise of the Southwest
The Salt River Valley in Arizona is creating a booming olive industry. Phoenix's B F Franklin notes rapid orchard expansion and a yearly harvest process from picking on canvas sheets to crushing, pressing, and settling oil for market. About seventy five pounds of fruit yield a gallon of oil.
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Southwest
Salt River Valley
Arizona
B. F. Franklin
Phoenix
Ariz
Washington
The Town of Spectacles Mandala Story of Blantyre's Name
Carlone Manner In Which an African Settlement Received Its Name. John Moir built a residence near Blantyre on Lake Nyassa and led the African Lakes company. Locals named his house Mandala meaning glass, and the settlement grew around his property with storehouses and trade goods. The town’s name Mandala appeared on maps as the thriving suburb of Blantyre, a nickname tied to Moir who wore spectacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandala
Blantyre
Africa
New York Sun
In Jail for Sneezing tale from a church tier
A humorous anecdote portrays a kind woman visiting a jail cell after a church service. She asks a prisoner why he is jailed and he replies for sneezing. She laments the absurdity, and he explains he woke the gentleman.
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Sons of
Adam
Comrade-Poets Charge and Deaths Across a Gazette
A collage of 19th century verse and medical ads: Kipling quotes urge bold truth from comrades, while notices discuss fits cured by a nerve restorer, summer baths with Ivory Soap, and debt figures for Paris and legislative costs. Also promotions for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and child mortality in the West Indies.
Charitable Sex and Dashing Mrs De Style At Ball
The report notes a ball scene with witty remarks about Mrs De Style adorned with diamonds and pasted stickers. It also records John H Benton’s forty years of continuous service at the United States Bureau of Pensions in Washington.
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Mrs. de Style
John H. Benton
United States Bureau of Pensions
Washington
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Miss Curtain
Miss Nellig Curtain
Winchester
Carpenter & CO
Louisville
the Onion Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport, Conn
Ayer
Buckingham
Gall & CO
Mashda
Meridian Female College
Meridian
Mias
E.M. Dickson
Resiner&j
Indiananong
Ind
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicee
N.Y
House of Lords
Church of England
Victoria
Edward
Spectacles
Kipling
T. F. Watson
Pittsburg
Kline’s
R. H. Kum, Ltd
Arch St
Phila
Leanon R. Parzer
House of Representatives
Senate
Paris
Joan F. Borer
Trinity Springs
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Hall
F. J. Canney & Co
Toledo
West Indies
YER CO
Lowell
Mass
Greee
B. J. Robinson’s Gin & Machine Works
Vicksburg, Miss
Timber Lands
Edward L. Slattery
Natchez Street
New Orleans
antes \ -yro
R. Paxton Co
Nyone
Boston
Mans
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Advertiser
Berenue St
Tulane University of LA
Newcom College
Jane
Gibson Hall
United States
Atlanta College OF Psikilacy
Pratt
Adress ZO
Payne
Whitefall
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