Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement section touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a nerve tonic and uterine support, claiming it calms nervous excitability and restores energy. Doan's Kidney Pills are praised by Thomas N McCullough of Colorado Springs for permanent kidney relief. Also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and a remark about dropped piano wood longevity.
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Ieee
Cotes Etsi
Essing Sa
Ae Bean Weil
Pierce
St. Vitus
Thomas N. McCullough
Weber St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Philippine Dobie Itch and Cure by Cuticura Remedies
A telegraph operator in the Philippines describes the Dobie Itch a tropical skin disease with itching pimples. He details repeated outbreaks, temporary relief from carbolic solution, and rapid improvement after using Cuticura Remedies claiming permanent cure.
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Corps of Engineers
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Ee Soneconte
Brooklyn
Fragmented verse note from Puck on a troubled man
A vignette from Puck describes a man tormented by dizziness and dreams of a deadly bump, kept in a small cell with a lost truth and a mind turned askew. The obscured text names Fredid and references an early morning to night journey, suggesting a poetic caricature rather than a report.
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Fredid
Puck
Jokes and Quips From Vintage Newspapers
A compilation of short dialogue gags from 19th and early 20th century papers. Snappy lines feature artists, cooks, bankers, and social miscommunications. Notable quips involve Mrs Gassitt, Miss Pert, and Mr Nuritch, reflecting daily humor across Philadelphia Boston Chicago and Washington outlets.
Cheap Labor and Skunk Pests at Harris Hill Farm
A Bangor dispatch describes two Harris Hill brothers who own a large potato farm. Neighbors reported heaps of spuds left on the field prompting night watches. The mystery revealed skunks digging for white worm colonies, with the mammals producing and the brothers harvesting the spoils daily. The piece also notes over 120 India rubber manufacturers in the United States employing more than 15,000 workers.
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Spda
Bangor
Maine
New York Tribune
Harris Hill
India
United States
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Cure
A U S advertisement praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a timeless remedy for women’s illnesses. E Minkham of Lynn Massachusetts, described as Pinkham’s daughter in law, promotes free advice for three years and urges sick women to write for guidance.
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E. Minkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
United States
Minkham
Copper output estimates circle 940 to 970 million pounds
Estimates place national copper production this year between 940 million and 970 million pounds, up from last year's 901 million. The text also digresses into ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, Brandreth's Pills, and concludes with a remark that the first divorce steps sometimes begin at a dancing school.
Fragmentary ad copy hints at cures and remedies
The readable lines describe quack cures and medicines with claims of curing colds in one day and itch in 30 minutes, signed by Grove, with prices like 5c and 81 dollars. It mentions sailors suffering rheumatism and warnings about explosives handling and cures advertised by Detchon Me Go in Gramtezasville, Ind.
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Woolford
Detchon Me Go Gramtezasville
Ind
Pearls Of Thought: Lessons On Duty And Character
A bundle of maxims on work, conduct, and virtue. It urges doing truth through action, mastering self before ruling, and finding happiness in duty. Wise lines warn against self interest, boastfulness, and corrupting compromises while praising kindness and humble faith.
Mayor of Sunbury Endorses Peruna as Good Medicine
Hon C C Brooks mayor of Sunbury Ohio extols Peruna praising its virtue and beneficial results based on his own use and the confidence of friends, stating it is a great medicine and widely praised for its effects.
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Sunbury
C. C. Brooks
Sun Ohio
Gay
Sunbury Bera
Thedford
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Kincs Gress
H. RB
Kline
F Phila
H. Green
Philippine
World's Wonder Comeon
Peislit Tartary
Reese
Honkhonk
Mani
Cleveland Plaindealer
Philadelphia Press
Alice
Pert
Boston Transcript
Citlman
Philadelphia Ledger
Bvereland Leeder
Nan
Chicago Tribune
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Fox Hunter
E. Pinkham
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cuener & Co
Oledo
Marseilles
Rhone River
Rand Et
Brandreth
Grove
Delta Bag CO
New Orleans
Heaven
Lewis H. White
Bienville Street
C. G. Brooks
Robinson's Cin 2 Machine Works
Zieksaard
Rainy
F. O. B. Meggers
S.C
A. B. Weggetts
Fed States Agricultural Department
Tarry
Bleoche
Megoetts
Boa Fa Ladies’ Chattanoage Medicine Co
J. J. Livingston
Freeman
Cardus
Cardui
Ates, Poe Tu
la Geeale
Paw Nestorer
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