Lydia Pinkham ads and notes on Brazil rubber trade
A collage of old clippings presents testimonials for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from Ridgway Penn and Tennille Ga praising health gains and household return to work. It also cites a humorous Raymond Blathwatt anecdote, a Renovine ad, a postal notice about draft luck and general quotes. The Brazil rubber trade shifts away from Brazil to the East, with Sumatran and other trees expanding production and impacting Brazil's export income per The New York Times.
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Ridgway
Penn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. O. M. Bates
W. E. Simpsey
R. R
Tennille
Brazil
South America
Far East
Sumatra
Ceylon
Burmah
New York Times
Freezone corn remover promises painless relief
An ad touts Freezone as a painless corn and callus remover that lifts corn with fingers. A Cincinnati authority notes it dries instantly and harms nothing nearby. Readers are advised to ask their druggist to stock a bottle. The piece ends with a humorous local vignette about tire trouble at home and a boy named George.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Quickly Ad
Fragrant Cuticura emollients claim rapid relief for sore hands with hot Cuticura Soap soaks and Cuticura Ointment. Free sample offer by mail with book. address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Ads note emergencies and rainy day provosts. jokes about ring bids and mystery.
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Dept. L
Boston
Did Matlack's hand hold the pen in Independence work
A detailed reminiscence on Timothy Matlack, secretary Charles Thomson’s clerk, likely penman of the Declaration of Independence. It traces his role in copying the document, the commission to George Washington, and the long, careful preservation of the parchment amid later copies and engravings.
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Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
Charles Thomson
New Castle
Del
Congress
Pennsylvania
Matlack
Thomson
George Bond
Thomas Edison
Alexander Hamilton
Library of Congress
Washington
New Hampshire
Timothy Matlack
Holmesburg
Gaillard Hunt
Philadelphia
John Dunlap
Journal of the Congress
John Hancock
Mr. Hunt
George Washington
Commission
John Quincy Adams
William J. Stone
Stone
State Department
Patent Office
Secretary of State
Timothy
Miss Lena Ashwell Stories in Theater Tale
Miss Lena Ashwell recalls a night when she felt she spoke poorly to distant playgoers. An attendant cried for opera glasses and a man in the stalls shouted a harsh response from the back, creating a chaotic moment in the theater.
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Lena Ashwell
Not In Vain Quote Still Echoes Through Space
A reflective excerpt cites F. W. Robertson stating that no true thought, pure resolve, or loving act has ever gone forth in vain, asserting universal persistence of meaningful deeds beyond time.
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F. W. Robertson
Dally Thought Your Wisdom Changes With Time
A fragmented misread line from a poetry column hints at shifting wisdom from childhood to adulthood. The garbled text suggests a reflective piece on growth and change without clear names or dates.
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Dally
Feash— Mactertinek
Curious fears of soldiers in the front lines
A wartime note describes soldiers' odd terrors from shells destroying fires and loose bootlaces to fears of woods and falling trees. Some keep scraps of paper with name and regiment to prevent burial as an unidentified body while others fear loss of identity disks.
Lemon Juice For Freckles And Complexion Beater
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion at very low cost. Grocers supply lemons and three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten skin. Harmless, advertises Willing to Be Good.
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Help
An old advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant alternative to calomel for bilious, constipated conditions. It claims quick morning relief, no salivation, and guarantees via druggist that a bottle will restore appetite and energy, with money-back promise. Also includes unrelated humorous snippets and a short anecdote about clergy and a job applicant.
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Dodson
Tam
Adv
Gossip and Ads from a Historic Page Mix
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century paper features advertisements for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with quinine and iron, a quip about malaria, and a humorous exchange about married life and entertainment budgets. It also references Dr Peery's Dead Shot for worms and a mail-order ad from New York.
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GROVE
Dr. Peery
Pearl St
New York
A Friend in Need and Odd Ad Fragments
Advertisement style notes urge use of Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial for quick relief priced at 50¢ and 25¢ Adv. Also references to landladies and roomers with a quip on language and a comment that a kiss is a conjunction.
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Mississippi
Woman's Crowning Glory Hair Dressing Ad
An old time advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing priced at 1.00 to conceal gray hair. The piece also includes a quip about a prisoner and a Roman Eye Balsam ad promising relief for irritated eyes.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Raymond Blathwatt
Lord Northcliffe
Squire
Marm
Loyola University
New Orleans
Rome
Praidese
Chillifuge
Malaria
Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Lendae
Bo-Ko Iiszcteriae
Memphis
George
Honest George
Cuticura
Clerk
Likkn
Albert Chevalier
Hilary Arbuthnot
Margaret
the Christian Herald
John Ward
M. P
London
Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
U.S.A
Macaronia
America
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber CO
Cambridge, Mass
Ideal
Ostalog
Sadress College
Berry, Ala
Rifsta
Notyant
Ciuildres
Drew York
Baas
Castoria
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