Athletes and the spring need for Peruna tonic
The passage argues athletes must stay in peak condition through spring with good digestion, perfect circulation, and sufficient sleep. It credits Peruna as a reliable tonic that boosts mood and helps athletes avoid spring fatigue, insisting they keep themselves “in the pink of condition” and avoid getting under the weather.
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New York
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Rich Tips Earned by Francois Damon in Five Years
French waiter Francois Damon left Denver for France after earning 40000 in tips over five years, eight thousand last year in St Louis. He speaks six languages and hails from a family of waiters. Also notes catarrh cures and a failed job ad for a store office boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Damon
Denver
France
St. Louis
New York Press
The Fallings of our Novelists Reflect Harper’s Insight
Harper's Weekly notes that American literature lacks strong individuality and emotional depth. It argues American novels often feel minor or elementary compared with English French or Russian works. The piece suggests leisure class and cultural constraints shape American fiction and hints at future growth or continued simplicity.
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Harper’s Weekly
Motoring In Ireland A Parade Of Hospitality
A Dublin guest recounts Mr Mecredy’s Irish busyness with hospitality and hotel staff. He recalls a waiter offering poached salmon instead of eggs, a cottage visit with seven children and a baby, and a mother boasting of twins. The party enjoys meals. Pat the waiter quips he flies low after being hailed an angel.
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Mecredy
London Telegraph
Health zealot's fall from health obsessed life
A London Pall Mall Gazette correspondent recounts a friend who pursued extreme health measures including routine temperature checks and a mysterious decoction. He removed his appendix to prevent illness, led a disciplined life, but died after slipping on orange peel, suggesting moderation over relentless self care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Pall Mall Gazette
All Men Are Born Equal in Human Development
The piece argues that beauty, cleverness, or slowness shape outcomes but do not decide fate. It notes that attractive women rely on flattery and fail to educate their minds, while homely ones cultivate character to compensate. Clever men falter when talent goes unused, and the slow man gains patience and tenacity. The rule: strengths and weaknesses offset, and self-change determines development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
To Cure Neuralgia and Electric Harvesting in Australia
A London Chronicle quip mocks neuralgia believers by contrasting a skeptic's cure of kissing his wife with the idea of doctors. The piece notes Australia adopting electric-light harvesting, highlighting era innovations alongside humorous commentary about pain relief and belief in medicine.
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London Chronicle
Australia
Rate cut protest by Georgia railroad unions
J Pope Brown proposed lowering Georgia passenger rate from three to two cents per mile. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors, and unions of blacksmiths, machinists, telegraphers, boilermakers, railway train men, carpenters, joiners, clerks, and car men protested. An attorney for these groups argued the cut would harm state prosperity, reduce railroad employment, and lower wages. The Travelers Protective Association joined, warning fewer trains and poorer service would result.
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Atlanta
J. Pope Brown
Georgia Railroad Commission
Georgia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Travelers’ Protective Association
A Sun Parlor for Baby In Early Paper Culture
The Philadelphia Record describes the sun parlor as a patent adjustable wood platform extending beyond windows with glass top and carpeted floor. Babies nap warmly dressed under sun exposure, with weight and health gains touted by mothers who prize up to date practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cure for sore skin praised by Akron mother
A Akron mother recounts a dramatic recovery for her child after trying Cuticura. She notes three doctors failed to help while a small amount of the soap and ointment cured the child’s widespread sores, leaving the skin fresh and clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
G. J. Steese
Coburn St
Akron
Ohio
Ingenious oil vial lamp and other relics in old notes
An old miscellany describes a phosphorus oil lamp in a glass vial for night reading, its use in cold weather, and pocket portability. It also mentions the Greenland whale’s age, Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion, Alhambra’s danger of collapse, Huckleberry Cordial, Kansas as the center of the universe, and a quip about travel distances from Kansas.
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Son
Paris
eLisa
Woolford
E. Detchon
Crawfordaville
Ind
Alhambra
Spain
A Voice From the Pulpit on Kidney Health
Reverend Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin testifies that kidney disorder attacks kept him housebound. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with general health improvement, pain relief, and better kidney secretions. Sold by dealers at 50 cents through Foster-Milburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Dean
Dean’s
Nurse’s Enduring Endorsement of Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Newark nurse Mrs Martha Pohlman shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating female troubles. She describes long illness after marriage, improvement within four months, and urges women with symptoms like irregular menses, weakness, backache, dizziness, and leucorrhea to seek the product's aid.
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Martha Pohlman
Chester Avenue
Newark
N. J
Blockley Training School
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia RE. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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