Woman Saved by Friend Shares Vegetable Compound Tale
Mrs Mary Wilhelmy of 309 Duke Street St Paul Minnesota recounts nearly dying from overwork and poverty while caring for six children She credits Ham s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after taking nine or ten bottles She reports regained appetite sleep and weight and invites other women to write for a reply Money often wins the first battle but seldom the second.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Mary Wilhelmy
Duke Street
St. Paul, Minnesota
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Public notice from druggists highlights Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble. An insurance physician cites kidney disease as a common reason for policy rejection, urging readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer in Binghamton NY.
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Kalmer
Kilmer
So Big by Dirk DeJong synopsis at High Prairie
Selina DeJong, nineteen, leaves Chicago life to teach at High Prairie near the city. She befriends Julie Hempel and lives with farmer Klaas Pool while her late guardian Simeon’s murder haunts her. Pervus DeJong, a poor farmer, courts a wealthy widow as gossip swirls around love and ambition.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Klaas
Paarlenberg
Pervus DeJong
Selina's box at High Prairie auction reveals love risk
Selina Peake hides a modest lunch box amid a lavish High Prairie fundraising auction. Pervus DeJong steps forward to help her reach Adam Ooms’ platform, where the widow Paarlenberg’s hamper sells for eighty-five cents to Goris Van Vuuren. Selina’s own shoe box then becomes the focal point as the crowd teases and the auctioneer teases the night with romance and social stakes.
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Hovendimk
Selina
Pool Farm
Adam Ooms
Kuyper
Manrtje
Klaas
Roelf
Pervus DeJong
Pervus De-Jong
Selmna Peake
Selina Peake
Adam Qums
Adam
Walt
Maartje
Roel
Adam Qoms
Paarlenberg
Pervus de Jong
Gerrit Pon
Johannes Ambaul
Ambaul
Scarlet
High Prairie
Pervous DeJong
Goris von Vauren
Haarlem
DeJong
Goris van Vuuren
van Vuuren
Goris
Teacher
Gole
Paarlenberg Gorls von Vuuren
Who buys Selina's little luncheon box ends tale
Selina contracts to sell her dainty little luncheon box to a buyer, with the result to bring a cheerful outcome for both parties and a neat ending to the modest barter.
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Selina
Gift Garment Sparks Mourning Mix Up in Household Tale
A Boston Transcript excerpt recalls a family gift mix up as a young relative brings a silk blouse for the laundress in mourning. The receiver Hannah objects, saying she will soon go into mourning herself, prompting a pledge to reallocate the present to another woman and seek alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
Lizzie
Annabelle
Boston Transcript
Guard Your Health Health Tonic Ad from Milwaukee
Milwaukee advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery promoting annual spring and fall use for strength endurance and health. Includes testimonial from John W. McLain and instructions to obtain trial packages by sending 10 cents or visiting dealers, Buffalo, New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
R. Pierce
John W. McLain
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Bayer
Awiai
Poe A
Sremuerr
Kopesen
Oll
Edna Ferber
Chapter
Leendert Paarlenberg
Stricker
Pervus
Pervus de- Jong
Muartje
Seliig
Adam Qonis
Jakob Nnogendunk
Katrinas
Linas
Sophias
Jakob
Spohn
Gpohn Medical CO
Goshen
Mne
Fred Spota
SS. S
Tod
Atlan
A NS
Oakland
Nebr
Anglo American Drug Co
Winslow
Anglo-American Drug CO
Fulcom Street
New York
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