Women Urged to Avoid Surgeries with Pinkham Remedy
A health advice note claims hospitals see many women with ovarian and womb issues caused by neglecting symptoms. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure, citing letters from women who say it helped them avoid operations and recover health, urging others to write for guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fred Seydel
N. 54Th Street
West
Philadelphia
Pinkham
Pap Tal
Lydia B. P
Ruby Mushrush
East Chicago
Ind
Lydia E. Pikham
Connecticut Mutual Life Insuranc e Company report noted
The fifty-ninth annual statement of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford and Colonel J. L Greene's report are summarized. It highlights growth in new business, insurance in force, premiums, assets of 365,224,841, and a surplus of 4,828,696.64. Policies numbered 70,454 insuring 167,167,515. The company has paid out 234,358,488.98 to policyholders, holds about 66,000,000 above liabilities, and emphasizes a conservative business approach. Colonel Greene extols the company’s results as unmatched among American life insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Mtual Life Insurance Company
Hartford
J. L Greene
Phoenix
Colonel Greene
Greenewell
Connecticut Mutual
Repport
Newport and Providence Railway Timetable
Newport and Providence Railway timetable lists weekday and Sunday departures from Bristol to Newport and return times to Bristol. It shows morning and evening trains with multiple stops and arrival times at Newport and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport & Providence Railway Company
Bristol
Newport
Providence
New Stomach Biliousness Cure Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. Described as a good remedy priced at 25 cents and sold by W H Buffington.
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O Chamberlain
W. H. Buffington
Mrs Field Taken to Hospital After Frostbite
Mrs Nellie E Field was taken to St Joseph's Hospital Providence after spending a night in a small out house by the Kirkemuit river. Surgeons question whether amputation is needed. Field, formerly of Warren and East Attleboro, has a noted family history and former spouses. A German grocer in New Orleans told a lagniappe joke, prompting a tale of added value. Also reported are a M C A bowling tournament update and a Rebekah Lodge meeting with a literary program and transportation notes.
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Nellie E. Field
Kirkemuit
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Providence
Philip Brady
Warren
Charles Bowler
Bristol Narrows
Red Shell Road
Charles W. Field
Walter Field
Willimantic
Conn
Charles Miller
Pawtuxet
Attleboro
James Branigan
New Orleans
Dot Lagniappe
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Reba Rebekah Degree Lodge No
Odd Fellows Hall
Lucretia Barnlam
Annie Faulkner
Mary R Fish
John H. Potter
Rose Standish Lodge
Book Thief Patterns in Libraries Revealed by City Paper
The New York Press notes that small libraries rely on staff and patrons to spot thieves, who often target reference works and almanacs rather than novels. Thieves claim forgetful cards, returning later with no intent to pay. Some use cloaks to conceal items like city directories.
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New York Press
Natives of the San Blas Coast Customs Explored
The San Blas coast natives exhibit unique social rules. A husband remains under his father-in-law’s control until his daughter’s marriage ends his thrall. Men guard women zealously and fear war prompts killing wives and children. Dreams and insanity are seen as evil spirits in influence, and the dreamer is killed on telling a dream. The insane are burned. Foreigners are not allowed to sleep in villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Blas Coast
San Blas
South America
Before and After Mr Busybody Henpecked Joke
A light joke from the Somerville Journal about marriage dynamics. The husband recalls how his wife once sat on his knee before marriage, now she sits all over him, highlighting playful marital role reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busybody
Henpecked
Somerville Journal
Prescription for Perpetual Youth Quoted Remark
Detroit Free Press reports Mr Green Miss Passay comments on a supposed prescription for perpetual youth. Miss Sarcastic responds with a quip about not taking it to a drug store and having it put up. The exchange reflects witty society banter in a light column.
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Mr. Green
Duke of Bilberry and Duke of Hohokus Duel Quip
Pittsburg Post notes a playful exchange about the king's fall from a horse. Duke of Bilberry asks where, Duke of Hohokus replies near the throne. The brief quip mirrors light courtly humor in early printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lancaster Pleads Not Guilty Then Guilty On Assault Charge
District Court in-session before Judge Bosworth hears Joseph A. Lancaster from Barrington plead not guilty to assaulting Elias David a Nayatt crossing tender. He is jailed for bond inability, later tried in Warren and fined $15 plus costs, then committed to Cranston workhouse to labor until the sum is paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bosworth
Joseph A. Lancaster
Barrington
Bowden
Elias David
Nayatt
Warren
Lancaster
David
Hosworth
OU Cranston
Obtuse angle joke question in playful exchange
A playful exchange quotes Willie asking what an obtuse angle is and his father calls it an Englishman to whom you explain a joke, capturing a light humor moment from Philadelphia Tondger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Philadelphia
Tondger
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Hever Suspect It
An old health ad claims a simple test with a glass bottle shows kidney trouble and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy. It touts relief from back pain and urinary issues, lists bottle sizes, and offers a free sample and book by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamp-Root
Pat Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Binghamton N Y
Bristol to hear liquor license applications in February meeting
Town Clerk announces January 17 1905 notice of license application for Theodore F Rawson retail spirits malt and intoxicating liquors at No 28 Mount Hope Ave. Town Council to meet Tuesday evening February 1906 at eight oclock to hear all interested regarding granting the application.
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John E. Magee
Antonio Vessella
Bradford Steel
Herbert F. Bennett
Theodore F. Rawson
Mount Hope Ave
Abert F. Bennett
Bristol
William N. West
Ellestein L West
Albert C. Greene
Hannah C. Perry
Albert C. Greens
Phaznix
Robate
Maria Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Mary Taylor
James Taylor
Ebrunry
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Ity
Riverside
City Hall
Riverside Car Barn
Franklin Street
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Rufus Murray
Hibbert
Hubbert
F. M. Chamond
E. Hibbert
Reba Rebekah Degree Lodge
R. E. Murray
J. L Wall
P. Gasper
J. Matterson
R. Bradbury
C. B. Rockwell
Geo. Clark
P. Skinner
A. Gorham
Manchester
B. M. MacDougall
J. Hoard
J. Kinder
O. H. Manchester
von Plas
Ge. E. Hibberts
F. M. Dimond
J. L. Wall
J. W. Best
J. B. Newman
F. L. Waldron
G. H. Manchester
T. Brightman
G. Clark
Staples Coal Company
Franklin Lyken
S Valley
N. N. Cole
Holland
John Shepard
Thames Street
Weingarten Bros. “Makers
Broadway
New York
Town OF
E.m.handy
G. A. R. Hall
G. M. Wilbur
G.M C. A .Kuilding
Hope Street
A. E. Sparks
Court Street
Peckham
DR. Mott’s Chemical CO
Cleveland
Ohio
William H. Buffington
Ask
TMS Laboratory
T? Co
Dewitt & Company
Chicago
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