Women Hear Hope From Lydia Pinkham Letters
Letters from three women describe relief from uterine and health issues after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Mayme Aspacu of North Crandon Wisconsin credits renewed health after displacement and ulcers. Mrs A L McCastano of Lawton Oklahoma reports improved energy and irregularities. Mrs Boscoopa of Roxbury Massachusetts says inflammation and displacement symptoms subsided with the remedy.
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North Crandon
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mayme Aspacu
Lawton
Okla
A. L. McCastano
Oklo
Roxbury
Mass
Mrs. Boscoopa
Haynes Park
Chronic Discouragers in Modern Times
The piece notes how some men thrive on discouragement and prophecy of misfortune. They endlessly warn of doom for any proposed enterprise and, even after initial success, find flaws to negate progress.
Farmers Form Self Made Corporate Articles
The farmers organized a corporation to dodge legal fees and drafted articles of agreement. Their rule states annual meetings occur on the second Saturday of July each year unless that date is a Sunday or a holiday.
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J. L. Gifford
Cor, Hope and Pleasant Sts
Quaker Neighbor Laughs At Asbestos Rich Man
A Quaker lady near a wealthy asbestos manufacturer sees his family host lively activities across the street. She never scolds but remarks with a gentle line about their faith in asbestos, reflecting a witty, tolerant old world viewpoint.
The Art of Cookery as a Foundation of Health
The piece argues that proper cookery is essential to health and worthy of high regard. It elevates cooking beyond a menial task, ranking it beside motherhood in importance for welfare.
Franklin’s Push Button Sparks Philadelphia Street Alarm
Benjamin Franklin devised a primitive push button in 1751 to scare away idlers gathered outside his Philadelphia residence. The device shamed the crowds, deterring them from lingering under his window and avoiding offense to the philosopher.
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Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Causes of Insomnia Among War Leaders
The piece argues that worry and anxiety, common in wartime, lead to insomnia. It cites that leaders, likened to Macbeth who murdered sleep, would struggle to sleep under stress and fear.
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Macbeth
Fiftieth Annual Report of the Bristol Home for Destitute Children
The Bristol Home for Destitute Children marks fifty years since its 1866 founding to shelter feed and train needy children. The secretary notes early efforts led by Betsey Bourn Elisha Hathaway and Robert Rogers with a house on Congregational Street in 1866 and a charter signed in 1867.
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Bristol Home For
The
Children's Home
Elisha Hathaway
Betsey Bourn
Mr. Hathaway
Miss Bourn
Robert Rogers
Rogers
John Norris
Maria O’wolf
Congregational Street
Methodist Church
State Street
Dr. Shepard
Balch
E .P. Brownell
John Watson
H P Wardwell
Nathaniel Bullock
J M Blake
LeBaron B Colt
Locke
Hathaway
James Lawless
Noyes
Union Street
FE. S Babbitt
Howe
Farrally
Merrimah
Church
J. Russell Pearse
J.p.reynolds
Hannah Drury
Children’s Home
R. Rogers
William H Church
Benj Brayton
Phoebe Greene
Mary Thompson
William Bishop
C. Tiffany
James Smith
Sarah Ballou
Alice Alden
Robert Andrews
James D’wolf
Marian D'Wolf
J P Pierce
Selden
C. H Waldron
Maria Shepard
S P Briggs
M A Watson
Mary Burr
Susan Greene
Ellen Slade
Esther Peck
Louisa Anderstrom
Betsy Bourne
Mary Baylies
Kant on Enthusiasm and Virtue's Serenity
The quote contrasts enthusiasm with temperate virtue. Enthusiasm, though tied to the senses and vivid representations of goodness, is a feverish glow that ends in exhaustion, while true virtue rests in serene mind and steady determination to follow moral laws.
Justice as a Habit of Mind and Welfare
A concise meditation on justice defining it as a habit of mind that accords proper dignity to all things while upholding the general welfare as taught by Cicero.
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Cicero
Do You Know That Today Is Best Day To Clean Up
Public health tips claim today is ideal for health work. Fresh air food and rest fight tuberculosis and typhoid fever declines cited. Overheating constipation lack of exercise and eye strain linked to headaches. Contaminated drinking water blamed for deaths and bad teeth in children. Sleep shortages endanger health.
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U.S. Public Health Service
She Had Them All Quote in Bostop Transcript
A brief excerpt from the Bostop Transcript notes a humorous exchange about a wife’s remarkable constitution and a comment on her by laws rules and regulations in a dialogue between two speakers.
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Bostop Transcript
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Health For
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Mayo
Joyville
New England
Mayo’s
American Tobacco Company
BIS
Ey Esgs
Bristol
Uel
Egtal Psy
Justice
Jair Balsam
BROWN
Arlene Ets
Grown Hers CO
Murray St
New York City
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Ave
T. Clarke Brown, Jr
Constitution St. Tel
R. Bristol
G. M. Wilbur
Hope Street
Walter H. Coggeshall
Constitution Street
Leonardi Digati
Iver Johnson
Oxfords
Bradford Street
William W. Franklin& Co
Wood St
G.W. Simmons
E. L.F. Colwell
E. K. Reynolds
High Street
Hydraulion Hall
Pearse Ave
Weaver & Matheson
L. Levy
Champion Shoe Repair
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Providence
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