Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted in Testimonies
A long advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. W. P. Valentine of Camden New Jersey and Mrs. J. P. Endlich of Erie Pennsylvania, praising relief from back and side pains headaches and weakness. The copy claims thirty years of use and urges other suffering women to try the product with free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia FE
Pinkham
United States
Camden
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EK. Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Lincoln Ave
Camden, N. J
Erie
J. P. Endlich
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Nations That Died Through Fighting and Decline
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt surveys fallen powers from Rome to Venice, detailing how foreign conquest and internal decay toppled empires. It notes the western empire sacking, the eastern empire's fall at Constantinople, Egypt under Arab rule, the moguls in India, and Poland's partition by Russia Prussia and Austria, ending with Venice under fantasy council intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Roman Empire
West
Italy
East
Constantinople
Tigypt
Rama
India
Elizabeth
Delhi
France
England
Poland
Europe
Russia
Prussia
Austria
Priesia
Republic of Venice
Council of Ten
Secret Three
Venice
Napoleon
Onions as Precure for Pneumonia, French Remedy
A French physician touts hot onion poultices as a pneumonia cure. Six to ten onions chopped fine are heated with rye meal and vinegar to form a paste, then applied in a cotton bag to the chest. The poultice is reheated and reapplied every ten minutes for several hours, with three or four applications often enough to save the patient.
The Duffer's Record Golf Tale from London
A humorous golf vignette features a weary caddie answering a duffer's question about his score. The caddie trails the player's round naming misses and salvage in a run of holes, noting the ninth hole is still in doubt as the tester repeats errors and escapes the hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Allerton
London
Sandy
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises Health Benefits
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a superior health tonic. It claims to cleanse digestion organs, purify blood, and relieve constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, jaundice, headaches, chills, and malaria. Sold at Johnson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Johnson Drug Co
The New Colonel Takes Command of Illinois Regiment
Captain Grant, newly named colonel, calms a rowdy regiment with firm discipline. He orders desks, oversees punishment, and asserts command without pomp, earning respect as the men learn to obey and fearlessly back him. The once unruly unit discovers a decisive leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Goode
John A. Logan
Wink
Kogan
McDormand
A. 5
Watlin Garland
Friyate
Ilé
Mexico
The Rich Uncle Hie Desperate Truth
Dialogue fragments from a New York Week item depict a man asking a woman if his wealth protects their cause. She concedes his poverty and lack of paternal fortune, while he hints at a rich bachelor uncle who is invalid and near death. The woman expresses hopeful interest in meeting the uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Week
Invoking the Spirits of Ceylon Vedda Dead
Dr. C G Seligman describes Vedda beliefs on death and yaka spirits in Ceylon. The ne yaku withholds aid if neglected, and a kapurale calls the dead to possess him to approve offerings of rice and coconut milk. Possessed kin advise hunting direction and the spirit consumes the rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Seligman
Ceylon
Peculiar Marriage Rites In India And Ban kay
Peculiar rites in Northern India and the island of Barney claimed as marrying customs. In India a cow and calf are required. the couple stand in a stream as a priest pours water and prays. In Ban kay a knife incision gathers blood to transfer to the other leg. Also mentions Dr Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing a long running ulcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Barney
Banquey
New Music At Hamrichs 25c Each Postpaid
Postpaid records list several song titles including I Love You I Turn From the World to You Could Not Forget You To the End of the World With You I Want a Girl from Yankee Town Suwanee Babe Moon Fairy and more. The sheet advertises 25 cents per song.
Reminiscence of Long Life and Youthfulness Claim
James Wright of Spurlock Ky asserts youthfulness after claiming to feel like a 16 year old boy following six bottles of Electric Bitters. He credits the tonic with easing kidney trouble that troubled him for thirty years and touts the medicine as a godsend for the weak and sick. Johnson Drug Company sells them at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Parr
England
James Wright
Spurlock
Johnson Drug Company
Money To Lend On Farms By D McPherson
Money to lend announced with new arrangements for cheap farming loans. D McPherson office at the corner of Newnan and College streets offers prompt supply of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. McPherson
Vyeils House
Newnan and
College Streets
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Carrollton Marble Works
Depot Street
Carrollton, GA
C.R. Mullins
John Deye
Gladwin Mich
Wohnson Drug Co
NEW Music
Hamrich
Dixie Land
Yankeeoodle Town
Suawanee Babe
You
Moon Fairy
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