The Studious Girl and the Education Health Dilemma
A near total focus on study harms physical health as headaches dizziness and insomnia occur among ambitious students. A May letter to Lydia E Pinkham recounts recovery after using Vegetable Compound, with testimony from Mary P and others praising improved health and proximity to graduation.
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Mary P. S
Lydia E. Pinkham
One as good as another
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a superior cod liver oil emulsion available for over twenty years. It claims higher purity norwegian cod liver oil and positions the product as a lasting, dependable health aid, urging buyers to choose the original.
The Haunted Lake Espantoso Ghostly Texas Legend
A South Texas lake near Nueces river in Dimmitt County earns a chilling fame. Espantoso meaning frightful, its depths and forests host rumored hauntings and a century-old massacre where a wagon train’s silver sank and men perished. Subsequent spectral apparitions terrorized troops, birthing legends that kept travelers away and sealed the lake’s accursed name.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Texas
Nueces River
Dimmitt County
Mexico
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Description of Nathaniel Hawthorne by his daughter
Mrs Lathrop recalls her father Nathaniel Hawthorne in vivid detail from her youth beside his death. She portrays a sunny face with a perpetual smile, eyes that shift gray or violet blue by mood, brown wavy hair, and a clear luminous complexion. He is tall with lean athletic vigor and simple abstemious living.
Old Olympic Games Revival at Athens Described
Professor Allan Marquand of Princeton writes in the April Century about reviving the ancient Olympic Games on an international scale at Athens next month. Artist Castaigne provides restorations of classical scenes including the Stadium boxing, warriors race chariot events, the victor’s crowning, and his temple entry, plus views of Olympus Valley.
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Athens
Allan Marquand
Princeton
Castaigne
Hippodrome
Zeus
Valley of
Olympus
Palm leaf Bibles and Malabar coast writings shown
In the British Museum visitors can view writings from the Malabar coast and several palm leaf Bible copies. The word folio derives from folium meaning a leaf.
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British Museum
Woman's Wit and Medicine Tales From Newark
A Newark Evening News piece recounts Emma L. Stoll of East Orange praising Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. It details morphine avoidance, sulphur and molasses failure, weight loss, and dramatic recovery after taking the pills, with price and purchase info. Also notes on Persian Shah wealth, California orange rewards, college son pro profession, Transvaal penny, and Maine blueberry harvest.
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East Orange
N. J
Emma L. Stoll
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Rheumatism Cure Promises Quick Relief and Guarantee
Dr. W H Watt offers a magnetic treatment claimed to cure all rheumatism and related ailments with immediate relief. Free consultations and samples, money-back guarantee after half the course, and nationwide testimonials are cited. Includes endorsements from multiple local figures and a U S Health Reports nod.
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W. H. Watt
W. H. Warr
Vermont St
Indianapolis
E. J. Moon
Central Avenue
Joe Reagan
Baldwin & Miller
S. Meridian Street
John Schmidt
J. Erzanger
Brightwood
Robert H. Gustin
Clifford Avenue
W. H. H. Shank
Irvington
Ind
J. E. Sherill
Danville
Col
J. W. Gray
Massachusetts Avenue
Delaware Streets
W. H. Messenger
Washington
Delaware
Watt
Magnetic Remedy CO
Excursion Fare Tickets On Louisville & Nashville Route
On April 7 21 and May 5 tickets from northern principal cities to all L and N rail points across Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and part of Kentucky are sold at one round trip fare. Tickets good to return within twenty one days with a percent commission to agents at destination and allow stop overs on the southbound trip. Ask your ticket agent or write C P Atmore Louisville Ky or J K Ridgely Chicago IL.
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Louisville & Nashville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Kentucky
Percen
Bto
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago, IL
Saved From Destruction by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
An ad claims kidneys saved from inactivity by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters prevent Bright's disease diabetes and other maladies. It also asserts relief from malarial bilious rheumatic dyspepsia and mentions a humorous aside about a clock and a silhouette on a sister's stock.
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Bright
Dickory
Katie
Catarrh Cure Ad With Political Rhetoric Snippet
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy with a $100 reward for failures, promising constitutional treatment and testimonials from Toledo. The piece includes scattered dialogue about a dog, an angelic woman, soap, and a union delegate in a separate nonrelated snippet.
Free trial of Dr Kline nerve restorer offered in ad
An advertisement touts a free trial bottle of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claiming cures for fits with one day’s use. It offers a treatise and trial bottle to Fitcases and provides the Philadelphia address 931 Arch St. Mrs Winston's Sungoutine orKhoeP is promoted for teething children, claiming gum softening inflammation relief and wind colic cure at 2 cents per bottle.
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Huntington
Club
Seed CO
Chicago Scale Co
Chicago
Haunted Lake
Espantoso
The
Evening News
Newark, N. J
Persia
California
Transvaal
Kruger
Maine
Wm. B. McClellan
Che
Borax
Washington Times
Hall
Hail
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo O
Laura
George
Glenn
Nedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Indianapolis Usiness Universit School
Emmett J
Heeb
Sontenes Barness Mig
Tkhert, Tad
Puatr
Becy
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Union Fence Company
DE Kalb
Ill
Sapolio