Apple Trees Need Room to Grow in Orchards
A horticulturist notes large apple trees require more space than forest trees and may need cutting away three fourths of branches to provide air and sunlight. The piece also mentions physical vigor in modern youth and promotes Hostetler's Stomach Bitters for nervous and digestive issues. George M Pullman's library in Chicago holds 546 volumes valued at 940.24 with other contents appraised at 16.239.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetler
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Various Patent Medicines and Advertisements
An assortment of tonic and patent medicine claims appears, including To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine, No-To-Bac tobacco cessation, Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 claim, Dr Kline's Nervine Restoration, and other remedies. Also notes on deafness cures, infant soothing syrup, Cascarets, Taber’s Pepsin, and a teaser for Avery & McMillan ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cuengy & Co
Toledo
Alderman Camp gains 22 pounds in five weeks
The Macomb alderman Louis W. Camp reports a dramatic weight gain of 22 pounds in five weeks after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the pills with restoring his health after months of illness and stomach trouble, supported by medical endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
Louis W. Camp
Onty
Mr. Camp
Williams
L. W. Camp
W. W. Meroan
Sam's Rosseuz
W. W. Moroan
Chicago Man Lives With Nine by Eleven Inch Singing Heart
Edward Lewis of 258 Division Street Chicago carries a heart measuring nine by eleven inches and weighing about four pounds. A Chicago physician using x ray-like exploration found the heart’s musical cadence during a dyspepsia episode. Since resting medicine, Lewis travels as a medical oddity, hearing a singing heartbeat heard best from the chest and audible to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lewis
Division
Stret
Chicago
Lewis
New York
Metropolis
A. M. Corwin
Rush Medical College
Corwin
Eigteen
England
Germany
France
Canada
Trenton
N. J
Fragmented Advertisements and Legal Notices Collage
A collection of 19th century style ads and stray legal notices mentions Cascarets Candy Cathartic for blood and skin issues, Star Tobacco ads, B B B tonic for blood disorders, Salzer's German Coffee Berry offer, and generic warnings on social status. Also includes a quip about a legal decision delayed by lawyers and seegars.
How to Start Vines Near Dwellings for Better Growth
Rural World explains how to overcome poor growth of vines near walls by removing waste soil and replacing with good soil. Advice covers spacing two feet from the wall, trenching to bring shoots near the wall, and using Virginia creeper to establish roots in moist soil for sturdier growth.
Antiquated Violin of 1715 Shown by Georgia Owner
Jackson resident Mr. Taylor Buttrell preserves a violin made in 1715, now 183 years old and kept for about twenty years. Esteemed by first-class musicians as a high toned instrument, he occasionally performs old time melodies with it, reflecting his passion for back-date music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Buttrell
Jackson
South
Butrell
Tetterine promotion and wartime metric note in ad copy
An advertisement touts Tetterine for skin ailments at 50 cents a box with mail order from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah. A Russian report claims the government will adopt the metric system. Also mentions No-To-Bac cure at 60c and a note about a German cavalry corps with vacliate attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tetterine
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Mrs Pinkham's Advice Helps Woman Recover
Mrs Nell Hust reports five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound relieved womb trouble and piles after years of illness. She praises the medicine and offers to answer inquiries. The article invites all suffering women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinknamm
Lydia B. Pinkham
Nell Hust
Deepwater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apple
Beth
Bao
Sterling Remedy Co
E. D. Town
Bend, Ft. Howard, Wis
C.C.C
United States
Taber
Dr. Taber
Avery & McMillan
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Norman
Norman Cordial CO
Prop's
CuarLestor
Bud Hope
Sol Phillips
Atlanta Journal
Beauty
Chew Star
Bi Atlanta
If C. CO
United Kingdom
Mrs. Nell Hurst
Freas
Nason St
St. Andrew's
WEG. ‘Co
Bristol, Tenn
Hood
Q. I, Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Trent
Mas
W. Kant
Media
Gerstle
Mann
St. Joseph
L. Gerstle & CO
Proprs
Chattanooga
Tenn
Isaac S. Boyd
Pres. Boyd & Baxter Furn
Fact’y
W. G. Raoul
Pres. Mexican Nat. R. R. Co
Atlanta, GA
Surreys
Waron- Harnces
Lyons
Ebade
Spron Ana Ders
Elkhart
Pratt, Bee’y
Ind
Rick
Eclipse Engines
Southern Managers
Forsyth
Atlanta
Ates
Thompson
Jones of
Binghemtee
Binghamton, N
Specia
Otacap
K.P. Mead Cycle Company
Copeland Medical Institute
Kiser
Atlanta E
J. L. Stephens
Dept. A
Lebanon
Ohio
Gotton Planters
U.S. Patent Office
Mark
Oser
Limbless Cotton CO
Peachtree St
South Carolina
CU Lowa Inman
M. A. Simmons
8. Hammett
Zollin
Valhalla
MM. A. Simmons
Zeilin
Simmons
Catalo
Connie
Ausann
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