Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Receives Public Endorsement
A Minneapolis woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her illnesses after months of weakness and pain. The letter urges others to consider the remedy and notes Mrs Pinkham offers confidential, free advice from Lynn Massachusetts to sick women seeking help.
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Minnea
L . Pinkham
Aaden
Lydia E. Pinkham
John G. Morpan
Ee Second St
North
Minneapolis
Lydia Em
Treasury Says Redemption of Worn Notes Tops 640 Million
United States Treasurer Treat reports daily note redemptions averaging over 2 million and a total of 640,000,000 redeemed in the just closed fiscal year. He notes growing business activity, rising demand for clean money, and a modernized destruction process using electric punches and knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treat
Treasury Department
Treasury
After Honeymoon Brooke tells a tale at a man's expense
Louisvile Courier Journal recounts John W. Brooke joking about a married man who once condemned looking at other women but later admitted he would look if his wife were present. The anecdote contrasts his earlier stance with a later admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brooke
Mr. Brooke
Louisville Courier-Journal
Eating for Strength with Quaker Oats Advertising
The article extols Quaker Oats as a source of strength and vitality claiming scientific tests and family trials show it builds muscles and brain without burdening digestion. It emphasizes affordability and purity and notes regular and large family packages for those far from stores.
Painter Maier Not Living Here Questioned by Visitor
Landlady asserts residents are respectable people in the house when asked if the painter Maier lives there.
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Maier
Catarrh Cure Prescribed by Medical Authority
A historical health note presents a blood based catarrh remedy. It recommends a mixture of one ounce compound syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey, to be shaken and taken in tablespoon doses before meals and at bedtime. It claims hospital success and urges readers to obtain ingredients from a druggist.
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Canada
Shaw
United States
Areca
Aha
Willeames
Yntee
Ottewa
Chaspi
Grand Ferks
C. Bak
Tea Talk on Woman Suffrage Ends With Husband Support
At a daytime tea during the presidential campaign the topic of woman suffrage arises among women guests. When asked if she is a suffragist one guest says she is not. If asked whom she would support in the campaign she answers that she would back the same man she always has, namely her husband.
Worth the Expense and Odd Anecdotes
A eclectic mix recounts a British admiralty tale of a sailor who retires rich yet keeps a useless servant who dutifully announces the admiral’s commands each morning. The column also advertises Hall’s Catarrh Cure and promotes tuberculosis hospital beds, urging public donations and public health action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John’ Fisher
British Admiralty
Fisher
J H Rindlaub Specialist in Fargo Eye Ear Nose Throat
Patient facing personal discomfort urged to focus on helping others for relief. Advertisement presents J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota as ENT specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dor
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Doctor Yourself Says Perry Davis Painkiller Is Safer
An advertisement urges self treatment when not sick claiming Perry Davis Painkiller prevents illness better than Quinine. It promotes large 6V2e bottles as cheapest option and encourages belief in personal capability to handle ailments.
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Siean
Perry Davis
Gov Glasscock Probes Arizona Rain Myth in Western Wit
West Virginia Governor Glasscock, touring Arizona, remarks on the arid climate and is met with a sharp local joke about bullfrogs in a town over five years old that has not learned to swim. The quip appears in Everybody's Magazine.
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Gov. Glasscock
West Virginia
Arizona
Everybody's Magazine
Solomon Reflects On Judgment And Faith
The speaker muses that his decisions are sound yet admits he cannot claim to be a Christian judge. He acknowledges falling short of true wisdom and prudence in his judgment.
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Solomon
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promotes easy shoes
The antiseptic powder relieves sweating, callous, and tired feet and helps break in new shoes. Sold by all druggists for 25c with a trial package available by mail from Allen, 8 Olmsted, LeRoy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
New York
Matrimonial Bureau Quip Cited In Banter
A witty line from the Houston Post jokes about a matrimonial bureau bearing five drawers of women’s fixings and one man’s tie as its sole male presence. It reflects a playful take on domestic service and matchmaking common in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Pettit's Eye Salve Ad From Howard Bros. Buffalo NY
Pettit's Eye Salve offered for 25 cents promises quick relief of tired congested inflamed and sore eyes. Ad from Howard Bros. druggists located in Buffalo New York.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Wrigley’s Spearmint Promotes Health in Humble Ads
An assortment of period ad lines tout Wrigley’s Spearmint with claims of dental benefits and digestion aids. The copy features humorous exchanges about alimony and social scenes, plus health warnings about blood poisoning and immediate cures.
Child at revival finds preacher’s talk hard to hear
A small boy with his parents attended a religious revival and was impressed by the singing. When asked if he understood the sermon he replied that he did not know what the minister talked about but guessed the singers needed a rest.
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A.W. Price
Fredonia
Kans
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Litte
Uncle Sam
Toledo
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Frank J. Cuzner
F. J. Cuenzy & Co
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Beal
A. W. Gleason
NoTanry PuBlic
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
All Drugelata
Mall
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Wrigley
Dodds
Carters
Cartersive
Wamlins
Qil
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. + Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Arctic
Tropics
Japan
Continental Oil Company, (Incorporated
Baers
Judes
Mian
Andersch
Fargo
ST. Paul
Andrew Monson
FaEron Parca Ganneay
H. H. Aaker
Aaker
Grand Forks
H.H. Aaker
Akota
OLL
F. L. Watkins
Farg
Texips
When Bros. & Co
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St. Lecis
Wrigley’s Spearmint
Jane Bend
E.P. Bun Yer CO
Washington, D.C
Woodward & CO
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