Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A sequence of testimonial notes from Louisville and Adrian claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female ailments and spared surgeries. Women describe irregularities dizziness nervousness and severe troubles relieved without operations. The ads tout decades of testimonials praising the remedy's effectiveness for feminine diseases.
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Louisville, Ky
Lydia_E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Samm’l
Fourth St
Adrian
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena
Non E. Pinkham
Typographical Union Leads in Tuberculosis Sanatorium Efforts
The first TB sanitarium for laboring men was built by the International Typographical Union in Colorado Springs. The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union plans a similar institution, while the International Photo-Engravers' union funds treatment elsewhere. The International Boot Workers' union urges members to join the anti TB network.
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Typographical Union
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’union
International Photo-Engravers’ Union
International Boot Workers’ Union
The Rare Gift of Courtesy
The piece extols courtesy as more than manners, stressing honorable treatment of all citizens in business. It urges not to delay a poor man for wealth, and notes wisdom can come from those with less means.
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Pierce
How to Care for the Child
A perplexed mother asks about sneezing after a sponge bath and the medical advice in the tale suggests gentle remedies. It warns against harsh options like morphine and instead notes a dubious home remedy involving gin with sugar and lemon peel, kept away from the father.
Heartless Parent Blocks Garden for Croquet Ground
A gardener defies a ruling from a girl’s father who plans to convert the garden to horticulture not husbandry. The girl pleads against disturbing the flower bed for croquet, but the gardener cites orders and parental authority.
The Difference Postum Promises Health Over Coffee
An advertisement extols Postum as healthier than coffee, citing a testimonial of indigestion relief after switching. It claims readers can find verification in The Road to Wellville and promises ongoing wellness with Postum rather than coffee.
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Wellville
Liquor at Four Dollars a Gallon for Park Horses
In New York the park department faces a dispute over whisky bills for horses. Comptroller Metz ordered payment of a long-held claim at four dollars a gallon, arguing horses need good whisky as humans do. Park Commissioner Smith defends the purchase and jokes about horse drinking habits.
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Metz
Comproller
Smith
Comptroller
Comptroller’s Office
Park
Novelties in Gotham Street Music
In New York city street performances shift from tambourine groups to noisy quartets and a French woman busker. A four man tambourine and knee organ ensemble rattles through residential blocks, prompting protests yet pursuing street corner earnings. The female French street performer, described as years-worn and plump with tight white hair, offers a contrasting scene.
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New York City
Italy
Roslyn News Seeks Compositor Amid Matrimonial Ties
In Roslyn Village a local weekly the Roslyn News has earned a reputation as a matchmaking hub. Publisher William McCarthy searches for a new compositor as a staffer nears resignation after a spate of marriages linked to the paper.
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Roslyn
L. I
William McCarthy
Harbor Hill
Clarence H. Makay
Cupid
Millicent West
William Magee
Ros
Lyn
Harvey A. Brown
Bronzon
Warwick
N. Y
Slingerlands
Nelson Raynor
The
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Long Island Democrat
Jamaica
Brown
Ethel van Lise
Huntington
Hospital Maid Crushed as Elevator Enclosure Traps Girl
Miss Margaret Daly an 18 year old hospital maid in New York City became imprisoned between the elevator floor and a steel beam after she curious ly peered into the shaft. Rescuers had to remove the beam and chisel bolt heads to free her from the shaft as she faced possible death.
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Margaret Daly
Baby’s Hospital
Lexington Avenue
Fiftyfifth Street
New York City
Miss Daly
Mrs. Frank
The Pigheadedness Of Never Admitting Mistakes
A Colorado Springs Gazette column on stubbornness and the value of admitting one is wrong. It cites a man who never apologizes, contrasts it with a seasick story, and urges listening to others before judging. The piece ends praising the goodwill of admitting error.
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Europe
Mary Brooks
Colorado Springs Gazette
Last of the Cornish Smugglers Confesses Past Sins
From the Life of R S Hawker the Morwenstow vicar a former smuggler Tristram Pentire recalls the coast families teaching prayers and his own bitter review of a life spent drunken idle nights cursing fighting gambling and aiming to shoot gaugers. He calls the prior conduct sinful.
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R. S. Hawker
Morwenstow
Hawker
Tristram Pentire
Duty Defined as Everyday Responsibility
The piece argues duty is a daily obligation not just heroic acts or church work. It urges honesty and kindness as daily choices and notes that fulfilling one duty enables fulfillment of another, echoing a Milwaukee Journal quote.
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Milwaukee Journal
Parrot Dealer Quips About Talkative Bird
A dealer jokes about a parrot in the corner described as almost human while a customer replies that it talks a lot without saying much. The exchange captures a light, humorous moment likely from a shop setting.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Cure for Ailing Tipton Woman
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri describes severe bladder inflammation with back pain and weak secretions. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she says she was cured and has remained well. The advertisement notes the product price and sponsor Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan St
Tipton
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hamlet Actor Brags Of First Night Flub In Grave Gaffe
A theatrical manager mocks conceit as a lead actor boasts of his Hamlet debut. The manager comments on glowing reviews while the actor insists he did well. The scene ends with a joke about the grave incident and the audience's reaction.
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Ophelia
A Terrible Disease of Pedestrianism
A humorous exchange at a social gathering shows one man asking about car ownership and another admitting lifelong chronic pedestrianism, underscoring a lighthearted quip on mobility and modern life.
Climbers and Dwellings From City to Shore
A fragmented humorous piece contrasts urban and seaside living with figures named Knicker and Bocker. It nods to boastful claims about Ararat and includes satirical lines on persuasion and rheumatic complaints, mentioning Hamlin’s Wizard as a pain remedy. The tone mimics light column or verse in a bygone newspaper.
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Bocker
Eye and ENT services and fur trade ads mix in ad page
An ad page lists Dr J H Rindlaub specialist inEye Ear Nose and Throat in Fargo North Dakota with a quotation from George Macdonald. It also promotes N W Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis Minnesota offering high prices for hides and furs and cheap guns and traps. An ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain on children is included.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Conversational Snippets Echo Social Banter and Convalescence
A collection of light exchanges about lending money and prison reforms. A quip about prisoners wearing dress clothes contrasts with notes on watches and chains. The scene closes with Geraldine chiding her father for delay after illness and recovery.
Healthy living and a trusted laxative promise
An advertisement asserts that good health rests on right living and timely use of simple remedies. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the one perfect laxative, urging readers to buy the genuine product from licensed druggists.
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California Big Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
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