Woman credits Swamp Root for kidney ailment relief
A 40 year old woman describes long kidney or bladder hemorrhages eased by Swamp Root. She bought a fifty cent bottle, then three more, and reports relief after worse overwork returned. She offers to publish full details and endorses Kilmer product with a physician’s oath and offer of a free sample.
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L. P. Purvis
J. P
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
A Touch of Family Life
A country youth proposes to a city girl and is teased into believing she would be his sister. He kisses her and she calls out to her father who responds with firm seriousness. The pair end their budding relation by mutual consent, as judged in a humorous note.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. F J Cheney Co Toledo endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin guarantee. testimonials sent free price six eight cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation promoted.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
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Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O Hall
Tke Hall
Not Even Mother Birthday Quandary Among Siblings
Beth laments that his sister Adelaide and baby brother will have birthdays before his. He pleads to have his day arrive first, but Adelaide responds that no one can change a birth day, not even mother.
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Beth
Adelaide
Looking After the Eggs at the Restaurant
Four year old Lady Betty, at a restaurant for supper, orders poached eggs on toast with childlike poise. She tests a window screen, asks if she would fall and be buried, then wonders what the man would do with the eggs.
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Betty
Littl
Exciting Town Tale of Reunion in Los Angeles
A widow in Los Angeles longed for a schoolmate seen 45 years prior. A spirit directed her to Brooklyn where she found him. They met and married promptly, amid the city’s vibrant life and occasional disasters.
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Los Angeles
Angelo City
Brooklyn
More Than Ever Improved With Postum After Coffee
An Winds woman reports greater mental stamina after switching from coffee to Postum. She describes kidney and heart improvements, steadier nerves, and renewed ability to perform hard mental work with less fatigue. She cites reading The Road to Wellville and notes ongoing ads.
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Winds
Wellville
Minnesota Stallion Barn for Breeding Purposes
Description by M T Grattan in Breeder's Gazette outlines a south facing stallion barn with office, carriage space, and sturdy stallion boxes. It details safe breeding pens, barrier posts, gas pipe bars, and a winged safety area for mares. Breeding totals up to August 22 1874 include 98 to a draft horse, 62 cows to a Red Poll bull, and 74 mares bred to a brother with no injuries.
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Minnesota
M. T. Grattan
Breeder's Gazette
Liberty
France keeps pawnshops under state control for public benefit
Paris operates a government controlled pawnshop system where four fifths of jewelry values are advanced at seven percent interest. If loans default, items are auctioned and proceeds used to repay the loan, with any surplus going to the borrower or hospitals. The scheme funds hospitals and supports the needy through indirect taxation.
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France
Paris
State Department
Orchard tree pest killed by hard fungus disease
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist KE Sanborn reports a hardy fungal disease being tested to check the San Jose Scale. The treatment, to be supplied gratis after scale samples are identified, is applied to infested trees and spreads naturally.
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San Jose
By¢ KE Sanborn
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Changing Attitude of Turkish Women Toward Medical Practice
The article notes a rapid shift in Turkey from strict Islamic custom toward accepting medical examination. Historically Turkish women refused chest checks or stethoscope use, often behind veils and under priestly or superstitious influence. Now many women willingly seek medical help, with exceptions remaining.
Pronunciation of State Names Sparks Senate Debate
Harper's Weekly notes a debate over how to pronounce state names in the U S Senate. Senators Bailey Cummins Newlands dispute accents for Iowa Nevada Indiana Colorado Arizona Wyoming Hawaii and Oklahoma highlighting regional variations and authority questions.
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United States Senate
Ioway
Bailey
Cummins
Gallinger
Beveridge
Indiana
Nevada
Newlands
Colorado
Arizona
Oklahoma
Senate
Harper’s Weekly
Widow Crump Killed as Frightened Horse Runs Away
Mrs. Christina Crump, 45, of 515 28th street, died after being crushed when a horse attached to her carriage bolted near 31st and Devereaux streets on Sunday. Her seven year old son survived with minor bruises. Her husband had died seven weeks earlier from injuries in the same incident.
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Devereaux Streets
Christina Crump
28Th Street
Two Doctors Debate Appendicitis in Comedic Clinic Scene
A patient endures ribbing from two specialists who declare appendicitis likely but question surgery readiness. The patient bursts out with sarcasm as the medical chat turns into a farcical exchange.
Cuticura credited with curing child skin sores
Nurse Mrs. Egbert Sheldorn of Litchfield Connecticut recounts a year and a half of severe skin sores in her child. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for two months the sores healed completely and the child remained well.
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Egbert Sheldorn
Litchfield
Conn
Water and herbs urged to cure rheumatism and kidney troubles
A health note promotes drinking water as the key treatment for kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism. It prescribes a home remedy with Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, plus ample water, to be taken after meals and at night.
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