Gardiner Woman Credits Vegetable Compound Cure
A Gardiner Maine woman recounts severe organic troubles and a feared operation before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. After three months she is cured and urges other women to try the remedy before surgery. The note also includes Mrs Pinkham's offer of free advice from Lynn Massachusetts. A final line comments on unworthy men and a quip about Canada sap and waffles.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
United States
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Feet
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting tired feet corns and bunions. It claims relief while you walk and lists 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
We Buy Hides Wool and Farm Supplies Ad
An assorted classified ad featuring offers to buy cowhides at ten pounds each and high wool prices, with messages from N. W. Hide & Fur Co and Samuels Bros of Minneapolis Minnesota. It includes quips about memory and debt noted in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Epilepticide cures and comic inserts flood readers
A newspaper page extols epilepticide cures and offers free literature and testimonials from the Dr. May Laboratory in New York City. The page also features satirical cartoons and quips, including a joke about hydrophobia and a character named Weary Watkins reacting to a newspaper article.
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Dr. May
Pearl Street
New York City
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted for School Eye Strain
A Marine Eye Remedy advertisement claims relief from eye irritation caused by chalk dust and strain common in schools. It cites a NYC census showing 17,928 children needing eye care and touts Murine as soothing and non injurious. The ad notes 50 cent price and free eye books from The Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
No Matter How Hungry a Horse Becomes Hit in Atchison
A new song titled No Matter How Hungry a Horse Becomes It Cannot Bat a Bit is described as the latest hit in Atchison. The chorus and playful rhyme reflect local humor and musical trends.
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Atchison
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Specialist Advert
An old newspaper ad lists Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat. The notice promotes products including Garfield Tea and Pettit’s Eye Salve and includes assorted aphorisms and consumer pitches from various brands.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Oxen trained to drive like other animals
A Vermont piece on training oxen for farm work. It stresses early education starting at six months, consistent commands, light guidance rather than force, and careful attention to their walk. It praises quiet, skilled drivers and well-kept oxen, noting good care and feeding maximize work and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Breeders’ Gazette
Paint Test Promises Purity and Easy Outfit
An article promotes a simple test to detect impurities in paint and urges homeowners to request the National Lead Company’s Painting Outfit No. 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building in New York. It highlights the Dutch Boy trade mark as a purity guarantee and notes the outfit includes color schemes and a specifications book.
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Wational Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
National Lead Company
Trinity
M Houseowner
Gardener’s Best Friend is Toad
A toad greatly aids gardeners by eating many insect pests. Over a 90 day period a grown toad diet includes 2160 cutworms, 1800 thousand legged worms, 2160 sowbugs, 3240 ants, 360 weevils, and 360 ground beetles, totaling 9720 injurious insects and 360 beneficials destroyed. English and French gardeners value toads highly, often paying per toad, and suggest breeding pools and shallow shelters to establish toads near crops.
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A. H. Kirkland
Cats Need Solid Subsurface
It is a mistake to sow oats on newly plowed ground where moisture is deficient. Oats require a solid subsurface and should be drilled rather than broadcast. Fall plowing can be used for weedy ground, spring plowing should be packed promptly, and heavy seeding is needed for large crops only if the seed-bed is good.
How to Fatten Poultry Fattening Mixtures and Rations
An old guide describes two fattening regimens. The first combines 100 lb barley 100 lb corn 100 lb oats with hulls removed 30 lb beef scraps and buttermilk or skim milk fed twice daily for three weeks. The second uses oats 100 lb corn 104 lb flour 50 lb four 4 lb tallow.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
America
James Robinson
Wawota
Western Canada
Government of
Western
National
Ottawa
Chas, Pilling
Grand Forks, North Dakota
McIntosh
Hasting & McIntosh Truss CO
Walnut St
Philadelphia
Parker
Jecases
Ted. Giood Drogas
Thompson
Wrigley
Samuels Bros
Wrigley’s
Weary Watkins
Nature
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
DODDS
ATS
Swrigley
VNG
TASIS
Totono
Lucas County
Frank J. Ciesrey
I. 3. Cneney & Co
Toledo
Stata Grovesaid
Hall
Catalun Carr
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
W. Gleason
Hiail
FP Oilchlney & CO
Mall
American Tent & Awning Co
Minneapolis
Mia
Winslow
Wrigley's
Canada Sap
Panecales
Torr
Bears
the Centaur Company
Castoria
Carters
Cascarets
Chas
H. Halepern
E. 7Th St
Ping
Picker & Beardsley Commission Company
ST. Louis
Mississippi River
SPOHN
Spahn Medical Co
Goshem
Ind
U.S.A
Independent Grain Shippers’’ Woodward & Company
Duluth
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