Be Warned Nature Warns Kidney Health Cure Ad
An advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for Bright's disease and kidney trouble. It features testimonial from Frank D. Overbaugh of Catskill New York claiming prior diagnosis and relief after using the product. A free trial offer is extended by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with a 50 cent price per box and dealer availability nationwide.
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Dean
Frank D. Overbaugh
Catskill
N. Y
Bright
Overbaugh
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Mamma Drew the Line in Witty Family Dilemma
A daughter narrates Tom’s marriage proposal to her mother seeking approval. The mother rejects the idea of bigamy, insisting she will not marry anyone to please her daughter, signaling a firm stance in a domestic clash.
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Mamma
Tom
New York
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Full Cure
A 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming internal action to reach the blood and mucous surfaces. The note offers $100 reward for any uncured case and urges readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, with the product sold by druggists at 75 cents. It also plugs Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Halle
Hall
Ahmet
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hali
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
A list of patents granted to inventors from Minnesota South Dakota and Montana includes Henry Blenhoff St Paul Henry Blenhoff cart William Dawson Union County check punch George Griggs Billings inkstand Jonathan R Hamilton Kimball bath apparatus John Whackersmith Chamberlain clothing rack Edward McIntyre St Paul oar lock John Landing Wilmot rainwater cut off Patents by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers in St Paul Minnesota.
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Northwestern
Henry Blenhoff
St. Paul
Minn
William Dawson
Union County
S. D
George Griggs Billings
Mont
Jonathan R. Hamilton
Kimball
John Wheckersmith
Chamberlain
Edward McIntyre
John Landing
Wilmot
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press Bidg
The Burden of Pretending to Be Good
A reflection on the strains of living up to moral standards. The speaker notes that maintaining a virtuous record demands ongoing effort and discipline, suggesting difficulty in sustaining appearances of goodness.
How to Clean Laces
Instructional note by Eleanor R Parker describes cleaning delicate laces using a glass bottle, old cotton, warm Ivory Soap suds, and sun exposure for stubborn stains followed by rinsing in clear water.
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Eleanor R. Parker
If all women who look back turned to salt pillars
A provocative remark imagines streets filled with salt statues if every woman who looks back were transformed, sparking commentary on perception and gendered judgment.
Wiggle-Stick Laundry Blue promotes stain-free garments
The Laundry Blue Co announces Wiggle-Stick Laundry Blue that prevents spills, breaks, freezing or spotting fabrics. Priced at 10 cents, it equals 20 cents worth of other bluing. Send 10 cents for a sample to The Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago.
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Laundry Blue Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Northwestern Yeast Co
None of the ideals are unattainable to those who live them
A reflective line asserts that no ideal is unreachable for people who embrace and pursue meaning with real effort and commitment. It emphasizes perseverance, resilience, and inner resolve as keys to achievement.
Talking machine Trent by Dr Marage shown to the Academy
Dr Marage presents a mechanical device that reproduces human voice sounds without spoken words. Aimed with five plaster vowel heads and sirens, the machine demonstrates vocal tract mechanics and suggests steam sirens could form an international phonetic alphabet.
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R. Marage
French Academy of Medicine
Marage
Drowning myths about underwater endurance debunked
Dr. Joseph Boehm cites tests from Navarino Ceylon and the Red Sea showing divers cannot stay below the surface for more than a minute to two minutes. He notes a two minute stay caused injury and that five minutes underwater is highly unlikely to be survivable or resuscitated.
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Joseph Boehm
Navarino
Ceylon
Red Sea
England
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dangerous Bolivian Ride Described in Harpers Magazine
C J Post journeys through unknown South America in Harpers March issue. He narrates climbing winding cliff walls to a table land then descending a rugged gorge toward the Vitor Valley. Mules negotiate steep shale trails while riders brace for a fall and bones lie scattered below.
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C. J. Post
South America
Harper’s Magazine
Bolivia
Vitor
Ghost of John Gear at Funeral in Foss Poem
In Sam Walter Foss’s poem a ghost hovers beside his coffin as a priest extols the dead man’s virtues. The ghost recalls past wrongs, trembles at praise, and recalls a tearful woman amid the crowd while the living sleep. The verses blend ritual mourning with remorseful memory.
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John Gear
Tyne
John
Sam Walter Foss
Wisconsin Wire Grass Twine Promises Relief For Wheat Harvest
In a new product from the Northwest, wire grass twine made from Minnesota and Wisconsin grown grass aims to ease Manila twine shortages during wheat harvest. C. W. Crawford of Indianapolis notes the crisis of binders lacking twine, with Manila supply failing before harvest end. The new twine is said to match or surpass Manila in reliability, giving farmers greater security.
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Wisconsin
Northwest
Minnesota
C. W. Crawford
Indianapolis
Manila
Philippine Islands
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Young Women
Miss M Cartledge and Mrs Estes praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving menstrual ills and boosting health. Letters from Atlanta and New York City say the remedy cured weakness, cramps, backache, and fatigue, with ongoing appeals to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The ad urges substitutions refused, and notes the company may require original letters and signatures.
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M. Cartledge
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkhamn
Lydia E. Pinkam
M. Cartiepas
Whitehall St
Atlanta
Mazia Estes
West 125Th St
Lydia KE
Am Med. Co
Lynn, Mase
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