Classified notice on selling sewing machines and cures
An abundant mixed ad fragment announces medical tonics, a notary stamp, and a Sears Roebuck sewing machine offer. It promotes Dr Henry and Co Toledo sellers, various brands, free testimonials, and a mail order catalogue with deep discounts, urging readers to reply immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J
Henry & CO
Toledo
Hall
Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Standard
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White
New
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promotes Comfort For Feet
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease for corns bunions and ingrown nails claiming it soothes swollen sore feet and eases tight shoes. It urges readers to request a free sample by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. It ends with a quip about people who seek vice with a telescope failing to see virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen's
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Wiggle Blue Laundry Bluing Ad Then Debt Note
An old advertisement touts Wiggle Laundry Bluing as spill proof and economical, priced at 10 cents versus 20 cents for other bluing, with a sample offer from The Laundry Blue Co at 14 Michigan Street Chicago. A declamatory snippet adds a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption and a Norwich New York letter claiming debt freedom as a top goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue.Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Mrs Brown's Testimony on Pinkham's Compound for Wives
A woman from Hot Springs Ark shares a testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and vitality after nine years of pain and illness. She claims relief from inflammation and womb issues and reports her husband renewed affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pronenam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cedar Verrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Istra
Marriage Q and A from a 19th century quip list
A humorous Q and A on marriage roles and in laws. Questions cover why people marry, whether money matters, engagement versus marriage, and the mother in law, each with witty and often pointed answers. The piece ends with a credited quip from Joseph Van Raalte in the Philadelphia Ledger.
Medical Art in China and the Theory of Anatomy
A discussion from American Medicine contrasts Chinese medical ideas with Western anatomy. It notes the belief that the skull and pelvis are single bones, varying ribs, and a cubital patella. organs linked to the heart, liver, and gall bladder. It criticizes Chinese physiology, describing pulses, and the five-element theory with planetary, metallic, and sensory correlations as a faith-based system.
I Can’t Endure The Way He Smiles
A father reflects on his struggle to stop himself from striking his mischievous son. He recalls his wife’s gentle influence, the boy’s brown eyes and hair, and how tenderness finally holds him back. He admits fearing balanced punishment and spoiling the child yet cannot bring himself to harm the boy.
Woman operates mouse farm for easy income
A northern city woman runs a large mouse breeding operation selling white piebald black and Japanese mice. She ships 50 mice weekly to a major dealer at ten dollars per hundred, earning about five dollars weekly plus twenty one to twenty two dollars from other sales. Her setup is a partitioned room with straw and earth, fed twice daily and given water.
Reading fragment on sales pace and limit adherence
The text notes a rapid rise then a strategy of selling fifty items weekly to maintain numbers near the original limits cited by Washington Post. It implies ongoing management of quantities to avoid excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Death rumor sparks impulsive jests on streetcar talk
Private John Allen recalls a Washington streetcar overheard exchange between two elderly Black women about the death of a young man named Jenkins. The dialogue highlights sensational reactions as one woman jokes about his sudden passing, describing him as the most impulsive young nigger she ever saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jblin
John Allen
Washington Street
Mistah Jenkins
Barley Output Seeds Record Farm Income
Barley crop last year covered 4 993 137 acres earning farmers 60 166 313 dollars in revenue. The figures reflect nationwide barley production and indicate strong market prices for the year.
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Lugas County
A. Ae Feax
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Clerson
Saan
F. Geers
Mys
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Asi
Rome
Tam-sure Piso
Mra
Trios
Robelna Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Gen. Sherman
Joseph’ van Raalte
Philadelphia Ledger
Joe Deers
Reape Ae Od
Samuel Pitch Ponphin Seed
Wits Sea
Fac Simile Signature of
New York
China
Jes
Mouse Farm
Bears
Cers
Ree
Northwestern Yeast CO
Free Homestead
Canada
Western
Ottawa
W. H. Rogers
Watertown
S. D
S. E. Saskatche
R.R. Price
Uy Vuying
Washington St
Bary Co
Iowa City
D. N. AL
WN. B
Afriere
Aris
Muse
Ta Palz
Boston
Ore
Columbus
Feiler Dros
Nits
Caitaoa
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