Mrs Brown Sways to Lydia Pinkham Remedy
In Yola Kansas Mrs D J Brown recounts illness during the Change of Life lasting two years. After three doctors failed, she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound taking twelve bottles, and reports reduced bloating and renewed strength enabling daily chores including washing. She endorses the medicine and urges other women to consider it. She offers confidential letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yola
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
D. Ji. Brown
Walnut St
Iola,Kan
A Grateful Old Man Testimonials Dodd's Kidney Pills
An elderly Kentucky farmer, 77, writes that Dodd's Kidney Pills have helped his long standing back strain and bladder inflammation. He credits the remedy with keeping him alive and reports ongoing use to prevent backache. The ad invites publishing his testimonial with a photo and mentions the product price and free household hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Dodd
Desler
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Promises on the Promised Land and Faith
A man declares the life of faith as a standing on God’s promise, describing the promise as a homeland. The remark frames belief as dwelling within divine assurance.
Profitable Breeding and Feeding for Hens and Chicks
A farmer’s eight pure bred hens yielded 3.72 dollars per hen from eggs in a year while each raised 75 chicks, with chick profits above food costs equaling egg income. The article outlines feeding, water, grit, and age-based grouping to maximize hen production and profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Orr
Importance of Compact Fences in Farming
An early discussion on the role of fences in farm management. The piece traces fencing history from stump and Virginia rail to wire, notes hedge fencing’s underuse in America, and cites legal precedence that landowners must keep livestock contained to avoid damages, urging regular maintenance and sturdy construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Weatherstone
Virginia
England
Supreme Court of Indiana
Alberta farmer builds mixed farming empire from 160 acres
Mr. Harris Orum, an Alberta farmer, arrived from South Dakota eleven years ago and expanded from 160 acres to 1,920 acres of mixed farming. He soils at $50 an acre and markets 100 to 125 hogs and similar beef cattle yearly with barley yields around 40 bushels per acre. The piece promotes homestead opportunities and notes high yields in truck gardening and poultry raising near transcontinental lines in Western Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Harris Orum
Alberta
South Dakota
Orum
Poland
China
Unpicked Grapes Fined Under Old French Law
A Capestang vineyard owner faced a fine and costs for picking grapes left on vines after harvest. A 1779 law deemed leftover grapes as property of the poor, and Beziers court confirmed the police view leading to conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capestang
Beziers
France
Where He Got It and Other Oddities
Ad page fragment blends comic quotes with patent medicine pitches. It touts cures for skin and digestive issues and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The tone reflects a late 19th century newspaper ad mix and moralizing wit.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Jack
Boston Evening Transcript
Carter
Carters Tiver
Money Makers
Western
Dr. Pierce
Ady
Liggett &’ Myers
Durham
N. C
North Carolina
Duke
Hors
J. T
Tinsley
Piedmont
CLIX
ST. Louis, MO
Kent
Spohin
Spohn Medical Co7
Ceaistsaat Bacteriotosisiz
Coshars Ende
Chicka
Ralaall Remedy Co
Diackwell,o
Samuel Ptcher
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York
Yory Lebo An
Fooda
Castoria
7Ho Centaur Company
New York City
Rbh
Fargo Ice
ER & Dairy CO
Fargo, NO. Dakota
John L. Thompson Sons & Ct .Co. Bee N.E
Watson E-Coleman
North Dakota
Price Sutton & Aherin
Lisbon
N. Dak
W. N.A
Fargo
Monroe
Geisee Ie
Manitoba
Sankatchewan
W.E. Black
Cliford Block
Gland Forks
NO. Dam
Ottawa
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