Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aimed at Women’s Ailments
A pitched advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for backache and a wide range of female troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs Holmes and Mrs Cottely of New York praising relief from backache headaches and menstrual pain and urges women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It states the remedy has a long standing reputation and urges against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EF. Pinkhem
Holmes
Cottely
J.C. Holmes
Larimore
North Dakota
Lydia E
Pinkham
Emma Cottely
East 12Th Street
New York City
Pink
Lydia E. Pinkham
Guaranteed Cure for Piles with PAZO OINTMENT
Advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT as a guaranteed cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a refund offer if not cured in 6 to 14 days. Druggists authorize refunds and price is 50 cents.
Cure of Severe Eczema Recounted by Selma Woman
Lizzie E. Sledge of 540 Jones Ave Selma Alabama recounts a four year battle with black facial splotches and itching eczema. She credits Cuticura Remedies Resolvent Soap and Ointment with clearing all lesions after six months of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie IE. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Doctor Patient Sleep Tale Echoes in East Saginaw
A doctor replies to a insomniac patient seeking sleep aid. He tells a familiar past case from East Saginaw, prompting the patient to urge him to continue the story. The exchange underlines a hometown anecdote told within a clinical setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Saginaw
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad from 19th Century Druggist Page
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for catarrh cure claims and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes price of five cents per bottle. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uall
FL. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Hall
Its Distinguishing Mark
The exchange features Mrs. Irons and the land lady debating a cold storage chicken. Mr. McGinnis explains it chews yet is hard to swallow, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about food.
Congress Loses ESSA Segs and Ends Five Tribes Talks
The Senate set a Friday vote on the statehood bill, while debates covered Indian affairs including settlement of five civilized tribes and coal land disposals. Railroads, army appropriations, and measures on graves and coinage also shaped a busy session agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hopkins
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Indian ‘Territory
Skensington and Eastern Railroad Company
Calumet River
Ilinois
House
Corbin
MacArthur
Dalzell
Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Company
Dolliver
Dolliver-Hepburn
Atlantic
Pacific
Powder Trust
Foraker
North
Indiana Territory
la Follette
Congress
Roosevelt veto warning and hearings on railroad oil ties
The interstate commerce committee orders an investigation into alleged railway ownership of oil and coal firms. President Roosevelt vows to veto any rate bill lacking his approval. A White House conference with the Senate committee officials results in a pledge to deny open hearings in cases of contested valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
District of Columbia
Revenue Cutter Service
Knox
Nelson
House
Shackelford
Missouri
Congress
Alaska
Denver
New Orleans
San Francisco
National ‘Capital
Interstate Commerce Committee of
Roosevelt
White House
Horse purchase yarn sparks a joke in Philadelphia
Wise accuses Markley of not being able to tell a lie when hearing the horse was valued at fifty dollars. Markley responds with a puzzled question as the exchange reveals the price tag attached to the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slack
Markley
Philadelphia Press
Minister Discovers Postum Replaces Coffee for Health
A Iowa minister, descendant of Danes, describes quitting coffee at 20 after nervous strain and insomnia. He toiled back to coffee then found Postum Food Coffee, prepared as directed, improved strength, brain clarity, steadier nerves, and sleep. He endorses Postum and offers testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Biblical Institute
Postum
Postuum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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J. J.g.ho G.holmes
Emma Cotrely
Carters
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Tower Canadian CO
Limite
Toronto
W.L. DougLas
Icapital
L. Douglas
Brockton
Boys’ School & Cauti Eas U
Dodds
Essa Segs
Senator Foraker
Indian Territory
Five Civilized Tribes
Appropriations
Military Committees
Meade
Army Division
People’s United States Bank of St. Louis
Kansas
Col Bill Hackney
Third House
Kansas City Journal
Wire
Alfornia Fig Syrup
Louisville, Ky
Wam Francisco Lab
New York
AVY
California Fig Syrup Co
Soc
Price
F. W. Diemer
M.D
Springfield
Lane
Western
Canada
Agre
Ottawa
Orto C. J. Broughton
Quincy Building
Chicago
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
Atall
Addres
S. Olmsted
le Roy
Automobile Schools
America
Seventh Avenue
Big Shanty
Union
Chattanooga
Danley
G. P.A
Nashville, Tenn
A. H. Gregory & Son
Arblehead
Dakota
Nebraska
Texas
Thomas J. Pugh
Omaha
Gee Jorgensen
Poysippi
Wis
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