The life of Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound
A portrait of Lydia E. Pinkham born February 9 1819 in Lynn Mass and her rise from teacher to founder of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It covers her family, the 1873 financial collapse, community support, and the growth of the plant based remedy used to aid countless women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
Yno
Mass
Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Pinkham
Pinkhams
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Prince Henry of Prussia and Other Notables in Brief
Prince Henry of Prussia, commander in chief of German squadrons, is the sailor prince and brother of Kaiser Wilhelm. The piece notes his birth in 1862, jovial nature, and wartime aid to the Kaiser. Also profiled are Charles Edgar Littlefield of Maine politics, Secretary of War Taft, Governor Terrell of Georgia, Edward Conway, Carlos Wilson, and lawyer Oarsman Hartridge, with brief biographical highlights and roles.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Empire
Iaiser Wilhelm
Potsdam
Chicago
United States
Czar
Wing
England
Greece
Charles Edgar Littlefield
Maine
Pine Tree
Mr. Littlefield
Lebanon
York County
Nelson Dingley
House of Representatives
Congress
Rockland
William S W. Taft
Roosevelt
Cuba
Philippines
Washington
Taft
Joseph M. Terrell
Georgia
Atlanta
Greenville
Terrell
State Senate
Extermination of Bushmen by Boers and Englishmen
The article alleges mass killings of the Bushmen in South Africa by Boers and English settlers. It claims Bushmen were shot on sight and nearly wiped out, with survivors living in the Kalabari desert. Pygmies in inland forests are described as safe until whites seize timber, risking their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Kalabari
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Waterville Restaurateur
Mrs. A. Moore of Waterville Missouri testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured her year and a half of kidney trouble including backhead and loins pain and fatigue. She bought at local dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY stands behind the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Chiropodist mockery sparks career-jump humor
A quip mocks a chiropodist rising in the profession. The reply recalls a chiropodist becoming a manicurist and then a barber, joking that is about as high as one can ascent. The exchange plays on slippery career progress in a witty, period-voice line.
This Will Interest Mothers
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home claim to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms. The ad cites 30 000 testimonials and notes 5 cents with a sample free from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Remained to Be Seen Inquiring If Uncle Was In His Right Mind
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune features a compact exchange about a uncle’s state of mind before death and the uncertainty tied to a will reading. An advertisement for Mrs. Winslow’s Sopreme Syrup touts teething relief for children at 25 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four Railway
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
I. P. Spining
General Northern
Clark St
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad from 1886 Toledo Firm
Franklin Cheney swears his firm F J Cheney Co will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6 1886, is sworn before A W Gleason Notary Public in Toledo Ohio. The ad cites testimonials and states the medicine is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces.
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Beatyaft
Ohio
Toledo
Lucas
Frankin Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Coo
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WHO
MONEY
Klart
United Press Association
Fillmore &I
San Francisco
Cal
Peoria
Ill
Dearborn Ave
Kankakee
County
Sest
T. Wright
Greensburg
Kan
John W. Morris
D.C
Box U
Athunia
Ission
Catalives of
Noareheta Rosetabie
Fanitary Sip
Vlad Tote
Puars Speck Goods
Ra ‘ Nasi Tile Hea
Miz
Swan St
Uitulo
X.Y
A. B. Johnson
Alton, Ma
Kower
Ely
the- Bey
Druegits
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Thompson
Edward Stapleton Conway
Odd Fellows
Canada
Lake City
Minn
Wesleyan Seminary
West Sau Claire
Wis
Conway
Edward & Conway Company
Union League
Carlos Wilson
Napoleona
Boston
America
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Savannah
Gob
Lipplifield
Texas
Pecpe
Samuel Pitcher Reyue
Rochelle
Warre
New
Astoria
Bears
Castoria
Centaua
Lumbago
Sciatica
ST. Jacobs Oil
Cc. N. Y
Aces Dept. A
GEO. W. O'Neal
Harrison
Arkansas
California Fig Syrup Co
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