Lydia E Pinkham Product Endorsed By Brooklyn Couple
A Brooklyn woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved chronic womb pain after two years of marriage. The letter claims the remedy cured her and urges others to obtain the product and consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Finkham
Pauline Udson
Patline Judson
Schermerhorn Golf Club
Brooklyn
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pacling Japsen
Hoyt Street
N. Y
Stockton Fisher Tale and Garfield Headache Powders Ad
In Brooklyn dated March 26, Frank Stockton shares a fish story about a boy’s baited breath. Garfield Headache Powders are advertised as fast acting non cathartic headache remedies with sample powders offered by mail from Garfield Fea Co. Brooklyn New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stockton
Mr. Stockton
Brooklyn, N
Garfield Fea Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bible on cats prompts classroom quip in Times dispatch
A Sunday School scene yields a girl quoting a Bible verse about tails while a teacher asks for a proper biblical line. The exchange ends with a humorous misquote attributed to the Times noting a thunder reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Free sample of Allen’s Foot-Ease offered for tired feet
Advertisement notes a free sample of Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for tired sweating damp swollen and aching feet. It claims to ease new or tight shoes and to cure corns and bunions. Address given for request is Le Roy New York. All druggists and shoe stores sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmated
le Roy
Ft. Ze
Absurd question sparks light remark over voyage return
In a Washington Star snippet, a friend muses on a sea voyage and a wife’s remarriage, while Mr. Meckton dismisses the scenario as absurd and declares Henrietta would never let him depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Arden
Mr. Meckton
Ifenrietta
Washington Star
Cough Medicine Ad Urges Quick Visit to Druggist
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing with a free sample bottle offered. It promotes immediate action and notes bottles are sold in 25 and 50 cent sizes, warning that delays are dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Conversation Between Mrs Poultney and Mrs O'Dough
A brief dialogue spots Mrs Poultney asking about viewing old masters abroad and Mrs O'Dough replying she saw them only once when sending Claude to Eton. The exchange ends with a quip about the headmaster at Eton and a reference to Princeton Tiger.
EARMIEST RUSSIAN MILLET PROMISES RICH HAY YIELD
An advertisement promotes a millet crop claimed to produce 5 to 8 tons of hay per acre. It notes pricing at 60 cents per unit, 1.90 for 100 pounds, and 83.60 less freight. The seed is sold by A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
Beardiess
Victoria Rape
Balzer
Auntie Offends as Impudent Proposal Sparks Jest
In a Baltimore News excerpt a niece recounts Charlie Guss proposing to her. The aunt blasts the suitor as impudent, and the conversation closes with a humorous suggestion that someone should sit on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Guss
Baltimore News
Lane's Family Medicine Promoted for Daily Health
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for daily health supporting bowel movement, liver and kidney care, and headache relief. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents. Separately a note mentions Tipland acquiring all remaining private railroads in 180, indicating private operation by two companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipland
Native Arts Revival in Oklahoma Beadwork Spurs Indian Trade
Two missionary workers in Oklahoma fostered beadwork, lifting a nearly lost craft and creating a thriving market. Seventeen Indian women earned over eleven hundred dollars in a year as Indian shops expand in major cities and department stores feature exclusive Native American wares. The Navajo blanket, canoes, and leather goods are highlighted as enduring, unique arts that could enrich national wealth if better supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Candace Wheler
Puget Sound
United States
Murat Writes Under Fire Before Leading Cavalry Charge
During the Moscow siege Murat answered a dispatch while shell fire shook his horse. He calmly shifted the pencil to his writing hand and continued, inspiring his troops. The moment sparked a successful cavalry assault breaking the enemy line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Murat
Napoleon
Dreaming of thee and a pie inspired nightmare
A nostalgic verse recalls a longing figure in dreams and a night of pain as the speaker battles thy thrall. The piece ties late nights and indulgence in pie to eerie visions of a horse with eighteen legs and wings and a fear of the dead of night wrath.
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Somerville Journal
His Idea of Friendship
A playful exchange contrasts a gentler view of friendship with a wry political saying. The man with a gentle nature warns that making enemies into friends can backfire, while Senator Sorghum notes the cost that may accompany such a tactic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Printer Ad and Quip Littered Exchange
A fragmented exchange mocks thrift and printing choice with a quip about pen use and a boast of buying a new automobile. It mentions Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper and notes Schumann's mother possessed musical talent.
Peruna praised by officers in letters from Council Bluffs and Chicago
A.C. Swanson of Council Bluffs Iowa and Michael O Halloran of Chicago Illinois commend Peruna for nasal catarrh and severe colds that followed bad weather. They report improved health after using Peruna and invite others to write for free medical advice from Dr Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
A. C. Swanson
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Travel Deals and Humorous Bits From The Times
Travel fares from Chicago to western points are listed with March and April rates including 30 and 33 dollar ranges. Tourist Sleeping Cars run daily to the Pacific coast and maps are available from agents. The excerpt also includes light quips about singing, a Piso's Cure testimonial, a New Zealand telegram rate, a Red Cross Ball Blue ad, and a note on Haydn dedicating a composition to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Ill
All Kinds of Stamps and Printing Outfits Offered
Catalog and price list are available by sending to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. Spohr notes say his mother was an excellent judge of music but he is not a musician.
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Stanley Dugger
Bicknell
James Nolan
Marion
Nashville
Charles (. Hopper
Fell City
Sullivan
Roscoe Carmuthers
William Drummitt
New Castle
St. Joseph County
Furneor’ Mutual Fire Insurance Companys
Valparaiso
Jala W. Brummitt
Peter 4. Marquart
Boone County
Bank of Cance
Whitestown
Miller Crossing
Uammond
Bettimore & «Dio
Lake County
John Kauffman
Copton Lake
Shipshewana
Henry Louis Vamel
Fort Wayne
Thomas Worth
West Lebanon
Williamsport
James Abrams
Muncie
Harry Poliran
Rochester
Elwood
Elwood Exchange
Howard County
Greentown
Census Bureau
United States
Indiana
Jstu
Albert Tyler
Everett Gore
Mr. Gore
Lincoln
Tyler
Gore
Alexandria
Irwin Brown
Frank Humphreys
Indianapolis
Frank Lossum
New Albany
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Grown
Losson
Slumphreys
Brown
Ite
St. Fedward's Hospital
Iosson
Humphreys
Floyd Wasson
Melvin Wasson
Ontaino
Wabash County
Decatur Downing
Walling Farm
Norton Creek
Vermilion County
Charles Whitcomb
Fairview
Downing
Ind
Spohr
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R. N. Mann
Fall Mills
Tenn
J.U. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Dousias
Couglns
W. L. Douglas
Corona Kid
Corona Cult
National Kangaroo
W. G. Douglaa
Ateny Priges
R Be
Aon
Rock Tor
Athing & World
Gower S
Tower Reo
Boston
Mass
Cal
Canada
Manitoba
Assinibulskatchewan
Acverta
ELY
EUY Bros
Warren
Osman
Hugh Sytiup
Urugeiats
Hoosier
News OF the Week
Frevei
Lane
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mick
Indian Industries
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledos
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
Wacwot Inc
Kinnan & Marvin
G. Mall’s
Catarrl
Salzer
Foorman
Pay AL Atas
John A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Market Gardeners
N. U
Mr. Hardfiste
Weary Walker
Schumann
John E. Ptacek
Harrison Street
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Michael O'Halloran
Summerdale Station
W. Monroe Street
Michael O’halleran
John Eptacek
Chicago, Ill
Bacon
Egbert
Piso
R. H. Seidel
Olive Street
St. Louis, Mo
New Zealand
Haydn
Salzer's
Marvel
B. Dagt
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