The Surgeon’s Knife How Ovarian Troubles May Be Avoided
Mrs Eckis Stevenson of Salt Lake City shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian pain and womb trouble. She claims relief within four weeks and avoidance of surgery after three months of use. She invites others to write for information and notes Mrs Pinkham's Lynn Mass address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckis Btevenson
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bears Stevenson
State St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Insect Taste Tests Stir Naturalist Debate
The article recounts experiments by Professor Pintean and Professor Wheeler tasting caterpillars to test the idea that warning coloration protects insects from predators. Results vary, with some specimens described as sweetish yet unpalatable, while others caution against universal conclusions. It also notes Mashonaland naturalist Guy Marshall’s critique of personal tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
Pintean
Ami
Wheeler
Texas
Guy Marshall
Mashonaland
Thii
Vast Federal Posts Map Out Nation’s Working Civil Service
Round numbers show 75 000 postmasters 19 000 clerks 18 000 city carriers 10 000 rural carriers 100 000 railway clerks across the nation. Total postal staff about 271 000 with other civil servants making 111 000. The piece notes salaries, the bug light keeper in Nanmsket and German meat inspection rules, plus policy moves from Washington on Philippines, antitrust aims, and army posts and pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Uncle Sam
The Beechers Carpet A Garret Painted Parlor Marvel
The article describes Roxana Beecher painting a unique hand painted carpet for the parlor floor after earning money from an uncle and buying cotton. Lyman Beecher and Roxana, plus Deacon Tallmadge, witness the carpet’s debut in the village parlor with humor and reverence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Beecher
Roxana
Mr. Beecher
Vendue
Mrs. Beecher
New York
Garret
Deacon Tallmadge
Deacon
Ife
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Double as Lifesaving Cure
In Chicago Aug 11 and Mr Wahlberg of 222 South Peoria Street suffered years of liver and kidney illness. A Minneapolis visiting brother learned of Dodd's Kidney Pills and bought them. After a rough start the medicine improved him and he soon regained full health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Til
Wahlberg
Peoria St
Iis
Minneapolis
Dodd
Minnesota
Mr. Wahlberg
Metropolitan Lifts Recalled By City Cousin Memoir
Sehac Bheyid recounts a week of outings with city kin in humorous terms. They describe a suburban visit with late ping pong, a country club golf outing, and a boys night with baseball then candlelight poker after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jostar
Veiled Sarcasm Over Loan in Brief Exchange
A short dialogue shows two speakers resuming a $10 loan with courtesy sarcasm. One asks to borrow the amount until the other can settle, while the other concedes no rush but agrees to lend temporarily.
Strenuous Cheese Exchange in Club Restaurant
A quirky dialogue unfolds in a club restaurant with Gussie Snickerbocker and Tom discussing why cheese is called club cheese and joking about knocking someone down with it. The snippet then shifts to observations on Hindu living standards and a historical note on Peter the Great eating baked goose stuffed with apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Sxnickerbocker
Tom
Tom Manhattan
Peter the Great
Hunting the Dragon Fly in Japan by Lively Youngsters
In Japan children pursue dragon flies as a summer sport using nets, birdlime coated batons, or a hair and pebble decoy sling. Some methods are discouraged for being unsportsmanlike or cruel, while a unique Kii province technique uses hair and pebbles to ensnare and ground the insect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie
Japan
Lafcadio Hearn
Kii
Archbishop Ryan and the cheeky greeting
The Philadelphia Archbishop, famed for kindness and intolerance of vulgar speech, was joked with at a social event when a cheerful man touched his shoulder and asked where he had been before. The Archbishop replied he did not know the origin and insisted he had not been there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Philadelphia
Chicago Chronicle
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into Allen's Iloot Ease
An old advertisement for Allen's Iloot Ease powder claims it relieves burning feet from new shoes and treats corns bunions swelling and sweating. It lists Druggists and Shoe Stores as sellers and a 2 cent price with a free sample offer by mail from LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Garbled report sparks dispute after boxing bout
A quoted exchange between a champion pacifist and his secretary accuses reporters of misquoting the contest. The scrapper agrees the coverage is awful, claiming he has been misquoted multiple times across four rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Treasury Department
Classified Service
Familiarity Breeds Contempt in a Puck Cartoon
A Puck cartoon caption plays on Miss Manhattan asking about an automobile and Uncle Wayback reassuring a timid girl that her horse isn’t afraid after seeing many up the hills. The humor hinges on the horse’s weary familiarity with machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Wayback
Puck
Self Iaking Dating Stamp Offer And Travel Note
A garbled plea mentions a Self Iaking Dating Stamp for 75 cents and an address in Fort Wayne Indiana with a boast about wealth. It cites The Excursion to Niagara Falls by Nickel Plate Road dated August 19 1902 and promotes cheap travel to Toronto Thousand Islands and Montreal with agents in Fort Wayne Indiana. It adds a note that hats were first made in England by Flemings around 1510.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Montreal
C. A. Asterlin
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
England
Peruna Promises Cure for Catarrh in All Organs
A public testimonial from Mrs. X Schneider of Chicago praises Peruna as a cure for systemic catarrh and related female complaints after months of ineffective remedies. The text argues catarrh is chronic inflammation of mucous linings in any organ and claims Peruna can cure catarrh wherever located. It includes endorsements by Congressman Joseph B Crowley and an offer of a free catarrh book and free medical advice from Dr Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Bright
Joseph B. Crowley
Illinois
Robinson
Crowley
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Pernna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
BR. T. Felix Gouraud
doRes
Dr. L. A. Fe
Gouraud
U. S
Canada
Europe
Fred T. Hopekins
Great Jones St
A Useful Servant at the Paris Post Office
A sober Figaro tale describes a time when a valet serves his mistress in a stamps exchange. An elegant English woman and her maid purchase stamps and repeat a curious act as the servant sticks out his tongue to moisten the gum. The crowd finds the scene amusing and asks if this reflects English fashion or concerns over government gum safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figaro
Paris
May and Fay Exchange Barbed Remarks Over Neck Size
In a playful exchange reported by the Philadelphia Press Fay taunts May about May’s long thin neck and haughtiness. May responds and asks if Fay believes she is overly proud, prompting a prompt retort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Philadelphia Press
Name a Cash Prize and Train Service Opening
A $100.00 cash prize is offered for a name. The new Daily Limited train to California is not to be placed in service on November 1, 1902, by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the ER Paso Short Line. Competition is open to the public with no fees. For instructions write Jno. Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Rock Island System
Southern Pacific Company
Tor
Jno
Sebastian
Chicago
Quaker and Buffalo Robe Exchange and Summer Excursions
A humorous exchange about buffalo robes opens this item. It notes Sunday rail excursions to Chicago from Fort Wayne via Nickel Plate Road for $2.00, with tickets on trains 5 and 6. It adds a note on a Bible translation and mentions the codling moth as a major pest destroying apples and pears worth tens of millions of dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Fort Wayne
C. A. Asterlin
Ind
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Supplies
All kinds of rubber stamps made to order with self inkers and daters. Ink and inking pads available. Send for catalogue to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. Disappointments and distress are often blessing in disguise. Havergal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Havergal
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Mars
Proknam
Gison
Normandy
Livestock Remedy CO
QTAK
Auburn
Tatra Thompson
ROR
Charles Henry Gibbs
Bug
Nansmeket
Monomoy
Mass
Nantucket Harbor
Agricultural Department
Cogu Sinions
Whele
State Department
Philippines
Wernard Faneixo
Manila
White
Berlin
United States
Littlefield
Marine
Washington
Washington, DC
War Department
Chickamianga Park
Root
Conrviers
Secretary of the Treasury
Oot
Corbin
Wood
Randolph
Leesburg
District of Columbia National
Navy Department
BR. M. O’reiley
General Forwood
Internal Revenue
Post Office Department
Glenn
Beechers
Hall
Johson
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sidney
Buffalo, N. Y
Dean’s Kidney
Post-office
Mirs
Schneider
Piso
L. A. Jearce
Pilling Street
Brooklyn
Charles
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
A. J. Tower CO
Boston
A. M. Barron
Deak T
South Bend,mds
Hamlin
Earache
Tregists
Selmi
Masonic Temple
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