Dear Mrs Pincham: Nurse testifies Pinkham remedy cures women
Twelve years of service in hospitals and homes leads Miss Virginia Grants of Watertown New York to praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites ovarian inflammation and womb ulcers improving after use and urges others to try it. A forfeit note appears for testimonials. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Virgista Granes
Nurses’ Association
Watertown
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mystery in Ida Hayes death shocks Dublin area
Miss Ida Hayes, 24, daughter of Theodore Skyes, farmer near Dublin, died mysteriously after leaving home days earlier. Her father suspects malpractice and will investigate. The region reports many local items from Dublin and nearby towns, including charity pleas, estate notes, and various incidents across Indiana.
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Miss Ida Hayes
Theodore Skyes
Dublin
Miss Hayes
Delaware
Ohio
Dndling Polis
Not a National Bank Says Conductor on Street Car
A thoughtful woman pays a 5 cent fare with a ten dollar bill and learns a conductor cannot provide large bills. He returns with a shower of coins and reminds her he is not a national bank. Passengers watch as she struggles to collect the change.
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New York Times
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Offer and Testimonials
A trial size of Ely's Cream Balm is offered for 10 cents to prove its merit against catarrh and cold in the head. Customers may obtain it from druggists or mail 10 cents to Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York City. Satisfied users Alfred W. Stevens of Caldwell and Joseph Stewart of Buffalo report cure or near cure after six weeks of use. The product is claimed to be cocaine mercury and injurious drug free and priced at 50 cents.
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Mall
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Joseph Stewart
Grand Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
House of Representatives
Washington
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
A. C. Lockhart
Lockhart
Corner
Cotta. Street
Thurston Road
Rochester
Hartman
A New Danger in Alpine Rope Climbing
A Fvorry Improvement in the Alps uses wire ropes as safeguards but they pose a new danger by acting as lightning conductors. Several tourists were stunned in the past summer though no fatalities occurred.
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Alps
Many School Children Are Sickly and Remedies Ad
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by a nurse in a New York children's home, claim to break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness, headaches, stomach troubles, teething issues, and destroy worms with ten thousand testimonials. Also notes the biggest trees in the world, including Mascali near Mount Etna and a giant redwood in Nevada.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmated
le Roy
Earliest Russian Millet Seed Ad Promises Rich Hay
An advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes Earliest Russian Millet as a hay booster. It claims high yield potential with 5 to 6 tons of rich hay per acre, pricing listed for 50 pound and 100 pound lots, with Lewes freight.
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Lewes
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
John A. Salzer
Love Letters of an Englishwoman cited by readers
A reader named Mrs. W Callahan from Parkersburg West Virginia April 16 1901 endorses Piso's Cure for Consumption as the best medicine for croupy children after mentioning having read Love Letters of an Englishwoman in Westminster Budget and addressing Mr Roberts.
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Mr. Roberts
Westminster Budget
Objection over singing register opens into room
In a disputed matter Kimberly is asked about singing in the lower register, Starboard replies that the issue is the register opening into the speaker's room, highlighting a conflict over sound range and space acoustics.
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Kimberly
Putnam Face Uess Dye Claims Superior Color Power
Each package of Putnam face uess dye colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better, too.
He Ought To Bigway Wedding Lamps Comment
In a light exchange the Bigway and another speaker joke about married life stating they received thirty six lamps as wedding presents.
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Bigway
Lane's Family Medicine and Red Cross Ball Blue Ad
Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel health and harmony for the liver and kidneys with cures for headaches at prices 25 and 50 cents. An educated Pueblo woman Miss Seicher Atsye is noted as an early nurse. Red Cross Ball Blue promotes white clothes in a 2 oz package for 5 cents. Herr Krupp, a German gun maker, reportedly has a fortune near 50 million dollars and 80 thousand employees.
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Lane
Miss Seicher Atsye
Herr Krupp
Printing and Rubber Stamp Supply Ad in Fort Wayne
An old classified style ad offers air cushion rubber stamps printing outfits and daters with a catalog and price list from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. The message includes a motto about opportunity with liberty and a testimonial tone from Bishop Hurst and Mrs Winslow related to a children product amid outdated typographic errors.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Letter from Lowell's Father Advises, Yet Actions Lacked
A Chicago period piece recounts a fatherly letter to James Russell Lowell offering financial rewards for high academic achievement and virtuous habits. The note urges perseverance, regular study, daily prayer, and association with exemplary peers, even as Lowell did not top his Harvard class. The piece cites Horace Scndder's life of Lowell, author of The Bigelow Papers.
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James Russell Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Horace E. Scndder
Bigelow
Charles
Phi Beta Kappa
Bryant
Irregularities in a Southern bank draw of cash revealed
Former bank examiner James E. Escott reports a mountain town bank hid a hundred dollar deficiency by moving money through a private drawer. The cashier claimed the drawer handles outs and overs, a scheme not seen in larger banks. Also listed are travel routes and ticket details for Pacific Coast railway services.
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James 8. Escott
Kentucky
Louisville Dispatch
Dinner with Mrs Skinflint Bobby Questioned
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Skinflint-Bobby asking if Bobbie may dine with her. Bobbie replies yes but mother preferred he stay home for a proper meal.
A Contract Job A Scot And The Cheese
A Scot named Sandy was hired by a farmer and served cheese for breakfast. After a long wait the farmer teased that Sandy took long to eat. Sandy replied that a cheese of big size is eaten quickly in his tongue.
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Sandy
Chartered railway excursions to West Coast by this line
Offer includes a 33 dollar deal to California Oregon and Washington via Chicago and Northwestern Railway from Chicago with daily departures in March and April. Berth in tourist car only 6 dollars. Personally conducted excursions begin Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. An illustrated pamphlet is available on receipt of two cents. Manager A Hutchison, 212 Clark Street Chicago.
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California
Oregon and
Washington
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
New England
A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Pure Accident. Ascum and Jenkins in Hunting Mishap
The Philadelphia Press reports a hunting incident where Ascum and Jenkins collided by accident. Gobang confirms the men met while pursuing game and a complication arose, but no details of injuries are provided.
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Ascum
Jenkins
Gobang
Philadelphia Press
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