Father John's Medicine beats cold and builds body claims
An old advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a physician prescription with 60 years use. It asserts no alcohol or dangerous drugs and offers a $25 000 guarantee to charitable institutions if proven false, tracing origins to Rev. O'Brien of Lowell Massachusetts in 1855.
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Father John
Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Doan
Bright
New York
D. Sickler
Robinson ,St
Schenectady
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Claims Fifty-One Years Of Use
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a preferred remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and lung troubles. It promises restful sleep easy morning expectoration and natural healing with over fifty years of American sales. The copy closes with a quip about reform makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
America
Adv
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement claim
Vintage advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering $1000 for an incurable case. It touts internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and notes 40 years of sales by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Price 75 cents and testimonials free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Truth and Poetry Weathered by Vitch’s Bossing
A fragment hints at a dialogue on spring poets and unreliable weather prophets. The text then notes a vitch attempting to command a young man, implying a caution to save for furniture rather than heed shifting forecasts.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted as Kidney Health Remedy
An advertisement extols GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy for kidney and urinary ailments. It claims universal benefits, urges prompt use, notes capsule varieties, and offers refunds if not as represented. It emphasizes not a patent medicine, stresses safety and tradition, and urges reliability from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maarlem
Haarlem
Campaign to Boost Farm Labor in New Jersey War Drive
State officials and the Federated Employment Service launch a drive to fill 6000 farm labor needs in New Jersey. The plan, led by General Bryant, partners with the agriculture department and local churches to recruit workers, establish labor camps, and distribute appeal cards to farmers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Federated Employment Service
Fo Uns
New Jersey
Lewis ST. Bryant
State Department of Agriculture
Bryant
Frank App
State Experiment Station
App
Federal State Municipal Employment Bureau
Newark
Joseph Spitz
Camden
Atlanta
South Jersey
Lestie J. Allen
Farm Labor Department
James de Salvio
General Bryants
Salem
Cloucester
Burlington
Cape Muay
C. Albert Gasser
Captain Gasser
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Labor
Fmer
Bristol
Municipal Employment Bureau
Tie
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Conservation and Development
Jumber
England
France
Prapee
America
Change in the Farmer's Life Rise of rural wealth and Canadian land boom
The piece argues farmers have become the nation’s business backbone due to better methods and machinery. It cites rising Western Canada settlement, low land prices, and strong crop values from 1913 to 1917 in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, plus growing cattle numbers and population, framing farming as a major industrial enterprise with global opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Western
Western Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Lascr
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta Co
Ted
America
Economic Move: Retirement Question Sparks Marriage Plan
In a pointed exchange, the question of affording retirement is met with a reply about marriage as the proposed solution. The dialogue suggests financial planning intersects with personal life choices in a revealing way.
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Nixon-Nevada
United Verde
Eastman & Co
Jersey
Albertus
Mothera
Fletcher
Mexico
Kidney Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Carter
Piso
ISO
Dibe
Warre
In &c
Broadway
Parker
Drugglata
MFG, CO
Easton, Pas
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