Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Erie Woman
Erie reader Mrs J P Endlich reports five years of female trouble ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She took six bottles and now feels strong and well. The ad asserts cures for inflammation ulceration displacements fibroids irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration. It invites others to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Erie
Tors
J. P. Endlicch
F. D. No
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Tender Hearts and Troubled Tales in a Scrapbook Page
The fragment presents a dialogue with characters Miss Screecher and Collier Downe. Miss Screecher complains of a tender reaction from a listener who cries at her singing. Downe offers a lighter jab about the listener preferring not to witness harm.
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Pene
Collier Downe
Echo Driven from Valley by Silent Whist Players
A playful tale from Puck describes a beautiful Echo living in a valley who mocked visitors until a group of women playing progressive whist caused it to flee. The cliffside kept silent thereafter, and the Echo never returned.
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Puck
Blood nutrition claim boosts health with Grape Nuts
An Ohio woman credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with curing years of stomach trouble and a blotchy complexion. She says quitting drugs and coffee, eating fruit and Grape-Nuts, and using Postum rebuilt her blood, restored her youthful skin, and increased weight from 90 to 120 pounds in months. She urged a friend to try the products as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum
Wellville
Belshazzar’s Feast and Fate Reflects on Intemperance
The lesson recounts Belshazzar’s banquet during Babylon’s fall, Daniel’s interpretation of the writing on the wall, and the moral that intemperance leads to downfall. It stresses the dangers of wine, pride, and idol worship, urging self-control and sober judgment today.
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B. C
Babylon
Cyrus
Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Nabonidus
Jerusalem
Israel
Temple of
Daniel
Beware the dangers of patent medicines
The notice warns against relying on patent medicines for a quick fix. It emphasizes stimulants and dangerous drugs behind such cures, praises Father John’s Medicine as alcohol free and narcotic free, claiming fifty years of success as a tonic and lung remedy and noting it as doctor prescribed and wholesome.
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Father John
Touring in 1600 Travel Requisites Note Pook of Prayers
The 17th century traveler needed a pook of prayers and hymns for salvation without provoking suspicion, plus a notebook and an accompanying timekeeping device. A broad-rimmed hat, gaiters, boots, breeches, gloves, shirts, handkerchiefs, and a watch or pocket sundial completed the outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Bates
Two Cured By Cuticura Remedies After Severe Skin Ailment
Mrs Laurence Butler of Chesterfield New Hampshire describes long battle with stubborn skin disease. After failed treatments and hair loss she and her husband report full cures using Cuticura remedies Soap Ointment and Resolvent. They praise the products and offer free samples via Cutcura Dept 17 K Boston.
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Laurence Butler
Chesterfield
N. H
Natural Ending in a Fire Lighting Death
A wry Stray Stories line contrasts a cook's death by fire with a natural death, joking that the natural end came to someone attempting to light a fire with kerosene. The quip reflects dark humor about dangerous firemaking.
Canada’s census shows rapid growth and western expansion
Canada's ten year census reveals population rising to 7,081,869 with strong western growth in Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia. Cities like Winnipeg Vancouver Calgary and others expand, signaling a bright agricultural and economic future and inviting visitors to Chicago's land expo to view farm product exhibits.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Republic
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Calgary
Hdlmonton
Regina
Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Moosejaw
Chicago
Immensity of Nature on Alpine Summit Joke
A traveler and his wife on a Swiss ascent share a witty moment as he laments nature’s vastness while she points out his own bulk masking Mont Blanc and the valley of Chamonix in a humorous exchange.
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Switzerland
Alps
Mount Blanc
Valley of
Chamonix
When Your Back Is Lame Remember the Name
A Bowling Green Kentucky resident recounts severe backache dizziness and swelling then credits Doan's Kidney Pills with cure. She details three years bedridden and a drastic physical decline before relief and urges others with kidney secretions to use the product.
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Peter Bisele
Church Street
Bowling Green
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Unclear fragment discusses marriage fears and old remedies
Fragment mentions blood poisoning from wounds after marriage and claims Hamlins Wizard Oil can draw out poison heal wounds and prevent trouble. Also touts Hoxsle's Croup Remedy with a price and claims about public writing in forums.
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Thompson's
Lys
Meadowbrook Farm
Osis
Turkeys
Munyon
Mungén
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Hoxsle
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