Lydia Pinkham and Other Remedies Featured in Belvedere Ads
A collection of vintage advertisements and notices discusses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming relief for female ailments and general health, along with a note on prefixed titles and social norms. The piece cites a Belle Vue Ohio user praising the remedy and mentions a Punch-like suggestion to drop Mr in letters, plus a historical Massachusetts reference on titles.
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Little Gertrude's Clever Day Tomorrow Confusion
Five year old Gertrude, living with grandparents, learns a lesson in time as she misinterprets promises. After repeated refusals to visit a friend, she declares that today is tomorrow because yesterday said yes. The anecdote, from Mack's National Monthly, captures a child's playful grasp of days.
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Gertrude
Grandma
Mack's
National Monthly
Thoughtful Farmer Finds Light With Postum
A farmer credits Postum with ending years of stomach trouble and bilious colic after switching from coffee. He reports improved sleep, digestion, and energy, and says he no longer drinks coffee. Postum is advertised in Regular and Instant forms with directions and a sales pitch claiming “There’s a reason.”
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Diversified farming notes seed demand and livestock tips
A collection of homesteading guidance covers pure seeds and diversified farming. It talks up ducks, skim milk, chick growth, dairy and hogs, cow ages, barn upkeep, sheep salt, poultry care, silos, horse care, alfalfa for hogs, milking routines, and fall gardens with practical ratios and management ideas. It cites experiments from Ontario and Maine and emphasizes steady, profitable farming through attentive husbandry.
Market Report Price Quotation Abolished Noted
Wholesale milk prices are listed for classes B and C with 1.81 and 1.71 respectively per 40 quart can. Official quotations are abolished. Spot markets show various commodities including wheat flour lard pork and sugar with minimal legible details and several damaged lines.
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New York
New
Eixport Corum
Charleston A Historic City
Charleston, S C aims to become a 25 year industrial factor as Panama Canal trade grows Heavily involved with exports delegates visit Cincinnati to attract business Fort Sumter Fort Moultrie remain as sentries Poe wrote of Sullivan's Island while the harbor and naval yards received funding Charleston preserves eighteenth century churches and lineage of early colonists remains a symbol of American identity
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Charleston
S. C
South America
Cincinnati
Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie
Owen Wister
Lady Baltimore
Sullivan's
Edgar Allan Poe
Santo Domingo
Machines Hurt Minds of Workers Say University Expert
Dr. Herman Schneider of the University of Cincinnati warns that industrial work is creating a split between mental and physical labor. He notes outdoor and skilled trades energize the mind while indoor repetitive tasks dull it and urges employers to send child workers ages fourteen to sixteen to school four hours a week.
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Cincinnati
Herman Schneider
University of Cincinnati
New York
Board of Estimates and Apportionment
Schneider
Titanic Sailor Reginald Lee Dies in Southampton
Reginald Lee, one of the two Titanic lookout sailors aboard the White Star liner, died in Southampton. He had been aboard during the collision with an iceberg on April 14 of the previous year.
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London
Reginald Lee
White Star
Hner
Titanic
Southampton
Schuyler Debutante’s Three R’s Debated
In Life, Van Puyster quips that a debutante’s three R’s are raiment ragtime and repartee outlining a witty social standard for young women during debutante season.
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R's. Schuyler
van Puyster
Cuticura Cure Promises Clear Skin for Alma Rudroff
A 1913 testimonial from Alma Rudroff claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a severe facial eczema after months of agony. The ad notes a free sample offer and target address in Boston. Also appears a humor snippet about saving for a vacation via joke writing.
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Zeidler Ave
Maspeth
L. 1
N.Y
Alma Rudroff
Cuticura
L. Boston
Kerr Lake Mining Co Pays 29 Percent Dividend
Ontario based Kerr Lake Mining Co pays 29 percent annual dividend. Jones & Baker of Chicago and New York prepared a detailed report on the company and will mail free copies to readers of this paper.
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Kerr Lake Mining Co
Ontario
Jones & Baker
South la Salle Street
Chicago
Broad Street
New York
Adv
Fathers Con gresses to Decide Requests Prompt Pop Concert Joke
A puzzle exchanges a joke about fathers and mothers holding congresses to decide on requests. The son asks if fathers would be pop concerts if they held such congresses like mothers, delivering a light wordplay on parent groups and music events.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Endorsement Ad
For 75 years Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have been their own recommendation in upset stomachs liver and bowels. If you have not tried them a test now will prove their benefit. Send for free sample to 372 Pearl St New York. Adv Paradoxical Experts. Engines can do opposite things at the same time. How can they. They can be both careful and wreckless, can't they?
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Wright
Pearl St
New York
Summer Annoyances Relieved by Tyree's Antiseptic Powder
Quick relief for prickly heat ivy poisoning insect bites and offensive perspiration with Tyree's Antiseptic Powder 25 cents at druggists or write J S Tyree Washington DC for a free sample advertisement.
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Tyree
J. S. Tyree
Washington, D.C
Soothing Syrup and Editor Banter in a Teething Ad
The piece notes Birs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething promises gums soften wind colic cure and pale relief. The editor boasts they repay clever writing with equal quality while a quip on theory versus practice appears.
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Winslow
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Josias
Ae Nwbrook
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Ilke
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Walia
Orange Co
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Del
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Han Ian Weeege
Seem
Delaware
Erhahnes
Oui
Maryland
South Carolina
Old City Hall
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Hill
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New York City
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Handrad Dellar
Wall Street
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Union Made
West
West Virginia
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