Worth Mountains of Gold: Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Endorsed
Graniteville Vermont reader Mrs. Cuas Barclay credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health during the change of life and urges others to try the remedy. The ad touts decades of cures for female complaints and promotes the product as affordable and highly effective for nervousness, irregularities, and related symptoms.
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Graniteville
Pinkham
Cuas. Barclay
R.F.D
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia EK
Green Old Age A Stock Quotation Insight
A humorous dialogue about a wealthy older man marrying a younger woman prompts a remark that he has "lived to a green old age." The exchange contrasts aging, wealth, and social expectations, with a wry nod to aging as viewed through a moneyed marriage.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Uninstructed Delegation in Historical Note
Priscilla smiles as she questions instruction within a political scene. The New York Sun quotes a line about how delegates may be instructed or merely urged to use every honorable means, signaling the start of a larger historical moment.
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Priscilla
Miles Standish
New York Sun
Painting Troubles and Patent Remedies From Old Columns
A collage of advice and ads on paint quality and priming, warning against adulterated white lead and promoting Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Company. It also includes brief humor, medical cures like Hall's Catarrh Cure, and various product pitches for liniments, tonics, and skincare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity Bldg
New York
Trinity Building
Child Eats Cuticura and Proves Purity of Ointment
A New York friend reports a three year old aboard a ship ate an entire box of Cuticura Ointment spread on graham crackers. The child’s cold was cured and no injuries occurred, cited as proof of purity and safety. Potter Drug & Chem, Boston, promotes the remedy. Also advertises Bromo Quinine and Capudine for headaches and colds. 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuticura
Atlantic
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Mass
Wi.w. Grove
Southern Life policyholders saved by Jefferson Standard
Fayetteville North Carolina March 31 1909 the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company of Raleigh guaranteed to protect Southern Life Insurance Company policy holders by re insuring their policies with its assets. The move was approved by Insurance Commissioner James R Young and backed by prominent Southern financiers. The transfer ensures continued coverage and solid backing for policy holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Fayetteville
N. C
Southern Insurance
Raleigh
Southern Life Insurance Company
Jefferson
Southern Life
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Mason and Dixon Line
America
South
The
Joseph G. Brown
P. D. Gold, Jr
Chas. W. Gold
Chas. W. Gamwell
Chas. B. Aycock
R. W. Winston
James R. Young
North Carolina
Wabiiwol Constipation Remedy Claim
An odd notice promotes a home remedy for constipation, urging personal effort and assistance of a natural tonic. It touts Syrup of figs and Senna as the best remedy to assist nature and form regular habits, with eventual independence from the remedy through proper nourishment and effort. The ad hints at obtaining the product, likely geratine, though wording is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakure
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Cure for Kidney Ailments
The advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney troubles in all ages. It quotes Mrs. Mary C. Phelps of Westfield Mass praising the remedy after decades of backache and side pain, claiming lasting relief and no recurrence. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box. Great minds thrive in any environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cnenty & Co
Toledo
Dean
Mary C. Phelps
Spring St
Westfield
Mass
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. N.Y
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Chas. Barclay
Agenta Uy
United States
Black Crow
Black Crow Stocker Co
Newton, N.C
Munyon
Dr. May
W. H. May
New York City
Belts Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
Ieee
Dr. HH
Wiggs
John
Boston Post
Sweeney
Sloan
G. T. Roberts
Resaca
Drury Lane Theatre
Dick Whittington
Baddeley Fund
Harry Nicholls
Robert Baddeley
Drury Lane
Moses
School For Scandal
Drury Lane Fund
Pall Mall Gazette
Casey
Wysacking
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Dudley
Shoptrine Co
California
A. Adi Tower CO
USA
Umiten
Toronto
Can
Mother Gray
Worma
Jen
Ddresa
Olmsted
le Roy
Byron
Hucknall
Laura Thyrza Byron
Putnam
Muti Biliine
Anti-Chilline Chemical Co
Richmond
Daily Fly
Brooklyn
Dr. Craft
Wells Medicine CO
Lafayette
Ind
Keeley Institute
Georgia
Toodward Avenue
Atlanta
OOD Balm CO
Slonelle Drug CO
Els Illinois
Candler Ridg
Atlanta, Ga
Nassau Street
Chicago
Monadnock Block
Votash
Cardus
Stella Halquist
Laporte
Minn
Cardui
Ays Aes
United Shoe Machinery CO
Telae
Vee LA Creole
Warlick Sheet Metal Manufacturing
Alabama St. Atlan
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