Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Cure
A Vienna West Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with transforming her life after years of illness. The ad cites testimonials, offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, and promotes the remedy for various female ailments and colds.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia KK. Pinkham
Grape-Nuts Touts Health Then Rebuilds Digestion
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing severe indigestion and stomach pain. After switching from her prior diet she reports pain relief, clearer thinking, restored energy, and regained strength. The letter endorses the product as a foundation for health and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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New ‘Hampshire
Wellville
Hyer
Astronomer Plans Messages To Mars For Cosmic Communication
Harvard scientist Prof. William Henry Pickering proposes using a field of mirrors on a shared axis to flash signals toward Mars when it nears Earth within 85 million miles. He estimates a $10 million stake to test practical celestial communication and expects rapid recognition if Martians are intelligent.
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Mars
William Henry Pickering
Harvard
Earth
Harvard Observatories
Flagstaff
Ariz
Peru
Pickering
Complaint Letter From New Mexico Claim Agent
A reader in Chanute mentions a letter from a Santa Fe claim agent in New Mexico. The missive asks for compensation after alleged cattle killings and property damage blamed on an infer. The letter expresses frustration with the conductor and rail crew and cites a demand of 60 dollars as restitution.
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Jacob de Coy
Chanute
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Plais
United States
Kansas City Journal
Pony Carriages Decline in New York Streets
A New York visitor notes that pony carriages driven by children have become rare as automobiles increase danger and outpace horse drawn transport. Riverside police explain autos deter pony outfits, though some remain sighted.
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New York
Riverside
Where is the tea in the Bible lesson anecdote
Professor Carl C. Peterson of Dubuque told a dinner story about a Bible lesson. He described showing a bright picture illustrating the text Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt. A girl asked where is the tea.
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Carl C. Peterson
Dubuque
Egypt
Washington Star
Daylight Saving Debate in Century Views
Commodore W. H. Beehler argues for adopting Eastern Time as a uniform national standard, claiming it could save two hundred million dollars annually for the United States. William F. Allen, promoter of Standard Time, presents the pro and con discussion in the Century.
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United States
Commodore W. H. Beehler
William F. Allen
Commodore Beehler
Quotation Snippets on Reputation and Views of Women
A collage of quotations and advertisements on reputation and gender roles, mixing remarks from The Autocrat and The Practical Person, a capricious exchange about women voters, and assorted medical patent claims including Tetterine and Winslow’s Syrup. The fragments show period attitudes and ad language.
Cure of Scald Like Head Humor by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin of Detroit reports a long history of a head skin complaint in her child Vivian. She details sixty boils in infancy and a spring time scalp humor that cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and Resolvent. The testimonial notes two years of freedom from trouble.
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Vivian
M. A. Schwerin
Spring Wells “Ave
Detroit
Mich
Potter Drug & Chew. Corp
Cutiura Remedies
Boston
Mass
Reader Endorses Hancock Sulphur Compound For Bezema
A five week sufferer reports instant relief from intense itching after trying Hancock's Sulphur Liquid and Ointment. After one week of use the eruption nearly vanished. The testimonial invites readers to verify its authenticity by inquiry and notes the product is sold by druggists.
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Warren C. Gans
Ohio Ave
Columbus
Hancock Liquid SutprHtt Co
Baltimore
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Aches Says Attica Officer
An Attica New York constable John Corey testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney disorder after months of pain, stiffness, and reliance on crutches. The ad urges purchasing the 50 cent tablets from Foster Milburn Co. Also notes the ice man delivering cooling summer life.
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Bright
Dean
John Corey
Constable
Attica
N. Y
Doan
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ice Man
Munyon's Eminent Doctors Offer Free Medical Diagnosis
Send a postal request for a medical examination blank to Munyon's at 53d and Jefferson Sts Philadelphia Pa. Doctors will diagnose your case free and advise if curable or not with no obligation to follow the advice.
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Munyon’s
53D and
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Where Tradesmen Hustle in a Country Move
A young housewife recalls moving from the city to the country and facing relentless village tradespeople. Milkmen, grocers, and delivery men arrive at all hours, pressuring her for immediate orders while she plans to manage purchases herself. A Sunday newspaper boy also pushes for a newspaper delivery.
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New York Sun
Women’s Trade Union League Praised By Leonoro O’Reilly
Leonoro O’Reilly, vice president of the Women’s Trade Union League, lauds the league in New York and predicts its century ahead. A Maine deacon recalls Job’s trials amid harvest as hired help demand wages.
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Leonoro O'Reilly
Women’s Trade Union League
New York
Maine
Job
Washington Star
Rail line offers reduced excursion fares to many events
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad announces reduced excursion fares for numerous events including the National Convention Knights of Columbus in Mobile Alabama August 3 6 1909 the G U O F in Albany Georgia August 10 13 the Indian Springs Holiness Camp in Playilla Georgia August 2 15 the Alaska Yukon Exposition in Seattle June 1 October 16 1909 the I O O F in Seattle September 20 25 1909 and the National Irrigation Congress in Spokane Washington August 9 14 1909 Additional rates may be available on certificate plans Ticket agents will provide full information W H Leahy General Passenger Agt Atlanta Ga
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Mobile
Ala
National Convention
Knights of Columbus
Albany
U. 0
Playilla
Indian Springs
Seattle
Wash
Spokane
Distinction Between Genius and Insanity According to Nordau
In a remark attributed to Max Nordau, author of Degeneration, the difference is joked as the lunatic at least being sure of his beard and clothes. The quip appears in the Argonaut.
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Max Nordau
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Elton
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Winslow
Perry Davia
Munyon
The
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Ree
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Georgia
Baptist College
South Georgia Land & Industrial Co
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Augusta
Brenau College-Conservatory
Gainesville
Addrons
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
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W.l.douglas
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Paxton Toilet CO
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