Constipation cures and deafness remedy ads in 19th century paper
A collage of patent medicine notices praises Garfield Tea as a laxative and blood purifier, Hall's Catarrh Cure guarantees, and other elixir ads. It includes parodied humor bits and a Judge's Library quip, reflecting era advertising and editorial voice.
Visiting Carers and Cards Across a Busy Day
A miscellany recalls a reader anecdote about Aunt Maria who avoids wearing glasses yet hands out others cards by mistake. It notes an ad for Nashville Seed Co and critiques farming diversifications, plus humor clippings about eye remedy, a Milton centenary tease, and light jokes on lawyers and love.
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New York Press
Maria
Tomi
Harry
Grape-Nuts Ad Promotes Joyful Work Through Nourishment
An early morning scene on a city street frames the idea that work happiness ties to diet. The ad argues Grape-Nuts supports daily energy and brain nourishment, citing testimonials and the slogan Read the Road to Wellville in every package There’s a Reason.
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Arch of Health
Wellville
Baby Skin Eruption Cured by Cuticura Remedy
A mother reports her two and a half year old daughter suffered a severe hip and leg eruption with itching, sleeplessness, and yellow discharge. After two doctors failed, Culietta Remedies cured the condition by February, with no further skin problems by age fourteen. Testimony from Mrs. R. R. Whitaker of Winchester, Tenn., dated Sept. 22, 1908, via Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. of Boston.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura
Boston
Mass
Public notices and testimonials mix in a midwestern ad page
A collage of ads and letters fills the page with claims for Tetterine eczema cure for various skin ailments and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female health. It includes a Minneapolis reader’s endorsement, a Soho New York jewelry promotion offering free gold plated scarf pins, and general moralizing lines about duty, faith, and temperance.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
John G. Moldan
Second St
North
Lydia I. Pinkham
New York
United States
Merrill & Co
Broadway
N. Y
Often Tile Case Women Suffer Backache Kidney Ailments
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York testifies that lamed aching back dizzy spells head pains and languor were relieved promptly by Deans Kidney Pills sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The ad urges reliance on a better way when a wrong path is taken.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Little Things Prove Life’s Quiet Heart Wins
A reflective line speaks to daily kindness shaping happiness and lasting comfort. It emphasizes the value of habitual small courtesies, smiles, and obligations in strengthening relationships and personal well being.
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