Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial Published
Minneapolis woman urges publication of her letter praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her female troubles. The testimonial cites improved health after three months and asks others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, noting free confidential help for 20 years.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Jos G. McLean
Second St
North
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Cement trust impossible says Geological Survey
The Geological Survey bulletin on the Concentration of Cement Interests notes noticeable concentration in the cement industry but finds no path to monopoly. It states 88 plants in 1995 are owned by 78 companies with some linked ownership and argues raw materials are widely distributed, keeping prices in check.
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Geological Survey
The
United States
Midas Looks to Dividend Prospectus to Float Stock
The dialogue features King Midas asking advice from a financial expert about his touch turning to geld. The expert suggests issuing a prospectus and declaring dividends to float the stock before experts intervene, a witty take on corporate finance.
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Midas
Washington Star
Doctor’s Food Test Shows Grape Nuts Aid Recovery
A Kansas physician reports on two patients fed Grape Nuts. A four year old with pneumonia improved quickly, gaining eight pounds in a month. An old man with serious stomach trouble recovered after two to three weeks on the cereal with milk and a pinch of sugar, gaining 22 pounds. The doctor notes many cases and adds a promotional line.
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Kansas
Wellville
Traction Debate Reveals Competing Interests
In a dialog from Life a Man from Mars questions the traction system. The Upright Citizen explains that the venture serves the people but in reality benefits a few, as vested rights empower the few while leaving the many uncomfortable.
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Mars
Upright Citizen
Nanskull
The New Order in American Novelists
A London Chronicle critique decries the modern American novelists youth driven to loud energy and slang. It argues Hawthorne James Howells standards decay and that the aim to create real live stories often yields fake vigor lacking organic life.
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United States
Hawthorne
Henry James
W. D. Howells
London Chronicle
Labor Saving Device Banter At New York Banquet
Joseph H. Choate praised Attorney General Wickersham saying he would fight only when there is a grievance and that there will be no spectacular battles. He quipped about Broncho Bill having one eye and a joke about how the eye was lost to avoid blinking while aiming.
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Joseph H. Choate
New York
Wickersham
Mr. Choate
The Kasabi Torta: The Largest Regularly Made Cracker
Baker's Weekly notes the kasabi torta as the biggest regular cracker from Hispan America. Made from kasabi root and baked into bowl shaped cakes, it can balance on the head like a hat though rain collapses it.
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Hispan- America
Earth
Manhattan
Baker's Weekly
Sparrow blood as medicine misusing sparrows
A Shanghai coolie was arrested in Sinza with ten sparrows a tin of bird lime and two poles for keeping alive birds to supply medical dealers. He admitted catching sparrows to sell to medicine shops that used their blood for a cough mixture. He was cautioned and his gear confiscated.
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Sinza
Shanghai Mercury
Munyon doctors offer free medical diagnosis by request
Munyons eminent doctors provide a free medical examination service. Send a postal request and a blank form to fill out for a thorough diagnosis with no obligation. They claim cure or not and invite immediate action. address is 53d and Jefferson Sts Philadelphia Pa. The page also features a light exchange about gender roles attributed to the Boston Post.
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Munyon's
53D and
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Tetterine praised for eczema cure in old letters
A 1908 note from Elsie Pace in Missouri extols Tetterine for facial eczema and related skin ailments. The writer claims the Savannah Georgia firm Shuptrine Co offers Tetterine at 10 cents and Tetterine Soap at 25 cents by mail or local druggists.
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Edgar Springs
Savannah
Bir
Elsie M.paceoaratterine
Shuptrine Co
Hints of Romance and Remedies in 19th Century Clippings
A collage of stray tidbits features heiress and duke talk, a penniless suitor, and a joke about cables to solicitors. Ads tout Allen's Foot-Kase powder, Capudine for headaches, Rough on products, and various patent medicines. Notes mention aeronautics outlook, a sale joke, and a nostalgia item about happenings of fifty years ago.
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Ohio
Made Drunk On Air In Distilleries
The air in liquor vaults and distilleries can intoxicate visitors and workers. Readings suggest volatile vapors from wine and spirits impregnate the air, with up to an ounce of proof spirit or half an ounce of absolute alcohol per five cubic feet of air. Ventilation is deemed essential to prevent health effects.
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Bodegasa
Spain
Epileptics in Public Schools and Compulsory Education
Excerpts from McClure's discuss how compulsory education laws in cities like Baltimore and Philadelphia place epileptics and mentally deficient students in regular classrooms. It notes overcrowded special institutions and debates whether such students should be retained in public schools or shifted to alternatives, citing Dr. Witmer’s estimates of large numbers in regular desks.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Witmer
McClure
Wealth and contentment contrasted with labor’s peace
The editorial notes that those chasing wealth may be spiritually poor while the contented poor find serenity after honest labor. It argues a dinner of herbs beats a lively feast marred by discord and criticizes luxurious idleness as unfulfilling. A brief medication advertisement touts Hick's Capupine for colds and grip with rapid relief.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Excursion Tickets Slated for National Events Across the South
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway will offer reduced excursion fares for multiple events from Mobile to Seattle, including the Knights of Columbus convention in Mobile August 3–6 1909 and the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle June 1–October 16 1909. Ticket agents will provide full details and some trips may be sold on a certificate plan.
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Mobile
Ala
Knights of Columbus
Albany
Fiovilla
Indian Springs
Macon
Farmers’ Union
Georgia
Seattle
Wash
Spokane
National Irrigation Congress
W. H. Leahy
Atlanta
New York Department Store Plans Fifty Elevators
A new department store in New York announces a bank of fifty elevators to serve shoppers. The project highlights elevated accessibility and rapid vertical transit within the retail complex.
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New York
Hancock's Sulphur Compound Cures Skin Ailments
In Salem Virginia a reader reports Hancock's Sulphur Compound healing a eight year old with a solid facial sore and a nineteen year old with a three month leg sore. Both recovered within a week. The notice promotes the remedy as effective for eczema and skin diseases with drugstore availability.
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Salem
Wancock
Hancock
C. A. Burien
Hancock Liquino SuLpour Co
Baltimore
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