Lydia Pinkham Promises Relief From Female Ailments
An article piece touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution for female troubles and cites letters from readers in Kansas and New Jersey claiming it saved or improved their health. It also references other remedies and human interest items, including a tale about Shackleton and a light joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
N. J
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia QW. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Health and Income Upheld by Scientific Food
A Chicago clerk credits Grape-Nuts with reversing nervous illness and dyspepsia from overwork and poor diet. She says the food restored health and enabled her to keep her job and income. The advertisement promises further letters as genuine and human interest stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Police Indictments Over Bribe Payments Haunts New York
Several New York police officers have been indicted for taking payments from race track gamblers to overlook bookmakers. One bookmaker refused to bribe and was arrested, leading to grand jury charges against multiple officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yor
Joe M. Cribb
Waycross
United States Steel Co
Natalbany
Frank J. Gould
New York City
Gould
Deneen
Ilinois
Chicago
Mauretania
Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Atlantic
R. P. Hobson
Alabama
Samuel F. Cadman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marshallown
Iowa
Joseph J. Henry
Mississippi
Pennsylvania National Guard
Gettsburg
John T. Burford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sarah Elizabeth Stetson
John F. Stetson
Santa Hulalia
Portugal
Monsigneur
Turner
Archidiocese
Philadelphia
Standard Oil
Laxatives and Remedies touted in a retail ad page
An assortment of old time medicine and consumer cures advertised for home use. Syrup of Figs with Senna promotes a gentle laxative effect. Other notices promise corn relief, foot care, and teething syrups. Multiple brands and offers target general readers with pricing and purchase cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
California Wig Syrup Co
TeTITERINE touted as cure for ringworm and piles
Mrs M F Jones of Pittsburg says TeTITERINE cured a severe ringworm infection covering her chest and also cured piles. The ad claims price 59 cents and offers mail order via Wille J Soupraine in Savannah GA. The copy adds a quip about men wasting money from age twenty-one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Jones
Tannehil St
Pittsburg
Wille J
Dept. A
Savannah
Cuticura Cures Four in Chattanooga Ad
A 1907 Chattanooga notice touts Cuticura remedies for skin ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Lillie Wildher of 770 Eleventh Street, praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a neck rash and tetter, plus cures for two babies and a hand case. The piece references Uncle and a running sore, ending with a dramatic aside and a horseradish joke from Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Wildher
Eleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Advertisement
A Lake City reader describes severe kidney trouble and back pain being cured by Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming restored health. The ad notes the product is sold by all dealers at 60 cents per box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Center
South Oak Street
Lake City
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Sphinx on Success and Ambition
A moral tale from Puck on building a success structure through a chain of command from a general manager to a helper. The piece also notes quips about family, fashion, and quick cures, including a joke about a son and tailor and a claim for Terrenine and a corn paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sphinx
Europe
Puck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lieut
Shackleton
Glasgow Herald
Brown
Eiither
Boston Transcript
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Roosevelt
Newport
R. 1
Oyster Bay
Newfoundland
Department of State
British Foreign Office
Panama
Department of Municipal Engineering and Building
Department of Construction
Canal Administration
Central and Pacific
Magon, Villareal
Rivera
Los Angeles
Cal
United States Supreme Court
Venezuela
Castro
England
Tux Anport Co
Bavannah
George Washington
Allen
Alien 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Cuticura
John R. Dickey
Smithers
Chicago News
Mooney
Tom Callahan
Donahue
oTn
Fred. P. Field CO
Brockton
Mass
Cary Nth Fensce
St. Vitus
Line
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Louisville Courier: Journal
Thomas Thompson
Clarkaville
J.T. Shuptrine
Subuybery
New York Press
Abbott
Qde
Tue Abnorr Co
Reily
University OF Georgia
Georgia
Sora
Ate
Phu Uy
Athens
Phonograph
Detroit Free Press
Glidden and Hower
Quaker City
Harrisburg
United States
Whith CO
Marietta St
Atlanta
J. R. Watkins
Winona, Minn
American Cotton College
Gam
Birmingham Seminary
Birmingham
Loulie Compton
Fifth Ave
Ala
Jincoln
Rnnit
TAL Chartered
Lincoln’s Brertrpay
Cumberland Gap
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Wm. L. Stock.sbury
Lombari Company
Augusta
Nubia
Piedmont College
Morest
Henry
Neweli
H. H. Green
J.M. Young, JR
Chua
Enterprise Enamel
Bellaire
Ny Wi
Pacific Coast
Borix
Boston
Paxton
Childra
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