Temperance Worker Endorses Peruna for Women Health
Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn president of the Young People's Christian temperance association endorses Peruna as a nerve and flood remedy. She cites personal experience aiding digestion and strength, noting it benefits young mothers and women with ailments unique to them. Dr. Hartman prescribed Peruna to thousands of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigs
Bessie Farrell
Third Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Young People's Christian Temperance Association
Hartman
Japanese Housekeeping Noted In Spo kane Dinner Story
Prince Haseba praised Japan’s cleanliness at a Seattle dinner, noting shoes removed at doors and floors polished by many servants. A London student found a hall not well kept, prompting a janitor to post Please wipe your feet. On going out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Haseba
Spokane
London
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Abe a Good Penman in Lincoln Early Memoir
A schoolmate, Austin Gollaher, recalls Abraham Lincoln as an unusually bright child who learned rapidly and studied hard. He would burn spicewood brushes for light to study at night, and friends say Abe was the best penman in the neighborhood. He wrote several copies including a memorable one: Good boys who to their books apply will all the great men by and by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Abraham Lincoln
Austin Gollaher
Billion Dollar Grass Seed Ad Promises Large Yields
An advertisement touts Billion Dollar Grass and other seeds from John A. Salzer Seed Co. It claims a farmer on 100 acres sold $3,000 worth of seed and produced 300 tons of hay. The notice offers a 10 cent sample seed catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin, promising new farm seeds and a bonus package with order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
Sainfain Thery
Victoria
Silver King & Rawley
John A. Salter Seed Co
Uncertain compliment from James J Hill on stock rise
James J Hill, a prominent railway magnate, visits Kansas City and suggests the stock quotation rise seems dubious. He compares the situation to a Turkish bashaw urging his wife to adorn herself as Death approaches, highlighting the danger in excessive optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Kansag City
Bashaw
Kansas City Times
No Money Advanced and Corn Remedies Advertise
A quoted heated exchange appears in an old Philadelphia Ledger style item about a dispute over working capital. An advertisement promotes AnBotts East Indian Corn Remover promising fast permanent relief from corns bunions and callous spots without cutting or pain, urging readers to mail two shillings to Turnmnnor Co Savannah Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Anbot
ConNrarnt
Turnnorr Co
Savannah
Abbott
Tae Apsotr Co
Hog cholera and a farmer’s Sloan’s Lintment tale
An Indiana hog breeder describes a cholera outbreak among hogs and credits Sloan’s Liniment with saving animals. The account includes a barn foreman’s experience with treated hogs and a sales pitch for Dr. Sloan’s free book, with a closing proverb about social caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Williams
Burnetts Creek
Ind
Mr. Williams
J. D. Richardson
Lafayette
Sloan
O. K
Earl
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Great Nerve Restorer Adverts and Quack Claims
An old advertisement touts Dr. H R Kline's Great Nerve Restorer for fits and nervous diseases with free trials. It lists a Philo Pennsylvania address and claims a cure. The piece also critiques conscience, Bromo Quinine as a laxative and parodies with short proverbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Philo
Cured Her Three Children With Cuticura Remedies
A Montreal mother reports three daughters cured of severe eczema using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after failed attempts with other methods. She notes a nursing baby with neck folds that bled was healed by the same products. May 21 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duluth St
Montreal
Que
Woman Recovers After Seven Years With Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Sallie French of Paucaunta Indiana Territory writes that after seven years of female troubles she was run down and nervous. Doctors offered no help. She consulted Mrs Pinkham and took Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and is now strong and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Sallie French
Paucaunta
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound as the standard cure for female ailments. It claims it has cured thousands and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass. It invites readers to write with questions about their sickness.
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May Chattanoogs
Tenn
Leadien
Kcine C
Chattanooga
Ec Co
Lydia EB. Pinkham
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Milo Bessie Farrell
Grip
Johnson’s
Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic Co
Geordia
Mary FE. H. Rouse
Cambridge, N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Minard
J. Perry
Ingraham St
Providence
Iiment Mtg. Co
Booth Framingham
H.W. Grove
California
Fic Syrup Co. Oy
R. H. Cox
Jasper
Ala
Cardui
New Orleans
Reily Taylor
Grand Lodge
Dayton
Ohio
Malsby Company
Worsyth ST
Atlanta, GA
Boller
Baw
Addres
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Moenta
Hightower Drug Co
Dalton, Ga
Fema
Johnson
Angar
ATL
Johnson & CO
Toston
Cary
Michmond
Chas
Soctaton of
West 42d Street
York
Thompson
Euaraktos
Henderson
Sendell
WH. Blitch CO
Meggett
S.C
Tash
German Kali Works
New York
Nassau Street
Chicago
Monadnock
Candler
Wilas
Ore Bay
Shane
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Pouglas
Brockton
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
Charleston
Meugett, & CG
FOX
B. L, Cox, Ethel
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