Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Heralded by Women
A collection of testimonials touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles, with claims of relief from ulceration, displacements, and nervous prostration. Additional passages promote eye remedies and Quaker speech, plus a World and Philadelphia Record note on wage trends affecting women and children in the labor market.
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Bardstown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josefh Haut
Christiana
Tenn
Mary Woop
R.F.D
Lydia E. Pinknam
West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Old Soakers Get Saturated With Caffeine
A Huntsville Alabama woman reports long term coffee use caused stomach trouble for 20 years and insomnia. After stopping coffee and switching to Postum four months ago her health greatly improved and she can eat and sleep well again. The letter ends with a promotion for Postum and the slogan There’s a Reason. Read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
Masons face longevity gap in modern buildings
The author argues that only about one in ten thousand modern structures will stand 500 years. We lack ancient masonry mastery, so today’s constructions are temporary and will crumble while ancient Greek and Egyptian buildings endure.
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Greece
Feypt
Best Salve Tetterine Ad From Fort Scott KS
Fort Scott reader endorses Tetterine salve from Savannah GA for eczema tetches ringworm and skin diseases. Ad notes Tetterine 50c and Tetterine Soap 26c with mail order from The Shuptrine Co. The piece ends with a quip about putty in the hands from the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kansas
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Bir
Kipp
He Shoptrine Co
New York World
Readable Remedies And Notices From Old Ads
A collage of promotional claims and notices lists Hancock's Sulphur Compound, remedies for cold and grip, Mrs Winslow's Syrup, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and magnet use in industry. The pieces include testimonials, travel tickets, dental and medical products, and general health advisories from early 20th century arsenals of consumer goods. The tone is promotional with broad health claims and practical tips.
Paint Every Year and House Painting Outfit No 49
A publisher advertises National Lead Company painting guidance with free House owners' Painting Outfit No 49 offering a color scheme book and an adulteration test instrument. Also advises checking Dutch Boy purity on white lead kegs and promises dealer support. The page includes other ads and a joke about a politician and triplets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Trinity Building
Cure of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies in Boy
A mother describes a severe eczema case on her son, resisted by over a dozen physicians. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent the rash cleared in about two months. Testimonial from George F. Lambert of Mahanoy City Pa dated Sept 26 and Nov 4 1907. Potter Drug & Chem Corp sole owners of Cuticura Remedies. Not one in a thousand make life an art.
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Hancock
Waintren
Gares
Ohio Ave
Columbus
Hancoce Liquip 8Ulenur Co
Proprietors
Baltimore
George F. Lambert
West Centre St
Mahanoy City
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Boston
Mass
Cure for back pain credited to kidney pills
Mrs J H Bennett of Gardiner Maine says after four months in bed with severe back pain dizziness and bladder inflammation she used Deans Kidney Pills and within three months was completely cured. The ad notes 60 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The Colorado note observes full woman suffrage with only one woman elected to the Legislature and comments on women governing homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bennett
Fountain St
Gardiner
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Colorado
Watertown Times
Amputated Hand Recalled In Ether Recovery Tale
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette a patient recovering from ether learns he must have his right hand amputated after a trolley accident. The nurse consoles him with humor about using his left hand, while the man mourns the loss of a forefinger string his wife tied to remind him to fetch something this morning.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Props
Toledo
Drista, Price
W. Frank McClure
Chicago Tribune
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Rais
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Telegraph
Wells
Jersey City
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Love Letter
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Munyon
Muanyou
Garfield
Nature
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Edward Senna
Erure Ure
California
Fic Syrup Co
Wae
NLY
Dessel Institute
Ingeo Woodward
B. B
Rising Blood Balm CO
Esa Wiges
Belts Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
A. J. Tower CO
U. S.A
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Toronto
Canada
Ash Bro
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Birmingham & Atlantic Railway
Caruso
Capudine
Gray
Dewa
New York City
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Grandma's
Iifo
Grandma's Medicine Co
P. O
H. H. Green
Daisy Fly Killer
Weg
Anti-Chilline Chemical Company
Chmond
Sloan
Niment
Earl S.sloan
U.S.A
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