Letters Prove Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Cures Female Ailments
Readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervous prostration kidney and bladder troubles and general weakness. Testimonials from Mrs. C Cole Fitchville Ohio and Mrs A H Sanborn Linsburg Vermont tout improvements after use. The firm offers rewards for proof letters are not genuine or paid for and notes 30 years of claimed cures. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fitchville
Ohio
Sam
A. H. Sanborn
Linsburg
Vermont
Whistler Friends and Oil Fuel Ideas Feature in 19th Century Notes
The article recalls Whistler’s loyal friends as described by Ford Madox Hueffer and tells of Madox Brown urging patrons to buy Whistler’s etchings to aid him in poverty. It also mentions Secretary Meyer’s oil fuel proposal for ships and gives a Georgia college endorsement letter dated April 18, 1810 praising the Macon school’s impact on young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ford Madox Hueffer
Harper’s Magazine
Madox Brown
Whistlers
Chelsea
Meyer
Boston Record
Eugene Anderson
Business College
Macon
C. K. Nelson
Georgia
Atelnnte
Georgia-Alabama Brasl Oes College
Appleton Church
Trans-Siberian Railroad critiqued as poor engineering
The Boston Post notes the Trans-Siberian Railroad was a poor engineering job and adds a remark about a handsome man troubled by the loss of his good looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Post
Doan’s Kidney Pills Help Woman Regain Health
A Pittsfield woman with one kidney credits Doan’s Kidney Pills for restoring her health after a fibroid kidney operation. She gained weight from 95 to 121 pounds and reports no further trouble. Also mentions the International Anti Cigaret League and free NR remedies, plus humor about names in a New York marriage license joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Fiscal reform urged in China amid lax finances
The New York Tribune warns that China’s imperial finances suffer from poor oversight and corruption. Decrees push for fiscal reform and constitutional changes, with optimism that obedience will follow. The piece also mentions Cuticura skin care advertisements and a Ram’s Horn quip about patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Nature's Remedy Promises Cure for Constipation
Advertisement touts NR tablets as the sole right remedy for constipation and autotoxemia. It claims to correct the entire digestive system and kidneys, cure dyspepsia and rheumatism, and to work overnight with a 25 cent box available at all druggists from A H H Lewis Medicine Co St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascarets
Brennan & CO
New Orleans
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
All Druggiste
A. HH. Lewis Medicine Co
Manine Co
Manine
Our Boys Trate Father-Look at Young Brown
A fragment from the Boston Transcript quotes a scene with a father asking his son about saving money at college. The son replies he saved his brains, signaling a witty exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Boston Transcript
Hen deserts eggs to care for three kittens
Miss Minnie Thayer of Clifford Indiana owns a hen that abandoned a setting of valuable eggs to devote all care to three kittens kept in a box near the nest. The hen will not return to the nest, while the mother cat and hen share responsibility for the kittens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Thayer
Clifford
Ind
Martins Battle Sparrows For Nesting Rights In Waynesboro
Two martin houses in Waynesboro were taken over by English sparrows last fall. The returning martins on Saturday fought to reclaim their homes, securing victory despite being outnumbered. The noisy skirmish drew local onlookers as the birds defended their nesting sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Avoirdupois
Philadelphia
Sharpening Baby's Toes and Other Fragments
Readable bits include a child’s playful note about sharpening toes, phrases about blacking hats and teeth, an eye remedy ad, a speeding wedding case in New York, a long-standing remedy claim, and a Quebec deportation note. The items appear as scattered clippings.
Perspiration sparkles in morning grass
The eye of a Washington girl notices dew bright as dawn and exclaims to her mother that it feels hotter than expected. She concludes the grass is covered with perspiration, a quaint misread captured by the Baptist Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baptist Commonwealth
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Laxative Cure Claim
Describes constipation treated by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and cathartic. Mentions in a turbine steamer the thumping pitsons fade, replaced by a thin soprano engine sound that modulates with speed, sometimes resembling a continuous squeal.
Sufferer Credits Cardui For Relief From Female Troubles
In Clinton Kentucky a woman describes six years of severe female ailments and neuralgia. After one week on Cardui her condition improves and after four months she feels better than in six years. She urges other women to use Cardui and notes doctors failed to help. The ad claims five decades of tested merit and urges purchase at a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Kentucky
Man Without Imagination Sees Uncertain Landing Ahead
A reflective note on ambition and direction suggests those lacking imagination fear where their next step will land, highlighting uncertainty and self-doubt in pursuing goals.
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NMAC
Post
BOSTOM, CEREL _CO., LTD
Mich
Munyon
Munyen
Munyon's Homoeopathic Home Remedy CO
63D
Jefferson Sts
Heck
Hicks
Capudine
New York
Clerk Speed
Mr. Swift
Miss Hurry
Mr. Gallop
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Patience
Ram
Bouthern Teachers' Agency
Columbia
Buy
SMOES
Nina
Mamma
Papa
Charleston News and Courier
Fainhiller
Perry Davis
Quebec Chronicle
Quebec
Libby
Louisville
W. Sabel & Sons
Lombard Iron Works
Augusta
Daisy Fly
Tabrold Gomerg
DeKalb Ave
Deocklyn
M. Yi
Gray
Jen
New York City
Olmsted
le Hoy
W. L. Douglas
W.l.da
Paxtine
Paxton Toilet Coo
Boston
Mass
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