Hicks Capuchine Cures Headache Advertised in 1912
The piece touts Hicks Capuchine as a liquid remedy for headache from cold heat stomach or mental strain with immediate effects and 25 and 50 cent prices. It also mentions H Gurey’s Sons of Atlanta as dropsy specialists and references hotel plans around the 1912 exhibition in Japan with cautious outlooks on investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Gurey
Atlanta
Hochi Shimbun
Maple Club
Tokio
Mukojima
Japan Weekly Mail
Capuchine
Maine Fo
Popular Stata
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble Solved
A patient recounts relief after quitting coffee for Postum, noting improved sleep, fewer nervous spells, and better digestion. He reports gaining 32 pounds and crediting Postum with saving his life, urging others to try the product. The ad ends with the familiar "There's a Reason" and a license to read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Condemn Night Riding Statement by President Barrett
President Barrett of the Farmers' Union denounces night riding activities urging preventive measures and calling for law and order. He appeals for member restraint while backing peaceful civic processes and legal enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Farmers’ Union
Union to Address Night Riders at New Orleans Meeting
The National Farmers' Union plans a November 11 and 12 meeting in New Orleans to discuss boosting cotton prices and to denounce night riding. President C B Barrett states the union condemns such wrongdoing and will hand over any members found aiding night riders to the law. Delegates from across the cotton belt are expected, with the event highlighting support from Progressive Union and local commercial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Farmers’ Union
C. 8. Barrett
Union
Associated Press
Mr. Jarrett
Social Leader Dead Mrs William Astor Dies in New York
Mrs William Astor, renowned as New York society leader for thirty years, died of heart disease at her Fifth Avenue home at age 82 after four weeks of critical illness. She helped shape the era of the 400 and hosted legendary events, including a 1905 invitee list of 1,200. Her famed emeralds were worn at many gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Astor
New York City
New York
Fifth Avenue
Astor
W C T U Chooses Omaha For 1909 Meeting
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union executive council selects Omaha Nebraska as the site for its 1909 meeting. The committee adopts a plan urging state and local unions to back a federal children's bureau bill in the next Congress. The measure is proposed by Mrs Minnie A Rutherford Arkansas national superintendent of juvenile courts industrial education and anti child labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Omaha
National Child Labor Committee
Minnie A. Rutherford
Arkansas
Department of the
Naval Memorial Park design approved for Vicksburg
Washington Md Secretary Wright and Metcalf approve site and design for a naval memorial in Vicksburg National Military Park. Congress will be asked to appropriate 200000 for the project, the maximum contemplated, for a granite obelisk 202 feet high with four bronze statues of Farragut Porter Foote and Davis and four descriptive tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Metcalf
Wright
Washington
MD. C
Vicksburg National Military Park
Congress
Farragut
Porter
Foote
Davis
Constipation and health claims from old advertisements
A collage of spoof and health ad copy references constipation biliousness eczema deafness and kidney disease with claims for cures and free samples. Mentions J M Youxa Waycross Ga Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dean's Kidney Pills plus a gag about mile posts on a skyscraper in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dineer Fromm the Laboratory
J. M. Youxa
Waycross
Hall
F.j.carney & Co
Toledo
Druggista
Nat Anderson
Greenwood
D. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fifteen Years of Suffering Relief by Cuticura Trio
Mrs. V. V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine recounts a rheumatism related leg sores siege that lasted fifteen years. After three doctors and many remedies failed she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within three weeks sores dried and burning ceased. After three months she says he was well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V. Albert
Upper Frenchsville
And Have the Last Word Too Town Topics
A brief quoted exchange appears in Town Topics with lines from He and Sue about marriage and shared thinking, hinting at domestic dialogue and social chatter. The fragment presents a playful, unfinished vignette on couple dynamics and language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie
Sue
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A Mother's plea for healthy maternity and relief for female disorders promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Authentic reader letters praise restored health and motherhood, citing cures of displacements, inflammation, irregularities, and nervous prostration. The notice invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margie Gilmer
West Union
D. C
Lydia E. Pinikham
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Ringworm Cure Promises and Odd Claims
An ad style fragment touts a skin remedy named Tetrpaise promising to cure ringworm and piles with testimonials including Mrs M F Jones of Pittsburg. The text mentions a savannah Georgia distributor and asks about Germany in the Olympic context, referencing the New York Evening Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Jones
Tannehim &T
Pittsburg
Bie
Wested
Sportaine
Dept
Savannah
Germany
New York Evening Sun
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Renike
California
Roy Bolton
Vo Radian Weuteo Ey
Japan
Catholic Standard and Times
Naval Memorial Park
Gadsden, Ala
Gadsden
Ala
Hammond Mines
Gadsdens
Bulgaria
Sofia
Turkey
Ferdinand
Thomas Thompson
Clarksville
J. I. Suverrian
Dept. A
Gay
Johnny
New York Sun
Mile Posts
New Yorker
J. R. Watkins Medical CO
Winona
Minnesota
Rouse
ASA Mes
Stace
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Catalegue Free
L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
Grassirien Aoventisements
EA CO
Minneapolis
The
University and Commercial School
Abbeville
Filves
Mie and
Univer
Leithimetics
CM. Gordon
Prin
A. Miller
Superistoncent
Ford
Ockton, Mass
Birmingham
Brunswick
Thomasville
Boston
J. R. Rowland
W. H. Quigg
Trafic
W. H. Leahy
Atlanta, Ga
Sloan
Sweeneys
Earl S. Sloan
Ort
Mey
Liz “Cardui
Susan A. Hall
Hayne
N. C
Cardui
Cardus
Putnam
Pankogy
Monroe
Apetee
Peo
Ny Wen
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