Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited By Women
A Durand Wisconsin mother of fourteen and a Blackstone Massachusetts woman credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from menopausal symptoms. The letters describe hot flashes dizziness headaches and a sense of suffocation preceding improvements after use. The advertisement urges middle aged women to heed warning symptoms and consider the product for relief.
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Durand
Wis
Lydia
Pinkham
Indies
Mary Rivaway
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pieris Cournoyer
Mase
Merchant’s Collector Dies on Commission Work
A bill collector employed on commission died last week, leaving merchants stunned by the sudden loss amid ongoing efforts to manage accounts. The tragedy highlights the stresses faced in aggressive debt collection work.
Mother Gray’s Powders Promised Quick Relief for Children
A fragmented ad brief promotes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children claiming to ease fever, teething disorders, headaches, and colds within 24 hours. It touts safety for children, lists prices and sample offers, and notes the product is from Le Roy New York. The page also mentions Red Cross Ball Blue and a remark about the Duke of Orléans.
Production of Broilers as a Business
The USDA describes broiler production as a viable business on small or large farms. It notes using general purpose breeds like Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, with Leghorns less suited. Early hatched birds yield higher prices. cockerels are kept for breeding stock or sold as broilers. Quick growth achieved by small flocks and short confinement, with a specific mash feed and green matter. marketing can be live or dressed with careful handling.
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Rom
United States Department of Agriculture
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Farmers Warn Overfeeding Corn To Hens In Morning Routine
The article notes hens pecking corn from dropped boards as they open the chicken house. It claims excess corn leads to overfat hens with bloated abdomens, reducing egg production as birds idle rather than converting feed into eggs.
Importance of Green Feed for Winter Diet
Green feed should be given daily in winter to act as an appetizer and keep the digestive organs in perfect order. Vegetables are greatly relished by the birds.
Make Friends With Fowls for Better Poultry Service
Make friends with your poultry and thus do away with frightening the fowls and you will get better service from them.
Stop eating neat if kidneys or back hurt
A fragment claims eating meat harms kidneys causing backache and urinary distress. It promotes Jad Salts as a cure, says its grape lemon acid with lithia flushes kidneys and neutralizes urine acids. Also notes a Lancet article on frost bite from trenches and suggests protective skin insulation.
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Salta
Vassar Students Work and Earnings Report
Vassar College reports 50 students are working to fund their education and 96 have earned money. Earning figures include Twegiria with 175 and 190 dollars from a book and furniture exchange and tutoring at 75 cents per hour. Some girls also work in a candy kitchen and similar jobs. Col Churchill and His Father. Winston Churchill is reminded of his father Lord Randolph, a lively yet inconclusive figure.
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Vassar
Vassar College
Twegiria
Col. Churchill
Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph
Hartford Times
Wise Hostess Converts Guests to Postum
A woman uses Postum to replace coffee for three guests and is praised as the drink improves health. She explains how she served Postum without disclosure, reveals later that the coffee-like beverage was Postum made properly, and credits quitting coffee for her own health gains. The ad promotes Postum in two forms, Original Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, with prices and a slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Clean blood via hot water and limestone phosphate ritual
An advice column extols drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the digestive tract and improve skin and health. It claims inside cleanliness matters more than appearance, urging readers to try this low-cost remedy and noting benefits for a pallid complexion and constipation.
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the Duke of Orléans
Doan’s
Ohio
Tastatt
High St
Philadelphia
Doan
Dean
Plymouth Rock
Orpington
Wyandc
Lancet
Flanders
Ouling
Renfrew Manufacturing Co, Incorporated
Adams, Mass
Southwest
Rock Island
Southwest Trail
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
LM. Allen
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Statics
Chicago
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