Come and See Sign Prompts Open Business Policy
An attached sign at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co lampoons public scrutiny of its Lab practices and ads. It invites verification of claims about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and questions if the company truly operates openly and confidentially. It targets skeptics while affirming benefits to women using the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Tydis E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia K. Pinkham
The Call of the Soil Prompts Farm Land Investment
A Southern newspaper staff writer argues that financial unrest drives leaders to seek land, urging the return to farming. He cites Canada Western lands at 10 to 15 dollars per acre with strong revenue and notes Canadian agents offer information on free homesteads of 100 acres and railway access available to Americans.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
United States
Government of
I notice the editor cites a psalmist and Da vid
The piece blends quips from a sporting editor about Bishop Fallows and a playful nod to David with a joke on aging. It shifts to an advert for Garfield Tea claiming health benefits for liver kidneys and stomach and concludes with a brief rail-line investment exchange.
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Bishop Fallows
David
Chicago Tribune
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Reward for Catarrh Cure Fraud and Jackknife Tale
A historical clipping features an offer of one hundred dollars for catarrh cures by Hall’s Catarrh Cure from J Cheney & Co Toledo with testimonials and sales pitch. It also parodies a fable where a bear deems hoarded nuts predatory wealth after questioning a squirrel, from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Watpina, Kinxan & Manyvin
O. Hall
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Padre Island scheme and New York copper crash notes
A mixed column reports Archi Mischelle, Chicago banker, promoting a prospectus about Padre Island off Texas, claims of bank failures, and a $500,000 interest. updates on Major Chittenden accused in land frauds. notes on postmaster generalship and Frank Witchcock. copper fortunes fade in Wall Street. French snail farming, Allen's Foot Ease free offer, and a juvenile jam theft anecdote.
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Archie ‘Mischelle
Chicago
Mystic Isle of Padre
Texas
Isle of Padre
Tisdelle
West
H. M. Chittenden
Corps of Engineers
Seattle
Attorney General's Office
Chittenden
Ter
Maj. Chittenden
Htto
Skagit County
West Point
P Ariy
Cure for Skin Trouble Promises Fast Relief
A New York man claims eight years of skin affliction healed in a week by Cutleura Reme dies after spending 800 dollars on treatments. He recounts prior failures with doctors and remedies before this cure and notes his return to work. March 29 and April 6 1906. England spends 40 million yearly on eggs and poultry with half imported. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children 25 cents a bottle.
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Fritz Werschlaff
Columbus Ave
New York
N. Y
England
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