Health Very Poor Restored by Peruna
Miss Sophia Wittleson of Evanston Illinois reports twenty five years of catarrh and a bad cough. After trying many cures she used Peruna and says her chronic catarrh is gone and her health greatly improved. The note adds Peruna tablets as an alternative form and promotes a 1909 almanac.
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Sophia Wittleson
Evanston, Ll
Man-a-lin
Navy battle fleet backs Key critique of North Dakota design
Reports from the Newport conference show most officers support Commander Key’s criticisms of the North Dakota battleship design while noting minor magazine safety defects and that 12 inch guns lag British ships. Roosevelt expands the Country Life Commission adding two members. Forest fire losses are pegged at 1 million dollars daily. Navy bids for eight submarine torpedo boats are opened with prices from Electric Boat and Lake Torpedo. The commission surveys rural conditions. postal and trade issues surface in Britain. Geological survey head prohibits stock ownership by survey staff in U.S. or Ceylon mines.
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Secretary of the Navy
Metcale
Admiiral
Sperry
Key
North Dakota
Sperry Ins
Reuterdahl
Newport
Navy Department
Congress
Electric Boat Company of
Quincey
Mass
Atlantic
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Bath
Pacific Coast
Cure for Itching Skin: Cuticura Success Reported in 1907
A 1907 letter from Concord New Hampshire describes severe itching and swelling below the knees that ended within two days of using Cuticura. The user reports sleeping better and being able to wear shoes again after initial trials with various remedies failed.
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Cutiura
George B. Farley
South State St
Concord
N.hl
Donan's Kidney Pill praised by Mrs Lucy Quebeck
In an aged newspaper advertisement a mechanic from Hope Valley, Mrs Lucy Quebeck, describes severe kidney pain and relief after using Donan's Kidney Pill. The notice claims cures and mentions price and distributor Foster Milburn Co. Also includes unrelated ads on India population, fabric care, and horse temperament.
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Lucy Quebeck
St. Hope Valley
R. J
Donan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Notable Advert Items Mix Health Laments and Oddities
A collage of 19th century ads and notes highlights Sloan's Liniment claims for rheumatism and pain relief with patient testimonials, Allen's Foot Ease for shoe comfort, a quip about Kitty the fidgety girl, a geography joke about Chicago latitude, a note on a San Francisco jet hospital purchase, Brom Quinines, and glass brush segments used by artists.
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Chicago
Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Allen
Allen S. Ohmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Southern Parific Railroad Company
San Francisco
Cure claims and products advertised in a colonial era paper
An amalgam of patent medicines and remedies touts Knell’s Catarrh Cure offering a 100 dollar reward for cures, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Mother Gray Australian Leaf regulator for women’s illnesses, and PAZO Ointment for piles, with stray notes on Venice’s bridge, London relief unions, and Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething.
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Ithaca
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt
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London
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