Grateful women tout Lydia Pinkham and health cures
Oronogo Missouri and St Louis Missouri women report relief from female ailments including bearing down, backache, and dizziness after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Other ads tout deafness cures, pain relief, and health products amid a mix of medical notices and consumer remedies.
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Oronogo
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Martaut
St. Louis
Lydia
Pinkham
Herzon
Prescott Ave
Lydia J. Pinkham
Lamphere Confession Ties Negress to Gunness Case
Elizabeth Smith arrested in La jarte on a court order as material witness before the grand jury. She bonded out after release and may be held as an accomplice in the crime Lamphere faces. The Truelson confession, once dismissed, may influence the Gunness case given similar details to Lamphere’s account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negreas
Lamphere
Elizabeth Smith
Lajerte
Smith
Ray Lamphoere
Zelle Guinneas
Ay Lamphere
14 year old farmer boy stops train near Westboro
Carl Walgher signaled an approaching Baltimore and Ohio passenger train with a red handkerchief to warn of a waiting bridge one mile west of Westboro. After the engineer nearly missed the danger the boy's cries finally alerted him and the train stopped within ten feet of the bridge. Passengers fled the crowded coaches and a $100 purse was raised for Walgher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Walgher
Baltimore & Ohio
Jad
Walcher
Poisoned by Self Not Girl in Terre Haute Death
Territory police release Effie Shellsberry and Henry Cochran after a Terre Haute jeweler W. H. Nelderbelman is found dead in a hotel. An analysis shows fifty three grains of potassium cyanide in his stomach, suggesting suicide and undermining allegations against Miss Shellsberry.
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Kotch
Terredaute
New Orleans
Effie Shellsberry
Henry Cochran
W. H. Nelderbelman
Helman
Terre Haute
Sells
Neiderhelman
Chicago
Phone Buzz Saves Life in Princeton Home
Mrs. Zenas Finney, in Princeton's west section, was found unconscious with her head near a fireplace after a sudden paralysis. Her daughter Jessie Finney heard a two-clatter on the line when the call failed, prompting a neighbor to rush in and rescue her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenas Finney
Princeton
Jessie Finney
Finney
Mrs. Finney
Cold Cure Claims From A Trusted Physician
A noted physician touts a homemade remedy for colds and coughs using glycerine pine concentrate and whisky with periodic doses every four hours. The piece cites a Welsh village epidemic of itch cured by Cuticura products after failed medical treatments and includes a Chicago reader testimonial from 1909.
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Dowlais
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
West Huron St
Chicago
Tll
New Towns and Schools Spread Across Central Canada
A railroad expert notes rapid settlement in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with rail stations every seven to eight miles. Central Canada grain yields reach 195 million dollars for 1909, up from 120 million last year, aided by American and Canadian farmers. Many Westerners spend holidays abroad and at home, spending millions on transportation while crops profit supports large landholdings and free homestead land remains available. Ginseng imports to China in 1907 reached 319 400 pounds worth about 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Great Britain
Continent
States
China
Marine Eye Remedies Promoted in Free Reader Appeal
A Chicago firm offers a 48 page illustrated eye book free and promises remedies for sore eyes and weak sight. The advertisement claims Marine Eye Remedies soothe irritation, relieve pain, and strengthen eyes, with suggested uses for babies and eyelids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Cartwright wins aviation prizes raises head high
A miscellany of short items includes Cartwright famed for aviation prizes, distemper cures pushy ads for Spohn’s Distemper Cure with over 500,000 bottles sold, and various consumer notices. Also notes on a theater line and home remedies with prices and distributors.
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Fuddy
Cartwright
Duddy
Boston Transcript
Spohn
Spohn Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
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Emedy
California
Hall
J. Ciseney & CO
Toledo
Wall
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
London
Dr. Pierce
Royal Normal College For the Blind
Italy
Dodds
Aidney Oe
Indiana State News
Gunness
John Sudbrink
Big Four
A. B. Shuster
New Town
Sloan
J. C. Lee
Rtoe
St. S. E
Washington, D. C
Liniment
Broan
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Miriam
Miss Montague
Mr. Tompkins
Florence
Chicago Tribune
Ek. W. Grove
Kor
Allen
Abo
Fle
Chumley
National Dress Goods A
W. Broadway
New York City
West Michigan Real Estate Agency
East Jordan
Midh
Slocum Publishing Co
Toledo, Ohin
Western
Dolliver
Iowa
Ava
Stern Canad
A Amer
Seanad
Umery
Ottawa
W. H. Rogers
Kd Fluor Traction-Terminal
Indanapolia
M. Willsons
Lass
Port Wayne
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Oee
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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