Simple Home Treatment for Skin Troubles and a Conjurer Trick
A 19th century ad promises relief from pimples blackheads and rough skin using Cuticura Ointment Soap and related products. It also includes a brief anecdote about a wandering sleight of hand conjurer who collects marked coins and returns a different shilling claiming ownership.
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Basily
Corse
Dyspepsia in School Children Linked to Lunches
A New Commentary notes that indigestion in schoolChildren is tied to improper quick lunches and stunted growth. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe cure with a money back guarantee. The piece ends with a humorous anecdote about a duel in France using guillotines as weapons.
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Caldwell
France
Better Than Spanking for Urine Control
A pamphlet promotes home treatment for urinary difficulties in children, arguing spanking is ineffective and urging mothers to write Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana for guidance without payment. It cautions not to blame the child and notes a constitutional cause may exist. Also includes a humorous exchange about egoists and a note on low one way colonist rates via the Nickel Plate Road for early March travel.
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M. Summers
Box 420
Notre Dame
Ind
Nickel Tlate Road
C. A. Asterlin
T.P.A
Fort Wayne
Curious Bizarre Advertisements From A Largely Fragmented Page
A jumble of old time patent medicine claims and odd quotes appears, including cure pitches for cold care with Laxative Bromo Quinine, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and testimonials. A note mentions British soldiers in Tibet and a French estimate of scalp hairs, with various serviceable and questionable health assurances throughout.
Health of American Women At New York Assembly
A prominent New York doctor told 500 women that healthy American women were nearly extinct and urged Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. Testimonials from Mrs. Willudsen and Miss Henry claim restored health after using the product.
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New York
Lydia IX
Pinkham
T. C. Willudsen
Manning, Ta
Mattie Henry
Danville
Lydia KB. Pinkham
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