Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured
A Bellevue Ohio testimony praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing severe female ailments. Mrs Cuns Chapman reports improvement from a very ill, run down state to a well woman after using the product and endorses its household value. The ad invites readers to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cuns. Chapman
R. F.D. No
Belle Vue
Lydia E.pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Orten
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Ants and humans compared in motion and strength
The Indianapolis News notes ants can carry ten times their weight while a horse and a man carry about their own weight. It claims a defiant ant could sit motionless for four hours on a lap laid by a female ant, maintaining a grin of ecstatic happiness.
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Indianapolis News
Cuticura Shampoos and Ointment Promote Scalp Health
Advertising copy urges readers to use Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify the scalp of dandruff while Cuticura Ointment soothes irritated skin. It offers free samples by mail and requests an address postcard to Cuticura Dept XY, Boston, noting availability everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Railways Death Toll Sparks Window Incident Speculation
A newspaper item notes 152 542 deaths on American railways from 1890 to 1912 and questions whether attempting to open car windows contributed to the high count. The fragment cites Bensonhurst and a query about how window-opening may relate to fatalities.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Bweet Powder for Infants and Children Sold by Olmsted
Advertisement describes Gray’s Bweet Powder for head disorders, bad stomach teething and bowel regulation. Claimed to destroy worms and break up colds in hours. Marketed as pleasant for children and sold by Druggists in Olmsted and Le Roy New York.
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Gray
le Roy
Classic Beef Stew and Soups in Home Cooking Guide
The text outlines methods for beef stew with neck cuts browned in fat, simmered with bone and vegetables, plus dumplings. It covers Canadian Meat Pie with kidneys and rounds, uses Worcester sauce, and describes stock versus non stock soups like consomme. It quotes Wallace on motherhood and notes soup classifications and a Huntington consomme example.
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Consomme Huntington
Western Canada farming success stories and settlement prospects
Feature summarizes how Western Canada farms yield wealth with modest capital, citing Carl Dickan from Russian Poland who built a thriving mixed farm near Wetaskiwin after arriving in 1903. It notes fertile Buck Lake area land ideal for homesteading, timber, water, and abundant game, urging settlers from the U.S. and Canada.
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Western
Canada
Carl Dickan
Poland
Pittsburgh
Alberta
Wetasktwin
Buck Lake
Pigeon Lake
United States
War's Effect on a Southern Negro Narrator
A southern Negro speaker notes how the European war has altered wartime recollections. He recalls Canal Sharp’s Civil War tale of striking a thousand Yankees, then says since August the story has grown to include Turcos Belgians and Cossacks, distorting his war memories.
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Claims Gray Hair Darkening
An advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy claiming to darken gray hair to any shade naturally and evenly. It details applying the tonic with a sponge or brush, noting reduced dandruff and fade, with a promise of a youthful look after repeated use.
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Wyeth
Adv
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