Cure for Severe Eczema Claims Cuticura Success
A mother recounts her five year old son’s extreme eczema unresponsive to doctors and college treatment. After using Cuticura Ointment on bandages, the sores dried and healed after multiple applications, leaving the child healthier twelve years later. Witness: Robert Wattam of Chicago Illinois Metropolitan 8 1909.
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Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Return of Anthony Drexel Jr at Knickerbocker Club
Anthony Drexel Jr after announcing engagement to Marjorie Gould dined at the Knickerbocker Club. He quipped about a Philadelphia millionaire who praised his valet trousers and then offered a quarter to reclaim them, highlighting thrift amid wealth.
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Anthony Drexel, Jr
Marjorie Gould
Knickerbocker Club
Fifth Avenue
Drexel
Philadelphia
Thompson
Millonaire
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache and Urinary Ailments
The ad claims strong kidneys filter uric acid and waste, while weak kidneys cause rheumatic pain backache and urinary problems. It cites J P Alexander of Council Bluffs Iowa who says Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney ills in 1906 with lasting benefit. Sold by all sellers for 60 cents a box.
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Dean
J. P. Alexander
Ave. D
Council Bluffs
Doan
Openers and echoes in a Boston election scene
A salesgirl and Mrs Lapsling debate can openers with a nod to Bertram and an arma virumque joke. The text shifts to a medical ad praising Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation. The piece closes noting a steeple signaling a hot municipal election in Boston.
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Boston
One Day Cure for Cold Promoted by Grove Signature
Advertisement outlines BromOQuinine laxative with E W Grove signature claiming a one day cold cure. Mentions global use and Australian incubator capacity for poultry hatching. Promotes Russ bleaching blue for housekeepers and notes European sponge distributors facing price drops.
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E. W. Grove
Davis' Painkiller proves unmatched remedy claim
The advertisement promotes Davis' Painkiller as a superior treatment for rheumatism, lumbago, stiffness, neuralgia, and common colds. It markets bottles of 3c, 50c sizes and asserts no substitute works as well. It also suggests adding borax to cooked starch to stiffen and whiten clothes.
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DAVIS
Enjoyment of Earth and Others in Hardy’s Verse
The speaker longs for personal joy yet senses beauty beyond self and vows to find charm in others’ unease. He imagines embracing distant paradise while acknowledging his path may not align with known places or aims, drawing inspiration from untold scenes and souls.
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Mita Wa Iatr
The Uprooting of Jim. Jim Lesterton Finds New Life
Jim Lesterton a longtime bachelor caretaker for six siblings emigrates from past hardships to a chance reunion with Francis Faithfull. Faithfull’s heir, May Faithfull, joins him on a journey to Chamonix where Sir Francis welcomes Jim and May, leading to a marriage that renews Jim’s youth and joy.
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Jim Lesterton
Francis Faithfull
Jim
Mont Flanc
Robert Faithfull
Herbert
Chamonix
Switzerland
Lesterton
Tale
Miss Faithfull
Sir Francis Faithfull
Sir Francis
Chardonix
May Faithfull
London
S. Times
Queen’s Sandringham pets draw royal attention
The article notes the queen’s estate Sandringham hosts a large menagerie including twenty dogs with three prize Pekineses bred by J P Morgan, plus collies cats birds and ponies. The queen visits Sandringham as often as possible to oversee her royal pets.
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England
Sandringham
J. P. Morgan
Kérmel
Munyon’s Pills Offer Gentle Liver Stimulation and Free Advice
Munyon’s Paw Paw Pills are advertised as tonics for stomach liver and nerves without calomel. They promise enriched blood and full nourishment from food with 10¢ and 25¢ sizes. Free medical advice from Munyon’s Doctors is offered. A cold remedy and rheumatic cure are also marketed. A German professor warns boys about germs urging home safety and cooking stove precautions.
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Munyon
Jefferson Star
Philadelphia
What the Grocer Said Fort Wayne Interview
A Fort Wayne grocer tells a reporter the business is good and growing. He cites Easy Task soap as rising in demand because it requires less work and appeals to customers who seek value and quality.
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Fort Wayne
Compromise Offered as Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts
Frank J. Cheney endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any incurable catarrh and urges readers to send testimonials. The ad notes the remedy is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Includes a Mrs Russell Sage offer of half a million dollars to the American Bible Society if equal funds are raised by year’s end.
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Needham
Chicago Tribune
ToLeDo
Locas Country
Frank J. Cheney
Grm
F. J. Cheney & Co
Frank
Cheney
Ska
W. Gleason
Russell Sage
American Bible Society
Allen's Lung Buleats For Sale At All Druggists
A garbled ad claims Allen's Lung Buleats will heal coughs quickly and permanently though the text is repeated and unclear. The piece also recounts a Tennessee mountain anecdote where Chief Justice Taney asks a mule rider for help fixing a buggy shaft, the boy answering with a quip about first aid.
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Allen
Taney
Tennessee
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