Woman Escapes Operation With Lydia E Pinkham Tablet
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sap Mullen reports relief after taking six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for months old illness. Doctors advised surgery, but she regained strength without operation and credits the tonic for relief from pains in the side and leg. The ad urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and promises confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E.pinkham
Elwood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sap Mullen
Ind
Railroading and Dancing in Richmond
A Popular Magazine anecdote cites Stuart C. Leake a top southern dancer and railroad supervisor in Richmond Virginia. One night a branch took a wrong turn and the president asks where Leake is. The general manager replies leading a german prompting the president to call it a dirty Irish trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart C. Leake
Richmond
Leake
Popular
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS CLAIM
An advertisement promises pile cures within six to fourteen days and offers money refunds for failures. It also touts Garfield Tea as a health aid and urges readers to purchase from their local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAZ Ae
Steinn
Work While You Sleep Health Cure Promises
Advertisement copy touts CAS CARETS as a great health maker for sleep workers. Claims millions use it and offers a 10c box with a promise of never needing another Lowel medicine.
State Tax Board to I Meet Next Month
Indianapolis report notes three sessions announced for 1911 with hearings schedule for appeals from county assessments. First session begins April 3 in the state house, lasting until May 22, then July 4 to 16 and July 17 to 31, with possible five day extension. Real estate assessments receive added time and hearings cover telephone property telegraph, sleeping car, pipeline, electric street car, interurban and steam railroad cases.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State House
Tax Board
County Boards of Tax Review
Express
Marshall
Fred A. Sims
Fred I. Gemmer
Sims
United States Marshalship
Women Seek Representation in Indiana State Inspection
Mrs. W. H. Lockwood told the Social Workers’ club at the YWCA that Indiana should appoint a woman to inspect factory and child labor enforcement. The talk cited support for the child labor bill and criticized the Legislature’s failure to pass the housing measure championed by Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Department of Inspection
Marshall
General Assembly
W. H. Lockwood
Social Workers’ Club
Lockwood
Bacon
Clarence Gaumer
State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Pension Tax Sparks Inmates Move From State Soldiers Home
Inmates at the State Soldiers home in Lafayette protest a new pension tax law requiring married men to pay above 15 dollars and single men above 10 dollars to the state. Colonel Haggard reports about fifteen leaving or planning to leave as the home adjusts to the tax. Separately, the state moves several offices to different rooms in the state house under the board of public buildings and property and state accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Swank
Montgomery County
H. ©. Barnard
Lafayette
Col. W. S. Haggard
Indianapolis
General Fund
State Board of Public Buildings and Property
Thomas F. Colbert
State House
State Board of Accounts
House of Representatives
House
House Judiciary Committee
State Board
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission of Indiana
General Assembly
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
State Labor Commission
Early Arrangements for Southeastern Indiana Physicians Meet
Preparations are underway to entertain physicians of southeastern Indiana at Greensburg on May 265. The southeastern council includes Bartholomew Jennings Jackson Jefferson Ohio Ripley Dearborn Switzerland Brown Decatur. Dr G Frank Lydstron of Chicago will read a paper in the afternoon and Dr Charles A L Reed will be principal speaker at the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Greensburg
Southeastern Council
Bartholomew
Jennings
Jackson
Jefferson
Ohio
Ripley
Dearborn
Switzerland
Brown
Decatur
G. Frank Lydstron
Chicago
Charles A. L. Reed
Hood's Sarsaparilla and assorted remedies advertised
An assortment of patent medicines is promoted including Hood's Sarsaparilla praised for purifying blood and curing humors, Garfield Tea for digestion and headaches, Laxative Bromo Quin ine Tablets for colds, Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething, and unrelated quips about life and self concept. The piece reflects period medical marketing and humorous asides.
Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Item
Antiseptic foot powder advertised to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrown nails swelling and callous spots. Claims relief for burning and aching feet with a free Barns plu substitute and lists Alleo 4 Olmsted Le Roy New York as address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleo 4
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Words of Comfort and a Laughing Exchange
A man jokes about sleeping outdoors as his doctor prescribes rest, while a friend tries to cheer him up noting it is fine unless the landlord objects. This witty exchange captures lighthearted streetwise humor.
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