Lydia Pinkham Compound touted as lifesaver for women
Claims that many surgeries for women are unnecessary and praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a life saving remedy. Letters from patients in Kansas and New Jersey recounts of avoided operations and regained health after using the product. Also mentions a Louisiana leprosy cure report and sisters of charity caring for lepers without infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
N. J
Lydia
Lydia KE
Lydia I. Pinkham
Louisiana Assembly
State of
Louisiana
Louisiana Institution
Yenara
Sisters of Charity
BE GOOD LOOKING Dr Saunders Face Beautification Method
Dr Saunders, Chicago’s expert pace specialist, claims to lead in facial beautification. He advertises the Reconstruction Method for correcting noses lips cheeks and ears and promises painless single visits with guaranteed results. Enclose a stamp for a free booklet detailing how anyone can be beautified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Chicago
Sears
Saanders
Flery
Bookler
One Kidney Gone Yet Restored By Pills
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine credits Donns Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function after a long paralysis and severe back pain. He reports using one box improved strength and reduced pain, later walking with crutches, then fully recovering. Also notes margarine mislabeling incident and Richard Harding Davis overseeing a city street cleaning effort with boys paid for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Donn
fostor-Milburn Co
Buffalo
BE. W. Grove
St Marion
Mass
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Webb Dexter
Improvement Association
Dexter
The High Mission of Women in Our Modern Civilization
A lecturer delivers an eloquent address on the high mission of women in modern civilization and invites questions. A weary listener asks where breakfast food names come from while the scene shifts to a cheeky aside about King Edward’s croquet fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croxton
Upward Start From Coffee to Postum Testimony
Tennessee woman describes sharp health improvement after quitting coffee and using Postum. She notes initial stomach pain and nerves, then gains in appetite and strength, and now prefers Postum over coffee with steady nerves and full digestion. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. marketing, claims ongoing genuine testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
A Song of Thanksgiving by Walter Foss
Poem celebrates gratitude for life and property, praising labor, neighborly ties, and the era's progress. It expresses thanks for lands seen and unseen, the earths bounty, and the enduring human spirit guiding hope and virtue through time.
Mrs. Pettingill’s Thanksgiving Dinner In Hard Times
In a cramped front room Mrs Pettingill and Miss Dawson discuss hardship during Thanksgiving. With mortgage worries, illness, and a missing bargain fund, they improvise a modest meal of codfish beets and fried pork sauce as Lizy Jane visits relatives, and thrift dominates the holiday plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pettingill
Mary Ann Dawson
Mrs. Pettingil
Medder-Land
Sam
Deacon Pettingill
Miss Jewson
Miss Dawson
Joel
Lizy Jane
Arter
Mary Ann Dawyon
Mrs. Wettingill
Thanksgiving at Pettingill Farm Brims with Generous Feasts
The Pettingill household shares a bounty of codfish, pies, puddings, apples, and gifts with neighbors and friends on Thanksgiving. Mrs. Pettingill notes the hard times yet delights in a chorus of hungry visitors. Miss Dawson and Mary Ann Dawson grapple with town whispers as Mr. Gibson’s Christmas plans loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Graham
Tilla Graham
Miss Dawson
Mary Ann Dawson
Farmer Gibson
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DR. Saunders
State ST
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mars
Pt Antiscene
London
King Edward
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Roth
Deacon Pettingil
Tommy Tompkins
Julia
Mia
Tibson
Westbury Market
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