Drinking hot water and phosphate for health benefits
An urging article promotes drinking hot water with a teaspoon of phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach and bowels, claim clearer skin, rosy complexion, and overall vitality. It argues internal sanitation improves health more than external appearances and cites relief from headaches, biliousness, bad breath, rheumatism, and colds, urging readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to test the benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnr
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Gray Hair Naturally
A vintage ad notes Sage and Sulphur Compound, now Wyeths Sage and Sulphur, darkens gray hair to a natural, even shade. A downtown druggist claims it leaves hair glossy and youthful, applied with a sponge to a single strand nightly. It is a toilet product not a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Wryceth
Ady
The Case of Orleans Explored in Dase of Orleans
The fragment notes a focus on Orleans in a study or narrative. It hints at exploration themes and a deliberate dase approach, suggesting investigation or analysis of the locale and its context. The text is fragmented but centers on Orleans and exploratory framing.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Medicine Praise Ad
A dated testimonial from CHAS BRITON of Dover New Hampshire praises Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and liver relief. The letter advertises samples and a pamphlet, urging readers to mail ten cents for a bottle and information, noting bottles sold in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Wit Dover
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Bond's Liver Pills Advertises Honest, Simple Dose
A concise classified style ad touts Bond's Liver Pills as honestly made from the best ingredients without regard to cost. The dose is one pill at bedtime and the ad notes 260 dealers carrying the product.
Zeppelins Raid Over Scotland Kills Kurt and Casts Shadow
Fragmentary wartime report describes a raid in Scotland with six Zeppelins involved. It notes the course gave no special locality for attack while 38 explosive and 17 incendiary bombs were dropped, and mentions fatalities and broader German aerial activity.
Memorials and Debates Mark Washington State News
The report notes an extended session with debates and voting in Washington, outlining passage of a labor or budget bill amid other state actions. It mentions enforcement actions, a summary of local civic outcomes, and community impacts with reference to ongoing public policy discussions.
Indians to Aid Troops at Fort Apache
Twenty Apache Indian seats for services with ten general Persian forces will be selected by Captain Hazard, commander at Fort Apache in Northern Arizona.
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San Antonio
Tex
Captain Hazard
Fort Apache
Arizona
European War Chronicle: Battles and Gains April 1915
A year earlier this week reports from April 3 to 9 1915 detail French repulses near Le Pretre and Mulhouse, gains in the Carpathians, and Austro German actions across Belgium and Serbia. Russians push in Carpathians. Turks repulse British at the Red Sea head. German submarines sink ships. Paris reports bombardments and sieges, with Reims, Verdun, and St Mihiel figures, plus Chateaubriand sunk off the Isle of Wight and reparations offered for Frye sinking.
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le Pretre
Mulhausen
Lassigny
Upper
Alsace
Carpathians
Bukowina
Red Sea
Smyrna
Ailly
Argonne
Reims
Gudowina
Poland
St. Mihiel
Guasainville
Verdun
Rostok Pass
Dniester
Capube
Dover
Smolnik
Lupkow Pass
Chateaubriand
Isle of
Wight
Germany
Frye
Ofaser Canal
Fragmented early 20th century notes blend wars, science, and travel
Scrambled lines report on marriages, industrial notes, and technologic ideas. Mentions British statistics, carbonate and gas preservation, a bagging machine for retailers, a steel ropeway mile long, and a Kansas city anecdote about the first white woman married in Topeka, Mrs. Hattie A. Manker, a native of Waxhurn Mississippi.
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Sarhia
Pesala
England
Colentia
Andes Mountains
Toyoka
Kan
Hattie A. Manker
Waoburn
Mess
Kunspa
Relief Promises Permanent Benefit From Cardui
A Mrs M A Redman of Hendersonville North Carolina reports lasting relief after using Cardui the woman’s tonic for severe back and abdominal pains and weight gain. She says after starting Cardui her health improved, weight increased and she feels like a different person with permanent relief from pain. She recommends Cardui to those run down in health and notes it is sold by druggists along with other advertised products.
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Hendersonville
N. C
M. A. Redman
Fld
Cardui
Four Americans wounded in running battle near El Paso
American forces under Colonel Dodd engage Mexican guerrillas for hours along the Santa Marta valley. Four U S soldiers are wounded as cavalry drives the enemy across the continental divide into rugged terrain. The pursuit, described with dramatic detail, ends with uncertain casualties and the fate of Villa supporters debated amid the wilderness.
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el Paso
Uren
Gwene A. Poti
Villa
Dangeer
Dodd
Santa Marty
Caternero
Willa
Dave
Henad Valley
Rio Santa Marti
Daun de Centin
Santa Terbet
Rauta
Nortl
Dedd
Wien
Xolheva Ewok
Perio
Urals
Conieuteara
Americais
Willy
Ieee
Reneraers
Postum Coffee Substitute Promoted in 19th Century Ad
An old advertisement describes Postum as a healthier alternative to coffee. It features a family scene with Aneta and her daughters, praising Postum for benefits from nervous invalid to healthier condition. It explains two forms Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, prepared by boiling and mixing with hot water and cream, marketed with a slogan There’s a Reason and claims similar cost to coffee.
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Thei Estan Iistead
Cotter
Aneta
Thatum Co
Hair Color Restorer Claim Ad From Local Ad
Receipt for darkening gray hair without dyes promotes Qin Hair Color Restorer to apply daily for a week then three times weekly. It promises complete gray coverage and healthier hair with a harmless dye free formula. Ad notes availability by Q Ban in Mesiphis Tenn and includes a wine consumption warning tied to preaching.
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Drue
Mme Battle Sl
Q-Ban
Front St
Mesiphis
Tena
Adow
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Meuse
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Price Wolf
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Amenes
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Atlantic
Wreehinie Company
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Deaort
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