Complexion Cure Decries Faddish Remedies For Women
The piece mocks popular skin recipes credited to famous women like Mme Patti and argues real beauty comes from health. It urges using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to regulate menstrual flow and treat underlying female health issues, linking better health to clearer skin and fewer wrinkles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tike Mme. Parti
Legion
Patti
Nature
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Thieves Core Spoor of Secret Communications in Robbery Rings
A Victorian era piece analyzes how habitual criminals use coded postal routes and innocuous fronts to relay messages. It recounts a case near Edinburgh and London where a milkman and a respectable facade aided a gang of smashers and coiners through an elaborate signaling system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagsell
Saturday Journal
Bank of Sigland
Edinburgh
London
Polly Buried at Newport Parrot Interred at Oelrichs Estate
The body of Polly a red and green parrot owned by Mrs Hermann Oelrichs for 25 years was shipped to Newport and buried in a private interment on the Oelrichs estate grounds. Polly died at Mrs Oelrichs city home on Fifty seventh Street after several days illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Newport
New York Evening Journal
Hermann Oelrichs
Oelrichs
Dally
City
Mast Fifty-Seventh Street
Fatal Bed Tale Brings School Couple Together
Miss Sophronia Vincent and Chauncey R. Lanfield, a winter school teacher and a summer instructor, endure a racy mishap when Lanfield falls from a loft and collides with Vincent's room. Amid panic and stern talk from farmer Dominick, the pair marry with village blessings and a bed as a wedding gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbotsford
Mies Sophronia Vincent
Miss Vincent
Dominick
Chauncey R. Lanfield
Khows
Chauncey PL Lanfield
Euphronia Vincent
Father Dominick
Chauncey R. Law- Held
Sophronia
Photograph of Turin Shroud Draws Pan Europe Interest
A remarkable photograph claimed to show the winding sheet of Christ has sparked debate across Europe. Taken in Turin under church and royal guard, scientists weigh chemical explanations while believers regard the image as miraculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Royal House of
Savoy
Turin
Italy
French Academy of Sciences
Sacred Sindon
Christ
Academy of Sciences
Swift Specific Company claims skin cure by blood purification
An advertisement touts S S S as a perennial cure for skin diseases driven by poisons in the blood. It argues external treatments fail. only purifying the blood and neutralizing acids restores health. A testimonial from Ottumwa, Iowa, dated April 10, 1901, plus a Norfolk, Virginia address, support the cure claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evie
S.S. S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta. GA
Ottumwa
Iowa
Norfolk
Hackberry Street
Turin Shroud Relic History and Sacred Resting Place
A historic overview traces the Sindon from Jerusalem to Cyprus, later moving through Al Leroy, Chambery, Pinerolo, Vercelli, Nice, and finally Turin. It notes miraculous scorches, royal transfers, and a long guarding tradition, with occasional public exhibitions drawing pilgrims worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleareh
Turin
Sindon
Jerusalem
Knights of Jerusalem
Cyprus
Godfrey de Charny
al Leroy
Margaret
Godfrey
Louis
Saxony
Chambery
Pinerolo
Vercelli
Nice
Emmanuel Filibert
Genoa
America’s Summer Resorts Four Track Series No 3
A piece notes young red river hogs beside older litter in color, then shifts to travel questions about New York and New England lakes rivers and beaches. It mentions a free information offer in Four-Track Series No. 3 America’s Summer Resorts sent on receipt of a two cent stamp to George H. Daniels at Grand Central Station New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
New England
George H. Daniels
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Grand Central Station
Mrs Stone Offers 10000 Aid To Striking Pennsylvanian Miners
St Louis World reports Mrs Montgomery Stone wife of the late Sebastian L Stone donated 10000 to help the striking Pennsylvania coal miners. The funds would go to President Mitchel to feed families of out of work men. Mrs Stone, a noted Western social figure, is praised for grace and literary work including a novel In the Field of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bie
St Louis
Montgomery Stone
Iron King
Sebastian L. Stone
Pennsylvania
President Mitchel
Women’s Health and Wine of Cardus Promote Female Strength
A 19th century testimonial argues women’s vital roles in society and links improved health to Wine of Cardus. It praises female influence in arts, charities, and leadership while warning of illnesses tied to disordered menses. The letter cites Miss Clemens’ cure and urges readers to consult the Chattanooga Medicine Company for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Genevieve Clemens
LaSalle Avenue
Chicago
Flere
North Side Young Women's Temperance Association
Ardur
Miss Clemens
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Thedford
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Margaret L. Briggs
Thieves' Core
Smith
al Smith
Daily Story Pub. Co
Chauncey BK. Lanfield
Sophronia Vincent
Lanfield
Bay of Fundy
Chauncey KR. Lanfield
Mr. Lansfield
Moses
Misa Vincent
Chauncey KR
Mar and Moray
Roderick Dhu
Sir Walter Scott
Zoological Garden
Temperance Association
McElree
Aly
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