Cuthura Ointment Credited With Quick Relief
A reader recounts using Cuthura Ointment for persistent skin issues that resisted home remedies and a physician's care. After about a week of use, marked improvement occurred and within two weeks the problem nearly vanished. The note adds a personal endorsement from G. B. of Halsey Virginia dated April 4 180R.
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Uolng
Andatm
Cuticura
G. B
Halsey
Wilson
Van
Potter, Drug, & Chem, Corp
Boston
Munyon Medicine Business Promises Health for Pennies
The article honors Prof Munyon, founder of a nationwide medicine business promising affordable remedies and free medical consultations. It describes his motto to protect national health over profit, his distribution of cheap cures, free diagnoses, and guarantees. A Chicago Tribune quote warns of J Pierpont Morgan’s potential threats to the firm.
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Ville Munyon
Munyort
Amnont
Miinyan
Munyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Public Service Corporation
Ible
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago Tribune
Simple home remedy prescription from old clippings
A vintage instruction outlines a home remedy using one ounce compound sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and a half pint of high grade whiskey. Mix and take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime, with the bottle shaken before each use. A druggist or wholesale house can supply the ingredients.
Miss Violet Fails To Please Vocal Professor
A lively exchange unfolds as a handsome young professor of vocal culture urges Miss Violet to pour more heart into her singing. She confidently replies that her heart is entirely free, signaling a spirited response to the teaching prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet
Knig Allen’s Foot-Base Antiseptic Powder Ad
An old advertisement claims Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York offers foot powder that cures tired swollen aching feet and comforts patent leather shoes. Priced at 26 cents with samples available by mail.
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Knig Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Wot Handing Out Statistics The Maid Wurruked
A Chicago Tribune quotation features a speaker boasting of work for many families. The exchange highlights labor history and social class in a period voice with regional slang and no formal context.
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Norah
The Label Language on European hotel labels
A courier notes a Europe wide practice where hotel porters paste labels on trunks to signal tipping behavior. A label at the top suggests generosity, the middle indicates middling, and a low position marks the recipient as no good. This system lets future porters gauge a traveler by their trunk tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
The Week in Congo and U S Senate Actions
The report covers Senate activity Friday including a resolution by Senator Ray authorizing action against Zelaya of Nicaragua for murder of two Americans, plus numerous House introductions such as a $2,000,000 West Side Chicago post office. Adjournments and committee moves follow, with debate on the Mann Panama Canal bill and Esch railroad reporting.
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Senate
Rayher
Tatt Tacariaé
Zelaya
Nicaragua
House
Lundin
Chicago
Sabath
Illinois
Moxley
Kustermann
Wisconsin
Raymer
Depew
Interstate Commerce Commssion
Commission
Mann
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal
Harrison
New York
Roosevelt
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Sterling
Ilinois
Parker
New Jersey
Cullom
Secretary of the Interior
District of Columbia
Hitchcock
Nebraska
General Land Office
Ballinger
Cunningham Coal Land
Fire destroys Hat and Cap factory in Northumberland
A factory burning with unknown origin in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, the West Branch Hat and Cap works, was reported destroyed incurring about 100000 in losses. In other news, contracts are set to place for two submarines for the Russian navy to accompany a battle fleet. In a separate incident, 17-year-old Hinman Knowlton of South Framingham, Macg., is believed to have fatally shot both parents while sleepwalking and was arrested.
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Globe
West Branch
Northumberland
Hinman Knowlton
South Framingham
Macg
Iowa family trek drives Midwest farmers to Saskatchewan
A Midwest farmer from Iowa explains why families move to Canada’s Saskatchewan for land and farming. He notes cheaper land, better air, and a plan to form large homesteads to keep sons from abandoning farms for city jobs, linking loyalty to family and opportunity in the Canadian West. The piece frames the migration as a historic land rush with deep roots in frontier culture.
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Iowa
G.N. R
Windiped
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Towa
Gatn
Saskatche Wan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
mid-West
Canadian
Toronto
Ontaria
Globe
Troubles of the Ancients and Penelope's Longing
Penelope laments Ulysses long absence and compares herself to a wife of a traveling salesman. She seeks solace in the Ladies' Home Journal, deeper into its pages as she contemplates options and enduring waiting.
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Penelope
Ulysses
Ladies' Home Journal
Fragmented Health Ads and Odds Ends from a 19th Century Page
A patchwork of promotional notices and oddities appears, including Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims with testimonials, a mail order rheumatic remedy, a $60,000 claim, and various product pitches. Also seen are brief notes on Alaska coal prospects, a dental product, and tobacco advertising alongside miscellaneous quotes from a night editor and a conversation line.
Journey Up The Andean Road From The Titanic Heights
A vivid traveler’s account describes a narrow rocky mountain pass with no guardrails and dangerous drops. The coach races along zigzag margins as horses leap in short jerks and the driver uses a rawhide whip to spur speed amid perilous cliffs and roaring winds. The scene blends hardship, fear, and a touch of prejudice as dialogue reveals tension.
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Osttorn
Thalr
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Hald
Myttilla
Brooklyn
Allen
Symerg
California
Fic Syrup Co
Western Canada
Shaw
Agtric Culturiet
Booner Rails
Ues
He Bogert
Adjanapolin
Wentorn
Pedro
Annion
Broughton
Rust
REA
Obher
Apolis
Deran
Lawreton
Barth
Thompson
Dodds
Roster
Congo
Payne
Fitzgerald
Hobson
Alabama
Richardson
McDermott
Illidis
Flexner and Lewie
Rockefeller Institute
Atlhourttha
of’ Wary
Ball
J. Chendy & CO
Toledo
I. J. Cheney
Hig
Walpina, Kinnan & Matyrn
Wholesala Drogetats
Halla
Hall
Bac
Maria
Alaska
Washington
Alfred H. Brooks
Alaskan
Division
The
Geological Survey
Dr. Pierce
Wenadt
Erty Davis Batnkifler
Mra
Winslow
Price
Pont
Seed
Jefferson
Phin
Thay
Méntish Haproan Omee
Fit
Weito
Tomedye
A. ML
Lindley
Wen
Sar Yew
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
People’s Medical Adviser
Perfection
Japan
Standard
Douglas Pee GO
Brockton
Mars
W. L. Dougine
Cautson
Ray
Boys Shoes
Gouglas
L- Douglas, Bruckton
Atass
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