Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Westwood Farmer's Wife
Mrs John F Richards of Westwood Maryland describes long painful monthly spells and right side pain from organic inflammation. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as directed she reports dramatic improvement and urges other suffering women to seek the confidential advice of the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westwood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan F, Ichards
Maryland
Lydia IE. Pinkham
Lydian E. Pinkham
Queer Sex and Domestic Woes At The Bar
A told barroom anecdote contrasts a man and his wife over marriage and taste. The speaker quips that wives are complex and women can be a mystery, while a bartender listens as another patron muses on knowledge and the limits of certainty.
Restoring Farnham Church Described as Historic Virginia Ruin
An association forms in Richmond County Virginia to restore the old Farnham church, a colonial cruciform structure with a storied past including use as a distillery, war damage, and later decay. Restoration aims to provide worship space for local residents and preserve a rare monument of early colonial Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
St. John's Church
Washington
Meada
C. D
Pizq Company
BOX E
Warren
Pal
Prodigal Returns Trashed by Brother in Law Welcome Home
Joseph Salus of Chicago returned to Webster Massachusetts after twelve years away. An unexpected homecoming led to a scuffle as his sister Mrs Bak opened the door. Her husband dragged Salus from stairs and threw him into the street before police were called. Salus later identified himself and received medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Mass
Joseph Salus
Chicago
Salus
Bak
Salua
Vanderbilt as Weather Forecaster at Newport
Master William J. Vanderbilt ten years old son of Mrs Elsia French Vanderbilt has developed unusual weather forecasting talents and spends much time studying and copying official weather maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Newport
William J. Vanderbilt
Elsia French Vanderbilt
Breaks a Cold in a Day Doctor's Pine Formula
An old health cure promises to break a cold in a day and ease any cough. It uses glycerine and Globe Pine Compound mixed with whiskey, taken in doses after meals and at night, with dosage adjusted for children. Marketed by Globo Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago as the genuine Pine formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globo Pharmaceutical Iaboratories
Chicago
Spohn Medical CO
Sucrericiggiate Goshen
Ind
U.S
Clergyman Testimony on Dodds Kidney Pills Helps Heslop
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wing ton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs dizziness and fatigue. After taking 65 boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling faded and he regained strength. He remained convinced of the remedy and wrote of continued faith months later. Ad reads Dodds Kidney Pills 60c per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY with free Household Hints music and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heslop
Wington
Rev. H. Heslop
Dodds
E. Hes- Top
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Swat Indirect Mandy Post Office Correspondence Hint
Rastus explains he has not been writing to other women but hopes a minister who married them might send a letter as he reads about conscience funds in the papers. The exchange reveals social pressures and misunderstandings in their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swat
Mandy
Castoria and other ads amid varied early 20th century text
A fragmentary OCR page blends Castoria advertising with stray jokes and notices. It mentions Fletcher’s Castoria claims for infants, a Toronto factory line, and an Springfield Missouri brochure. It includes a teething syrup ad and a quip about excuses for married men.
Assouan Dam Opens Amid Egypt’s Water Boom
Cairo reports the Khedive opened the Assouan Dam after a 26 foot raise, doubling storage to about 9.275 million cubic feet and irrigating around one million acres. The project, begun in 1907 and scheduled for 1913, will boost cotton value by an estimated twenty million dollars annually, submerging Ptolemy’s temple on Philae island.
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Cairo
Egypt
Khedive
Assouan
Assouan Dam
Nile
Philae
Ptolemy
Birth announced in theater by Kaiser news of prince's son
Berlin reports the Kaiser announced in the Royal Opera House that Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia has fathered a son. Count von Hulsenhaseler delivered the news in the royal box as cheers and a gun salute erupted. The Kaiser appeared with his family to further cheers.
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London
Berlin
Tha Kaiser
Royal Opera House
Count von Hulsenhaseler
Royal Box
August Wilhelm
Prussia
Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Familly
Eitel Friedrich
Victoria Louise
Prince Adalbert
Prince Oscar
Suit Seeks 500 For Dog’s Food In Salem Court
Mrs Adeline Hawkes of Gloucester sues the executors of the late Mrs Willabeth Stuart Phelps Ward author to recover 500 claiming expenses for feeding Pes the dog kept by Mrs Ward for about eighty five weeks at her request The case is filed in the Superior court at Salem Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Pes
Willabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Salem
Adeline Hawkes
Gloucester
Mayor to Help Motorists with City Gas Oil Tank
Boston reports Mayor John W. Witzgerald directing the public works commissioner to estimate installing a central tank in the city core to supply motorists at wholesale prices. The plan follows a gas price increase to 86 cents a gallon, with a proposed wholesale 25 cent price, double the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John W. Witzgerald
Public Works Department
City council weighs curb on millinery plumes
Councilman Tapjam proposes amending the hatpin ordinance to reduce plume length worn by women. He calls constant tickling by bat plumes as exasperating and menacing as stabbing by hatpins, urging action to limit millinery plumage near wearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tapjam
Something to Be Thankful For
Michael Mehan, proud possessor of a silk high hat, takes a brick to the head at a building site but escapes with a lump and a smile as he checks his undamaged hat and thanks fate for a timely warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Mehan
Michael
Mike
Gegorry
Eczema Cured After Years of Suffering
J. R. Fink of Lebanon Ohio details a long battle with eczema starting on the thigh and scalp. After trying many remedies, a Cuticura Soap and Ointment sample provided rapid relief and eventual cure, with persistent scalp dandruff also resolved. The ad promotes Cuticura products worldwide with a sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
J. R. Fink
Dept. L. Boatan
Ady
Faith Cures Question Sparks Mixed Belief
The remark Do you believe in those faith cures prompts varied reaction as locals recall patients who claimed healing. Some residents affirm the power of prayer and ritual while others insist on medical oversight, noting mixed outcomes and lingering skepticism.
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Duke
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