Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited by Women
Letters from Mrs. Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Sperling of Chicago praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female troubles without surgery. The ad extols the product for thirty years as a standard remedy and invites sick women to write for information. Also notes borax for skin softness and random trivia on trains, cigars, and silkworms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EH. Pinkham
8. A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Well-Informed World Endorses Syrup of Figs and Senna
An advertisement extols an ethical family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a healthful product approved by physicians and widely accepted by the Well Informed of the World. It urges buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Violent Cleveland strike violence and damage report
A Cleveland strike episode involved dynamiting a car on Detroit Avenue near 100th Street, with heavy damage to trucks but no injuries to a lone passenger and crew. A brick attack hit a Woodland car on East Fourteenth Street and Woodland Avenue, injuring passengers including David Benjamin and his wife. Mrs Benjamin suffered a broken jaw. he had facial lacerations. A mob stoned a Woodlawn Lorain car, seriously injuring passenger Mrs Elizabeth Messer. Police found a box of explosives near Broadway and East Twenty-fifth Street as tensions rose. Strikers cut trolley wires. Municipal Traction Company linemen faced a mob of about 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Woodlawn-Lorain
Elizabeth Messer
Broadway
East Witty-ffth Street
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland Strike Directors and Madison Street Car Attacks
A strike on the Cleveland line caused chaos at East Thirty-second Street with passengers injured in a frantic dash through windows and doors. A West Madison Street car was wrecked by dynamite at West Ninety-seventh Street. one woman seriously injured and taken to St John’s Hospital as debris cut her. Men were hurled to the curb, the car left a wreck with only ironwork intact, yet the motor operated and was moved to a barn. An hour later another car exploded nearby without passengers aboard.
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East Thirty-second Street
West Madison Street
West Ninety-seventh Street
St. John's Hospital
Snow slide catastrophe near Calgary claims forty lives
Reported in Calgary two coal transport cars derailed with forty Japanese laborers. all perished. Caracas dispatch accuses Roosevelt of inciting conflict with Venezuela amid mail pouch violations on the Tacoma, while Turkey-Italy tensions ease after failed plans for a naval demonstration. Tokyo reports warm reception to the US-Japan arbitration pact as Russian troops face brigand resistance near Perala.
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Calgary
Alberta
Correspondenta
Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Roonevelt
Russell
Tacoma
la Guiyra
Roosevelt
Aula Minor
Tripoli
Turkey
Italy
Tokio
United States
Japan
Perala
Western Woman Uses Bustle as Bank Tale
A Kansas City Star clipping recounts a Western woman sewing $3,000 into a bustle pad, lost in New York amid fashion and business plans. The tale links to Mrs. Roth of Denver and a failed attempt to trust a bank, with Lord Kelvin anecdotes illustrating science and risk. The piece blends social commentary on female enterprise with science lore.
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New York
Trail
Denver
Roth
Whnaclf
Lord Kelvin
Nasmyth
Kansas City Star
Cure for itchy skin on baby chronicled in ad text
A Chicago mother narrates a lengthy cure story for a baby's inflamed neck and face. She credits Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Pills after trying many doctors and colleges without relief. The ad frames the remedy as a dramatic success and cites the date October 20 1906.
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Waco
Doctora No Avall
Cathurn Hemedien
Miss G
Mra A
Brestini
Lincoln St
Chicago
Delerous Lemon Plea Flavor Mixes Sold At Grocers
Promotional note for a lemon flavored product offered by D-Zerta Food Co. in New York. Claims quick, low effort preparation with affordable cost. Available in Lemon Chocolate and Cocoa flavors, priced at 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Zerta Food Co
Rocher YN
Out of Date and the Car of Juggernaut Parody
A quizzical antiquarian tale notes devotees failing to push a lumbering ice wagon against a deadly automobiler in a humorous critique of modern tech clashing with tradition. The piece mocks zealots unable to adapt to advancing transportation.
Kiss Retainer Sparks Tarnished Affection Exchange
In a Chicago Tribune snippet a young man confronts a pretty girl about ending visits. He protests a prior monthlong engagement, while she dismisses his claims and calls him foolish. She explains the kiss was merely a retainer for something unnamed.
If Your Eyes Dother You Eye Salve Sale Notice
If Your Eyes Dother You get a box of Pettit's Eye Salve, old reliable eye remedy. All druggists of Honard Bros. Buffalo. A rubber tree four feet in diameter yields twenty gallons of sap, making forty pounds of dry india rubber.
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Honard Bros
Buffalo
India
Chas
H. Fletcher
Tam Older Than I Look At The Sewing Circle
A mat ron at a house hosting a sewing circle claims to be older than forty winters. An elderly apingter counters, noting many winters per spring. A fair bride player asks about a hand, and the man replies that he generally swears, per the Chicago Tribune.
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Apingter
Hila
Chicago Tribune
The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket
An advertisement for Cascarets from the Sterling Remedy Company promotes a pocket remedy claiming to stimulate bowel muscles, aid digestion, and prevent sickness. It touts a six-tablet enamel box, 10 cents, and warns against bulk sales, with each tablet stamped CCC.
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Sterling Remedy Company
CCC
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Vitus
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Omaha
Neb
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St. Louis
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St. Paul, Minn
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Philadelphia
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Brooklyn, N. Y
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