Cure of Ovarian Inflammation Through Vegetable Compound
Atlanta woman Miss Alice Bailey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing ovarian inflammation and avoiding surgery after three years of pain and weakness. She describes dramatic weight gain and restored health following ten weeks of treatment and praises the medicine to other sick women. Mrs Maxine Orroson of Iowa also endorses the product after suffering severe menstrual and ovarian symptoms and a doctor’s recommendation of surgery.
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Alice Bailey
Atlanta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ariel Barter
North Boulevard
Maxine Orroson
Otho
Iowa
Variety of luncheon and dinner dishes listed with notes
The excerpt catalogs numerous recipes and food items for luncheon and dinner, from baked apples with rhubarb to fried fish and desserts. It also includes notes on nut salads, fashion commentary on tennis faces, and a personal letter about life in Didsbury, with a New York fashion guide on hip yoke skirts and walking skirt styles.
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New York Evening Sun
Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery
A testimonial touts Dr. Pierce’s remedies for women’s ailments including headache backache and nervous weakness. Mrs. B Woodbeck of Delray Michigan credits the treatment with restoring energy and daily work ability after years of illness and multiple doctors. The note adds that Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets ease dizziness and sick headache.
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Dr. Pierce
Lake Manitou Restocked With Wall-Eyed Pike Stock
Wabash Indiana May 18 One million wall eyed pike placed in Lake Manitou by the United States fish commission to replenish the famed lake now fished out. Next fall a million black bass will be introduced in the same lake by the commission.
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Wabash, Ind
Lake
Manitou
United States Fish Commission
Commission
Allen's Lung Balsam Advertised as Help for Lungs
An advertisement claims Allen's Lung Balsam aids lung conditions without opium. It urges patients to stay home, take the remedy during coughing and shortness of breath after exercise, and warns serious pulmonary trouble may be near.
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Allen
General Howard Aims to End Feuds in Kentucky
Middlesboro Ky May 18 Gen O O Howard founder of the Lincoln Memorial school at Cumberland Gap rides alone through eastern Kentucky to study conditions with a view to ending feuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
O. O. Howard
Lincoln Memorial School
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Angelic Afterglow
After completing a course of Rocky Mountain Tea one sees heightened beauty and a girlish charm. Houseworth Brothers advertise this cosmetic claim.
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Houseworth Brothers
Woman In Charge Of Punch At New York Club Reception
A New York Evening Sun item describes a woman's club athletics reception where the punch server struggled with water and lemon juice. Hosts disciplined after guests complained of overly strong diluted lemon juice and lack of punch for attendees.
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New ‘York Evening Sun
Renee
Munich rider Robl wins Golden Wheel of Friedenau cycle race
The Golden Wheel of Friedenau 100 kilometer event in Berlin was won by Robl of Munich in 1 hour 27 minutes 48 seconds. Jimmy Michael of Wales finished third in 1 hour 30 minutes 52 seconds.
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Berlin
Friedenau
Robl
Munich
Jimmy Michael
Wales
Davis Seeks Vindication as He Runs for Third Term
Little Rock Arkansas May 18 Governor Jeff Davis announces a bid for a third term claiming vindication after the legislature attempted impeachment but failed to act, calling the move cowardly.
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Davis
Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Philadelphia Record Fragment Sparks Gossip About Daughter
Fragmentary lines from the Philadelphia Record hint at a married man’s remark about his daughter and a lunch remark. The text is incomplete but suggests social gossip or a domestic anecdote.
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Philadelphia
Husband misplaces purse. warns wife may steal
Dialog shows a husband forgetting his purse at home and doubting his servant. He reassures that the servant is honest while fearing his wife might take the purse.
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Scott
Burdock Bitters Promoted In Old Time Advertising
The fragment touts burdock bitters as a cure all for dyspepsia and stomach distress with bold claims about “two million” Americans suffering. It notes drug stores as the place to buy the product and hints at medical certainty from period advertising language.
Inspector reveals 1899 postal graft and favoritism scheme
Seymour W Tulloch former Washington post office cashier accuses ex-First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S Heath and other top officials of irregular postal transactions. He cites specific names dates and amounts alleging $30 000 short in one quarter and lavish spending with improper vouchers. He also links Senator Platt to a bond invitation scheme and notes inflated Porto Rican service salaries and political job protection. Investigation promised to end.
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Washington
Seymour
W. Tulloch
Washington City
Tulloch
Payne
Department
Charles Emory
Smith
Comptroller of the Treasury
Senator Platt
New York
Tulfoch
Platt
Porto Rican “Postal Service
Tullocha
Loch Alleege
Merritt
Dane
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Wun DeAce
Lonarch
ELS
Lyon's
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Williams Mbg. CO
Bole
Cleveland
Ohio
H.leonard
Nohasj
Sworst
Fone
San Francisco
Gale
Jacob
Vanderbilt
Eugene Zimmerman
Duchess of Manchester
Zimmerman
Zumerman
Connecticut
Alberta
Gister
Prairie
Prairies
Didsbury
Baptist
Presbyterian
Evangelical
Anna C. Gray
Wabash
Ind
Stranghoff
eGrman
Married
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