La Grippe Sent Peruna Praise From Many Voices
A propaganda piece extols Peruna as a cure for la grippe with endorsements from Mrs. Dr. C. D. Powell Miss Emma Jouris M. W. Howard of Congress and others. Readers are urged to request a free catarrh book from the Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Powell
Epworth League
Loyal Temperance Legion
Chehalis
Wash
Emma Jouris
Golden Mod Sewing Circle
Burling Street
Chicago
Ill
Emman Jouris
Fort Payne
Ala
Medicine Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
Congress
White
Tarboro
N. C
Geo. H. White
T. W. Collins
Independent Order of Good Templars
Everett, Wash
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Wanted a Wife. Miss Antique in New York Weekly
Mr Oldcapper says he wishes for a wife and imagines one with a sewing machine and oil can. The scene features Miss Antique reacting with delight as the banter spins around a squeaky office chair and a practical domestic fantasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Antique
Mr. Oldcapper
New York Weekly
The Blunder of an Admirer
A comic quip from the Indianapolis Journal recalls a man gifting a Boston girl caramels and her witty rebuke about maintaining good habits by not eating between meals. The anecdote highlights social (mis)understanding and playful flirtation in a period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Indianapolis Journal
Poultry on the dairy farm and care for stock
Read a Illinois Dairymen's meeting report on profitable poultry on dairy farms. It urges better management, breed selection like White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks, and winter care including housing, feeding, and exercise to boost egg production and overall stock health. It also covers cattle sterility remedies, breeding prep, and post service confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association
F. M. Munger
Plymouth
Illinois milk quality questioned by Wisconsin expert
A Wisconsin cheese expert challenges Illinois milk quality suggesting that milk used for butter and cheese differs in processing. He notes butter uses cream separated from milk, while cheese uses whole milk, and calls for public confidence through cleaner, healthier milk production and better tuberculin testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Wisconsin
Aderhold
Slang A Menace To Language In The School Room
A Gunton's Magazine excerpt argues New York City public schools should double English grammar time. It asserts American children commonly misuse English, cites street slang dominating classrooms, and condemns the influence of youth slang while urging stronger grammar instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Gamin
Gunton
Mend Your Own Breeches Ends Widower’s Courtship
A bookish young man loses his wife and seeks a new marriage through a clergy member. He is matched with a Western girl who receives a plaintive note claiming the Lord wills the union. The clergyman preserves the reply: Mend your own breeches, a stark rebuke to self pity.
Necessary to Proper Courting in Cold Park
A Glasgow servant girl, returning home with her head wrapped in a shawl, explains to her mistress that a toothache from sitting in the park caused her ailment. The mistress urges brisk walking, but the girl retorts that you cannot court properly while walking and must sit down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
London
Pauper's Owner Tells Of City Flats Rent Scandal
In a New York Weekly snippet, a poorhouse visitor questions a pauper's origin while the superintendent reveals the man owns the St. Fashion Flats. He charges high rents, leaving units empty since the second year, and is seen as familiar with many paupers who were his tenants. The exchange hints at a social intrigue surrounding eviction and tenancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Fashion
New York Weekly
Nerves of Women Urges Help From Lydia Pinkham
A period piece ad describes moodiness irritability and sleeplessness from uterine trouble and advocates Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy. It promises confidential letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and free advice from her long experience.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Mrs Valentine
Mrs Valentine from Camden New Jersey testifies to relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes severe nervousness headaches and weakness improving after half a bottle and continuing to four bottles. She credits the remedy with restoring her health and plans to praise it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. P. Valentine
Ferry Avenue
Camden, N. J
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Howard
Congressman Howard
la Grippe
D. L. Wallace
The
International Barbers’ Union
Western Avenue
Minnneapolis
Minn
L. D. Wallace
Grippe
M. A. Sharick
G. A. R. Woman's Relief
Clarice Hunt
Salt Lake City
Salvation Army
Ogden
Utah
Salters
Mars
Anwee OeeTie
Cataog
Guy Boots
Saan Ax Pension Bickford
Washington, D. C
N.H. Vols
D. M
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Owen
Marr
A.js
Tower Coo
Mass
Oec
Andfrsch Bros
Minneapolis
Mino
Dairy and Poultry
Dairy Notes
Australasian
Australia
Crowe
Gippsland
Mrs. Valentine
Valentine
City Bank
Lynn
Lupia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Advier
Sulie
Beeedy Co
Beth Itier Nest al Hiescoe
Woodward & Go, Grain Commission
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