Cure for Nervous Prostration Promises Safe Sleep Solution
Chicago woman Mrs Hartley describes severe nervous symptoms from irregular routines and digestive troubles. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a complete cure, urging other women to consider the remedy as proof of its effectiveness.
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Hartley
Congress
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cough Cure Claims and Personal Testimonials From 1900 Ads
A collage of quotes and endorsements from early 20th century advertisements touts various remedies and moral maxims. It includes testimonials for a cough cure from J W O'Brien and a Rheumatic Cure offer from Dr Shoop, plus miscellaneous proverbs on reputation and spending.
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J. W. O'Brien
Ava
Minnespolia
Minn
Cure for Catarrh and Cold Remedies Across Years
A garbled ad style notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for raw catarrh canes cured by Hall’s Cure. It mentions F J eeee props, testimonials, and price per bottle. Includes promises of refunds with W Grove’s signature and a vague antiquarian remark about time.
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F. J
Tola
Chens
Tnane
W. Grove
Shakespeare name spellings vary across eras
The text notes that Shakespeare's name has appeared in 1906 different spellings by responsible writers and thirty two variants by contemporaries, illustrating historical inconsistency in name rendering.
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Te Ghakesspeare
Passing of Yellowstone Park and health cautions
The article notes the decline of Yellowstone Park’s famous geysers as a reflection of universal decline. It extols health as the world’s most precious possession and urges spring renewal with Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitters, claiming it strengthens digestion and nerves and treats stomach disorders. It ends with a proverb about climbers watching where the ladder ends.
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Yellowstone Park
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Last week saw a list of patents issued to Northwestern inventors from St Paul Minneapolis and nearby. Names include William Collier Harry Earn shaw John Erickson Theodore Fenske Franklin Gilbert Dickinson Rose Otto Teigen and Frederick Penney with diverse items such as screen dovetailing machine bottling machine attachment rectifier electric switch wooden building construction water distilling apparatus and vehicle wheel. Lothrop Johnson acted as patent attorney from Pioneer Press Hide in St Paul Minnesota.
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Northwestern
William Collier
St. Paul
Minn
Harry A. Earnshaw
Minneapolis
Dickinson L. Rose
Mankato
Otto Teigen
Lowry
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
Rt. Paul
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advert for shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man of business. Beaconsfield.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Beaconsfield
We Thank You for Trying Wizard Ol
A brief testimonial praising Wizard Ol for rheumatism or neuralgia followed by a request to thank the reader and to ask the druggist for the product.
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Wizard Ol
Jay Gould's Timely Hint From a Schoolmaster
Edward Boy er, principal of a prominent New York City grammar school, recalls asking Jay Gould for a rule to achieve success. Gould, absorbed in his thoughts, paused only briefly before asking what his business was. Upon learning Boyer was a schoolmaster, Gould replied, Let the other people do the work, a blunt piece of guidance that Boyer says proved invaluable for success.
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Jay Gould
Edward Boyer
New York City
Meaning in a Squeak exchange fragment
A brief dialogue fragment with Gus de Smith and Johnny debating a squeaking boot remark. The slightly humorous exchange challenges the idea of unpaid goods by implying other clothing items would squeak if that were true. The lines capture a casual street conversation tone.
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Gus de Smith
Johnny
Mrs Julia A Mallahan Narrowly Escapes Kidney Illness
Mrs Julia A Mallahan of Owosso Michigan nearly dies from a winter cold that settled in her kidneys and caused severe backache. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills, bought locally or from Dodds Medicine Company Buffalo New York, with saving her life. They cost 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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Julia A. Mallahan
Owosso
Mich
Rebekah Lodge
No. 2
Mallahan
Dodd
Gnasco
Michigan
Dodds Medicine Company
Buffalo
N. Y
It Wouldn't Do Baron Munchausen Letter Ends in Silence
Baron Munchausen penned a letter to a friend and signed it yours truly. He then erased the word truly with a melancholy smile, reasoning it would only move him to derisive laughter, the Chicago Tribune noted.
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Baron Munchausen
Chicago Tribune
Land of Make Believe in a Child's Eyes by Mary Norton Bradford
A Boston Globe poem reflecting how children inhabit a magic make believe world where wealth and a palace are as accessible as a hovel. It contrasts carefree childhood joy with grownups losing happy dwellings as years pass, noting the poet's instinct to grieve beyond the bright realm.
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Joy
Mary Norton Bradford
Boston Globe
Wit and Wine in Kentucky Romance of Mollie Tabor
Old John Tabor of Bowie Creek rules Mollie with a hard hand as she resists a match with Tom Bradley. Richard Hardin devises a plan to marry Mollie to Ed Bronson, leading to a drunken license, a swift wedding, and a cruel revelation of a tricked consent. The tale ends with Tabor’s jovial trouble and a laugh at fate.
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Romulus
Kentucky
Daily Story Pub. Co
John Tabor
Bowie Creek
Mollie
Ed. Bronson
Tom Bradley
Bronson
Tom
Tomorry
Bradley
Richard Hardin
Jerre
Mr. Hardin
Richard
Vanceburg
Mr. Tabor
Louis
Moll
Hardin
Ed Bronson
Tabor
Dick Hardin
Peruna praised by thousands of women in testimonials
In a bustling advertorial style, Peruna is hailed as a trusted remedy for systemic catarrh and stomach digestion. Letters from women, including Miss Katie Klein of St. Louis and Miss Anna Prescott of Minneapolis, claim Peruna cured longstanding ailments when doctors failed. The copy emphasizes Peruna’s quick relief, its health benefits for nerves, digestion, and throat catarrh, and offers free expert advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Katie Klein
Bartmer Avene
St. Louis
Anna Prescott
F. J. Lynch
B. Division Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Mary Coats
Appleton
Wis
Appleton Young Ladies’ Club
Ohio
Marie Coats
Hartman
Bishop Rescues Beetle From Procession Line
Anecdote of the late Bishop of London recounts him halting a procession at Petersborough cathedral to rescue a black beetle that crossed his path. He placed the insect safely aside and resumed his march to the throne.
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London
Petersborough
Chinese Fashion Plates Show Traditional Garment Pattern
A remark on Chinese clothing notes that all garments share the same base pattern. The economy lies in reuse across generations from forebears to descendants. Differences appear only in material, not in cut, highlighting enduring style.
Electric Review Attacks Public Safety Execution Methods
The Electric Review condemns electrocution as cruel and compares it unfavorably to other historical methods such as garroting hanging and beheading. It argues that gruesome electrical executions involve mutilations and sickening preparations, labeling them inhumane.
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Electric Review
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