Peruna promoted as remedy for la grippe and aftereffects
A series of reader letters praise Peruna for curing la grippe and its aftereffects including systemic catarrh. Testifiers from Ontario to Topeka recount long battles with ill health, noting quick relief and renewed strength after using Peruna and related tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pnewmonia
T. Barnecott
West Aylmer
Ontario
Can
la Grippe
Rana
Jennie W. Gilmore
White Oak
Ind
Ter
Peruma
Manalin
Peruna
Miscommunication Ends With Outside Collar Request
A non French speaking lady asked her dressmaker who spoke no English to attach a collar on the outside of her blouse. After several failed attempts she exclaimed in despair Mettez a I'm perlale meaning the outside of a tram or omnibus. The request was understood and the work completed as she wished.
Newspaper Office Woes From A Workman’s Tale
A humorously told incident recalls how owners publishers and editors meddle in newsrooms. Hugh S Fullerton recounts a moment when an approaching man corrected his tense as he sat with feet on the desk and heads in pockets, revealing the owner in disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh S. Fullerton
Landis’s Lincoln monument speech sparks praise and puzzled laughs
Congressman Fred Landis of Indiana has built a reputation as an orator after delivering a florid Lincoln monument speech. His line Abraham Lincoln that mystic mingling of star and clod drew applause, though he admitted he did not understand its meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Landis
Indiana
Landis
Abraham Lincoln
Fred
Heaven
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Cure feverishness head ache stomach troubles teething disorders and worms. Used by Mother Gray a nurse at the Children's Home New York. Sold by druggists 2c sample mailed free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY. A man has lots of friends till he needs one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Salter Seed Co. Publishes Bargain Seed Book Prospect
Salter Seed Co presents Salzer's Bargain Seed Book offering bargain seed prices. Send notice to receive free seed for growing 5 tons of grass and a Cosmo flower package with the order. Located at Lock Drawer W, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srialinen Calle
John A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Drawer W
la Crosse
Wis
Man Rehabilitates Honor on Battlefield as Woman Finds Honor in Motherhood
A man earns back his honor through military service while a woman proves her strength and virtue through devoted motherhood. This contrast highlights traditional values of courage and nurturing within a shared moral framework.
Child Healed From Horrific Sores Using Cuticura Remedies
A year and a half old boy suffered persistent facial and body sores despite two doctors. He became emaciated and unable to walk, requiring his hands tied at night to stop scratching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about two months, the sores disappeared and he recovered fully, according to Mrs. Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut in April 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Proverbial Ad Phrases Highlighted By Slogan Lines
The ad copy promotes Defiance starch with a 16 ounce offer at 10 cents and features a moral line about a man carrying a Bible yet lacking faith. The terse phrases showcase commercial and moral sentiment in vintage ad style.
Iowa Legislature Deliberates Tax, Bequest, and Public Health Bills
Des Moines reports a flurry of bills across both chambers. Bequests to Ames College face limits on property acceptance, while penalties for embezzlement and adulteration of food products draw debate. A pure food resolution and a call for a national convention are also considered amid discussions on school funds and road taxes.
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Des Moines
Dowell
Ames College
George W. Catt
Catt
Ames
Young
Calhoun
House
Epperson
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Senate
Clary
Laird
Greeley
Iowa State Agricultural College
Lewis
Eldora
Gale
Dunham
Stirten
United States
Committee On Appropriations
Harper
Iowa
Congress
Thomas W. Lawson
Samuel J. Kirkwood
National Statuary Hall
Mott
Representative Head
Lawson
Spaulding
King Road
Young of
Lee
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Newberry
Committee On
Federal Relations
Weeks
Bixby
Stanberry
Warren
McCulloch
Greene
Old Rebel Judge Pro Tem In Dodge City
In early Kansas Judge Strang sat on the Dodge City bench. When absent, local lawyers elected an old ex Confederate colonel as judge pro tem. A stranger asked why, and was told it is because they like to see the old rebel take the oath of allegiance to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Strang
Dodge City
United States
Senator Pettus and Chandler Jokes From Time Past
A quoted Punch piece recalls Senator Pettus of Alabama with a spluttering pen recounting a dining room kitchen scratching tale. It also notes Senator Eugene Hale and Zack Chandler joking about census boosting with children and a telegram to the President about a foreign mission for Hale due to another son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Selma
Martha
Eugene Hale
Zack” Chandler
Gene
Mary
Hales
Washington
Senator Chandler
Drunken Pat and the Rat Trick in Irish Tale
A drunken husband Pat terrorizes his wife Biddy, defying the priest and promising to be turned into a rat as punishment. The comic dialogue follows as Pat contemplates a magical fate and his wife fears the consequences, while the priest warns him of future punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Biddy
Grape Nuts Word Contest Offers Gold and Prizes
A winter family word game by Postum Cereal Co. invites 20 top wordmakers to win $10 gold boxes, 10 to win $5 boxes, and 300 to receive $1 in paper money. Contest runs to April 30 1906 with 82 prize winners and posts results after counting.
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Serine
Postum Cerea Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
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Chas. P. Wells
Delaware
Ohio
Jane Gift
Athens
Victor Patneande
Madison St
Topeka
Kas
Knights and Ladies of Security
Price
W. Diemer
MH. D
Springfield
Cou
Mayer School
Mayer
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co, Milweakee, Bis
Mull
Mull's Grape Tonic CO
Third Ave
Rock Island, DL
IC CO
Rock Island, Il
Defiance
Pothpe
Canada
Wor
Ovtowa
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
W. Bennet
New York Life Building
Tha
Nebraska
Cutiura
W.N.U
Des Moines, Ta
General Assensy
St. Jacobs
H. S. Howland
Madison Avenue
New York City
Princeton Tiger
New York Mail
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