Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Cure for Female Ailments
A Chicago reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier with restoring health after doctors advised major surgery. The ad touts the product as a safe, narcotic-free remedy with widespread testimonials and offers confidential, free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
L Mass
Blushing couple seeks marriage in minister’s office
A young man tells the minister they want to marry, the woman shyly stands behind him. The minister asks about a ring, the man jokes that if one costs two dollars they would like it, reflecting a humorous domestic moment from National Food Magazine.
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National Food Magazine
Marriage as a Game of Chance and Diplomacy
A wry Judge commentary on marriage likening it to a game of chance where the man often trails after the altar, rules seem confusing, and a wife’s romantic holdups are termed diplomacy. The piece notes wives gain more privileges than other outlaws in life’s game.
The Appetites of Kings
The king of Spain makes up for his flailing expenditure with a tremendous appetite. Alfonso XIII maintains a daily routine of a rump steak and potatoes for his first breakfast, often with eggs, salad, and fruit. This observation appears in Recollections of M. Paoli in McClure's.
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Spain
Alfonso XIII
M. Paoli
McClure’s
Change of Food Helps Sufferers Find Health
An Epistolary Ad Claims Postum and Grape Nuts Improve stomach and nervous troubles. A Missouri couple, plus a California brother, report relief after abandoning coffee and adopting Postum with Grape Nuts. The letter invites readers to seek the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
California
Wellville
Swedish Lutheran Iowa Members Refuse Liquor Petitions
Des Moines reports that Iowa Swedish Lutheran church members will refuse to sign liquor consent petitions. The Iowa conference adopted drastic resolutions against liquor renewal and any candidate opposing temperance. Rev. Westerberg elected hospital board president and officers named for the new hospital and Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society.
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Women’s Home and
Foreign Missionary Society
Des Moines
Swedish Lutheran Churches of
Iowa
East Fifth Street
Joseph A. Anderson
Boone
P. A. Westerberg
A. P. Westerberg
O. A. Henry
Clinton
John A. Benson
J. W. Swanback
Swea City
W. A. Swan
Sioux City
Swan Nelson
Manson
C. A. Randolph
Santon
Edwin Hult
Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
E. V. Hanson
Red Oak
C. O. Morland
Madrid
Alicia Lundquist
Ottumwa
Anna Anderson
Dr Crofford Granted Absolute Pardon By Governor
Gov B F Carroll approves parole board recommendation and grants an absolute pardon to Dr J W Crofford of Lamont the physician convicted of performing a criminal operation that caused a young girl’s death Mrs McGuire Dies at 97 Des Moines resident for 35 years passes away at daughter’s home Mrs J E Buckley Twenty first and Woodland address identified
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Bill” Richards
United States
Fort Madison
Parole Board
Carroll
Richards
Pope Denies Forgery Charge In District Court
John A. Pope a negro minister was arraigned on a forged instrument charge and pleaded not guilty before Judge De Graff. Sam D. Woods of Greenfeld assumed duties as secretary of the state board of parole succeeding B W Garrett who resigned at the state house.
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Pope
John A. Pope
de Graff
Criminal Division
District Court
Des Moines Clue Links Tamalpais Murder Victim to Anna Nelson
Des Moines detectives secured evidence suggesting the Tamalpais murder victim near San Francisco on February 38 may be Anna Nelson formerly of Des Moines. W L Miller of 222 South Madison says his brother's wife's sister bore that name and disappeared about three years ago, matching the victim’s description and remaining unheard from since. Iowa Hen Is Fine Citizen. The February Wealth issue cites that Iowa hen products could buy California’s grape and fruit output, noting the hen would not need to work in winter.
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Des Moines
San Francisco
Anna Nelson
W. L. Miller
South
Madison Street
Iowa
California
Wealth
Greater
Deg Monnes Committee
Local Mission Worker Rescued After Self Harm Attempt
Mrs. Ida Palmer previously active in local missions is believed to have tried to take her own life at 419 East Grand Avenue. Assistant City Physicians Morse and Galloway arrived promptly and likely saved her life.
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Ida Palmer
East Grand Avenue
Morse and Galloway
New Electric Railroad Firm Formed in Iowa Trio
Articles incorporating the Omaha Council Bluffs and Sioux City railway were filed with county recorder Mrs Frank Dodson. The company aims to construct an electric railroad operating among Omaha Council Bluffs and Sioux City in Iowa.
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Omaha, Council Bluffs
Sioux City Railway
Frank Dodson
Iowa Cities
Tuberculosis Day Plans and Faculty Appointment
The supreme court says county auditors must present election figures in abstract form for county newspapers. Tuberculosis Day is set for April 24, with Tuberculosis Sunday designation promoted by the national association. The state tuberculosis bureau cooperates to enhance the observance. Miss Mae Chestnut of Des Moines is elected by Drake University trustees to join the music department faculty as piano instructor.
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Iowa
J. F. Riggs
Harlan Updegraff
Keokuk County
Alaska
Educational Department
United States Commissioner of Education
Brown
George M. Christian
Des Moines
J. H. Hein
Davenport
C. E. Griffith
Sioux City
S. C. Dillon
Clinton
T. E. Veitch
A. B. McFarland
R. W. Johnson
Waterloo
C. T. Griffith
Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
National Association
State Bureau of Tuberculosis
Mae Chestnut
Drake University
Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food praised by customer
Virginia Helwig of Middletown Ohio reports relief from long stomach trouble after three weeks using Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food. She urges nationwide advertising and notes some friends cannot find the product at their grocers. The letter to Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food Co. from Omaha confirms a true copy of the original.
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Uncle Sam
Virginia Helwig
Middletown
Instruction on Tuberculosis Prevention Reaches Few Students
A National Association bulletin finds less than six percent of U S public schoolchildren receive instruction on tuberculosis prevention. Only nine cities use textbooks or lectures, while Michigan Massachusetts North Carolina and Puerto Rico have laws mandating such schooling. Tennessee New Jersey and West Virginia promote awareness via circulars and wall cards in classrooms.
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United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Washington
Dallas
Tex
Richmond
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
Malden
Mass
Salem
Saginaw, Mich
Knoxville
In agony with eczema cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Long Battle With Severe Eczema Ends After Using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolve and other Cuticura products. Mrs Allie Etson of Battle Creek Michigan reports nine years free of symptoms after a painful. repeated outbreak and multiple doctors. She urges others to write for confirmation.
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Allie Etson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Corbett Praises Jeffries Style in Mauretania Smoking Room
James J. Corbett lauded Jim Jeffries style as neat and quick in the Mauretania smoking room. He compared it to a girl’s remark to a minister during a long call, saying it gets there with pointed brevity.
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James J. Corbett
Mauretania
Jim Jeffries
This Will Interest Mothers
This advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to cure feverishness headache bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels and destroy worms. It claims to break up colds in 24 hours and offers a free sample by mail from Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Engagement Rumor Sparks Guilty Laughs in Letter Exchange
A lighthearted exchange from Meggendorfer Blaetter mentions excitement over a daughter’s engagement with a humorous jab about Begsie. The brief dialogue hints at family news and playful teasing within a periodical cartoonish note.
Wrigley’s Spearmint Supports Quitting Smoking
A persuasive note asserts you cannot quit smoking without a substitute and rejects cross-shaped methods. It stresses WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT as the easier path to not smoking, quoting Fenelon on yielding to discipline.
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Wrigley
Allen's Lung Balsam and Wrigley's Spearmint Ad Brief
A promotional fragment touts ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM as effective for deep seated coughs and bronchitis, urging quick help and safety. It also promotes WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT chewing gum for digestion and includes a Browning quote about urging action. The text ends with a remark on a woman's ability to impress a man based on his heart or head.
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Allen
Piles Cured in GTO1 rAgd Suierase acy Pype
Piles to Thermometers make more lars than the big fish that get away.
Doing Two Things at Once.
A man rushes into a quick-lunch spot and orders a ham sandwich. When asked if he will eat it there or take it, he replies that he will do both, a humorous remark highlighted by Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Rheumatism Cured in a Day by Dr Detchon's Relief
An advertisement claims Rheumatism is cured in 1 to 3 days by Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. It asserts the remedy addresses the cause and the disease vanishes after the first dose with rapid benefits. Available from druggists for 75 cents.
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Detchon
Ad Advice for Minstrel Show Sparks Black Faced Type Debate
A humorous quarrel over ad presentation emerges as one person suggests using black faced type for a minstrel show advertisement. The exchange hints at the era's flippant attitudes toward race and performance.
Wrigley’s Spearmint Ad and Humorous Quotes Card
An aged newspaper fragment advertises WRIGLEY’S SPEARMINT with lines about pennies for children and neighborly behavior. It mixes humorous quips on tobacco, fragrance, and luck, ending with an old medicine pitch for Laxative Bromo Quinine and a signature motto.
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Wes
Swedish Lutheran Hospital
Rev. Westerberg
Munsey’s
Democratic State Central Committee
Jerry B. Sullivan
W. T. Oakes
Mutuals
Uncle Sam’s Breakfast Food Co
Omaha, Neb
U. S
BF. F. CO
Eczema
Meggendorfer Blaetter
Fenelon
Browning
Citti
Samuel Pitcher
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York
Castoria
CTU
Teel
Western Opode Co
Los Angeles St
Los Angeles
Cal
Liberal Commission
Artesian Land CO
Third
Nat'l Bank
St. Louis
Remington
Park Row
5. Y
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D.C
Campbell Heating Co
Ilixir
California Fig Syrup CO
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