Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for backache relief
A Victorian style advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for backache and female disorders. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon and claims thirty years of use curing displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
Fast Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
A Honest Gambler Says Limits On Betting
Limuel shares a fireside talk on gambling and honesty amid a blizzard. He argues gamblers tempt theft, warns that even small bets can ruin a life, and recalls his own mill cash loss and near penitentiary fate. He urges moderation and avoiding bets to spare young men from lifelong trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Brizintine
Earmblin
Lim
Tuck En
Ihle
Brother Brizintine
Jacklin
Brother Jacklin
Tos
Uncle Lim
Hoss
Brizantine
Opie Read
Marine Eye Remedy Promised Free Eye Books
An advertisement from Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago promotes their eye remedy. It claims quick soothing of red irritated watery eyes and offers a 48 page book worth dollars in every home. Mail for free eye books and Ack your druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
No Loss. First Doctor And Second Ditto Dialogue
The dialogue notes a society patient named Mr. Silliboy feared to be losing his mind and discusses keeping it quiet to avoid notice. It also comments that a hesitant woman often has an impediment in her speech.
The Tale of a Split Yellow Diamond Turned White
A lapidary claims a yellow diamond can become pure white after the tail gleams away. He warns the cut may terrorize the stone’s value, suggesting a 200 percent rise if the transformation succeeds. The process is described as a common miracle. Native Afghan historians link Afghans to the biblical tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afghanistan
Israel
Jeremiah
Saul
Nebuchadnezzar
What is a New Yorker says Loomis in essay form
ALEXA LOOMIS explores the New Yorker concept. The piece defines a New Yorker as any person residing in New York City regardless of ethnicity or origin. It cites diverse examples from Pell Street Tolish Jews Rivington Street and Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
New Yorker
Papa Mvoehildra
New York
Pell Street
Rivington
One Woman's Endurance in Torture and Pain
Mrs A B Payne of Columbus Mississippi endured years of severe back and kidney pains with nightly agony and weakness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing the pain from the first use and restoring health. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8. Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Peterborough
England
Real and Simon-pure New Yorkers in a changing city
A long dialogue on who counts as a New Yorker, distinguishing native-born Americans, English speakers, and immigrants. It explores identity in New York City, then shifts to public health notes on pneumonia remedies, tax terms, and various advertisements and medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
New York
Great Britain
Ireland
New
Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington
N. J
Papers of
New England
United States
Child
Wes
Noelty
Khow
Calf Objects to Milking Machine Trial
A Pennsylvania boy deserts his family to test a homemade milking machine on a cow. The machine provokes a chaotic scene as the cow resists and the boy returns home covered in dirt, revealing that inventive effort meets stubborn animal objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Cherry
What She Would Have Said Lucky for Poet
London Tit-Bits recounts a witty American woman dining with a literary circle in London. A famed poet supposedly woke his wife at four to note a good word, then later cried Maria to note a better word. The American quips that if he were her husband she would reply with a bad word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mannering
Mr. Mannering
Jud
London
Marta
Maria
Alpheus
Humorous Exchange On Names And Noble Origins
In a witty dialogue, Mr. Cumrox remarks on his daughter’s marriage and the noble origin of her husband. He confesses difficulty pronouncing the son-in-law’s name on his first attempt, prompting light banter about social status and pronunciation hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cumrox
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Wby
Opie Reed
A_DAISY FLY
Tages
Root
Lincein
Vnet
Vnet 9
Angeles
Feido
Charles Battell Loomis
Brooklyn
the Bron
State of
Staten Teind
Charley
Scott
Tye
Internal Revenue” Collections
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Orm
Kinnan & Manvin
O Hall
Locke
Pacific Ocean
Galilee
St. Vitus
Kline
Hoh. Hilne
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Thorold
Fic
Paxton Toilet CO
Bostoe
Maca
Bea
Paxtine
Carters i
Carterliver
Defiance
W.N. U
Denver
What Is
Castoria
Addres Allen
Olzasted
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