Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Help for Women
A promotional piece credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing many female illnesses. It cites Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who reports long suffering ending after following Pinkham’s advice. The article extols roots and herbs as remedies and urges other women to seek assistance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Sirians
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Taft A Cinch Favors 600 Votes for Nomination
Roosevelt predicts Taft will secure 600 votes on the first ballot at the Republican convention, with backing from the solid South and West and parts of New England. Taft speaks in New York defending labor and capital relations before about 2,000 at Cooper Union, urging fair, just legislation and union cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Solid South
Solid West
Middle Western
New England
Hughes
New York
William H. Taft
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Four Firemen Die in New York Skyscraper Blaze
Four firemen died responding to a massive twelve story New York business building fire. Manhattan crews battled flames that blocked streets for blocks and never were controlled as floors collapsed trapping many below. The blaze attracted dramatic scenes and heroic rescues with an estimated loss of 1.5 million dollars.
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New York
Manhattan
Aparatus
The Glass Eye Industry Reveals Craft and Care
A Philadelphia Record account explains glass eye manufacture as a science. Producers customize size and color to match the living eye, ensure socket fit for natural movement, and store exact duplicates for mail orders. Lifespan ranges from three to six years as tears etch the glass.
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Philadelphia
Subtle Acting Values Shown In Wigwag Style
Harrison Grey Fiske praised subtleness at a New York dinner describing nonverbal power. He cites a country scene where an undertaker eyes a physician, who looks away, prompting the undertaker to sigh and move on, illustrating restraint over loud display.
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Harrison Grey Fiske
New York
Mr. Fiske
Washington Star
Railroader claims Grape-Nuts cured indigestion
A railroader writes about chronic indigestion and starvation by doctors. After five years of trials, he finds relief with Grape-Nuts, noting appetite improvement, increased energy, seven pound gain, and no further indigestion. His wife also tries it, and they endorse the brand as the road to wellbeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Wellin
Roosevelt Plans Nevada Troop Withdrawal After Legislature Opens
President Roosevelt says federal troops will be withdrawn from Goldfield Nevada once the Nevada legislature assembles. A special investigation report to Governor Sparks found no insurrection and urged removal soon after the legislature begins, unless facts prove otherwise. The report attributes mine operators with seeking federal protection to implement wage cuts and suppress Western Federation of Miners.
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Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nevada
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Murray
Smith and Neill
Esmeralda
Western Federation of Miners
Misery Loves Company Quip At Receiving Day
A society woman laments a wretched mood on her receiving day while her husband jokes misery loves company. The remark reflects light social satire in a Catholic Standard and Times excerpt.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Great Nervous Diseases Cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerva
The ad cites cures for fits and St Vitus dance by Dr Kline with offers of trial relief and free treatises. It lists H R Kline Lar Arch Street Philadelphia and promotes a drama line about a courageous backer, noting the financier as the hero.
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St. Vitus
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
One hundred dollar reward offered for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Creary Co Toledo and Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists endorse the firm and attest to the honesty of Je Cheney for 13 years. Cure is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Creary & Co
Toledo
Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Grateful Patient-Doctor Exchange Cited in Journal
A brief quote from the British Medical Journal records a grateful patient asking how to repay a doctor. The doctor replies that payment methods such as check money order or cash are of no consequence.
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British Medical Journal
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Cough Colds and Croup Cure
Advertisement notes Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Vavvet Gum and Mullen's Nature's Great Remedy cures coughs colds croup and consumption and all throat and lung troubles. Sold at druggists 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle.
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Taylor
Mullen
New 20 Dollar Gold Coins Won't Stack for Box
The Philadelphia Press complains the new twenty dollar gold coins will not stack well yet will still fit the contribution box.
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Philadelphia
One Cent Newspapers Raise Prices Citing Costs
The Watertown Times notes most papers have doubled their price to two or three cents. The cost of paper and expenses drives the change, claiming a newspaper remains the cheapest manufactured article at any price. It references Bromo Quinine laxative ads and the Grove signature as historical context.
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E. W. Grove
Watertown Times
Two Cures of Eczema Prove Remedies Work
A Louisville reader cites success with Cuthura Remedies for eczema in a baby then in herself. He reports severe sores from knees to toes lasting a year vanished after trying doctors and the remedies, with final cure noted by 1907.
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Cuthura
M. LaRue
Seventh &J
Louisville, Ky
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Avery & Company
Avery & McMillan
Booth Forsyth St
Atlanta, Ga
A. Simpkins
Raleigh
N.C
Bostos
Mass
Teddy
Baltimore
Harper’s Weekly
Scheemed
Baby
Grandfather
Lance Stock Lombard
Augusta
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Gainesville
Add Poost Company
Bloomfield
Indiana
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