Blood and health ads from a late 19th century paper
A collage of medicinal claims and notices includes Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to restore vitality and sleep, Jell-O dessert promotion, turpentine plantation plans, one day cold cure claims, pensions for Civil War widows, a new auto gun test, women’s legal rights gaps, and a testimonial about Gravo-O drink boosting appetite and weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
B. Scuesters
Bushwick Place
Brooklyn
Unicorn
Pens
F. P. Blair
John M. Corse
Nathaniel P. Banks
Walter Q. Gresham
John F. Hartranft
John A. Logan
Fletcher Webster
Daniel Webster
P. H. Sheridan
G. H. Thomas
G. B. McClellan
John C. Fremont
Grant
Hancock
Crook
United States Army
Health of Young Women Reports From Letters
Letters to Mrs. Pinkham describe irregular menses and abdominal cramps improving after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Notes from Miss Mary Gours Aptos Cal July 31 1808 and Miss Mavinpa Jrnsex Ogdensburg Wis June 10 1902 praise symptom relief and regularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pixknam
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Aptos
Cal
Pinxnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Mavinpa Jrnsex
Hox
Ogdensburg, Wis
Barb wire telephone line links Indiana towns a novelty
An Anderson Indiana correspondent details Cas sius Alley of Pendleton first building a barb wire tele phone line spanning fifteen miles to connect Anderson Pendleton and Ingalls. Six subscribers pay 50 dollars annually with plans for more. Businesses and a private-line option operate over the fence wire, which cost about a hundred dollars to install and ten dollars per subscriber. The system, praised as reliable as copper, has operated since December 22 with minimal outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Anderson
Ind
Pendleton
Ingalls
Cassius Alley
Wagner Glass Works
Ines
Alley
Big Four
The Spruce Gum Crop In Maine A Hard Season For Gatherers
The Maine spruce gum crop faces a poor year with far less marketable gum than usual. Dealers blame low quality, dirt, and partial cleaning, while skilled harvesters in northern Maine endure harsh winters and sparse trails to collect gum from trees high in the woods. Swedes from New Sweden and other winter workers earn a dollar a pound when good gum is found, but overall profit is limited by cleaning losses and distribution margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Germany
China
Russia
Arabia
Collier's Weekly
Charlies B. Cabusac
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Republic
Maine
Bangor
United States
West
New Sweden
Aroostook
Cosmo Settlement
Boston Globe
Princess of Wales Dines at London Poor Man's Restaurant
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Alexandra Trust restaurant in City Road London for a surprise luncheon with six in their party. Luncheon tickets cost 4 1 2d each and the royal party shared a three course meal in an adjacent room. The bill for the royals was 2s 3d, drawing a notable show of popular support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess of Wales
London
Alexandra Trust
Sydney Greville
City Road
Alexandra
Myasteries of a Tallet on a woman's made complexion
The article argues men dislike artificial cosmetics yet are drawn to women with rosy complexions. It contends that women use rouge powder and pencil to enhance appearance, and that such beauty aids remain alluring despite moral judgments.
Men of Genius Rebuttal Proposes Non-Firstborn Eminence
European physiologist Axenfeld argues genius comes from old families but New York physiologist Just Edson lists notable non first borns. Franklin Arkwright Butler and others debunk the sole crown of birth order with names like Alfred the Great and Napoleon, showing multiple eminent figures born later in families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axenfeld
J Us Edson
New York
Benjamin Franklin
R. Arkwright
Joseph Butler
Joseph Reynolds
Alfred the Great
Charles Bell
Prince Bismarck
Gladstone
Ceril Rhodes
Wellington
Charles James Fox
Sir Robert Walpole
Shakespeare
Beaumont
Fletcher
Lord Lytton
Philip of Macedon
Tennyson
Simon de Montfort
Napoleon Bonaparte
Turenne
Solomon
Willam Wallace
John Wesley
F. Baring
Montaigne
Carlyle
Brian Boru
Christopher Huggens
R. B. Sherdan
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C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Bremen
Guove
Mas
Barness
Daniels Sure Pile Cure CO
Asylum St
Harviard, Conn
Frey
Mil, & S. Fieey
Baltimore
Wall Paper
Edwin G. Diehl
Wood Street
Pittsburg
Ei Guusek
Otras
Gare
Bor
Atlante
Dension
Ty Vaahingtone
Mogens Rts
Heinervil War
Clais
Atty Slice
N. U
Switzerland
Carter
Rome
Allens
Olmstead
LeRoy
N.Y
Louisville
Massachusetts
Detroit Free Press
Canada
Lostinct
Ernest Ingersoll
New Lippincott’s
Yorkshire
St. Jacobs Oil
Sciatica
Ayer
Eva N. Harr
Buffalo, N. Y
Genius
Jove's Tastelers
Des Moines Council
Kary P Boyen
Trinity Springs
Jud , Te
Colorao
J. C. Simpson
Mortquiss
W. Vaange
Hall
Cived Jagel
Dr. Yileisel
Mre
Winslow
Celand
Michigan State Board of Health
Teton
Th Alabastine Company
Graz Rapids
Higa
W. L. Douglas
W. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
DR. Kline
Philadelphias
Ian
Muscatine, Jones
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