Miss Gertrude Brooks Faces Change After Sermon
In Morgan County a church sermon on the Devil’s taunt moves Miss Gertrude Brooks and stirs others as business leaders react. Bruce Carter and Mary debate attending prayer meetings while Judge Morton notes truth in the rebuke, revealing a divided congregation awaiting a possible shift.
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Gertrude Brooks
Endeavor Society
Bruce Carter
Morgan County Bank
Spencer
Mary
President Carter
Judge Morton
Carter
Mr. Carter
Mrs. Carter
Mr. Spencer
Mrs. Morton
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids touted for back and kidney relief
The advertisement proclaims a strong public endorsement of Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a cure for back and kidney pains, sleeplessness, and nervousness. It cites Burt Adams of Belvidere Illinois praising improved health after using the Yellow Tablets, sold for fifty cents per two weeks’ treatment with a descriptive booklet available from John Morrow & Co.
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Morrow
Burt Adams
Menominee Street
Belvidere
Adams
Hi. J. Moogh
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
A Cure That Killed in Polish Galicia
A Polish farmer in Nieporenta calls a famed healer to treat his wife’s malignant ulcer. The healer binds her limbs, claims possession, prescribes soap and horsehair, and departs after a night of agony ends with the woman dead. Cracow Letter in Chicago Record.
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Galicia
Nieporenta
Kaspar Wafka
Cracow
Chicago
Paraguays Particular Fleas Cause Devastation
The article describes the sand flea named nigua in Paraguay and its deadly impact on colonies, including a 1870 incident that turned Itape into a cemetery after killing a Whale colony of Winglishmen. It notes preference for clean bodies, avoidance of soap users, and alcohol or poison intake reducing risk.
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Paraguay
Itape
Acegun
Ibuenos Ayres Herald
August Flower advertised as universal cure all
Question Answered. Yes, August Flower remains the largest selling medicine in the civilized world for indigestion and biliousness. The ad touts its use for cleaning the system, stopping fermentation, regulating the liver, and stimulating nervous and organic action. Sample bottles offered at Joseph Emmert's shop.
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Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
South Africa Seen From Table Mountain to the Interior
Ainslee's Magazine paints a sweeping portrait of the Dark Continent's southern tip. It describes Cape Town beneath Table Mountain, the Drakensberg range, and the east coast panorama from Beira to Delagoa Bay. The piece notes vast plateaus, tropical fringes, farms, native villages, and rich mineral resources spread across a continent of rugged beauty.
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Cape Town
Drakensburg Mountains
Zambesti
Cape Colony
Drakensburg
Beira
Natal
Delagoa Tay
Zambesi
Port Elizabeth
East London
Durban
Delagoa Biy
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Ainslee
Russians Testing Antidote for Hunger
A French philanthropist advised starving people to sleep through winter. In Russia, residents of Dzhow near St. Petersburg have largely abstained from food, sleeping day and night with brief daily meals, to stretch scarce supplies. Doctors will study effects on body temperature and overall physical and mental health.
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A. Joux
Russia
Dzhow
St. Petersburg
Pskow
Geese Play Pranks on Pigs in Field Mock Offense
Miss Frances Power Cobbe notes geese have a sharp sense of humor, citing a flock that lined up to force pigs to run a gauntlet. The geese bit with their bills to provoke terror and squeals, enjoying the pigs’ fear as entertainment.
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Franses Power Cobbe
Serious Ills of Women and Pointed Paragraphs
A column extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine and ovarian troubles and other female ills with a history of cures. It includes witty quips, short ethics, and a mocked jury verdict about Providence or unknown disease from a Chicago Daily News fragment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ao Western
Providence
Chicago Daily News
Grain-O coffee substitute advertised for all ages
An ad promotes GRAIN-O as a coffee substitute made from grains, claiming children and adults can drink it without injury, with a rich mocha like color and a price of 25 cents per package. It is sold by grocers and marketed as easier on stomachs than coffee.
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Java
Claims and Cures From Multiple Advertisers in One Patchy Notice
Various testimonials laud Foley’s Honey and Tar for cough relief, DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills for constipation, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion, and One Minute Cough Cure for pneumonia, with scattered figures on metals production and a note praising a municipal pawnshop in Chicago as beneficial to borrowers of small loans.
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Calvin Zimmerman
Millsburg
H. J. Moogh
G. Vacher
Osgood St
Chicago
Foley
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
Wm. Orr
Newark
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Beecham’s Pills Urged For Digestive Ease In Old Advice
A vintage health note urges moderation in eating and promotes Beecham’s Pills to clear undigested food and avert digestive disorders. It also touts Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup for coughs and colds. The piece mentions Hawaiian missionary descendants as part of a broad general health column.
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Dr. Wood
Joseph Enmert
Persistent Rheumatism and Potent Patent Remedies
A fragmentary ad dense with 19th century quack claims. References Jasper Johnson and a Boston Courier tone, noting rheumatism, crutches, Dr Thomas Electric Oil, and Deans Ointment. Mentions government clerks debt, Indian plow, oxen, and Burdock Blood Bitters as cures and tonics attributed to Joseph Emmert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Johnson
Jasper
Boston Courier
For Sale Choice residences and business property deal
For sale, select bargains in residence and business property across the city. A long list of desirable building sites available. Call 209 Float Street or City Drug Store. Money to loan at 5 percent on first mortgages. 2-8d if Peter Merzaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Float Street
City Drug Store
Peter Merzaar
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Studio 149 West Street
Harriet M. Burbank is listed as a piano teacher operating from Studio 149 West Street. The fragment notes a teaching profession and an address, indicating a local music instruction listing.
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Harriet M. Burbank
West Street
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