Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured as Cure
An advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female complaints including ovarian trouble inflammation ulceration womb displacement and spinal weakness. It claims cures for backache leucorrhea tumors in early development and prevention of cancerous growths. Liver Pills aid digestion and headaches and a Sinative Wash provides local relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. F. Barnes
Sunday Herald
Canton
Ripans Chemica Company
Ripans
Thos. J. Meals
Stark County
Kennedy's Medical Discovery Claim From Roxbury Healer
A Roxbury Massachusetts healer, Donald Kennedy, reports a cure for many ailments from scrofula to pimples after treating about eleven hundred cases. He offers a book by postal card and promises quick relief and full cures with the right dose, noting lung liver and bowel pains subside within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Congress Passes Fortifications Bill and Bond Inquiry
The House approved the fortifications appropriation with an $11,884,015 amendment as Senate debate over a bond issue inquiry continued. Leaders and reporters discuss coast defenses, the National Soldiers Home board appointments, and pension and war claim votes as the Senate and House move through Tuesday and Wednesday actions.
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House
Endicott Commission
Senate
Squire
Nep
Wash
Mr. Hull
William B. Franklin
Connecticut
Thomas J. Henderson
Ilinois
George L. Beale
Maine
Geo. MV. Steele
Indiana
National Soldiers’ Homes
Mr. Blue
Gen. Franklin
Col. Smith
Leavenworth
Kanie
C. O. Howard
Bho Red
FE. J. Anderson
Gen
I’'ranklin
Kansas
Ife
Pais
Blue
National Home For Disabled Volunteers
Gen. O, QO
Uoward
Franklin
Allen Fedate
Tle
Stanen Dows
Aoe
Rony
Tate
Cogswell
Massachusetts
Green
Talbert Demag
South Carolina
Canton Cepa
Cannon
Tal
Woman’s Confession Marks Shift in Social Standards
A San Francisco Examiner note reflects on a woman confessing a bold purchase. The item signals a societal ascent and a challenge to traditional male supremacy, underscoring a changing moral and cultural stance across the bay.
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San Francisco Examiner
Vintage Patent Remedies and Medical Claims
An assortment of 19th century patent medicine advertisements tout Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co, Pico’s Cure for Consumption, Dobbins Floating-Borax Soup, Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and other quack remedies with testimonials and prices, reflecting period health misrepresentations and marketing tactics.
Beginning of Womanhood Crisis Warned by Health Experts
Text discusses the onset of puberty as the real crisis in a woman's life and warns that problems in feminine organs often arise then. It advises early detection and treatment, asserting that the right time to stop disease is when it starts.
McElree's Wine of Cardui Promoted for Feminine Health
An old advertisement touts McElree's Wine of Cardui as a home remedy to regulate monthly periods and strengthen female organs. It promises prevention of weakness and pains with the claim it avoids local examinations and offers direct relief to women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McElree
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Kennedy
N.Y
W. L. Doucas
Wolf
W. L. Douglas
Genuini
Brookton
Furntab
Work OF Congress
Legislative Chambere
Washington
Chicago
Chicago and North- Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Ashland
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sioux City
Denver
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Portland
Northwest
M. E. General Conference
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
B. F. Horner
Milo
California Fig Syrup Co
Earth
Pico
George W. Lotz
Mabacher, la
Scandal
Mra. Winslow
Sapolio
Cardus
Sota
Deale
MSR
Wen Aeamy
Wipaus Chemcal Company
LA Spruce Street
New York
Wabash Lines
Hot Springs
Ark
Wabash
Arkansas
St. Lois Chien
Tut Springs
United States
Wabash Railroad
C. S. Crane
St. Louia
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