Abraham Lincoln Stories Free From Lincoln Tea Co
An illustrated book of Abraham Lincoln stories, many unpublished, will be mailed free to anyone sending their address to the Lincoln Tea Co. Fort Wayne Ind. Also notes on plaster of Paris mix with 3 to 10 percent powdered marshmallow root. plus a miscellany of ad content and a Croesus Cambyses anecdote from the Westminster Review.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Tea Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Plaster of Paris
Paris
Croesus
Cambyses
Crisus
Cyrus
Egypt
The
Westminster Review
Syrup of Figs Promises Comfort and Health Benefits
A historical advertorial extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative. It claims gentle cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and constipation cure without weakening organs. It notes acceptance by medical professionals and lists packaging sizes 50c and $1, produced by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Kennedy's Medical Discovery Promised Cure All Pits
Advertises a remedy by Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts claiming to treat humor from scrofula to pimples. It cites over eleven hundred cases with two failures and more than two hundred certificates within twenty miles of Boston. Dose is one tablespoonful in water at bedtime. no diet change required.
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Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Chicago
St. Jacobs Il
Hollanders Known for Heavy Smoking Across Northern Peoples
The article notes that Dutch people in Holland smoke heavily due to humid climate and affordable tobacco. It claims boatmen of the treksehuit measure distances by smoke and that hosts offer cigars during visits, highlighting widespread habit and social etiquette surrounding tobacco.
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Holland
Brace the Nerves with Bedatives and Tonics
The passage discusses nervous strain and how remedies labeled as Bedatives and tonics fail to strengthen nerves. It claims that addressing the nervous system supports digestion and overall health, urging the use of these tonics for digestive and urinary issues and recommending these medicines for constipation, biliousness, and kidney trouble.
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Teatvis
Massitia
Leap Year Rules and Mercury Touted Cures in Odd Text
A jumble of notes discusses leap year calculations and the irregularities of the Gregorian reform, noting 1700 1800 1900 not leap years. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming no mercury and internal use. A mix of anecdotes, fabricated dialogues, and ads appears with unrelated remarks on power, mills, and trees.
Invention Aimed at Private Communication for Disabled
A war veteran from Stratford Connecticut, Lenny G Stephens, devised a private communication system for the blind and deaf. The plan includes a raised alphabet and coded elements with decorative terms and nonsensical phrases, blending inventions with odd references and unclear materials.
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Anone
Lenny G. Stephens
Stratford, Conn
Wig makers toil in New York's Hebrew quarter
The downtown Hebrew quarter of New York shows a bustling wig trade driven by Central European Jewish families seeking to hide natural hair under wigs upon marriage. Doll wig makers stand out for beauty with flowing blonde curls, while brimming for other tastes remains undeveloped.
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New York
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