Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts Women Health
National appeal across the states praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve female illness. Letters from grateful users describe nervous prostration back pain and insomnia improved after use. Includes address for confidential advice in Lynn Massachusetts. A seaside boy quips about water for boats not boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydta Elpinkham Medicine CO. Sies
Lynn
Mass
Ad Watering Place
Paris police official invents dark focus muzzle light
Charles Pechard of Paris claims a lensed metal tube and tiny lamp attachable to a pistol that directs a bright light four rods ahead. An offset dark spot aligns with the bullet path to improve accuracy in low light, powered by a small battery and usable for peaceful flash or intimidation.
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Charles Pechard
Paris
New York
Whimsical Patent Remedy Ad from Le Roy NY
An 19th century style advertisement touts Mothora Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children to ease coughs teething upset stomach and teething disorders. It claims to regulate bowels and break up cold symptoms and is directed at parents with a sample and address in Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothora
Gray
Cleister
le Roy
N.Y
Adventures of a Guide and a Hunter’s Accident
A guide recalls a hunter asking what happened and answers that both he and the deer were shot by accident. The article notes Newfound land has for years steadily increased its agricultural production.
Eczema in water blisters prompts Cuticura trial
A Chicago reader reports two years of water-filled blisters on hands and legs with itching and sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a sample, the skin cleared with six weeks of treatment, leaving no marks. The ad notes Cuticura sold worldwide and offers free samples with a 32-page Skin Book.
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Congress St
Chicago
W. Horrisch
Cuticura
Dept
Loston
Adv
Profit in Poultry Care Depends on Management and Attention
The article argues that profit comes from strict care and business discipline in poultry farming. It urges close supervision, clean premises, proper housing, studying fowl appetites, and avoiding shiftlessness. Quality requires labor and brains, not luck, with success tied to management and consistent effort.
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RG. Weatherstone
Judge Brown
Avoid Strawberry Loss by Proper Plant Handling
Instructions from Prom J a Moore of Wisconsin College of Agriculture emphasize preventing strawberry loss by not neglecting nursery plants. Open packages immediately, heel in by trenching eight inches deep, distribute plants with proper root contact, and avoid covering crowns. Label varieties clearly.
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Prom J. A. Moore
Wisconsin
Cotlege of Agriculture
Charcoal for the Hogs in Home Farming Practice
A brief note describes placing coals from the kitchen fire into hog houses so hogs can grind them to charcoal. The practice aims to keep hogs healthy by providing a source of charcoal within their living spaces.
Requirements for wintering a flock of breeding ewes
The guide outlines four essentials for wintering breeding ewes. A clean dry airy sunlit shelter with moderate warmth. Abundant pure water at all times. Sheep should not rely on snow for water. Proper hydration is emphasized to keep flocks in good condition.
Sheep Feeding Essentials for Flock Health and Lambing
A writer notes three keys to healthy flocks: clean water free of parasites, proper feeding, and quality hay and clover mix. Sheep prefer corn fodder and should receive it daily. Six weeks before ewes lamb, provide bran to meal ration in a one to two ratio with eats.
Breeding Stock For Dairy Cattle Selection Advice
In selecting dairy cattle the real test is the scales and the Bab cock tester. The cow must be a robust machine to convert feed into milk with a large middle, strong constitution, big udder, milk wells, veins and teats. Aim for mature sires with proven records. keep a good dairy bull until age twelve to fifteen. conduct yearly tests on every cow.
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Ing
Qhitky Aillite
Tris
Breeding Trotting Horses Auction Trend Declines
The article argues profitability in trotting horse breeding rests with large scale breeders who mix breeding with racing, criticizing small winners and noting public auctions over recent years have undercut breeders profits.
Avoid Scaly Leg in Chickens with Careful Treatment
Guidance warns poultry owners to prevent scaly leg by regular care. Do not let mites or infections take hold. treat affected birds promptly with cleaning and a suitable disinfectant and apply protective grease.
Spelling Stuck the Jury and Dummies in Town
A tea party tale recalls a homicide case where jurors debated if pneumonia caused death and whether a verdict could be reached. Separately, New Brunswick reports dummies used by a Pace director triggered a police confrontation after they were mistaken for real intruders, ending with the chief firing at the figures in a dark stare room.
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Nere
Geraldine Farrar
Cone
South River N. O
Oppenberger
New Brunswick
Washington Hotel
Sau
Skin Cleared by Simple Change in Food
A physician cites indigestion as the cause of many skin ailments and claims eczema can be relieved by dietary changes. A Kan. girl describes five months of facial and hand eruptions called eczema, with temporary relief from medicines until Grape-Nuts improved digestion and vanished the eruption. She urges others with this affliction to try Grape-Nuts and notes the benefit from the food, not medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvilla
Fragmented 19th century ad dialogue with comic switch
An OCR styled fragment presents a dialogue about managing a wife and a boastful claim to know how to handle marriage. It segues into humorous social banter and a stray medical advertisement voice, mentioning Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills and Dean's Mentholized Cough Drops.
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Independence
Oregon
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Madydon
Maine
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Mab
Penman
Ohio
TL O
Even
Putnam
DR. Pierce
Pierge
Fannig
Andrese B
Battele, N,v
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the Centaur Company
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Philadelphia Telegraph
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Jinks
Simpkins
Vilinks
Iiseless
Pearl &T
Dean
Dr. Peery
Canada
Sane
Flan
J. Keys
Denmark
Efe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Carter
A Verve
MOREY
Jess
Rei
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Neliable Balew Agency
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