Fifteen Years of Torture Cured by Cuticura
A Chicago area reader reports prolonged scalp sores and itching, cured in one week after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as directed. The testimonial includes an address in Allegheny, Pa. Also mentions a Honolulu gunboat commander’s cocktail invention and a note on rights by Bancroft.
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H. B. Franklin
Washington St
Allegheny, Pa
Lucian Young
Bennington
Honolulu
Islands
Enid
Potter Drag & Chew
Gere Borton
Ign
Free Kidney Cure Ad Claims Lydia Pinkham Product
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best treatment for kidney troubles in women. It cites rising female kidney disease, lists symptoms, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Emma Sawyer of Conyers, Georgia, praising the remedy and offering free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Sawyer
Emma Sawyer
Conyers
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Free Land for Settlers in Western Canada Promise
The article argues for settler prospects in Western Canada after 1870, noting rapid rail expansion, growing provinces and abundant land. It cites wheat yields, livestock growth, railway miles, grain elevators, and rising immigration to show a thriving, government-supported agrarian future with free land opportunities and cooperative dairying.
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Manitoba
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk
Peace River Country
International Boundary
Canada
Outlook August issue highlights education leaders and literary figures
The August illustrated number of The Outlook includes a feature on Republican Education by President Eliot of Harvard, portraits of new college presidents, appreciations of Harper and Angell by Finley, and a piece on William J. Rolfe by Higginson. Also noted are reviews, a fiction excerpt by Jack London on class war, a Defiance Starch ad pitch, and previews of the Arena's upcoming issue with essays on the Parcels Post, Colorado economics, and a study on character.
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Eliot
Harvard
Harper
Angell
Finley
William J. Rolfe
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Ingtltue
Itz
Europe
Colorado
Jno
D. Rorkefellert
Special Woman’s Cure Promised by Dodd’s Kidney Pills
A Mrs. A Wellett of Champion Michigan recounts dramatic kidney cure claims after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills for five years of sleepless nights and cramps. She says one box cured her and restored sleep, vitality, and comfort, attributing her improvement to the pills. The piece also includes a DIY fountain plan with a two-thirds barrel reservoir and decorative plantings.
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Champion
Mich
A. Wellett
Dodd
Citizenship and borders clash in Toy's Predicament analysis
The San Antonio Express critiques Ju Toy, an American-born resident denied entry after travel to China. Writs of habeas corpus fail, exposing debates on the fourteenth amendment as Ju Toy’s case suggests citizenship may not follow the flag.
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Toy
Ju Toy
China
America
Africa
San Antonio Express
Changed Husband and the Grape Nuts Cure
A wife explains how stopping coffee and adding Postum and Grape Nuts improved her husband’s digestion and cured his dyspepsia. She cites a friend in Vicksburg whose nervous dyspepsia vanished after using Grape-Nuts, and a mother who regained appetite and nourished her baby with the cereal. The sponsor is Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan. There's a reason.
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Vicksburg
Lever
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Sidney Justus Finds Kidney Pills Cure for Longstanding Trouble
Sidney Justus a fruit dealer from Mentor Ohio credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing an eight to ten year kidney ailment. He suffered backache, rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling, with painful urinary passages and discolored secretions. After half a box relief followed by three boxes a permanent cure was achieved. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses and notes price of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Justus
Mentor
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Did Her a Good Turn in Divorce Plea
A blonde woman returns to a Dakota judge seeking another divorce, arguing that one good turn deserves another after already being granted a divorce recently. The judge questions her persistence as she insists on a second dissolution.
Missouri advertisement promises best state and cheap land
An advertising note touts Missouri with low taxes and strong education funding. It claims churches in every neighborhood good schools nearby and fertile soil with mild climate. It invites readers to write describing needs and promises offerings at pleasing prices from Harris Guthrie Abstract Co and Callaway Co of Fulton Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Harris- Guthrie Abstract Co
Fulton, Callaway Co
Spectators Shower Coin After West European Ball Player Catch
Detroit Tribune notes spectators showered coins on a west European ball player after a great catch. A conversation joke contrasts this with an imagined female catcher named Mabel, implying she received more attention or money, reflecting humor and gendered sports commentary of the era.
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Mabel
Detroit Tribune
Australian Leaf remedy promoted for women's ailments
New York nurse Mother Gray reveals AUSTRALIAN LEAF a herb cure for female weaknesses back ache kidney bladder and urinary troubles marketed through druggists or mail order for 50 cents with sample offer by The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Mother Gray Co. LeRoy
N.Y
Fast Days in Russia and mortality in abstinence terms
Percival Gibbon writes in The World’s Work that fasts in Russia are frequent and long. He notes a recorded rise in the nation’s mortality rate toward the end of each abstinence period.
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Russia
Percival Gibbon
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