Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Pain Claims
An Indiana reader testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills gave quick lasting relief from back and kidney pains after years of suffering. The endorsement cites easy relief and urges others with kidney disorders to try the product. The note lists Foster Milburn Co and Buffalo New York as proprietors and notes 50 cents per box. Looking Up Family Trees discusses genealogical interest in newspapers and ancestry, contrasting modern curiosity with colonial endurance and practical citizenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Walls
Lebanon
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Times
Washington Post
Cuticura Soap Promoted for Skin and Hair Care
Millions rely on Cuticura Soap with Cuticura Ointment for preserving and purifying the skin. It cleanses scalp crusts and dandruff, stops hair loss, softens hands, soothes rashes, and suits babies. Ideal for women and mothers for toilet bath and nursery needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natoey
Bosp
Otter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sole Props
Horton
Princely Fuss Over Frocks and Fate
A humorous 1905 note contrasts young Princess Victoria Louise’s dislike of frills with royal duties. It recounts her wish to skip daily wardrobe changes, the Kaiser’s appeal to the Empress, and the clash over cleanliness, ending with a quip on worrying and human thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Louise
Postum Delivers Health Return Says Southern Letter
A Cartersville reader touts Postum Food Coffee over old coffee after indigestion and nervous trouble. The letter describes improved sleep and wellness, saying health began improving after switching, with long term use preferred. The note is signed as a testimonial for Postum by the Postum Company of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Secret Out and a Jumble of Headlines
A fragment from a Cleveland Leader page blends jokes about poets songs and a humorous mix of captions. References include an Atlanta Constitution quote about a columnist and a quirky line on a “My Honey’s Black Ettle Chimbly-Back” song. The chatter shifts to Matrimonial Economics and a water safety quip about milk in a glass.
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America
Atlanta
Slimsky
Friendly Encouragement and Elopement Gags
A collage of humorous cartoons and dialogue about eloping versus traditional marriage and other daily ironies. Characters Pearl Ruby Sniggs Diggs Philo Soffer Finaneer and others trade quips on wedding gifts, family duties, hats, salaries, and bumbling burglars in a lighthearted newspaper column style.
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Pearl
Ruby
None of These Phrases Define Real Success
A collection of aphorisms on honesty perception and fame. It contrasts the limits of foreseeing the future with the folly of judging others. It notes the distance between real life and literary realism and jokes about public figures and popularity.
Life advice in a string of wry proverbs
A fragmented collection of maxims on love, happiness, health, and life choices. It muses that life requires effort, self-responsibility, and prudent living, noting a long life possible but bound by heredity, marriage, and disease. It claims twenty to fifty percent die young and cites the Earth as the source.
Little Truths About Compliments and Delusions
Witty observations on compliments and delusions. Men often cling to flattering fantasies, especially when appealing to vanity. The piece notes that even sensible men may misread signals and let vanity govern their decisions.
Defiance Starch Promises 16 oz Packages at Same Price
Housekeepers urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch noting it never sticks to iron and comes in 16 oz packs for 10 cents, while rival 8 oz or 12 oz sizes cost the same. Consumers told to beware if grocers offer smaller amounts and to demand the Defiance label. Meanwhile at Oxford a degree ceremony for German dramatist Gerhard Hauptmann drew a crowd of about 200 German women and girls listening to Dr. Merry and Dr. Farnell.
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Defiance
Oxford
Gerhard Hauptman
Merry
Farnell
Remarkable Appeal for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
A bold advertisement extols mothers to choose Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for bowel and stomach issues, claiming it safer and more effective than medicines with violent drugs. It promises pure, pleasant laxative relief with a money back guarantee and retail price of 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. Caldwell
William and Mary copper farthing fetches 35 dollars in London auction
A 1692 William and Mary copper farthing, valued at a half cent in intrinsic terms, sold at a London auction for 35 dollars, illustrating high secondary market interest in historic coins.
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William and Mary
London
No Matches In Coal Pit And Miscellaneous Notices
A Welsh collier received two months in prison for taking a match into a coal pit. Other fragments reference grocers avoiding Defiance Starch due to stocked 12 oz. brands and a kidney remedy claim by Dr. David Kennedy. The clippings include stray lines about Ward Hurneville, Ned, a Kennedy note, and a liquor bottle listing.
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David Kennedy
Kennedy
Ward Hurneville
Ned
Woman's confidential letter advice from Mrs Pinkham rises in praise
A magazine style testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as universally curative for female troubles. It claims Mrs Pinkham treats over one hundred thousand cases yearly, with free confidential advice from a trusted experienced woman. The letter invites other women to write for guidance and notes no substitute is wise.
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Pinkham
Fred Seydel
North 54Th Street
West Philadelphia
Mia
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Matrimonial Economics
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Diggs
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Philadelphia Press
Timmins
Greenland
Redd
Greene
Philo Soffer
Tommy
Boxley
Jimmy
Ayall
Cynic
Love
Earth
Ranga
Philadelphha
Jackson Wray
Lydia
Armbry
Peoria
Manare
Lion
Lion Coffee
Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
PIAA
United Tates
Low Allen
Oregon
Grove Lake Sere
Poonin
San Antonio
Southern
Nelson
Montgo
Alabama
Soncomnery
Terina
Black Prairie
Darbar
Jamestown
Yorktown
Newport Richmond
Addre A. Brooks
Wild Ceburg
C. E. Beach
Paxton, Ill
Geo. le Wright
Buyings & Trust Bldg
Youngstown
A. Paxton
Boston
Compari
Addrees
Sears, Roebuck & Rae
Daily Fly
Deepal Fe
Erstrooklyn
Beckman Bros
Des Moines
Jows
W. N. Us
Chicago
Libby’s
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Wilbert Thompson
Main St
Ill
Mull
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mall
Jack
W. H. Thompson
UWS
Mull's Grape Tonic Co
3Rd Ave
Rock Island
Mull's
Gruggist
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