Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims
A Rockland Maine resident and a Pennsylvania reader report relief from backaches side pains and insomnia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts a thirty year history and says the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female ills with roots and herbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
Aan Earl
Mrs. Pinkh
Lydia Eham
Cure for Severe Face Eczema Reported by Patient
A Selma Alabama woman recounts four years of severe facial skin eczema resisted by two leading doctors. After using Cuticura Remedies for six months the eruptions disappeared and have not returned in three years. The testimonial notes relief and long-term cure. The piece also mentions a War Secretary reception with mosquitoes circling the secretary at a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma, Ala
Kosciusko County
Warren A. Kohler
Leesburg
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Comfort for Tired Feet
The old reliable Foot-Ease powder is praised for curing smarting and swelling feet while you walk. It claims 30 000 cures and savings on stockings, warns against imitations, and urges buyers to insist on the advertised genuine article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Peterborough
England
Real Enlightenment Dialogue On Chiropodists
In a Baltimore American piece a character asks what a chiropodist is and is answered as a person who divines character from handwriting. The exchange highlights curiosity about unconventional experts and quizzical humor in everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Tommy
Baltimore American
Chocolate Pie Promotion at Zerta Food Co
A vintage ad proclaims chocolate pie appeal with three flavors Lemon Chocolate and Custard ready to make at home. Each package sells for 10 cents and is produced by Zerta Food Co Rochester NY inviting readers to share the easy dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerta Food Co
Rochester
Fashionable Decline of Paris Latin Quarter Cited
S G Blythe argues in Everybody s that the Latin quarter has deteriorated. He notes visitors see a sobering change after two weeks in Paris with less carefree spirit. He recalls riotous student balls and lively, carefree scenes once common, suggesting critics are simply older and less carefree now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Blythe
Samuel B. Blythe
Paris
Two Topers A Teacher's Experience
A Minnesotan school teacher known as The Postum Preacher recounts her conversion from coffee to Postum. She cites nervous tremors, improved nerves and sleep, and compares coffee withdrawal to a drunken struggle, praising Postum as a healthier alternative endorsed by the Postum Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Salesman Pay Dispute Ends With A Cut In Peer’s Wages
A London suburb wholesale firm had two traveling salesmen. The single man, earning 30 shillings weekly, discovered the married man received 10 shillings more despite selling more goods. After questioning, the firm’s senior partner claimed to “make it right” by cutting the married man’s pay, leaving the single man unchanged. The bookkeeper confirmed no raise occurred, highlighting the comical yet unjust resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mr. Blank
Eye Salve advertised for wind and sand eye irritation
An advertisement claims strong winds and sand storms granulate the eyelids and promotes PET TIT S EYE SALVE as a quick soothing remedy. The product is priced at 25c and distributed by Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
His Idea of a Wife Cartoon Quote
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald features a man asking for the ideal wife. The reply emphasizes traditional domestic duties and ends with a remark about maintaining youth and beauty comparable to a vaudeville actress earning $400 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Are Your Clothes Faded Use Red Cross Ball Blue
Faded garments described with a 207 large package priced at five cents. Side Lights on Poesy mentions The Ancient Mariner and a misread line about meat and a game warden. A remark on Samuel Taylor Coleridge liberties with a bald narrative appears with a note on rats as a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Indianapolis
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Law Building
Gledo
Ohio
T. Felix Gouraud
Gourand
United States
Europe
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T. Hopkins
Great Jones Street
New York
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
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Johnee Moraig
WIDO
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Andrew J. Bright
Madiosa
Yeggmen
C. J. Huff
Wabash
Joseph T. Giles
Marion High School
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Logansport
Ida Hardesty
Pigeon Creek
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Alexandria
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Nud Hill
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Otto Wolf
Peru
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Shelbyville
Albert Dake
Tuhey Canning Company
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Pendleton
J. E. Thomas
Condo
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Frankton
Adair
George F. Terry
Waterville
United States District Court
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Robert H. Green
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
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James McCabe
Williamsport
Green
McCabe
Frank Ross
Father Simmons
Oakland City
Clinton Haad
William Haad
Liberty
Carroll Brown
Rising Sun
Columbus
Carl Crouthitt
Carlisle
AA Wilkerson Hildebrot
Loganso
Nathan Lewis
Muncie Capitalistm
Albert Greeley
St. Paul
George Pfegge
Washington
John Reinsel
Cpa
Fort Wayne
Elliott Cheeseman
Cicero Creek
Noblesville
Imbler Wire Company of
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Owen Perkins
Kentland
Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Washington Township
Cass County
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Germany
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State Board of Health
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Sugar Orang
Citizens’ Factory Fund Committee
Marshall Wright
Huntington
Fifm
Zachary Taylor
Waterloo
DeKalb County
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Fey
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Bears
Castoria
Lippincott’s
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East Washington Square
Philadelphia
PENNA
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N. Y
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