Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Letters from women in Gardiner Maine and Chicago claim the compound saved them from surgery and cured female troubles after physicians warned an operation was necessary The ad extols thirty years of use and urges sick women to write Mrs Pinkham for advice from Lynn Mass
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Lydia E. Pinkham
8. A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina Sperling
Claybourne Ave
Chicago
Cuticura Remedy Featured As Solution For Skin Ailment
A Chicago mother credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills with curing her baby’s severe itching and facial rash after many doctors and colleges offered no relief. She used three boxes of the Ointment and the Soap and Pills, reporting the child is now healthy. The note includes an address in Chicago and dates in 1906. The piece also recalls a Blizzard editor’s vindication over Roosevelt’s naval request and promotes Pettit’s Eye Salve with Howard Bros. in Buffalo, New York.
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A. C. Brestlin
Lincoln St
Chicago
Ill
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Alexander E. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
J. S. Alexander
Omaha
Neb
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
Farmer’s eight daughters named for his mood at births
A farmer near Wigtown named his eight daughters to reflect his feelings at each birth. Eldest is Joy, second Summer born in July, third would have been Sorrow but was named Sarah instead. Fourth Tepe, twins five and six as Spring and April, seventh Harvest, youngest Comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naminas Hin
Wigtown
Sarah
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad
Grocer advertises Red Cross Ball Blue a large 2oz package for five cents. Aimed at households, it urges purchase for home use and features its low price and availability at local grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Passing to the Left English Custom Puzzles Canada
An essay contrasts left handed traffic in England and Canada. It notes trains never pass on the left in Canada and road rules differ, causing bewilderment for travelers. The piece recalls riding trolleys in Portland and St John and explains how drivers and horses interact on narrow Canadian roads.
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Canada
England
Portland
St. John
N. B
Trobbin
Maude
New York Sun
Grape-Nuts Endorsed by Health Board Official
Dr Tales of Food, president of the Board of Health, praises Grape-Nuts as a complete food. He cites personal recovery from malnutrition and heart palpitations after using the product with milk, claiming improved digestion and sleep. He urges readers to try the food and references The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Wellville
Indiana towns mourn and report local deaths and incidents
A Delphi child dies from scalding injuries while Judge Wood warns on railroad crossing dangers. Reports detail suicides and accidental deaths across Indiana counties, including a man who drank carbolic acid, a farmer injured by machinery, and a mother killed by a streetcar. Public notices cover marriages and a courthouse plan.
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W. J. Wood
Indiana Railway Commission
George W. Shops
Delphi
Fragmented humor and snippets from 19th century press
A collage of light comic dialogue and anecdotes from various papers. Jokes about actors, vergers, and domestic scenes mix with a remark on subway economics and Columbia College operating costs. The tone mimics a humor page with brief vignettes and quips.
Has she adopted a new fad head tilt and narrow doors
A clipped puzzle styled item notes a woman’s head tilt blamed on a new spring hat and narrow doorways. The piece riffs on social quirks with a humorous aside about habits and fashion. It then shifts to an ad blurb for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a brief boarding house quip about paying board.
Valuable health product praised by Well-Informed of the World
An essay praises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven family laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It emphasizes credibility through physicians approval and world acceptance and warns buyers to insist on the genuine product sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket
An ad style blurb promotes Cascarets in a portable enamel box for health, claiming they act like exercise for bowel muscles. The copy touts reduced dosing over time, non irritant effects, and urges buyers to look for the genuine Sterling Remedy Company product stamped CC G in a West Pocket box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Pocket
Sterling Remedy Company
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Carters Tea Pills
Re “Ash
Paxton Toilet CO
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BORAX
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Roosevelt
Congress
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
DR. Tales OF Food
Review OF Indiana
Argane V. Childers
Charles Thornburg
Michael Cassiday
Stop 10
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Marion Counties
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Danville
Logansport
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Schnitz
Walter Vaughn
Evansville
William Gross
Hartford City
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Shelby County
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Joseph Leffler
Chcit
Muncie
Allen Stewart
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Rowdy
Frank Huebler
John Loomis
Jeffersonville
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Detective Young
Lake Shore Railway
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Charles Roberts
West Seneca
Charles Watson
Vigo County
Indiana Reformatory
Cincinnati
Ira T. Loos
Professor Loos
Reformatory
Watson
James Forbes
Carthage
Thos. Thompson
Westville
Valparaiso
Mary Kelly
A. P. Lashee
Miss Simmons
Jasonville
William Frye
Hebron
Porter County
Cade James
Scott County
Lexington
Charles Wolfe
Greensburg
Richmond
Carl Hoffman
C. R. Hoffman
Seymour
White River
Samuel McDonald
Tyner
Kankakee
Momerate
Ereate Lodge Knights
Joseph McGowan
W. J. McWayne
Charles Edward Wagner
Will ¥. Welker
Vernon
Wagner
Veron Fanner
Vernon Journal
Aughling
Fort
Rome
Myndus Grace
Floyd County
Pago Commission
Soa
Indiana
Hanly
D. D. Mitchell
Martinsville
Whittaker
Ralph
C. E. Mowrer
George Hill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lugarsport
Yeep
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Elwood
Mr. Bambraugh
Dan Foland
Mr. Bambrough
Thomases
Laketon
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College Avenue M. E
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Linton
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Samuel Dougherty
Columbus
William Nortman
Transvaal
NEW _ YORK
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Prettyman
Philadelphia Press
Petro
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Laura
George
Columbia College
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