Peruna credited for la grippe recovery in letters
A number of readers from diverse places report La grippe and systemic catarrh followed by full or improved recovery after using Peruna and Manalin. Testimonies praise Peruna as a tonic and strength builder, noting health gains and renewed ability to work.
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T. Barnecott
West Aylmer
Ontario
Can
Jennie W. Gilmore
White Oak
Ind. Ter
Peruns
Manalin
Chas, E. Wells
Delaware
Ohio
Victor Patneaude
Madison St
Topeka
Kay
Knights and Ladies of Security
Seventeen Other News Bits From Global Conflicts
Eighteen injured in a passenger train wreck near Towner North Dakota. Reports say nearly a million in Japan face starvation. Incidents include a Russian assassination in Pal tav a and a fatal mine explosion in Delorme West Virginia. Much more in brief items across Russia Japan the Balkans and the United States.
Lost 72 Pounds From Kidney Trouble Dr Melvin M Page
Dr Melvin M Page of Erie Pennsylvania describes a severe kidney sickness in 1895 after iced drinks in New York. He recounts rapid weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds, onset of edema and pain, then notes Donn's Kidney Pills halted the trouble and restored health by 1896 weighing 188 pounds. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York at 50 cents a bar.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Donn
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Golf Course Established in Rome for Britons and Americans
In Rome a golf course was created to serve the sizable British and American expatriate community living permanently in the Eternal City. The initiative aims to provide a convenient venue for local players to enjoy their sport during residence in Italy. Hall's Catarrh Cure is touted as a constitutional remedy with testimonials and a cash reward for any failure to cure.
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Rome
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney &Co
Reminded Her of Henry Clay in Domestic Banter
A humorous vignette about a husband returning home drunk at 3 am finds his wife reading an American historical novel. He boasts about Henry Clay and their conversation pivots to whether she prefers him to be right or president. The punchline shifts to a playful remark about equilibrium and a dimple.
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Henry Clay
Anurzer Clay
Over Sea Habit and the Postum Health Cure
A Western state reader recounts coffee related heart trouble and nervousness. After switching to Postum Food Coffee the woman reports removal of symptoms and recovery of health following guidance from Postum Company. The letter promotes Postum as a drug free beverage and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Northwest Notes Battles in Northwest News Flow
North west notes report ex deputy sheriff P Davie of Umatilla county Oregon convicted of larceny, potential Seattle assay office head C Be Vilas named in succession to Wing, Montana events include death by suicide of Dan McMastern, Great Northern collision near Columbia Falls injuring conductor Charles Quinn, wildfires threaten Pine Bluffs and Cheyenne hay destruction, large funeral for Nevada governor Reinhold Sadler in Carson, cedar shingle mills in Washington resume after closure, Roy Gray injured in Sparks amputates leg, Nevada senate confirms several nominations, St Johns peninsula packing plant plans in Portland, vessel life preservers filled with tule reeds tossed overboard, Wyoming judge Parmelee appointed to state supreme court, University of Nevada hazing crackdown, Union Pacific double-track project delays, Reno crazy escape, Wyoming rail work expansion, fire at Senator Clark's Butte works, Wyoming Agricultural College case upheld for University of Wyoming, Denver mint opens with gold bars for coinage, Beatty wartime strike signals longer mineral belt extension.
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Dan McMastern
Montana
Butte
Bonner
Mont
Charles Quinn
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Cheyenne
Pine Bluffs
Salem
Nevada
Carson
Reinhold Sadler
Masonic
Washington
Roy Gray
Eureka
Cal
Sparks
Nev
Senate
Charles D. Ford
the Land Office
Denver
William 8. Graham
California
Merritt A. Baker
Wenton
Frank Jackson
Seattle
Multnomah
Olympia
Tacoma
Brooks
Wyoming
C. H. Parmelee
Supreme Court
van Oradel
United States
Roosevelt
J. E. Stubbs
University of Nevada
Mahoneyer
Union Pacific
Lookout
Hanna
W. L. Park
Green River
Kire
W. A. Clark
Clark Properties
Washoe
Anaconda
State Supreme Court
A Truly Ideal Wife Inspires Husband Says A Rich Man
A famed, wealthy man credits his wife as his inspiration and best helper. An older advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female health, urging readers to write Mrs. Pinkham for free advice and testimonials from women claiming relief.
Cleared Pathway for Girls Tale of Vermonter Market
John Davis, a tall Vermonter who ran a Burlington market thirty years ago, was famed for a long nose. One summer morning two Boston girls paused to stare, and Davis, smiling, slid his nose around his cheek and asked, Can you part?
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John Davis
Burlington
Hil Market
Boston
Davin
Pilgrim Rivalries Over Opera Privilege Spark Debate
Mrs Norlich questions Mrs Dallingtons lavish Mayflower era boast and its claim to wealth noting early settlers lacked electricity or modern comforts and her husband doubts Pilgrim ancestors could fund a box at a grand opera.
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Mrs. Norlich
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Cullowhee High School
Painter
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Jackson County Board of Education
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Jane Gift
Athens
Towner
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Japan
Filonoff
Paltava
Russia
Lubbock
Tex
Durham
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Togo
Ball Knob Mine No
Delorme
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Shusha
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Salemn State
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Chicago
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Philippine Islands
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William Clark
Dubuque
Iowa
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Miss Bruer
Minneapolis
J. G. Brier
Victoria
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John P. McCann
Hewlett’s Three
H. S. Howland
Madison Avenue
Price
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Springfeld
Nelden-Judson Drug Co
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F. A. Starkweather
W. Andro
Dd. H. Gregory
Regory
B. C. Morris Floral CO
Galt Lamb City
Adendal
Lab Fehl Wel
Jenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D
Pensions Finence
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Washington, D, C
Thompson
Salt Lake
Uiah
Denver, Colo
Hub
City of Nations
America
Dr. Earl
Sloan
Albany Street
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Northwest
Co. P. Davie
Umatilla County
Oregon
Pendleton
C. BE. Vilas
Beattie
F. A. Wing
W. B. Highle
J. H. Berry
Swift & Co
Portland, Or
St. Johns Peninsula
Reno, Ney
Bessie Ainsleyy
Mra Pinkham
Pinkham
Ainsley
Gil South 10Th Street
Wash
Lydia
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Dodds
SPI
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Shan
Memphis
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