South Carolina Senator Endorses Peruna in Dyspepsia Note
A U S senator from South Carolina in a Washington letter praises Peruna as a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach catarrh. He says he has used the medicine briefly and feels relief, calling it wonderful and a good tonic, noting Peruna tablets are now available.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Lon. M. (. Butler
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
The Necessary Evil and a Grammar Grippe Dialog
A humorous scene features a woman discussing a friend who drinks for comfort when not eating and a Kentucky colonel warning that after sixty it will be necessary. A Virginia professor educates students on using badly versus bad with a waggy student’s reply.
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Kentucky
University of Virginia
Kazi
Candles for Dinner Tables Emphasize Thrift and Longevity
The article urges housekeepers to favor inexpensive tallow dips over costly wax or prepared candles. It notes tallow candles last three nights when kept cold between meals and, used in porcelain holders, remain usable longer without revealing quality. Advises airing candles 24 hours before use to improve burn and brightness.
Save Soap Scraps For Cleaning Suds
Household tip advises saving every tiny soap scrap from toilet laundry and kitchen. Place scraps in a square bag without a drawstring, drop in used soap pieces, sew or tie, then dip in water to release suds for cleaning bathtubs marble bowls and washstands.
Corn Relish and Fruit Cake From Shared Kitchen Notes
A recipe excerpt details Corn Relish using corn, onions, cabbage, peppers, sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard and celery seed with steps to boil and bottle. It also outlines a fruit cake method with coffee, raisins, currants, eltron, spices, and a soda flour coating to bake two hours, yielding a dense loaf.
Pineapple Lemon Tapioca Cream Dessert Script
A vintage recipe describes soaking tapioca then adding lemon juice water pineapple and sugar. The mixture cooks slowly until nearly clear, then folds in beaten egg whites and serves cold with whipped cream.
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Jules
Traditional Greek style cookie recipe excerpt
A historic recipe lists ingredients: 1 lb flour 1/2 lb butter 3/4 lb suet 4 eggs 1/2 lb currants 1/2 lemon zest and juice 1 teaspoon cinnamon. The dough is dropped onto well buttered paper and baked quickly for crisp cookies.
White wall paper sets refined room tone in Cretan style
Women of refined taste seek relief from overflowed cretenne papers. White wallpaper paired with tasteful cretories transforms a room into a charming, eye pleasing space.
Dainty Chestnut and Cherry Salad Slice
A preparatory note describes slicing bleached Halland chestnuts and mixing them with chopped preserved cherries. The mixture is dressed with oil and lemon juice with paprika and served on white lettuce leaves.
Hickory Nut Pile Recipe Prepares Sweet Milk Bake
A recipe instructs mixing sugar bread crumbs tickory nur kernels and flour. Top with WW pastry cover and sweet milk. Drop butter chunks over the top and bake for a finished dish.
Simple Kidney and Rheumatism Remedy Promoted
Reader guidance describes a home made mixture with Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to cure kidney and bladder issues and rheumatism. It claims an eminent authority in a New York daily paper endorses it as the finest prescription for back ache kidney trouble urinary difficulties.
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Oan
New York
Vanderbilt anecdotes highlight the commodore’s democratic streak
The memory of Misa Gladys Vanderbilt spurs stories of wealth and humor. A tale recalls Commodore Vanderbilt greeting an acquaintance at a fancy resort, prompting his wife and daughter to blush as he casually recalls her early poultry trade and his own oyster peddling days.
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Misa Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Commodore
Life Aboard A Mackerel Schooner And Small Talk In The Home
A Travel Magazine sketch describes a 14 man crew plus skipper and cook aboard a mackerel schooner. Two man watches with aloft lookout and wheelman keep 2 hours on duty followed by 12 off. Half sleep forward with the cook. others aft with the captain. two shifts for meals and duties. A separate anecdote notes a conversation about hollow block walls versus frame houses and a visitor’s joke about locking a cat in the cellar.
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Travel Magazine
Coffee to Postum Switch Promises Easier Habit Change
The article argues quitting coffee is easier than giving up whisky or tobacco and that switching to Postum, well boiled with cream, tastes better than modern coffee. It claims a transformation occurs within ten days to two weeks as caffeine is removed and a nourishing liquid food replaces it. Read The Road to Wellville in The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
A Terrible Experience With Kidney Trouble
Roosevelt avenue resident B Frank Doremus recalls long kidney illness after military discharge. He suffered headaches dizziness sleeplessness swelling in a leg and severe pain before using Doan's Kidney Pills. Swelling reduced and urine normalized with pain relief, and he has remained well for nine years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Roosevelt
Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Huffalo
N.Y
Wunderchildrenable Flowers For Dinner
A child coins a long new word during a family gardening moment. Four year old Katherine asks to pick the wunderchildrenable flowers for dinner, after Harriet and Grandmother had agreed on calling certain blossoms children’s flowers. The scene ends with a peaceful household and a playful linguistic invention.
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Harriet
Katherine
Grandmother
Cure for Eczema Reported by Chicago Man
Walter W. Pagluseh of Chicago reports a year of severe itching and sleepless nights before using Cuticura products. After a single cake of Soap, one box of Cuticura, and two Resolvent Pills costing 125 cents, he was completely cured. TL Oct 8 and 16, 1906.
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Walter W. Pagluseh
Robey St
Chicago
Water’s soothing, hypertonic elements praised for use
The passage extols water for its soothing and therapeutic properties, noting that most people do not drink enough between meals and suggesting the human race would benefit from more varied water consumption, whether hot or cold.
Beechers Memory and a Signatures Misstep Tale
Justin McCarthy recounts Henry Ward Beecher telling of a Plymouth Church Sunday when he received letters. One letter bore only the word Fool and Beecher quipped that it is rare to sign a name and forget the letter.
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Beecher
Justin McCarthy
Henry Ward Heecher
Plymouth Church
There goes the blefeelin est man in town
A Puck-era aside mocks a passing figure described as vain and grand, criticizing his pretensions and comparing him unfavorably to ordinary townsfolk with sardonic wit.
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Pettyville
Tie
Puck
Gathering Ostrich Feathers From Flocks
Ostrich feathers are collected every eight months. Plumes are not pulled but cut with a knife. Stumps and regrowth occur as old plumes fall out and new ones emerge.
Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Blood Remedy Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Catarrh Cure as a blood remedy claimed to cure incurable catarrh. It mentions firms WaleeS Kinw An Matiran Wholdwale Dew Ov and Paraphrases of testimonials and health claims. The text ends with a quote about keeping the heart to aid speech from Leighton.
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