Peruna Promises Kidney Relief from Long-Standing Trouble
Letters from readers claim kidney and bladder issues improved after using Peruna and Manalin. One writer reports ten years of trouble improved after three months, another says four years of poor health resolved after two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin. The ads describe kidneys as filter of toxins and promote Peruna as a remedy.
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Tilos
Worthless Stocks Now Weighed by Worth Some Mining Shares
Downtown broker explains a $50 offer for mining stocks with a face value of $50,000 to demonstrate how creditors may view paper value. He says such requests come from bankruptcy scenarios where creditors seek to show funds were lost. Garfield Tea promoted as a blood purifier made from herbs for cleansing and health.
Distinction in London Ad Offers Journalist or Christian Man Flat
A London advertisement promotes apartments described as suitable for a journalist or a Christian man. The note highlights a targeting detail in period housing listings and reflects social norms of the era.
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London
Burglary Tale Turns On a Writer and a Calm Burglar
A writer feigns interest in a burglar who invades his study and, through wry dialogue, learns about plotting a new crime. The would-be thief abandons a loot plan after discovering the writer keeps cash in a safe nearby, and both part ways with mutual curiosity.
Kidney pills relieve back and kidney pain says farmer
James R. Keeler of Fenner street, Cazenovia, N Y, testifies he found relief from kidney and back pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills and Down's Kidney Pills. He reports two boxes restored him to good health and recommends the product sold by all dealers at 65 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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James R. Keeler
Fenner §T
Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Advice From One Who Knew About Changing Occupations
Judge Sweney recalls convict Montana Jack a humorist highwayman once jailed after changing his trade. Jack tells youths to stick to their current work, noting his own failed switch from burglar to highwayman and subsequent capture as the consequence of changing occupation.
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Sweney
Shasta County
California
Montana
Jack
Garfield's Perfect Laxative Promises Health claims
An advertisement extols Garfield’s Perfect Laxative as a natural remedy that cleanses and purifies the body. It asserts it relieves constipation, regulates the liver and kidneys, and promotes good health, mentioning its sieve-tea content and legality under new laws.
Normandy postcard shows modern Joan of Arc figure
A Bowen Normandy shopkeeper offers a postal card depicting a modern woman dressed as Joan of Arc in a thatched cottage at Domremy. The card portrays a local homage to the famed French heroine amid tourist mementos.
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Normandy
Bowen
Joan of Arc
Apimning
Domremy
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Patent Remedies Ad
An ill formed testimonial letter states belief in Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies sold by Wallina, Kinwas & Manein in Toledo. The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials and a 75 cent price per bottle, also advertising Hall's Pamily Pills for constipation.
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Toledo
F.J. Cheney
Met
Hhe Fen
Wallina
Kinwas & Manein
Hall
Eiaies
Crumonials
Czar Passes Time With Music And Verse Facts
A third grade teacher notes a pupil's devotion as he copies a lesson and mutters dammit under his breath. The czar, confined in his palaces, composes music and writes lyric verse, sometimes under Olaf. He has set some poems to music and owns a prized violin collection.
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Journal of Education
Olaf
Muaste
Grand Duke
D'Agasta
Muale
Nicholas I
Penalties of Eating from a Washington Physician
A Sunday Magazine piece recounts a patient who blames his troub les on diet. The man admits overindulgence in cucumbers radishes strawberries and ice water before bed and concludes a man has no right to drink ice water before retiring.
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Washington
Cure for Baby Eczema Through Cuticura Works
A parent reports eczema on a three month old baby improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Within days the condition eased and by six months the child was cured. The family spent $1.25 on one cake of Soap and two boxes of Ointment from Cutchura at 343 East 65th Street New York, March 30 1906.
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East 65Th Street
New York
Danger in Signala Card Game Slashes Fingers in Camp
A miner recounts a brutal incident in a Rockies mining camp where a card game ended with a pair gesture and a foe slashing off two fingers with a dirk. The aftermath left the players comparing luck whether a full hand existed or not.
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Signala
Rockies
Paul’s Otterly Clever Answer To Lightning Tale
Four year old Paul observed a summer storm in his western city and asked about the lightning. He agreed with his father until he whispered to his aunt that the sky’s streaks were God scratching matches, a humorous child’s reinterpretation of the phenomenon.
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Paul
Sunt
Worth Observing Quote From Washington Preparatory School
In a Washington preparatory school an instructor stated that every year a sheet of water 14 feet thick is raised to the climate from the sea. A freshman asked when this occurs, calling it a sight worth traveling far to see.
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Washington
Harper's
Whaling Growth in South Atlantic Centers on Falkland Islands
Whaling expands in the South Atlantic with activity around the Falkland Islands. Reports indicate 156 Sperm and right whales captured near the Island of Bouth Coorglia over a three month period.
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South Atlantic
Falkland Islands
Bouth Coorglia
Unkind Comparison of Women in Openwork Blouse
A fragment notes a social jab about women and dress, stating the man is tougher than the mate and remarking on how women dress. The text hints at a cold day scene and a reaction to clothing choices.
Edinburgh School of Oceanography Opens by Royal Patronage
The Edinburgh School of Oceanography was established largely through the efforts of W. & Truce, leader of the Scottish Antarctic expedition. The new institution was recently opened by the prince of Monaea.
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School of Oceanography
Edinburgh
W. &. Truce
Untitled fragment mentions Tin and chilling danger
A fragmentary note warns that Tin would die quickly from cold if exposed, describing immediate shock and fatal risk on a winter evening with minimal clothing.
A Great Man Speaks Without Prejudice
A notable remark defines a great man as one who delivers at least one speech in a lifetime that avoids bitterness toward sectional, racial, or personal prejudice.
Change in food works wonders in health
A testimonial promotes Grape-Nuts as a cure for dyspepsia. The speaker, a relieved user, credits the product with ending years of indigestion after following a doctor’s advice to eat Grape-Nuts each morning. The ad links nourishment to nervous system health and notes ease of digestibility for all ages.
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Uae
Wellville
The Greatest Menace to a Woman's Permanent Happiness
A 19th century health notice warns women of uterine disorders endangering happiness and marriage. It urges immediate use of a tonic claimed to strengthen the system and address symptoms like fatigue, headaches, backache, and irregularities to restore vitality and conjugal harmony.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Cure for Stomach Ailments
An advertisement asserts Dr Williams Pink Pills cure stomach trouble and related symptoms including loss of appetite tongue coating and dull headaches. It cites a Lowell Massachusetts customer Mary Blackpole who claims recovery after using the pills and extols benefits for anemia rheumatism and nervous conditions. The text notes prices 60 cents per box, six for 2.50, and lists the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY as the supplier.
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Mary Blackpole
Liberty Street
Lowell
Mass
Dr. Williams
Aman
Teething aid and proverb mix in scattered fragment
Fragmentary text blends a nursery ad line about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup with generic old sayings about patience and a proverb on Adam. The legible parts mention teething relief and a fisherman's patience, but no clear event or coherent story emerges.
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