Found the Cause After Six Years of Kidney Pain
John A. Enders of Robertson Avenue Pen Argyl Pennsylvania suffered six years with back pain violent headaches and dizziness. A specialist claimed his kidneys were fine yet his urine showed reddish brick dust sediment. He began using Deans Kidney Pills and soon his kidneys acted regularly and he passed gravel stones. He reports no further kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Enders
Robertson Aveue
Pen Argyl
Mr. Enders
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tipping Endures Despite Attempts to Suppress
Paris Journal notes tipping is a persistent human custom, arguing tips cannot be eliminated though terms may change. The piece frames generosity as a timeless human virtue and mocks efforts to ban tipping.
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Paris Journal
Great Nerve Restorer and Various Remedies Ad in Paper
An advertisement fragment lists Dr. H R Kline offering a trial bottle of Great Nerve Restorer with a treatise, claims cures for nervous disorders and fits. Other products include Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Garfield Tea laxative, and general drug ads from H A Greens Sons of Adapta GA. It notes higher mine fatalities in America and Italy's convict rate.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H.R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Pas
H. A. Green
Adapta,Ga
The Best Cash Register
Dialog frames a shop attempt to sell a wondrous cash register as the customer notes his wife already handles all the accounting. The Manila style Philippines Gossip tone adds light humor about household finance.
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Philippines
Portable ranges spark kitchen debate at home
Mrs. Younghusband expresses interest in a new portable range while her husband notes the need for portable cooking utensils. The light exchange captures domestic humor on household upgrades in a Catholic Standard and Time article.
England's Ocean Graveyard at the Lizard Rocks
The Lizard coast in Cornwall is described as a perilous maritime graveyard with many wrecks and disasters. It notes the Spanish Armada's wreck near this landmark during attempts to invade England.
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Lizard
Cornwall
England
Persepolis Press Process Explained in Historic Context
A description of how Persian newspapers were produced using expert penmen and lithography. Printing types were avoided, and copies were assembled into page form for distribution. The note emphasizes craft over errors and the strategic use of mistakes to maximize output.
Postum vs Coffee A Grocer Shares Health Letter
A Cleveland grocer touts Postum Food Coffee in a customer letter claiming relief from nervousness and stomach troubles after giving up coffee. He says his own nerves improved after trying Postum and urges others with similar issues to switch. The message ends with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Cleveland
Wellville
Wise Words on Life and Death Across Thoughtful Voices
A collection of reflections from Channing Theodore Parker Charles Wagner John Page Hopps John Fiske Stopford A Brooke on immortality faith resilience and the self. The passages urge bridging mortal shores with the imperishable through spirit insight and universal care.
Air and Light Space in City Construction
A Minneapolis Journal piece argues against full occupancy of downtown lots. It notes a 100 by 100 foot plot becoming 160 000 square feet with vertical expansion yet reserves about one fourth of ground for light and air. It urges capitalists and the public to accept this sacrifice for better urban welfare.
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Minneapolis
Journal
Gas Engine on Gunboat Rattler First British Seagoing Gas Power
The British gunboat Rattler, loaned to the naval reserve, replaces steam machinery with a Captained gas engine of five cylinders 20 by 24 inches. It produces 500 horsepower, weighs 94 tons, and halves coal use, marking the first British seagoing vessel run on gas power.
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Naval Reserve Service
The Popinjay Target Tradition Described
The article describes the popinjay as a bird target used in practice. A variegated jay resembling a parrot hung on a pole served as the target. The hunter whose shot cut the string and felled the bird earned the title Captain Popinjay for the day and was escorted home in triumph.
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Popinjay
The Utility of Children Declared by Police Evidence
The Lancet reports police testimony that children are often hired to be removed for organs. It states the common wage is sixpence a day and that children have largely replaced monkeys in these arrangements.
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Lancet
Sympathy as a Moral Force in Society
A concise meditation on sympathy praising its power to overcome evil, strengthen good, disarm resistance, soften hard hearts, and draw out the better parts of humanity as expressed by George Moore.
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George Moore
Self Treatment with Cuticura Heals Severe Piles and Eczema
An eighty year old man describes enduring hemorrhhoids with bleeding and itching for years. After hospital surgery was advised, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with injections, reporting a month to reach health and continued maintenance, saving money on remedies.
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J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N
Rise of Manual Training in American City Schools
The United States has 1327 cities with 4000 or more population and organized public school systems. Manual training is now taught in 510 of these cities, up 90 in one year. In 1890 only 37 city systems included manual training.
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United States
Cheney & Co. Catarrh Cure Advertises 100 Reward
Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co. swears an oath in Toledo Ohio that the firm will pay 100 for every case of catarrh not cured by Hart's Catarrh Cure. The notice claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and invites testimonials. Sold by all drugs for 75 cents. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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City OF
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Cheney & Co
Hart
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ees
F. J. Cheney & Co
Voledo
All Drugs
Hall
Books Will Be No More Voice Records To Replace Writing
Paris scientist Dr Marago photographs the human voice with a magnifying instrument to read speech records. Experts believe voice recording eventually replaces alphabets and stenography, enabling phonetic messages on microfilm like zigzag lines. Telephonic conversations could become binding contracts, with printed type imitating speech.
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Marago
Paris
Dubuque
Prohibition Law Bans Liquor by the Drink in Michoacan
The Michoacan legislature meeting in Morelia approved a law restricting alcohol sales to bottles only, prohibiting sale of liquor by the drink within the state. Authorities enforce the new rule to curb on premise serving.
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Michoacan
Mexico
Morelia
Ink for rubber stamps made from aniline dye and glycerin
A note explains stamp ink is prepared with aniline dye blended with glycerin and that the dyes are available at druggists shops in New York.
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N. Y
House Work And The Silent Sacrifice
A wartime era appeal describes thousands of American women burdened by daily home duties. It argues the strain leads to pain and neglect, urging recognition and help for these faithful workers who keep families together.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Two Women
Mrs. F. Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs. W. P. Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania report substantial relief from female trouble after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. They say it enabled them to return to full daily work and urge other sick women to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
W. P. ‘Boyd
Beaver Falls
Facts for sick women and a pile cure ad
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ailments with claims of cures and invites letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts. Another ad promotes Worderfa pile cure promising no doctors and mailed small price from John Grover Philadelphia.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
D John Grover
Sping Garden Street
Philadelphis, Pa
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John Fiske
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Jersey City, N. 3
Frankfort Insurance Company
William Street
New York
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New Petty
Mother Gray
Olmsted
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Wabingen
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Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
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