Frisky Fray and Health Advice From an Old Page
A miscellany of excerpts notes medical claims for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to aid women with back pain and fatigue. It also recounts a stray telegram misread, rustic farm tips on hog handling, celery growing, and various household hints, including butter market timing and preventing vine rot with copper sulfate.
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Frankie Orser
Boston
Mass
Dean Mrs. Pini
Lydia
Pinkham
Frankie Owen
Warrenton St
Pinkiam
Alun
Aily
Ilyas Far Seu Marvey
Uejrotatl
Michigan
Nile
Ety
Commission
North Carolina
One Man Corn Sled Work Affects Clover and Farming
A Kansas farmer discusses corn handling and sowing clover arguing against delaying sowing due to rising seed costs. He notes labor waste in handling corn and prefers streamlined methods. The piece mentions practical farming advice from Arehle Orange and Maryville editors, plus a local farming contest offering a prize for farm product yields.
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Eli
Hais Yken
Arehle Orange
Qolesburg
Kan
Maryville
Nadaway County
W. Ry Bosley
Ravenwood
Peruna advertisement letters praise Hartman remedies
A collection of testimonial letters dated 1807 and earlier extol Peruna and Manuka remedies for catarrh constipation and other ailments. John O Atkinson and John C Atkinson claim long cures and urge others to use Peruna with strong endorsements. The letters describe systemic catarrh and lifelong benefits attributed to following Dr Hartman’s directions. They invite readers to write for free advice and highlight Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Euterrh
John_O. Atkinson
Atkinson
Sam Strilured
John C. Atkinson
Moe
Perogs
Peroni
Perona
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Oy
Farming Seeds and Quirky Quotes from a Hash Hallway
A fragmented column notes a landlady questioning butter from the Turkets and remarks on a Canadian trip, while a boarder jokes about exercise. It then touts Moravian Barley and Speltz as seeds for growth across Dakotas and western states. Salzer Seed Co. advertises a grain and farm seed catalog with samples via mail order.
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Meyer
Michigan
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Snizer
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wir
O. N. UV
Fale Warning and Odd Verse Note in 1902 Letter
A quirk filled note from April 15 1902 includes a playful rhyme about a policeman and a claim praising Piso's Cure by R E H Seldel of St. Louis Missouri. The piece also mentions defective teeth and a casualty figure stating 2451 soldiers were invalided home from South Africa during the war.
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Piso
R. E H. Seldel
Olive Street
St. Louis
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