First Lessons of Womanhood and Dr Pierce Medicine
The piece discusses painful early womanhood and presents Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a preventative and curative for headache backache nervousness and other conditions from womanly weakness. A testimonial from Miss Stella Johnson urges others to use the medicine and notes lasting relief after five years of suffering. It promotes free consultation and a medical adviser booklet available by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Johnson
Brady Street
Dayton
Ohio
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Republican News Aims to Tackle Immigration and Reform
A Republican issue column surveys Leo XIII's legacy, American openness, and rising immigrant flows to Canada. It notes pension and land office trends, government spending near 651 million and a 48 million surplus, and urges public opinion as a reform lever amid debates on race, sanitation, and postal service reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Joliet
Quigley
Streator
Farmer family ponders Josh head fate after college
Farmer Corntessel recalls a phrenologist’s claim about Josh’s head. They sent him to college and now wait to see if brains or football hair dominate his future.
Jail Break Plots Linked to Chicago Women and Bank Robbers
A Chicago linked gang of crooks and a trio of women allegedly aided jail escapes in Waukesha Jonesboro and Aledo with plans hatched in Chicago. Dennis Lattimore and other bank robbers used disguises saws and fast horses to flee, while Shy Curley’s drugstore plot failed under sheriff scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Dennis
Frank Latimore
Waukesha
Wis
Jonesboro
Lil
Aledo
Dennis and
Lattimore
81St Street
Lowe Avenue
O'Neill
Lati
Dennis
Flaherty
Ill
Tom Hale
Big Moll
Frank Reed
Pennsylvania Red
Frank Leeds
Frank Springer
Shy Curley
Bertha McGuire
Curley
Springer
Boy Cured of Colic After Doctor Failure
A four year old boy with stomach cramps improved after morphine treatment failed and a half teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was given. The child slept within half an hour and recovered. Sold by Dr Powell in Shell Lake Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. L. Wilkins
Shell Lake
Wis
Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Powell
Walnut Grove Club Haus Camps on Lake Senachwine Grounds
A historical note describes the Walnut Grove camping and picnic grounds on Lake Senachwine near Bradford Slough. It details the club house 16 by 86 feet with sleeping bunks for 14 members mainly from Henry, the lease of 868 acres for shooting, and members from Chicago Peoria and Henry including John J Campbell A G Humphrey and others. It mentions the grounds lie opposite Walnut Grove across Lake Senachwine and near Undercliff club preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Grove
Senachwine
Henry
Swan Lake
Hennepin and
Undercliff
Chicago
Sidney C. Love
A. B. Eaton
Geo. W. Brown
Peoria
John J. Campbell
R. D. McDougal
A. G. Humphrey
J. F. Leavitt
I. D. Glenn
R. D. Shields
Phil Steimle
Max Sievers
Bradford Slough
Notable Verse and Medical Outlook From Historic Page
The page blends song lyric lines about the telephone with medical quips on cancer research and a humorous exchange about opiate use for an anxious wife. It closes with storm forecasts by W T Foster predicting a hot August and dangerous September, urging cautious weather preparation and naval readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Foster
DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve Trusts Brand Name
Advertisements urge buyers to seek DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and skin ailments. It warns of counterfeits and claims genuine product bears the HE C De Witt & Co Chicago name sold through Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
He, C, De-Witt & Co
Chicago
Dr Powell
Preventive tonic and legal opinions highlight public notice
An appealing ad promotes Electric Bitters as a preventive for self destruction with claims of nerve and organ support. The Attorney General Hamlin releases a 430 page biennial report of opinions, praised for clarity and value to public officers including assessors and the board of review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Henry Republican
Hamlin
Board of Review
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Montgomery Ward
Charles H. Bell
Jos. A. Konrad
Teweler
New Postoffice
Jos
A. Konrad
Int
GeoRge Burt
George A. Burt
George Burt & Son
Republican Office
Editors
Leo XIII
United States
Canadian Northwest
Canada
Pension Bureau
Ware
General Land Office
Washington
Susanville
California
Oregon
Walker River
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Sam
President Hayes
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Edmunds
Vermont
Sippa Hunton
Virginia
Postal Department
CLUB
Mooliie McGer
Whitefield Central
Chicago News
Jacob A. Melick
Kline
Henry, Illinois
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