How to Hold a Husband and Dr Pierce’s Cure
A promotional article argues happiness in marriage comes from cheerfulness patience and youthful appearance. It touts Dr R V Pierce Favorite Prescription claiming it helps women with leucorrhea female weakness prolapse or falling of the womb and offers a reward for cure. Testimonials from Mrs T Dolan endorse the medicines and a medical adviser booklet is offered for stamps.
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R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
T. Dolan
Madrid
Perkins Co
Nebr
Swrites
Roosevelt support and party notes in political roundups
Political Paragraphs discusses Roosevelt as a unifying candidate and notes Indiana campaign vigor by Senator Fairbanks and others. It covers Democratic and Populist nominees, Hearst’s stance, and critiques of officeholding costs driving candidates from less wealthy backgrounds, ending with a reflection on American citizenship diminished by paid political service.
Book on Illinois Republican convention due this July
A Springfield publisher plans a 300 page illustrated account of the deadlocked Illinois Republican convention with 100 pictures. J McCan Davis, present at every session and author of the official proceedings, will write an accurate narrative to become a lasting piece of state political literature. The story will include undercurrents and the cost of campaigns analyzed with figures from 1864 to 1900. The work appears late July.
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J. McCan Davis
Springfield
Illinois
Davis
Lincoln
New York
Chicago
Hanna
Cowa
Republican Committee
McKinsey
Towa
McKinley
Topeka
Our Republican Presidents in 19th Century Vision
A Chicago clergyman lauds Republican nominees from Fremont to Roosevelt, praising purity of life and high ideals. The piece extols Lincoln Grant Hayes Garfield Blaine Harrison McKinley and Roosevelt as models of character, family virtue, and citizenship.
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Chicago
Ottawa Fepublicnet
Republican Party
John C. Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
Gen Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
James G. Blaine
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
First Catholic Priest Heads to National Convention
Father Emery of Henry Lil attended the Democratic convention in St Louis as an alternate. He claimed entitlement to a seat, stating there is no reason he should not be a delegate. Rev Fr Kniery was later elected as a delegate from the 16th Peoria district, identified as an anti Hearst figure and not an alternate.
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Portland
Oregon
Dispatch
George ¥. Roberts
United States Mint
Roberts
Alaska
Republican Party
Indianapolis
Chicago
San Juan
St. Louis
Father Emery
Henry
Lil
St Louis
LaSalle Post
Fr Kniery
16Th
Peoria
Gazette editorial condemns July Fourth celebrations
The Kankakee Gazette editorial page lobs a harsh critique of the Fourth of July, calling it a nuisance and calamity. It argues the day lacks patriotism and rational purpose, and notes the local department shares the sentiment about celebrating with license and barbaric displays.
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Kankakee
Parker and Davis Nominated by Democrats at St Louis
The National Democratic convention at St Louis named Alton B Parker of New York for president and Henry G Davis of West Virginia for vice president. Davis is over 80 yet wealthy. The platform was altered to please all factions and to remove money as a campaign issue, especially from the Bryan wing.
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St Louis
Alton B. Parker
New York
Henry Gastaway Davis
West Virginia
Bryan
Dr King's New Life Pills Promote Strength and Energy
A sales pitch extols Dr King s New Life Pills as transforming weakness into energy and mental power. The ad claims wealth building benefits and lists Dr Powell as the druggist selling the 25 cent boxes.
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Norking
Dr. King
Dr. Powell
Perfect Liver Medicine Endorsed by Mrs Jolley in Noble Oklahoma
Mrs M A Jolley of Noble Oklahoma testimonials Herbine as the perfect liver medicine and blood purifier. She notes it prevents fever poisons during malaria and sells for 50 cents at Dr Powell's drug store. The piece also reports federal militia funding for states and ongoing American naval ship construction amid Panama Canal expectations.
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M. A
Jolley
Noble
O. T
Dr Powell's Drug Store
Panama Canal
Bea
Great Britain
Ladies' Home Journal retracts claim on Doctor Pierce's Cure
In the May issue the magazine analyzed Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription noting digitalis opium and alcohol. A Buffalo firm sued for damages, and after independent chemist analyses found none of the ingredients, the publication admits the error and retracts the assertion to readers.
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Ladies' Home Journal
Ladies’ Home Journal
Curtis Publishing Company
R. V. Pierce Medical Company
Buffalo
Pierce
R. W. Pierce Medical Company
August Delineator presents fashion, fiction, and travel features
The August Delineator offers fashion plates and dress movements, kitchen and garden topics, and lighter Woman's interests. It includes three short stories by Rankin MacGowan Brady, verse by MacManus and Ruggles, an Edward Emerson Jr article on Japanese women in war, a piece on bodily symmetry in beauty, the Pioneer Women tale of Elizabeth Kenton, a world tour of the Mediterranean, summer cabin plans, and a lively section of children’s stories and pastimes.
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Carrol Watson Rankin
Alice MacGowan
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Lillie Hamilton French
Seumas MacManus
Hlizabeth Ruggles
Edward Emerson, Jr
Japan
Elizabeth Kenton
Simon Kenton
Mediterranean
First Railroad Milestone and Lincoln Bridge Prediction
William C. Brown spoke to the Illinois Manufacturers' Association on the birth of American railroads. He noted the July 4 1856 laying of the first U S railroad and the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with Charles Carroll driving the first spike. He cited 200000 miles of track and 1 189 215 workers. Brown also recounted the Mississippi bridge fight at Rock Island where Abraham Lincoln defended the bridge company, predicting more river passengers than boat traffic as the west grew.
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Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
William C. Brown
United States
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Mississippi
Rock Island
Abraham Lincoln
Great West
Do You Know Mme Qui Vive
Mme Qui Vive is famed for her Woman Beautiful column in the Chicago Record-Herald. She offers practical beauty advice without harsh methods, emphasizing healthy living through breathing, diet, bathing, and wholesome habits for women nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme Qui Vive
Chicago Record-Herald
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Powell Readers
J. E. and F. A. Powell urge readers suffering from indigestion or dyspepsia to call at once and obtain a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. They claim the remedy digests food, builds tissue, and has been endorsed by hundreds cured of indigestion heart palpitations and stomach troubles.
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J. E
F. A. Powell
D. C
Publishers Column Envelopes and Goat Card Prices
Envelopes plain six cents per pacsy with goat card on ten cents per pack at this office.
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George A. Burr
George Burt & Son Editors and Publishers
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Geo A. Knight
Theodore Roosevelt
John M. Palmer
Federal Pension Agency
Charles W. Fairbanks
Senate
Indiana
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Gov Dirbin
Congress
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James A. Hemenway
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Landis
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Thompson
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Neb
Hearst
William R. Hearst
Paul Morton
Navy
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Ohio
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Lacon
Hopkins
Quinn Co
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