Nervous dyspepsia cured by Williams Pink Pills
Des Moines resident Mrs. J A Wyatt near starvation due to gastritis and other digestive troubles finds relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports vomiting subsided, nourishment restored, and regained appetite within weeks. Pills sold by druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady N Y. Also notes a Siamese king gift thimble and other historical curiosities about salt and funeral phonographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wyatt
Seventh Street
Des Moines
Bob
Alster
Lia
William
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, N.Y
A Perfect Hand in American Advertising History
A portrait of a woman’s hand used in Postum and Grape Nuts ads illustrates how a private image became a public sensation. The hand’s owner kept anonymous to entice readers to await the owner’s name, highlighting the link between art, commerce, and household familiarity with large manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Post
Advertia Teing Department
Friends of Postum
Postum Co
Convict Louis Lang and Pearl Escape with Riches in Chase
Lang and Pearl defeat Hawks gang in a dramatic chase at the fair grounds. Louis uses a wagon ambush and horsefighting to outrun pursuers, escapes with over a million in wealth, and flees toward a railroad station with Pearl guiding the way. News reaches Chicago as the couple’s bold plan succeeds and their marriage is later blessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hawke
Lang
Ald Lang
Fair Grounds
Lous
Pearl
Louis
Hawks
Wife
Lang Kea
Flash
Law
Laula
Layla
Louia
Bill Hawks
Chot
Bin
Fou
Earth
Uals
Gillatina
Winchester
Touts Tang
Louly
King Seliller
Dr. Huntington
Jim Denver
American Express Company
Chicago
Sage Counsel Tells How I Escaped a Losing Suit
Russell Sage recounts advising a clerk to present the opponent’s case as if it were his own before filing suit. He recalls a Troy lawyer who said the case could not lose when viewed from the other side, guiding the clerk to avoid unwinnable litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Rosa
Sage
Sensible education views echo Aunt Charlotte tale
Mrs Russell recounts a story of Aunt Charlotte, a Maryland Alabama grandmother, who rejects schooling. She claims to teach her son Jonas by laboring in the field while claiming literacy by eye and hand, illustrating practical but flawed methods. The anecdote contrasts education ideals with lived experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Henrietta Russell
Charlotte
Alabama
Chile
Jonas
No Sailor in His Eyes in Harpoon Marry Tale
In New London the bellboy at Pequot House asks Capt. De Witt Packard of the Arrow if he has ever caught whales. Packard replies he has never shipped a whaler and denies shipwreck, desert island, cannibals, or serpent bites. The boy leaves, declaring he is no real sailor and should stay on land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pequot Hrouse
New London
de Witt Packard
Packard
Tearkerchiefs and Panama rumors in Kipling tale
A Tyrol wedding custom features a tearkerchief carried from home to the coffin after marriage. Frank N. Doubleday relays Kipling’s story about a Panama revolution rumor and Roosevelt, noting the president’s sharp reaction when Doubleday sought a joke in Washington.
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Tyrol
Frank N. Doubleday
New York
England
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Cape Town
South Africa
Dr. Jameson
Panama
Th c
Anal Zone
Repubic
Roosevelt
Jameson
Doubleday
Washington
Qualleday
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Siam
Sall
Seattle
Sullivan County
Ohio
Congress
George
Ita
Morris Butler
Chatiea Morris Butler
Louis Lang
Paris
Price
DR. Price
Dr Price
Diemer
Monufactant
Springfield
C. Fleischer
Wells Bidg
Milwaukee
Wis
Martha Washington
Marthe Washington
Mayer
Maria Washington
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe CO
Milwaukee, Wis
Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine CO
Sox
Iowa
Defiance
Sower's
JEU Tower CO
Bostoh
Mass
TOWER
CAMABIAN CO_Limited
Toronto
Can
Rene Ae
WWC
C.-C
H.S. Howland
Madison Avenue
New York City
Cuttachia
Oumabe
Neu
Uae
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