Cuticura Ad Promotes Skincare and Household Substitutes
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin care and relief from irritation. It also suggests affordable kitchen substitutions during high prices, including evaporated milk, dried beans, and prunes for fruits, with notes on butter, cheese, and cornmeal usage.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
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Cure for Eye Ailments and Home Remedies Advised
An ad urged readers to obtain a 48 page eye care book from Our Readers in Chicago. It touts Murine eye remedy and Hy k remedies for various eye issues and eyelid problems. The notice also promotes tonics for liver and bowel troubles and claims many dealers recommend the kit.
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Chicago
Quack Patent Tonic Claims Quick Rheumatism Cure
An old broadside touts a simple medicine mix of syrup of sarsaparilla or toris compound with whiskey. It promises dramatic relief for rheumatism and urges readers to obtain ingredients from any druggist.
Whistle a Little Low Tune Inspires a Boy
Boston Herald notes a reminder to keep spirits up when creativity falters. A child is urged to whistle a gentle tune to steady thoughts, avoid despair, and prevent disturbing others while seeking calm focus.
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Boston Herald
This Will Interest Mothers Sweet Powders for Children
A historical ad touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children claiming cures for feverishness headache and teething disorders with fast relief from colds in four hours. It promises harmless use and broad availability through druggists and mails Allen Olmated Le Roy New York.
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Potato Bug Tales for Faith Hope and Charity
Ethel recalls bedtime stories of Mr. Potato Bug and his three children as they tease and help their father. The tales mix chores with playful adventures from the potato hills culminating in a high corn stalk swing and a family night at home.
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Faith Potato
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Potato Bug
Mater
Faith Potato Bug
Tim Shanestars
Mr. Cricket
No Escape From Frat Time Dinner Woes
A New York Herald excerpt describes Mrs. Smith hiring a cook at high wages, enduring careless service and vapid meals. After cooking for herself, she offers a bold plan to her husband to skip the hire and save money for a different cook. The husband’s reply hints at lasting frustration with the situation.
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New York Herald
Sloan's Liniment Relief Claims Highlight
An advertisement extols Sloan's Liniment as instant back pain relief replacing massage and plasters. It asserts deep skin penetration, faster relief, and lasting benefit, touting personal testimonials from a user at 1100 Oth St who reports total pain elimination and regained function.
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Oth St
Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Pain Relief
Sloan's Liniment claims to ease rheumatism neuralgia and muscle joint pain with bottles priced at 26c 60c and 1.00, presented in a vintage ad style.
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S Sloan
London taxes show 1906 07 receipts and items of expenditure
Government blue book lists London cap and council city corporation and others with total receipts of 25 963 754 and spending of 24 487 448 excluding loans. Major outlays include administration of justice education highways lighting housing and public safety linked services.
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London
London Capand Council
City Corporation
Justicn
Ina
Svsvesvese
Joe and the turkey tale and wall coating ad
A fragmented local scene includes a boy Joe chasing a turkey with dialogue about clothes plus an advertisement for Alabastine wall coatings. The ad touts adhesive walls paint, insect and germ resistance, easy application, color plans and a free color kit from the Alabastine Company in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Grandville Avenue
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fberal
A New Sense From The Delineater
Lillian causes merriment at the table by criticizing the mineral water. When her mother asks what it tastes like she replies that it tastes like her foot is asleep.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Nationwide Cure
$100 reward advertised promising a cure for catarrh and related ailments. The ad asserts the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and guarantees results with a $100 payoff for any uncured case. It includes testimonials and an order address in Toledo Ohio.
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F. J. Cane R Co
Toledo
Spohn Medical Co
Sitinitt
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
Choice of Evils and Pills Spark Lively Debate
A magazine quote cites Mrs. Peckem on 75 percent of male criminals being unmarried, prompting Mr. Peckem to mock matrimony. The ad copy promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion and Pazzo CL for piles, claiming rapid cures in days. The piece ends with a reflection on loud talk not guaranteeing respect.
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Mrs. Peckem
Peruna Offers Free Sample Bottle for Tarrhal Troubles
Reader notice from the Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio offers a free sample bottle by mail to demonstrate Peruna’s value in tartral troubles. Readers are urged to include a department reference and describe their case with a physician’s free advice and health literature.
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Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
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