Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Satisfied Patient
A Columbus Ohio reader reports relief from nervousness headaches and other symptoms during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The ad invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham and cites widespread cures for female ills.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Pinkham
Truth and Quality claim for Syrup of Wigs and Elixir of Senna
An advertisement asserts truth and quality of a laxative product promoting Syrup of Wigs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective remedy. It emphasizes gentle cleansing, no after effects, natural action, and physician approved ingredients. It warns to buy the genuine California Syrup manufactured product from leading druggists.
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Senna
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Costs Money to Live There in Dawson Klondike Life in 1898
A miner from Portland describes Dawson prices high in the Klondike with a population over 2000 and costly goods. Newspapers cost 2 cents per copy, meals at restaurants run about $10, beer and champagne $1, shaved ice 25 cents, a bottle of beer a nickel, butter $1 per pound, boots $35 per pair, shoes $5, socks 4 cents, and collars 3 cents, illustrating a town of expensive living.
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T. F. Bean
Portland
Oregon
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The Mother's Last Song by Barry Cornwall
A poem fragment in archaic diction details a doomed romance and escape to a sunless land. The speaker laments lack of work and bread while plotting to flee with a beloved to a deathly embrace beyond moon and star.
Canadian Homestead Letters Promote Western Canada
A Prairie era letter from Paynton Saskatchewan dated December 10 1907 extols homesteading in Western Canada. W A Spice recounts moving from Montgomery Iowa to a 25 mile north homestead, notes mild post-breakup weather and late spring, yields of oats and wheat, abundant stock and game, timber from government at six dollars per thousand, wild fruit and plentiful fish, and praises Canada as a money making and good life location. He quotes favorable observations from other settlers and references visits to Turtle Lake and Des Moines area landowners who moved north.
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Des Moines
Canna
United States
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Short Names in a Southern Scene Nonsense
A narrator recalls a Richmond visitor meeting a small coal-black boy who calls himself Gen sunto and explains that his long name Genesis-XNXM-03-So-shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come Washington Carter is shortened to Gen for short, illustrating racial naming stereotypes.
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Richmond
Washington Carter
Gen
Mike
St Alban
Hal
Eay
Jake
Ball
Towcester
Stephen Gardiner
Henry
Stratford
London
A Close Call at a Fancy Dress Hall and Palm Beach Talk
A young man named Paul fractured his pantyhose during a dance at a fancy dress hall and returned home by shawl. Evelyn Swellington was seen mentioning Palm Beach plans, then California, as Chicago News notes blessings in sulky tones and a playful exchange over a musical request.
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Paul
Headache Causes and Old Courtroom Anecdotes
From October to May colds are the leading headache trigger. A Brooklyn Times note recalls Justice John M. Harlan using a golf game to illustrate evidence evaluation and the folly of trusting misleading advertisements.
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Brooklyn Times
John M. Harlan
Chevy Chase
Justice Harlan
No Spellin Man in a Stenographer’s Office
A waistcoatless man with a diamond shirt stud bursts into a New York hotel stenographer’s office asking to write a letter claiming wealth from horse bets. He fumbles spelling Narragansett and declares he is heading to Narragansett Pier for two weeks as the typist struggles to spell.
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Everybody's Magazine
New York
Narragannett Pier
Narragansett
Newnort
Postum Eases Music Student Nervousness and Improves Practice
A music student reports severe nerves hindered daily practice until drinking Postum substitutes coffee. After a cautious switch beginning in September, symptoms reduced by November, restoring concentration and regular study. The student praises Postum as superior to other beverages and urges others to try it.
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Tom
Maleloe
Theis A Remson
Iostum Co
Hatibreek
Mich
Wellville
Pga
Story of Francis Cludde A Romance of Queen Mary's Reign
In February 1565 Francis Cludde witnesses covert plots in a London inn as he pockets two sealed letters and a dangerous royal warrant. A jailhouse encounter with a relentless bailiff tests his nerve while a forged royal persona buys him respite and a night of uneasy sleep before peril returns at dawn.
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Meurice Berkeley
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Clirenne
Gardiner
Petronilla
Ming
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Beratford Moat
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