Nervous Woman Finds Health With Vegetable Compound
A woman recounts her recovery from irregularities and nervousness after failing with two doctors. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring regularity and health and urges others to seek the remedy. Also described is a Massachusetts fixture where rubber balloons and tickets caused a souvenir scramble as kids retrieved merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chin
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Massachusetts Avenue
Haarlem Oil Capsules Adverts For Eldney Disease Relief
An old advertise claim promotes Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for various ailments including back pain rheumatism and urinary trouble. The text asserts a two century tested remedy imported from Holland and promises satisfaction or money back and offers three sizes for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simos Moat
Haarlem
Bing
Hollan
Indian Calm and the Chief’s Quiet Reply
A mock interview features Indian Commissioner Malcolm Mc Dowell recalling how an Indian chief remained unfazed by an airplane. The chief’s calm response highlights cultural poise, noting the plane was built to do what it does.
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Malcolm McDowell
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns safety cross marking
An advertisement urges buyers to choose genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross and proper directions for use. It touts unbroken Bayer packages for headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and more with affordable tin box and larger package options. A quip about ear sounds ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groulne
Bayer
Paper in guest chamber hints at Holt leak amid family plot
Jean Harrington discovers a wallet with Jasper Holt’s water rights paper and a contract, amid talk of missing documents and a scheme by Harrington and an unfamiliar partner to seize Holt’s assets. She wrestles with loyalty, hears conspiratorial plans, and decides to safeguard the papers for Holt. A rider then departs toward the junction, carrying a heavy vow to help Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Harrington
Jean
James
Eleanor
Jasper Holt
Asper Holt
Harrington
Holt
Jasper Molt
Goodby
Lampa
Scathlin
Blount
New York
Jasper
Beathiin
Locaion
Thore
Garrett
Seathlin
Pittaburgh
Cally
Pittsburgh
Pineza Harrington
Lke
Hawk Valley
Junction Tavern
Fragmentary Inland Conversation Recounts Car Ride Encounter
An OCR fragment describes Duncan driving home when he passes a horse and wagon event, with a brief, cryptic dialogue about a wife in the back. Donald and a curious observer discuss the scene, ending on a note about a splash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Donald
London letter wit in Bookman teases engaged couples
Simon Pure writes in the June Bookman that a young man is judged by whether his fiancée can cook and by her talents. He notes the common response that she is a magnificent pianist and ridicules the idea that talent excuses practical shortcomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Pure
London
Bookman
Thin People and Phosphate Remedies Discussed
An excerpt discusses numerous preparations and treatments aimed at adding flesh and building arms to combat extreme thinness, noting many men feel their excessive thinness and seek remedies.
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Marcia Schuyler
Phoebe Deane
Victoria Gracen
Jim
Newt
Dean’s
Mia
Guat Johnson
Seventh St
Red Wing
Gore Harold V. Paterson
Notary Public
Dean
Bex Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
U. & Railroad Administration
J. L. Edwards
U. S. Railroad Administration
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Batonig
Pany
Blige Toe Ae
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