Change of Life and Tiny Tales in One Column
An article combines a health advertisement for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aimed at women facing the Change of Life with a string of short comic anecdotes about children and family life. It includes patient letters praising the remedy and a collection of humorous vignettes about kids and common misadventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Certin
Lafayette Street
Bend
Ind
Pinkham
Lydia FE
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Lee
Winter Street
New Haven
Conn
Lydia EK
Butterfly Ties and Dainty Collars Highlight Fashion
A fashion note describes silk and embroidery details for butterfly ties and a high batiste tucked collar. It praises delicate lace stitches and refined collared edges, noting the collar’s elegant border and trimming as exemplary.
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies, Not Local
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed mucous membranes of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promises a $100 reward for cataract-caused deafness cured by its Catarrh Core, and markets Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Evolution of Household Remedies and Patent Medicines
An overview tracing how home made tonics and remedies evolved into the patent medicine industry. It notes early family confections like picra and hop tonics, the shift to larger scale production, and the case of Peruna developed by Dr. Hartman from Mennonite roots to a mass market remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Hartman
Wires and Winkles for Children Offer Soothing Gum Aid
A garbled obituary and anecdote recounts Harold Van Buren, late American consul at Nice, praised as generous and helpful. An anecdote about a benevolent judge illustrates caution in sentencing, noting kindness and consultation with colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mar
Harold van Buren
Nice
Gleitors
Riviera
Alphonse Karr
Karr
Woman recounts relief after kidney pills in Missouri ad
A Columbia Missouri woman Mrs J D Johnson details two years of swelling pain and heart discomfort following surgery. She credits two boxes of Deans Kidney Pills with stopping the pain and fluid buildup and reports no recurrence. Sold by Foster Milburn Buffalo NY and dealers for 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Johnson
GO West Hiclawan St
Columbia
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Fractured Train Ride Quips and Mourning Fashion Quips
A garbled account depicts a train dialogue about passengers avoiding jokes for safety and a remark on long mourning practices. The passage then notes a quirky belief among some Jewish people about wearing yellow hair during a second year of mourning.
Japanese House Etiquette and Cleanliness Noted in Spoktone
Wearso Inside Than Out reports Prince Hageba praising Japanese home care. He cites Japanese floors kept by many servants and recalls a London student who found a janitor’s doorway notice urging foot cleaning. The reaction included a humorous addition about exiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hageba
Spoktone
Ty Nation
Jayne
London
Cure for Skin Sore Claims Cuticura Regimen Healed Eight-Year Ailment
An 1900 Harper’s Weekly item reports a New York woman curing an eight year skin sore with Cuticura lotions after trying doctors and remedies. The ad notes a dollar fifty Cuticura dose and a swift weeklong recovery, with dates March 20 and April 4 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Hirschlaff
Columbus Avenue
New York
N. Y
Mare
Canadian West Impresses Newsettler on Wheat Yields
C. B. Olson recounts moving from Baldwin County to the Canadian Northwest to seek land near Salteouts. He notes 1903 yields of 24 bushels wheat and 35 oats per acre on 160 acres, 1904 yields of 2 wheat and 44 oats per acre on 175 acres, praising the country’s richness and urging others to work hard for a good return. He invites readers to contact Canadian government agents for literature and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskee
Dhoar
Saltenity
Baldwin
St.vols County
Wis
Canadian Northwest
Salteouts
C. B. Olson
Imnak Watton Club House and its curious nickname
A quirky dialogue notes a large building labeled the Imnak Watton club and explains its size as needed for youthful members. Garfield Ven advertised as a Pure Food and Drugs Act guaranteed remedy for constipation and indigestion is claimed to purify blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner
Guyer
Imnak Watton
Garfield Ven
Attorney General Hadley Denounces Corruption in State Bar Fight
The attorney general condemns trust methods and calls for wiping out occupation of unfair bankers and favoritism toward moneyed interests. He cites the Syracuse widow case and notes that accused officials are committed for trial as a minister offers solace amid financial ruin and personal loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Aissour
State Bar Association
Certa Trust
Dam Pure
Jawa
Syracuse
Indy
Officinia
Childish plea to recall a mother’s instruction
A mother’s instruction to remember 4 o'clock is told through a child’s words as she visits and plays with other children. The child repeats the mother’s request to not forget the time while resisting being kept from play.
Women and Marriage Change Health with Favorite Prescription
Article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women’s ailments from marriage and motherhood. It claims improves vitality, reduces weakness, and aids expectant and nursing mothers, claiming no alcohol or habit forming drugs and cites doctor endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Pierce
Allniene de Pieree Sing Oe
RK. V. Vieree
Invaiits’ Wotel and Surgical Institute
X Sultato
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Bates
Maro
Apposto
Harell
Albert
Paul
Johnny
Margie
Fred
Mary
Rosie
Mrs
Fred Certia
W. L. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. Ll. Douglas
Salley
W. L
Doug
Beockton
Gray
Childins, Horow
York Sty
Olmsted
Treen
Ghee Brown
California Fig Syrup Company
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Louisville, Ky
San Francisco
Cal
U.S. A
England
New York, N
Philadelphia Bulletin
H. W. Wiley
Henry Perkins
Henry
Winslow
Missouri
Chery
Chicago
Alent
Harper's Weekly
Laly
Don't Grumbie
Western
Chunda
Castoria
Infanta
Beara
Otter
Etemach
Jerace
LANDY
Liv Rem. Iy Cox
Chicago Or
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Titman
Washington
Dante
Best West
Leslin
Canada
Jackson St
Pinot, Mo
Wowrtown
South Dakete
Benue
Ely
Rolie
Ltito
Suell
Warren Street
Lo Convine von
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Crigeiste Or Hyed
Dhenieuahiog
Owe
Wb Prev Ty Thumm
Parton CO
Uoatun
Vendy
Siqua City BT
Wright
Lewiston
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