Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Alabama Reader
A Munford Alabama wife recounts relief from Change of Life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with easing backache and stomach fullness and urges other women to try the product, noting it was developed by Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and offered with confidential assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munford
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra. F. P. Muollendore
Alabama
Lydia E Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Inkham
Lynn Mass
Designed Her Own Room How One Girl Carried Out Ideas
A girl creates a personal brown study by painting walls in yellow tan and cream, dyeing rag rugs, and sewing cretonne slip covers. She adds a yellow rose design to brighten furniture, frames a mirror, paints furniture cream, and arranges shelves and a blotter to craft a cozy, washable, bright space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airl
Button Party Invites Fun and Button Hunts
A light hearted invitation describes a Saturday eight oclock button party. Guests will hunt for buttons like peanut hunts, with ribbon bags as souvenirs and a contest tallying answers for prizes. Also details two button games played at the long table with brass and other buttons and secret hiding tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
To Pages the Time
Patron asks for a steak and requests occasional postcards from the waiter who is away, seeking updates on the situation. The exchange reads like a humorous, measured note on patience and communication.
More Than Ever Boosts Mental Labor Without Coffee
An Illinois woman reports losing coffee heart after twenty years and credits Postum with restoring kidney and bowel action, steady nerves, and renewed brain power. Instant Postum is now sold as a concentrated form, describing a quick, soluble beverage made by dissolving a spoonful in hot water with sugar and cream.
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Womad
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Dry Goods Contest At A Thimble Party
A hostess proposes a playful dry goods contest where players name a one word fabric or pattern for each occupation listed on cards. Examples include the artist in canvas and the banker in checks, with the minister in broadcloth and the prisoner in stripes as presented.
Wraps From Shawls Provide Evening Style Refit
A guide notes how to transform a fringed Chinese crepe shawl into a chic wrap without cutting. Create a Capuchin hood by looping a edge, adjust for size, and add a front clasp high on the left to secure the graceful drape.
Bonnets of Daintiest Design Complete for Autoist
The article celebrates fashion bonnets for car travel, noting they are soft light and comfortable with removable washes. Bonnets come in many colors with veils, various fastening options, and crown sizes to protect hair. One satin braid example folds flat for packing and suits automobiling with a veil.
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Daintiest
Wili
Jerdelf
Mondy
Julia
Bottomley
Helping the Little Fellow by United Shoe Machinery Co
The United Shoe Machinery Company presents a policy to aid small shoe manufacturers by leasing machines instead of selling. Rates average under 22.3 cents per pair based on output, allowing small shops to start and stay in business while the company keeps machines up to date.
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United Shoe Machinery Company
United Shoe Machinery Co
Boston
Mass
Adv
Sam Bernard Denounces Arrests of Foreign Dancers
At the Lambs in New York Sam Bernard defends the recently arrested foreign dancers as prudery driven. He compares the case to a hospital cold storage room where a partition separates the sexes, remarking on the doctor’s discovery of the division.
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Sam Bernard
the Lambs
New York
Clergyman Praises Dodds Kidney Pills After Dropsy Recovery
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania describes years of dropsy swelling and fatigue then reports swelling vanished after using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills. He states continued faith in the remedy and invites correspondence. Ads offer 50c boxes from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY with free Household Hints music and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Heslop
Wigton
H. Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Overnight Relief for Constipation and Indigestion
An article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a simple nightly remedy for constipation and indigestion. It claims quick relief without disturbing sleep, notes wide usage by former invalids, and offers a free sample by mailing address to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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A. B. Danner
Riley St
Harrisburg
Ita
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Women Should Not Smoke Says London Doctor
Dr Hargrave argues tobacco affects women differently from men and that most women do not need tobacco. He notes saliva changes are less pronounced in women and cautions against smoking for females while recounting a restaurant anecdote about nerve and social behavior.
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Hargrave
London
May Revive Old Law in Kansas for Plant Pest Crisis
An old warning out statute, unused since its passage in the early 1870s, is proposed for revival by Governor George H Hodges. The law would be employed in central Kansas to curb chinch bugs threatening crops this year after locust raids and grasshopper damage.
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Kansas
George H. Hodges
Special scalp treatment for itching scalp and hair loss
A dated advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a cure for itching scalps dandruff and falling hair. It instructs nightly scalp application with soft flannel then a morning wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Samples are offered via post card to Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Opinion of Senator Smugg and abolishing Congress
In dialogue, Joe Doe asks for views on Senator Smugg's claim presidents dictate legislation. The Old Dodger replies that the senator always talked too much and should have said Congress might as well be abolished and let it go at that.
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Squire
Joe Doe
Smugg
Joseph
Dodger
Virtue and Sin Rhetoric Highlight Moral Consequence
A concise aphorism asserts virtue earns its own praise while sin destroys its author by its hidden ruin.
Cleaning Tiles for Hearths With Turpentine Polish
Do not clean stained tiles with water. Wipe with turpentine on flannel and finish with a dry cloth to restore look. This method restores shine and avoids water damage on tiled hearths.
Brain Power Helps Business Mix with Success
A sharp mind boosts any venture, pairing intelligence with enterprise to drive better decisions and outcomes.
Howells Praised for New Leaf Mills Democracy
William Dean Howells defends his equality doctrine in praise of the novel New Leaf Mills. He quips that to shine one must be surrounded by darkness and that the cream of society does not stand on the milk of human kindness.
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William Dean Howells
New Leaf Mills
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