Young Women May Avoid Pain Ad by Pinkham’s Remedy
Mother’s testimony from Buffalo New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from monthly back and side pains irregular periods and related symptoms. Ad advises other young women to seek helpful advice and write to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential replies for women only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N.Y
Lydia E. ,Pinkham
Matilda Kurtzweg
High St
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Cottage for Two, a Plan That Proves Space and Comfort
Raymond Comstock argues in Countryside Magazine that a well designed small house with ample light air and practical room layout proves both possible and satisfying for young couples. He contrasts the cottage’s economy of space with city apartments and ambitious country mansions.
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Raymond Comstock
Countryside Magazine
Don’t Lose Your Hair Hair Care Ad Promotes Cuticura Remedies
An advertisement claims Cuticura Ointment soothes irritated scalp with dandruff and itching, followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo. It promises relief from hair loss and dryness and offers a free sample by mail via Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Ceurby Mail
Adérers
Allen & Olmsted
le Roy
Fishing trip plans hit snag in joke exchange
A fat plumber and a thin carpenter discuss a fishing trip in a few weeks. The carpenter balks, fearing his wife’s reaction, then reveals he’s saving his excuses for housecleaning time.
Paris seeks systematic town plan after devastating fire
Paris Tex rises from almost total destruction to plan rebuilding under a town planner. The piece notes the value of pre fire planning and cites Detroit San Francisco Chicago and Cleveland as examples, arguing a thoughtful layout could have reduced later costs and chaos.
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Paris
Tex
Detroit
San Francisco
Chicago
Cleveland
Chicago Herald
Open Garden House for Arbor Style Seating
The garden house illustration shows a complete structure needing only vines for embellishment. A skeleton roof of rafters, with no sheeting or shingles, can be covered by vines to form an arbor. Seating can be built in or use movable benches or chairs.
Urged Cultivation of Trees by Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher urged New England to plant and care for trees along roads and towns so the region could become a grand arboretum. He argued with taste and liberal funding, one town’s example would spark others to join the effort and transform every road into a green, exemplary corridor.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Norweood
New England
Roses for Oregon schools from university gardens
Each spring the university gardens send 3,500 hardy rose bushes to be transplanted in school yards and public buildings across Oregon. Rose slips are pruned from campus bushes and distributed next spring, with twelve to twenty bushes per package to high schools, libraries, hospitals, and other institutions.
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Oregon
Clean Streets Linked to Health Improvements in Cities
Discussion on municipal health schemes stresses clean streets as essential. Proper handling of sanitation questions is credited with contributing to declining death rates in major American cities.
Cleaning Up
A compact Chicago Herald saying a person who cleans his own house is greater than one who talks about running a city. The note emphasizes personal responsibility over public rhetoric.
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Chicago Herald
Nuisance over free telephone facilities spurs complaint
An angry letter in the American Magazine mocks neighbors who demand free phone access. The writer details nightly disturbances and intrusions from calls. He cites an extreme option to sell the home or build a glass porch booth to isolate neighbors from phone use.
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Mrs. X
Jack, Jr
Baby Betty
Mrs. Y
Baby
Evolution of a Senator in Harper's Weekly Satire
Before election a future United States senator is meek and eager to please. He handles babies and jackpots as campaigns demand. Privately he plots a dignified image and a bill for Sagebrush Valley irrigation while others press favors. The piece mocks early career naivete and the perilous lure of power.
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United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hall of Congress
Sagebrush
United States Senate
Harper’s Weekly
Deadly Industry in Champagne Cellars
The work of turning bottles in champagne cellars is dangerous to workers not by obvious hazards but by extreme heat, darkness, and isolation. Men spend eight to ten hours daily in semidarkness turning over bottles, degrading nerves and health and shortening careers to middle age.
Stevenson Letter Critiques Henry James Style In Witty Note
The text presents Robert Louis Stevenson writing to Henry James with refined humor about removing words like immense and tremendous from Roderick Hudson. He compares James to a meticulous stylist and uses playful metaphor to suggest editing sheets as if cleaning a cathedral. The exchange shows literary camaraderie and mutual critique.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry James
Roderick Hudson
R. L
All Conquering Faith and Love In Daily Life
The Quiet Hour urges practicing love and patience toward neighbors. It counsels doing good without boasting, staying gentle in conduct, and recognizing those around us who suffer. The passage emphasizes faith in nature and cause and effect, plus unwavering belief in humanity.
Protection work boosts appreciation of birds and migratory law
The text notes growing appreciation for birds where protective organizations work with people. It claims the migratory bird law is already showing an increase in bird numbers.
Bacteria Survive High Heat Water near Boiling Point
Some bacteria endure near boiling water temperatures and are classified as thermophiles. They resist standard heat levels, challenging disinfection and health safeguards.
Camp wagon construction and bubble blowing craft guide
The article outlines building a camp wagon from wheels and iron pipe with axle work, wagon box, and frame details. It also explains homemade bubble blowing with soap, water, a funnel, and common household tools, plus steps to adapt the wagon seating, covering frames, and steering lines.
Concrete to Reinforce River Banks Using Fast-Setting Cement
United States bureau of standards researchers report that adding four percent calcium chloride to cement mixing water doubles concrete strength in one day and yields early hardening. The rapid hardening enables concrete revetments along the Mississippi to replace time-consuming willow mats and hold the river’s current to the banks.
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Mississippi River
United States Bureau of
Missouri
The Strong Withstand the Heat of Summer Better Than the Weak
An old adage suggests stronger people endure summer heat better. A quoted Mr Comrox boasts about grand opera interest though admits inability to sing well. The notice promotes Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic to strengthen feeble elders and weak youths against summer heat. 50c.
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Mr. Comrox
Grove
Antisuffrage Ad Sparks clash over modern girls in Brooklyn
Robert W. Chambers cited in an antisuffrage address in Brooklyn. The speech mocked modern women who pursue vote rights and athletic careers. A tea-table exchange featured a witty retort from a matron arguing heaven already chose men for the future.
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Robert W. Chambers
Brooklyn
Wells and Shaw
Millions Use Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement
An old advertisement claims millions of housewives use Red Cross Ball Blue and that yearly sales rise. It promises the product will make old clothes look like new and urges readers to ask their grocer for it.
Tommy and Jack Wait for a Sneezing Sniff
A sick boy Tommy invites his friend Jack for tea. They play hide and seek. Tommy hides behind an arm chair while Jack calmly lies on the rug by the fire and refuses to search until he sniffs.
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Tommy
Jack
Quite Familiar Dialog on Reincarnation and Hash
A conversation fragment shows Tiger asking about reincarnation while noting daily consumption of hash, reframing the idea as a culinary joke and philosophical musing. The exchange juxtaposes metaphysical curiosity with casual, edgy humor.
Tintype Reflects Old Likeness Beyond Modern Photo
A tintype captures a real likeness in an era before modern photographs, offering a stark contrast to today’s digital portrait. The statement suggests that the historical image holds authenticity overlooked by contemporary photo methods.
Not Exactly Comforting Scripture Anecdote at Meeting
Rev W Fullerton of the Baptist Missionary Society relates a mission memory at a Bible Reading association anniversary. A man recounts comforting his wife on her sickbed by reading from Proverbs, ending with her death after finishing the book.
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Bible Reading Association
W. ¥. Fullerton
Baptist Missionary
Soociety
Westminster Gazette
Freckles: New Double Strength Ointment Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts ethine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles. It claims applying a small amount twice daily will fade dark spots and clear the complexion, with a money back guarantee if unsuccessful.
Human beings in history walk in without airs
A Boston Globe quote notes that the people who live in the hearts of men are the human beings like Lincolns Twains and Whitmans who travel the world in shirt sleeves. The price of admission to the great human show is to drop selfishness and pride and simply pass the doorkeeper with a wink.
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Lincolns
Mark Twains
Walt Whitmans
Hfe
Boston Globe
He Wanted to Know Samson’s Strength and Length
A mother and child exchange questions about biblical Samson's strength and the length of his exploits. The boy asks who the strongest man was and how long he remained champion, and the mother confesses uncertainty about the details.
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Johnnie
Samson
We Can Build The Ship Without An Appropriation
Noah declares they are in luck and they can proceed to construct the ship themselves without needing external funding. Japhet questions how they will proceed while the plan moves forward under their own resources.
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Noah
Japhet
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