Kidney Pills Endorsement Promises Back Pain Relief
An advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills cure backache and kidney troubles preventing diabetes dropsy and Bright's disease. It features W J Hill of Concord North Carolina praising the remedy after a personal trial and offers a free trial and mail order from Foaster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with price 50 cents per box.
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W. J. Hill
South Union Street
Concord
N. C
Justice of the Peace
Dean
Gibson Drug Store
Hall
United States
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Widens Trusted Fame
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York testifies to Pinkham's remedies' cure claims. skeptics fade as years pass and large numbers of women report relief. The article credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving women's health and gaining widespread professional respect.
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Frances Stafford
Mth
N.Y. City
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
America
Bfe
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Stone found in Thessaly boosts lithographic quality
Thessaly reports large deposits of lithographic stone opened for Ithographic use. Greek experts say the stone surpasses earlier European lithographic stones in quality. In Paris, anti Typhoid serum shows strong value with lower mortality in treated cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thessaly
Paris
Direct Descendant of Royalty Mia Promoter for Negro Exposition
A fragmented 19th century newspaper slice highlights Maria Bartholo, a promoter linked to the Old Colored Veterans World’s Fair, described as a descendant of a South American monarch. It includes various ads and notes about notable figures, medical cures, and a local case of rheumatism cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills, reflecting period sensationalism and commercial filler.
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Mia
Maria Bartholo
Old Colored ‘Veterans
Bute Marriage Dowry Awarded in Cardif Wales
From many applicants Cardif town council selects Isarah Ameiia Roberts, a domestic servant, as recipient of the Bute marriage dowry funded by the Marquis of Bute since 1897. The prize, about $200, honors the silver wedding?the mayor invoked the Cana miracle verses as the dowry was presented to the orphan bride.
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Cardif
Wales
Isarah Ameiia Roberts
St. Johin
Cana
A Freak of Nature Doubled Ash Tree in Waynesville
A curious double ash tree seen in Waynesville Ohio results from two trees five feet apart that fused at 16 feet high. The trunks measure 15 to 18 inches thick and together form a 70 foot tall tree. The origin remains unknown in this naturally slow growing species.
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Waynesville
Ohio
Get Close to the Soil Barefooting Prose Past Recall
A New York Press excerpt argues that rheumatism and illness arise from contact with earth and proposes barefooting as revival. It humorously contrasts animals and humans, noting captivity and footwear as causes, and recounts a man burying himself to seek health.
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Africa
Pacific Islands
Mother Earth
New York Press
Mishap with Bucking Broncho Proves Painful
A journalist recounts attempting to ride a bucking broncho, getting thrown to the ground after nearing the animal’s business end. Two friends helped him to his feet, and he spent time recovering in a groggy state. Since then his knee swelled and he suffers rheumatic pain, limiting his activity but leaving him a bit smarter.
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Bellbrook
Moon
Lady MacDonald Decorated for Red Cross Service
King Howard conferred the Royal Red Cross on Lady Maxwell Macdonald for tending wounded soldiers during the defense of the legations at Peking in 1900. Sir Claude Macdonald was the minister in China at that time.
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Lady MacDonald
King Howard
Royal Red Cross
Lady Maxwell Macdonald
Peking
Sir Claude Macdonald
China
Wesleyan Freshmen Prefer Dolls to Hoops in Public
From Middletown Conn comes word that Wesleyan University freshmen voted to carry dolls instead of rolling hoops and playing marbles in public. The uniform dolls will be dressed by each student and carried through town, signaling a satirical blow to education methods. Uncle Sam as a Good Fairy notes 260000 pounds of Richmond tobacco bought for the navy, a nod to the Jack Tar tale. An article on appetite argues that food eaten without appetite disrupts digestion as digestive juices fail without desire for food.
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Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan
Uncle Sam
Sam
Richmond Tobacco
Jack Tar
Death and world notes in a stray 19th century page
A collage of items includes mortality rates, medicinal ads, a cough remedy pitch, a moral note on financial gain from misfortune, a rail service notice to St Louis via Kansas City, a starch warranty offer, and a brief mention of South African hardships for soldiers’ families and investments in California wheat lands with Cuba mahogany cedar trade remarks.
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Western Canada
Besson
Wien
Womertead
Caneaa
Crawford
Walnut
Kansas City
Ikg
St. Louie
Kansas City Gateway
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Alton
I D. Cooper
Capetown
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange Colony
An Expensive Colony Germanys Chinese Colony Kyao Chan
The piece notes that since 1897 about 12 million dollars has been spent on Germanys Chinese colony of Kyao Chan and a new appropriation seeks around 3 million more. It mentions Lamont Multi Millionaire Daniel 3 Lamont as private secretary and secretary of war in Cleveland's cabinet, supposedly worth several million dollars.
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Germany
Kyao Chan
Lamont
Daniel 3. Lamont
Cleveland
Doctor on Food Experiments My Galion Physician Endorses Grape-Nuts
A Galion physician reports personal relief from chronic indigestion after using Grape-Nuts. He says the cereal is pleasant to digest, nutritious, and aids nerve tissue and blood formation, benefiting brain workers and patients alike. The physician cites improved digestion and overall vitality from the product.
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Galion
Poruna Mancioe Co. testimonial on Mrs Finn health recovery
A Buffalo woman Mrs J. E. Finn writes that after years of social life loss due to illness she found Peruna to invigorate her system. The piece claims nervous women suffer from catarrh and that Peruna cures catarrh and related female troubles.
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J. E. Finn
East High Street
Buffalo
Poruna Mancioe Co
Columbus
Ohio
America
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Missouri
Ladks
Mapimi
Cerritos
Durango
Mexico
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Yukon
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Jet
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Lan
Wagner
Jay Taylor
Charles F. Eaton
Santa Barbara
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Mich
Houghton County
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Culet
Dodd
Price
Bute
Freak OF Nature
Kansas
Dorothy Flynn
Washington
Oklahoma
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Washington Star
Globe
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England
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State Board of Trade
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Cuba
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Rbakes
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Pall Fo
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Boston & Maine
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Wabash and
Delaware
Lackawana & Western
Alsboro
New York City
Doetratt
Niagara Falls
Olive and
Eighth Streets
N. E. Cor
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Hires Co
Haivers, Paney
Clark Anderson
Tabor Opera Block
Denver
Colo
Los Angeles
San Theago
San Francisco
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Santa Fe
W. Hagenbuch
Pass
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