Seven Years of Misery Relief with Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri recounts seven years of monthly pain weakness and numbness then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health enabling her to work in the home garden and greet guests She urges other women to try the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feeling indigestion and nervous prostration after other means failed
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Grandchild wrestles with grandparent logic
A playful exchange has a child Eustace insisting he has no grandparents because they died before his birth. An adult points out that grandparents exist regardless of lifespan, while the child reasons that if his parents had died earlier they couldn’t be his parents.
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Eustace
Brewer's Rule and the noon gathering at the grate
The passage describes a noon ritual where a wealthy brewer invites poor neighbors to warm by the grate and receive small gifts. The brewery grates are empty of occupants due to fumes, and one evacuee notes the host won’t help anyone who smells of beer.
Earl of Mount-Edecumbe’s Leisure Palaces Revealed
The Earl of Mount-Edecumbe plans multiple Tar palaces at his Mount-Edecumbe estate during the coming months. A gifted amateur architect, he pursues electric lit designs and shares these works with favored children of his circle. The piece notes riches cannot guarantee happiness and hints at the value of purposeful effort.
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Earl of
Mount-Edecumbe
London
Dairy Herd Improvement Starts With Proper Feeding and Selection
Purdue extension notes the need for better Iowa dairy herds and outlines three selection methods. Emphasizes performance records, proper feed, adequate barns, and replacing underperforming cows with improved stock via breeding to a purebred dairy sire and saving heifer calves.
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Iowa
Dairy Department
Purdue
United States
Indiana
Winter spraying for San Jose scale on Indiana fruit trees
Farmers realize winter spraying is vital as San Jose scale overrun Indiana orchards. Concentrated lime sulfur mixed at one to eight and a half gallons water is used to penetrate the scale wax and kill underlying insects. Apply with high pressure to every inch of the tree during dormancy to prevent reoccurrence and save trees.
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Indiana
San Jose
Paris
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute At
Buffalo
Womp’s Disceasary Medical Association
M. D
N.Y
Indiana State Corn Show Honors Franklin County Growers
J A Stainbrook earned the title Corn King of Indiana at the State Corn Show part of the short course program. He took first in the ten ear lots while J D Whitesides won the championship in the single ear lots. Both men hail from Franklin County.
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J. A. Stainbrook
Indiana
Mr. Stainbrook
J. D. Whitesides
Franklin County
Doan's Kidney Pills touted for women’s kidney relief
The ad argues kidney disease hits women through strain and worry. It praises Doan's Kidney Pills for backache dizziness and discolored urine with a testimonial from Mrs. F. M. Thill of Waterloo Iowa who credits the remedy with saving her life after doctors gave up.
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Doan
F. M. Thill
Waterloo
Town
Bev
Dean
Sidney
Stop Drafts Under Door With Sewn Paper Curtain
A simple method folds three sheets of paper to match the door width and two inches deep then covers with serge or cloth. Attach three brass rings and fasten hooks at the door bottom to hang the panel, creating effective cold air protection that can be removed and dusted.
Pimples Covered His Back Described Cure by Cuticura
A Kansas man recounts years of itching sores on his back that worsened into a painful mass. After trying various remedies, he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent and experienced rapid relief within weeks and near cure within months. He endorses Cuticura as best for skin diseases and notes samples are available by mail from Boston.
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W. A. Armstrong
Corbin
Kan
Funeral Sermon Lines Blur Death Loss in Rural Pennsylvania
A county undertaker stood at a Pennsylvania home after a neighbor died when the minister delivered a curious blessing. He declared that Joe Thomas was dead and offered uncertain hopes of heaven or hell, urging the congregation to be prepared to meet him.
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Pennsylvania
Joe Thomas
Witty Exchange Highlights Marital Bicker
A humorous dialogue features a husband and wife trading jibes about his indecision and her growing complaint that he lacks a mind. The man jokes that his attempts to settle matters have failed as she refuses to accept his reasoning.
Economy clash quotes a statesman and rival
A statesman asks what is your idea of economy and the reply says to make everyone except constituents get by with as little money as possible reflecting a partisan jab in a public exchange.
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Paco
Fragmented advertisements and quips from the era
A collage of sensational lines and promotional claims appears, including mentions of a mobile mouth joke, a widow, and a factory joke. Patent medicine pitches claim cures for constipation and piles with short, blunt assurances.
Jokes and roads in a Harper's Weekly quip
A humor sketch features editors debating a clichéd phrase about juries and a farmer on a main road. Pottleton accosts a hay-load rider asking directions to Claypool Junction, while the farmer quips about twenty years of wear on their shoes.
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Pottleton
Claypool Junction
Polieton
Harper’s Weekly
Dream of Becoming a Young Lady Moves Six-Year-Old Mary
In a morning chat, six year old Mary tells her mother she dreamt she was a young lady. She adds that the dream felt good but she felt rather fat. The exchange captures a child's playful vanity and curiosity about growing up.
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Mamma
Mary
Truth About Bluing Talk No 9 Detected
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a rare blue for whitening clothes. It touts a five cent large package and urges readers to ask their grocer. The piece ends with a Bradley quotation about thoughts shaping character.
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RED Cross
Murine Eye Remedy Promoted by Oculists in Chicago
Advertisement touts Murine eye remedy for red weak and watery eyes with granulated lids. Claims the product is compounded by oculists, not a patent medicine, and sold by druggists in bottles. Also mentions Murine Myo Salve and aseptic tubes from Murine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago.
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Yio
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Felt Rather Fat Dreaming Of Being A Lady
A fragment recalls a conversation with a mother and child about a dream of becoming a young lady. The dialogue hints at self image and aspiration, with a playful tone and incomplete ending.
Cole's Carbelisalve Advertisement Claims Quick Skin Relief
A vintage advert promises Cole's Carbelisalve quickly relieves burning itching and torturing skin diseases and stops burn pain. It claims cures without scars and lists prices 25c and 64c per bottle with a free war sample offer by J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Tatterdon Torn-D-Wot Drives Question On Love Rejection
In the fragment a character named Tatterdon Torn-D discusses drinking and a possible romantic outcome with a woman. The dialogue hints at whether she rejected him or married someone else, framed as a probing, humorous exchange.
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Tatterdon
Bromo Quinine Laxative Advertisements Mention
The passage markets Bromo Quinine as a laxative with claims of quick cold relief. It, along with a War era testimonial by BE Grove, highlights patent medicine style promotion. Also referenced is Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a generic remark about writing in 1911.
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BE. W. Grove
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Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battie Creek, Michigan
H. C. Mills
Purdue Experiment Station
Purdue University Agricultural Extension
M. W. Richards
la Corn King
Iren Tulle
Foster-Milburn Co
Mobile
Ella
Stella
Alabama
Jones
Bluing
Bradley
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
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U.S
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Orpar
Jean
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