Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Says It Fights Tumors
An old testimonial-heavy advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound conquers tumor growths and female illnesses. Letters from women across states praise cures and urge use, with warnings to seek the product via local druggists and to write Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Fry
W. Colfax Ave
South Bend
Ind
Pinkham
E. FP. Hayes
Ruggles St
Foston
Mass
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
British Government and American Food Stuffs Contract
The British War Office placed a large canned meats contract with Libby McNeill Libby of Chicago after a competitive tender involving England Canada Australia and Brazil. General Clayton says Britain is highly satisfied with Chicago foodstuffs and will supervise packing with British representatives, trusting U S Pure Food regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
British War Office
Avery
Libby, McNeill & Libby
England
Canada
Australia
Brazil
Clayton
War Department
London Standard
Britain
United States
America
Fifteen Years of Eczema Healed in Six Days With Cuticura
Edward Worrell of Port Crook Nebraska describes a long battle with eczema on hands arms and legs. After six days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the itching stopped and sores disappeared. He served with the 20th U S Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Worrel
Bund 20Th
U. S. Infantry
Port Crook
Nebraska
Atchison man repairs parlor with scratching patch
Verse shows a man in Atchison with rough trousers praised by Vic for patching. A Henderson character is teased as a tall rail with suspenders fixed by a nail. A city editor tests a rookie reporter on a revised gag line. Also an old ad touts BooTama Serter for children with gum relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Vic
Lippincott's
How a Final Boy Handles a Dinner Incident
A Princeton professor’s dinner ends with a boy mis cutting his meat. His mother fears etiquette lapses but he reassures her all went well until the meat fell. He explains he calmly commented that tough meat is always that way, and the family laughed at the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Harold
Inventor's Rise From Setbacks To Wealthy Car Wheel Maker
A Chicago man recalls a resident who failed repeatedly before striking it rich with a car wheel invention. His wife and two daughters soon enjoy daily outings in a motor car. In one park drive the wife appears tense while one daughter jokes about keeping a calm look as water boils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woman from Columbia Describes Relief After Kidney Pills
A Missouri woman recounts two years of dropsy and pain after an operation. She reports improved condition after using two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills, saying the trouble has not reappeared. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Johnson
West Hickman Street
Columbia
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hair loss and ivy cooling walls in old Philadelphia Press
In a playful exchange about hair, Baretop notes barbers once spoke of his baldness, now of his hairs. The Philadelphia Press reports ivy on building walls cools in summer and warms in winter, but damages woodwork by forcing joints apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baretop
Philadelphia Press
T&e
Lusitania Sets Atlantic Crossing Record in Five Days
The Lusitania arrives at Sandy Hook after a five day race, beating Cunard sister Lucania's 5 days 7 hours 25 minutes from Queenstown to New York by nearly six hours. The Deutschland tops the time, Hamburg-American liner. Early records trace to Europa and Paris New York voyages as ships race for speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stme
Lusitania
Sandy Lock
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Lucania
Europa
Atlantic
Liverpool
New York
Lloyd and American Lines
Southampton
Paris
St. Paul
North German
Lloyd Company
Cherbourg
Constantine to stand trial for Mrs Gentry's murder enigma
Chicago faced a high profile criminal case as Frank J. Constantine, alleged killer of Mrs. Louise Gentry, prepared for a Cook County trial. Police traced his movements across three continents, while New York and Italian detectives pursued him before his capture in April 1907. A separate note reports Mat McGrath winning the hammer throw at Travers Island with 168 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Gentry
Cook County
Llinois
Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Louise Gentry
New York
Frank Constantine
Naples
Argentina
South America
Italy
London
Mat McGrath
New York Athletic Club
John Flannagan
Travers Island
McGrath
Flannagan
Bell buoy inventor Capt Henry Brown dies at 80
Capt Henry Brown veteran of Mexican and Civil wars and inventor of the bell buoy used in American ports died in Charleston South Carolina at age 80. He served in the 1860s under Farragut and Porter. Frank Shuman, Philadelphia engineer, says sun power can be converted directly to usable commercial energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brown
Charleston
S. C
Farragut
Porter
Frank Shuman
Philadelphia
Mock Mukden battle to test American artillery at Fort Riley
About 5 600 men will participate in a staged clash on a Kansas plains fortification designed to replicate Mukden. Artillery and engineers from Fort Leavenworth have built a 30 by 12 foot redoubt using cine, brush and sod aims to withstand Dunnite charges and test fire under identical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Plain
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Prcrie
Beverly W. Dunn
United States Ordnance Corps
Battalion of Engineers
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Great Plague Disaster Believed To Surpass All Record
A proclamation warns that a plague epidemic in India has raged for eleven years and killed more than 481 802 in six weeks ending May 11, with mortality surpassing historic plagues like the Black Death and the Great Plague of London. It questions when or if the end will come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
London
England
Pittsburg Coal Firms Refuse Italian Government Order
Pittsburg coal operators refuse a 500000 ton Italian government order due to strong home demand, miner shortages, car shortages, and lack of ships. Rail lines warn no cars will be released, risking large coal shipments until crop movement ends. Prices expected to rise further this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Coal Company
Monongahel River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Company
Italy
Pittsburg
Tidewater
Banks send millions west to aid crop movement
Chicago banks dispatch large sums to western regions to support the ongoing crop movement, signaling coordinated financial backing for agricultural shipments.
Our Own Minstrels and a Catarrh Cure Pitch
The excerpt mixes a vaudeville style dialogue about differences between tailor made and ready made suits and a perfunctory medical advertisement. It mentions Mistah Johnsings quip and a singer Pierce de Skire. It then introduces Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, claiming a hundred dollar refund for cures and urging readers to consult doctors and purchase pills. The passage blends entertainment with a patent medicine guarantee typical of late era ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Coal Prices Mock Winter Plans In Brief Exchange
In a Chicago Tribune style snatch, a caller asks if twelve tons of coal could be cheaper at a coal office. A young clerk quotes the price aloud and another asks about fifteen tons. They conclude the current price is the cost for burning all winter, then note they bought winter supplies earlier and depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Se Ho Con
W. L
Sooo Ag & Fa
Brockton
Mags
W.l. Douglas
Chicago Tribune
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Perry Byers
Mt. Pleasant
Towa
M. M. Junk
Vandergrift, Pa
Lynn
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Henderson
Stenderson
Winslow
Aftrard
Missouri
Kansas Plains
Biie
Becker
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Straus
Eagle Club
McKeesport
Louis Delo
Panama Canal
Sherman Long
Columbus
Frank Miller
Long
Bears
Mistah
George
Pierce de Skire
Peoria
Sal Ranch
Sandy Jon
M. Ackerman
Navasota
Grimes Vo
Mlestasippi
Bonahza Arres Mus
Addreas L. C. Rominbon
Benador, Missiselppi
Western
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
North-West Provinces
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
C. J. Preughten
Vincy Building
FE. T. Holmes
Jackson St
Minn
James McGune
Mercer St
Jersey City
N. Je
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Kd. Paxton CO
Boston
Masse
Cc. N. UL
Pyaen
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