Surgeon’s Knife and Lydia Pinkham Cure Told
Mrs Ennis Stevenson of Salt Lake City describes suffering ovarian and womb inflammation for over six years. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound,痛 four weeks relief and three months cure, avoiding surgery. She credits the remedy and invites others to write for guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckis Stevenson
Salt Lake City
Dean Mrs. Pinknam
Eckil Stevenson
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ennis Stevenson
State St
Utah
Missouri Peach Farm Builds Massive Packing Camp
A Missouri farmer named McNair near St Elmo, two miles below Koshkonong, prepares for a large peach season with 1900 acres in peaches. He hires 500 workers at 7 cents per hour for men and 6 cents for women with meals and lodging, erects tents, sheds, a barbed wire women’s camp, and a large eating tent. Seventy five double decker wagons, 10000 picking bats, and 200 car capacity are ready. He expects 10 to 20 cars daily and a thriving harvest if rains stay away. Also recounted is Herbert Cummings, a florist’s envoy to Prince Henry, who received a gold watch and letter of recommendation from the prince after serving on the Deutschland voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNair
St. Elmo
Koshkonony
Mr. McNair
Elmo
McNabbi
Koshkonong
New York
Herbert Cummings
Prince Henry
William
Hohenzollern
Bremen
Deutschland
Recommenda Ton
Monarchs and Merchants in Brief Insurance and Ads
An item notes monarchs with large life insurance sums including King Edward VII and the Czar, while mentioning minor figures and a royal daughter. It also advertises Allen's Foot-Ease for sore feet and shoe comfort, plus a poultry goods sales pitch and a quip about the pirate Kidd inspiring modern kids to pirate fantasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Olga
King Humbert
Allen
Aller S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Fair Maid
Impoverished Blood Cure Promised by Vogeler Formula
An advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as a remedy for impoverished blood, claiming it builds new tissues and red blood cells, strengthens vital energies, and restores natural function. Readers are urged to request a free sample from St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd., Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Mrs Sworthy Recovers Use of Hand After St Jacobs Oil
Mary Sworthy of Gosport Street Coventry writes that years ago a fall injured her hand and left her unable to use it for five weeks. After trying many remedies she used St Jacobs Oil and saw finger movement return after one bottle, full hand use after two, and pain disappear, allowing her to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sworthy
Court
Gosport Street
Coventry
St. Jacobs Oil
Jack Wilson and the Ghost Dance Craze in Nevada
A Mason Valley official recounts Jack Wilson a Piute Indian once famed for starting the ghost dance movement. He notes Wilson’s decline in influence yet calls him highly intelligent and morally dubious. The piece details how Wilson staged a river ice miracle to boost his following and claim supernatural power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wilson
United States
Mason Valley
Nevada
Indian Bureau
Wilson
Lost Child And The Bishop Sermon At Ocean Grove
Ten thousand people gathered by the sea for an experience meeting when a lost child was brought to the bishop on stage. The crowd watched as the father claimed the infant and the bishop spoke of the Father’s arms awaiting lost souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Grove
Detroit Free Press
Lord Tennyson and the Czarina Tale at Danish Court
Lord Tennyson recalls a humorous voyage on a Pembroke Castle cruise with Mr Gladstone. In Copenhagen the royal party, including the czar and czarina, dined aboard and after luncheon the czarina was mistaken for Andrew Clark’s daughter when pat on the shoulder elicited a compliment. The tale ends with the czarina’s amused chuckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tennyson
Captain McCabe
Hallam
Mr. Gladstone
Donald Currie
Pembroke Castle
Hebrides
Denmark
Copenhagen
Fredensborg
Cczarina
Andrew Clark
Czarina
Spring Poem on Household Woes and Water Bills
A reflective poem contrasts the idealized spring poems with modern housewives toil. It laments unpaid water bills, damp rooms, and the endless chore of watering lawns, while the hopeful line of June offers a brief relief as spring’s miseries fade. The piece blends seasonal imagery with urban household anxieties and practical chores.
Hello as a vulgar word in the Middle West debate
The piece notes society ladies in Evanston and Appleton labeling hello vulgar, argues the term remains a practical call for attention, and praises its history and utility as a universal greeting. It contrasts hello with foreign equivalents and cites Coleridge, framing the word as an enduring and honorable root in Aryan tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Illinois
Appleton
Wisconsin
Middle West
Germany
Europe
Coleridge
Evanston and
New York World
Peruna Credited By Women For Cures And Praise
In letters from Illinois and Ohio, several women describe health improvements attributed to Peruna, including better appetite digestion and sleep after suffering pelvic catarrh and other female ailments. Notable testimonials cite Mrs Anna B Fleharty and Mrs E L Brown, with endorsements from Dr Hartman and congressional member Thad M Mahon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Fleharty
W. U
Galesburg
Ill
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Neb
Sixty-seventh Street
Chicago
Peruna
Hartman
America
Simbang
Aoe
E. L. Brown
Elliott Street
Memphis, Tenn
Esther M. Milner
de Graff
Ohio
Thad. M. Mahon
Chambersburg
T.M. Mahon
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Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Erne
Aerigimeig Lei
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Pouglas
Seo
W. L. Douglas
Aide
Corona Colt
National Kangaroo
Hieck Hooke
N.U
Missouri
Sendasto
Javelle Mfg.Co
Dept. D
Parsons, Kan
Kidd
NTS
Knicht & Thomas
Boston
Mass
Winchester
Greenhorn
Wenham Gof
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mother Gray
Allen 8
LeRoy, N. Y
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Putman
Piso
Ted
Ned
Hamlin
P.pd
Grosse & Jones
Lincoln Ave
Merchant
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Charterhouse &Q
London
Rune de la Maix
Paris
Porter Dave
CuEm
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