Woman From Iowa Credits Pinkham Remedy Cure
Mrs F Wright of Celwein Iowa shares a testimonial about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming relief from ovarian inflammation dragging pains headaches and sickness after doctors failed She says the remedy gave quick relief and eventual cure urging other young women to use it and noting a challenge to prove genuineness with a $5000 reward if authenticity cannot be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Wright
Celwein
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
New York
Adelaide Pram
St. Ann’s Ave
New York City
Fragmented Reading From A Sensational News Snippet
A jumble of ad like lines and dialogue fragments recalls a bygone newspaper page. Vague conversations about prayers tobacco and medicines mingle with stray quotes and stray product promos. The text offers little coherent event or identifiable people.
The Popular Carnation History and Trade
The original five petaled carnation came from southern Italy and reached England around the Norman Conquest. By 1619 cultivation instructions existed and in the last decade the industry has grown to 5,000,000 plants yearly with florists and growers each contributing about 2,500,000. Carnations are grown under glass in winter for cut flowers, producing over 100,000,000 blooms annually. Their many uses remain a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
England
American Snakes Venomous Species in the United States
The United States hosts 165 snake kinds with about twenty venomous. Copperhead, water moccasin, coral snakes of the Southwest, two sistrurus species, and fifteen rattlesnakes comprise the venomous group. The water moccasin, the most dangerous, is not found north of Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Southwest
Tennessee
The Conquest of Arid America pamphlet offer
A Denver ad promotes reprinting chapters from The Conquest of Arid America, praising its Western development themes. It offers the fifty page pamphlet and related Sunny San Luis Valley literature free by mail for four cents in stamps, with contact at Majestic Building, Denver.
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America
West
East
Colorado
San Luis Valley
Zeph. Chas. Felt
Majestic Building
Denver
Colo
Reward for Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firms
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and company props of Toledo listed with West & Truax Kinnan Marvin as endorsers. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75c per bottle. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and unrelated jokes about parsons and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Jo. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
The Face and the Collar
A New York Sun style note advises stout men on clothing to appear thinner. It recommends a dark tight four-in-hand tie to elongate the face and high closed collars. It warns fat men to avoid horizontal ties and notes that cross effects can make a thin man look stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
God Was Not Displeased The Absolution Fib Tale
Dorothy Perkins lies about seeing a lion in the park and is told to ask God for forgiveness. She asks and quotes God saying not to mention it, claiming the big dog has often fooled Him. The tale uses a humorous religious moral about truthfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy
Mamma Dearest
Miss Perkins
Do Children Lie Yes, Kin dergarten Magazine Claims
The article argues that children lie constantly. It explains that truth equals knowledge, which children lack. It notes that children slowly approximate the truth and that imitation leads them to repeat untrue statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kindergarten Magazine
Bound to Win Stray Stories Joke
A young wife tells a neighbor she will confront her husband Henry this evening and regain control by readdressing their morning argument and then crying to win him over. The neighbor urges decisive action and spirited resolve.
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Henry
Historic Battle Chests on View at Bank of Ireland
In the Irish House of Lords now the Bank of Ireland board room two large wooden chests bound in iron are on view. They are believed to have contained money used by King William III to pay troops after the Boyne battle. Discovered in a bank vault, the dust has been cleared and they attract visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Bank of Ireland
William III
of the Boyne
The Workings of Trusts by Prof. Smart
An eminent English student of economics, Prof. Smart, regards the trusts in Britain as eliminating unnecessary persons, processes, and machinery of production and distribution. He cites lower raw material costs, reduced advertising, larger shipments, fewer middlemen, and a smaller staff, but he does not mention eliminating unnecessary profits.
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Prof. Smart
Britain
Tas
The Congressional Pun In A Marble Stair Joke
The Baltimore Herald quotes a humor exchange between Congressman Fletcher of Minnesota and Congressman Tawney. Fletcher asks what the Capitol has that applicants for office will never have. Tawney replies with two white wings and then a marble stair. The joke ends as quits are called.
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Capitol
Congressman Fletcher
Minnesota
Tawney
Fletcher
Baltimore Herald
Claim for Sutherland estate contested by Hennessey woman
Mrs Edmund D Hennessey wife of a Brooklyn lawyer says she descended from the duke of Sutherland three generations back. She cites her great grandmother Mary Sutherland granddaughter of Lord Rotsay Duffus and a niece of the duke. The family moved to New York then west.
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Duke of Sutherland
Edmund D. Hennessey
Brooklyn
Dukedom of Sutherland
Scotland
Mary Sutherland
Lord Rotsay Duffus
Hennessey
Michael Geeghan
New York
Apes Sing In Concert In Berlin Zoo
African traveler Herr Schilling recalls a remarkable performance by a guereza ape at the Berlin Zoological Garden. The adult guereza is the first seen in captivity in Europe, while three Abyssinian youths died after being photographed. The apes hold nightly gatherings in their native world, producing a growl-filled concert that startles newcomers.
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Zoological Garden
Berlin
Herr Schilling
Kilmandscharo
German East Africa
Europe
Abyssinia
Uncle Sam's Pension Rolls Vast quarterly payouts listed
The interior department orders a $10,955,000 pension disbursement to veterans nationwide for March. Payments occur quarterly across three agency groups, with March totals for Boston Massachusetts 1,840,000 Augusta Maine 700,000 Washington 1,910,000 Columbus Ohio 3,750,000 San Francisco California 1,155,000 Detroit Michigan 1,600,000.
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Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
Mass
Augusta
Washington
D. C
Columbus
Ohio
San Francisco
Cal
Detroit
Mich
Time Brings Changes in a Breach of Promise Suit
A letter full of romance ends with the woman suing the man for breach of promise, highlighting how affectionate words and memories once shared become the basis of a legal claim. The dramatic turn underscores the clash between poetic sentiment and contractual expectations in a personal relationship.
She Wanted to Know Story From Emerald Isle Visit
A Chicago dentist recalls a young Irish immigrant who asked how long a badly decayed tooth would last if filled. He refused to guarantee any time, and she pressed asking if it would outlive his estimate. The tale highlights cautious honesty in dental practice.
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Chicago
Emerald Isle
A Wonder of Science Spectrum Analysis Origins
The article traces spectrum analysis to Fraunhofer who observed a ray of light split into seven main colors with many dark and colored lines. Kirchoff and Bunsen in 1859 showed these lines come from chemical elements, each element producing characteristic lines in the spectrum such as sodium’s yellow band and thallium’s blue line.
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Fraunhofer
Kirchoff
Bunsen
Juries Split Twice in Gardiner Murder Trial
William Gardiner faced two murder trials with juries disagreeing. In the first trial only one juror opposed conviction, while the second trial reportedly saw a majority favoring acquittal, a precedent lacking in England though paralleled by a Northern Ireland police chief once tried three times for a bank clerk's murder.
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William Gardiner
England
Ireland
Gardiner
Not Usually So Fatal Exchange Cites Past Defeats
A Pittsburg man recounts losing by 7000 votes when meeting Maine Representative Littlefield. Littlefield recalls speaking in Omaha in 1900 for Dave Mercer, who wasn’t defeated there until 1902.
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Pittsburg
Littlefield
Maine
Omaha
Dave’ Mercer
Zurich Cleared of Bad Characters by Bertillon System
Zurich police use the Bertillonage method to document suspects, photographing and measuring even minor cases. The city reports very few crimes, with tramps avoiding the town and officials debating reducing force as Zurich is seen as highly moral in Switzerland.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Satisfied Users
Mr Pleasant of Mt Pleasant Ohio reports rapid relief from kidney bladder congestion that eased lung pressure and asthma like symptoms after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Veterinary surgeon W Sairn notes comfort for aging and urinary weakness in children. Baxter Shrixes and Saprz Davis of Kansas allege back pain relief and life saving effects after five years of trouble, urging others to try the remedy.
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Doan
Mr. Pleasant
Onro
Gro, W. Sairn
P. O. Box
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
Baxter Shrixes
Kansas
Saprz Davis
Baxter Springs
Cure for Baby Eczema Promises Rest and Sleep
A New York mother recalls how her sick ten month old Charlie suffered from a spreading skin rash. After trying various salves with little relief, a neighbor recommended Cuticura remedies. With Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent the rash faded, he slept better, and the mother found renewed peace and strength. The advertisement extols Cuticura products as the universal skin cure and invites readers to purchase from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Rath
Hans
Charlie
Charterhouse
London
E.C
Rue de la Paix
Paris
de R. Towns & Co
Sydney
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Sole Prietors
Boston
U.S. A
Helena
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Quinn
de Fonte
Tommy
Johnny
Tagey
Faxter
May
Freddie
Freddy
Baxter
St. Jacobs
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch CO
Neb
God
Uncle Sam’s
Dean
Kean
Idney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Dean’s
Buffalo, N.Y
Mrs. Raths Baby
Cuthura
Rocky Ford
D. W. Burrell
Planters
Barteldes & CO
Fifteenth St
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