Pinkham medicine aids kidney trouble and recovery
A composite column notes testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for kidney pains backaches and leucorrhea with claimed weight gain and restored health. It also reports a Charleston dispatch on a planned experiment to hire colored labor in cotton mills and the broader debate over racial labor in the southern textile industry.
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Mrakham
Pinkham
Maca
Kauffman St
Iphia
Lydia E. Pinkhem
Leven
Box
St. Andrews Bay
Fila
Charleston
S. C
C. H. Sampson
Boston
South
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Baby name swap tale tests role of consent
A Washington Star report recounts a man wanting to rename his ten month old son Cicero without the child's knowledge. The lawyer explains deed requires consent, and the father admits pursuing a classical sounding name to please education minded neighbors. The twist shows mispronunciations like Kickero and mock Indian papoose usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Cicero
Gooseberries and Mildew Remedies in European Fruit Culture
A historical note compares gooseberry cultivation with grape growing in Europe, explaining how heat and mildew affect both crops. It discusses Bordeaux mixture as a remedy for gooseberries and contrasts American summers with European climates. A separate tip suggests using a padded stall and hay sack to curb a kicking horse habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Italy
Spain
Personalities and anecdotes from politicians and public figures
A collection of remarks about Daniel Webster oxen senators and their terms, Boston dinner plans for Secretary Gage, Faulkner carrying a war bullet, Horace Chapman’s notable voice, McKinley inviting the G A R encampment in Fremont, and Bill Nye’s North Carolina joke as seen from Lookout Mountain.
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Daniel Webster
Senate
Senator Millis
Texas
Gage
Boston
Massachusetts
Charlies J. Faulkner
West Virginia
Horace Chapman
Ohio
Chapman
McKinley
Fremont
William J. Bryan
Cleveland
Anie
Bill Nye
North Carolina
Lookout Mountain
United States
Do Tobacco Spt and Smoke Your Lils Away Cure Ad
An old ad touts No to-Bac as a guaranteed remedy to quit tobacco with a booklet free. Available from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York with 50c or 1 dollar pricing. Ends with a fragment about Alaska and a Boston girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Invitation to corn roast and excursion around the Horn
The notice invites the public to a free corn roast in Loveland with a picnle dinner and an excursion around the Horn on September 6. A Vermont visit by President McKinley at Camp Grout involved a spruce gum keepsake bearing a welcoming motto. A barrel presented to Senator Proctor carried the motto Nuggets from our own Klondyke.
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Loveland
the Horn
McKinley
Camp Grout
Vermont
Stark
Warner
Proctor
Hall's cure and quirky 19th century ads mix
A collage of vintage ad blurbs and odd claims includes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a five cent price, a boast about Turkey’s bankruptcy and Europe's richest sultan, Piso’s Cure for Consumption testimonial, a Birmingham man mailing his boy by parcel post, a piano offer from The Montellus Piano Co, and a humorous Tit-Bite cartoon caption about trimming hats with a lawn mower.
No-To-Bac Cure Ad Amid Old English Ad Blurb
An old advertisement touts No-To-Bac a fifty cent tobacco habit cure claiming to make a weak person strong and purify blood. The blurb markets the product to druggists and notes a claim of broad medical efficacy. It also references a comparison of wealth distribution by noting four millionaires in England for every one in France.
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England
France
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
E. F. Morton
Vns St
Cincinnati
Thomas
John
Jeremiah
Thompson
HE Willson & CO
NT Maton
Weise Ter Meshes Company
Camden, N
Ropssyy
Orr Et Oorr
Borane
Morris
Washington
Brea
Dartion Peetarred
Ant Wooten
Cet
MB Lewis
Lene
Martian Home
Bon K
Meridian
Mise
Evans
Wncan Ox
Cme Cas
Draggiats
Alaska
Hall
Price
Turkey
Europe
Piso
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley, Ills
Birmingham
Montellus Plano Co
16Th Bt
Denver
ESTEY
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro
J. Tower
Boston, Ma
Weber
J. H. Montgomery Mach. CO
Curtis St
Colo
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