How This Woman Found Health
A collection of letters and notes extolling Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. Testimonies from Mia Earlew ine at Utica Ohio and Hetty Greenstref t in Nebo Illinois claim lasting health improvements, with additional ads and light humor items interleaved. Infant hygiene in Cleveland schools highlights nurseled lessons to teach proper baby care, aiming to reduce infant mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tries
Ohio
Lydia
Mia
May Earlewine
R.F.D. No
Utica
Nebo, Tl
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hettie
Greenstreft
Nebo
Illinois
Cleveland
Giene
America
Memory Improved Since Leaving Coffee
A Kansas woman describes relief after quitting coffee and using Postum. She reports steadier nerves, regular heartbeats, improved memory, and reduced stomach and heart trouble after four years of use. The ad promotes Postum in Regular and instant forms with preparation tips and emphasizes tasting preferences.
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Kansas
Postum
Postum. Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
iUSE OF ELECTRICITY Veteran Inventor of California Has New Device
Veteran incubator maker C I Byce of Petaluma California unveils an electric artificial hen for hatching and brooding. He says the device uses a regulator to keep almost perfect temperatures and can attach to any standard incubator via a light socket. Its practicality depends on 24 hour power service and affordable electricity.
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California
C. I. Byce
Petaluma
Cal
Des Moines Highway Commission Eyes Road Dragging Plan
The Iowa highway commission considered methods to force township trustees and city officials to drag roads within city limits. Proposals include notices of duties, public disclosure of unmaintained roads, and seeking court orders, though authority to compel dragging and effectiveness remain doubtful and controversial.
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Des Moines
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
District‘court
Appraise Damage Done by Mob in Council Bluffs
Acting under Governor Clarke, Sheriff Lindsey and appointed appraisers inspect the mob damage to downtown businesses. Mayor Maloney, County Auditor J D Hannan, O B Towns, and George Rieder evaluate early findings. Report will go to Governor Clarke for federal submission. officials declining to estimate totals.
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Bluffs
Clarke
Lindsey
Fair
Thomas Maloney
J.d.hannan
Commercial Club
George Rieder
Evetr
Butchers Strike Spreads to Packing Plants in Sioux City
Sioux City reports 1600 to 1800 workers at Armour and Cudahy Packing Co employes on strike for higher wages. Strikers picketed Armour plant, blocking access, while police guard sites. Management says workers left without chance to bargain. Stock trading continues though some goods shipped to South Omaha. Both plants operate barely.
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Sioux City
Armour Packing Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Cudahy
Armour
South Omaha
Possible Remedy for Roup in Fowls
Roup may be known by offensive nasal discharge and swelling under the eyes which can close the eyes. Remove healthy birds, place affected ones in a warm dry shed, wash nostrils with warm water, then compound camphor in boiling water and hold the fowl’s head over it for ten minutes, repeat three times daily, add cod liver oil twice daily, open eyes if swollen and rinse with water and carbolic acid. Badly diseased fowls should be killed and buried, coop cleaned, lime dusted, yard forked and lime spread, with bromide of potassium in drinking water and no other water given.
Nine Year Old Boy Vanishes After Running Away
Lawrence Fullerton and relatives are distraught over the disappearance of a nine year old. He left home last week and bought a railroad ticket to Sioux City with part of two dollars he had, and has not been seen since.
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Kinster
Lawrence Fullerton
Sioux City
Railroad Seeks UI Graduates For Chicago Road
Iowa City graduates of the mechanical engineering department have all signed contracts to join the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific railroad next month. In Fort Madison a party of youths hiding on a Mississippi launch were involved in a drowning death of Frank Decker, a well known young man and brother of Fire Chief William Decker.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Chicago, Rocky Island,& Pacific Railroad
Fort Madison
Mississippi
Frank Decker
Decker
Wiliam Decker
Beat Poultry Tonics For Healthful Flocks
Fresh air sunshine and exercise are the best tonics for poultry. Do not draft houses or expose birds to summer heat. Construct houses so air flows constantly to purge odors and purify the atmosphere. Sunshine should reach every corner to kill damp germs. Allow fowls to scratch and move to stimulate blood circulation. These three are the poultry doctor’s best medicines.
Hungarian Killed at Cement Plant Near Des Moines
Gust Samoggi a Hungarian was killed almost instantly at the Iowa Portland Cement plant southwest of Des Moines when he became entangled in a shaft. He was hurled against the wall of the building in a clash of terrible force.
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Deg Moines
Gust Samoggi
Iowa Portland Cement Company
Windmill Yard Incident Injures Mrs Skinner in Silver City
Mrs. George Skinner sustained serious injuries at her Silver City home when a steel pet laid on the ground toppled and fell on her as she moved about the windmill tower project.
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Windmill Pier
Silver City
George Skinner
The Lure of the West and Canadian Migration
An eastern view affirms the West’s enduring pull toward prairie and mountains. Immigrants from the U S and Europe flock to Canada’s West and British Columbia, seeking farms, forests, and new towns, with a home-making spirit shaping growth across the region.
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Pacific
Ontario
Vancouver Island
Canada
United States
British Isles
Europe
Pratria
British Columbia
Tment
Superstition and Juries Debate Damages Bias
An observant man argues juries are heavily influenced by superstition in awards. He notes plaintiffs with injuries of superstitious origin receive higher damages, comparing a falling brick from a fifth story window to a man under a ladder. He suggests luck and perceived misfortune sway jurors and set damages.
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Lam
Hair Condition Improves With Cuticura Treatment
Mrs Emma Patterson reports a year of itching and painful scalp breakouts on her daughter. After trying soaps and medicines with little effect she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing every two weeks. Within a week after three washes the scalp showed no visible signs and hair grew well. Cuticura products advertised worldwide with free samples.
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St. Marcie
Ind
Emma Patterson
Cuticura
Dept. 5
Boston
The Right Dope Taxi Incident Quips
A quirky line from The Right Dope features Mrs De Flatt crying out Oh George a taxi has run over and her husband retorts to send for a taxi-dermist. The cartoonish banter captures early humor with a pun on medical care.
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George
Jaks Not Retiring From Livery Stable Business
The dialogue notes Jaks decided not to retire from his livery stable business and that he remains in harness. The exchange confirms continued involvement in the enterprise and signals ongoing operation of the business.
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Jaks
Incurable kidney disease claims and herbal remedy ad
Prominent doctors allegedly deemed patients incurable by kidney trouble and Bright's disease. The ad asserts cures through an herbal remedy and offers case references, a free book, and contact at Tompkins-Corbin Co New York. Includes a humorous exchange about a future marriage and a cook.
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Bright
Tompkins-Corbin Co
Fifth Avenue
New York
Ady
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