Herbal cures and patent medicines advertise in mid century ads
A barrage of medical ads promotes Botanic Blood Balm and B B B cures for rheumatism skin issues and general weakness. Other remedies promise quick kidney relief Perry Davis Pain Killer Allen’s Foot Ease and a host of tonics claim rapid cures with free trials and mail orders from Lexington Virginia and Brownsville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balm C.o
Atlanta
Allen
Mall For
Allen 5
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Anti Diuretic Remedy Claimed To Help Sleep Incontinence
Ad claiming $100 value in relief from nocturnal enuresis cites E Deroney product. Markets to all ages, promises immediate stop to bedwetting. Sold for $1 by B H Gorrell, local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Gorrell
Virginia College Opens with New Buildings and Courses
Roanoke Virginia announces a new women’s college opening September 21 1901. The school offers a full course ob campus of ten acres with new buildings planes and equipment and advantages in art music and elocution. Teachers from Eu and America welcome students from thirty states with president Mattie P Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of Va
Caal
Mattie P. Harris
Roanoke Vr
Sores and Ulcers Cure Claim and Patient Testimony
An advertisement promotes a blood purifier claim for curing chronic sores and ulcers by purifying the blood. It cites a supposed patient testimonial from J A Talbert of Winona Minnesota and urges readers to write for the product information and a book, asserting the purifier removes impurities and relieves symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonia
J. A. Talbert
Atlanta
Ingenious Home Cure Promises End to Drink Habit
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a safe at home treatment for alcoholism. It claims no toxic doses or nerve weakening, guarantees cure, and offers instructions with prepaid physician advice, sold for one dollar from Edwin B Giles & Co of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B, Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Knitting Mill Seeks Young Ladies for Gents Underwear
Wanted notice from Vinorsta Textile Company Lynchburg Virginia seeking young ladies to work in a knitting mill on gents underwear. Describes light employment and good wages. Applicants should state age and marital status in reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinorsta Textile Company
Lynchburg, Va
Court attaches estate of nonresident Frances Courtenay Barnum
In Rockbridge County 1901 a suit in chancery seeks ninety dollars plus interest from July 16 1901 and costs from Frances Courtenay Barnum. An attachment has been endorsed but she has not been served. The court orders her to appear within fifteen days after publication to protect her interest. Clerk RR Witt and Paul M Penick sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Courtenay Barnum
Rockridge
Francea Courtenayum
Francea Courtenay Barnum Ie
State of
Virginia
Pain Killer Perry Davis Trice 26¢ and 60c
A historic notice touts Pain Killer Perry Davis as a trusted remedy used by missionaries worldwide for bowel ailments wounds burns and more over sixty years. The advertisement urges avoiding substitutes and promotes the two price points 26 cents and 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Texas Girl Transforms From Plain Daughter to Fashion Icon
A Texas girl from a humble plantation is described as rising from poverty to recent fame after adopting glamorous attire and jewelry. Her father, once called Sleepy Jim, is now treated with respect as the family embraces a new status and sake of hope. Oil wealth is hinted at as a hidden source behind the transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Kitchen Hints From An Old Page
Practical tips on cleaning and housekeeping with simple tools and common substances. Advice covers grinding rice for cleaning, using a horseradish grater, softening hard water with wool and ashes, dedicated kitchen broom care, weekly drain cleaning with carbolic acid, vinegar storage, clam shells for scraping pots, oil spill handling, stain removal with alcohol and castile soap, ammonia to clear wringer rolls, light smoke removal with soda water, lamp chimney cleaning, and sunning light scorch marks.
Paris Fashion: Parisians Embrace Louis XVI Inspired Styles
In Paris fashion, Louis XVI looks dominate with light pink and lettuce green combinations. Evening gowns of young matrons feature low cuts with draped accents. Cherries serve as a favored motif in yachting suits and jewelry. Art nouveau influences appear in desk and toilet accessories and jeweled spiral pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XVI
Wings of riches and distant heaven as seen by a child
A reflective piece discusses wealth that departs quickly and the limits of adult plans to run the universe. It contrasts seasoned vision with glimpses of heaven felt through a child, suggesting insight may lie beyond adult certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted For Lung Troubles
An advertisement extols a German remedy for coughs and lung diseases urging warmer climates if possible. It claims Boschee's German Syrup heals inflamed tissue and destroys germs, relieves inflammation, eases expectoration, and improves sleep with oxz bottle samples available at Gortell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
Gortell’s
The Joy of the Baby and Its Shadow in Life
A fragment discusses the arrival of a baby bringing joy to the family and community while warning of a lurking danger. It notes the baby's early experiences, the mother, sisters, and nurse, and mentions health as central to the infant’s life. A mysterious underworld threat is referenced as a shadow to beware of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Brewery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Mother
Nurse
Scott
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promoted for Constipation Cure
Ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as harmless and purgative to cleanse the liver and bowels. It claims they expel poison from the body and relieve sick headaches and constipation, available at Boo at B H Gorrell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
B. H. Gorrell
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Bos, W. Devan
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
PB. O
New York
Chicago
Bryan
Gazette
Lexington
W P. Hoston
Lexineron, Val
Rane T. Glasgow
Lexineros, Val
Obert Catlett
Lexineron
T. Shields
Lexerox
Frank Moon
J. Peston Moore
Core & Moore
Lexispron
Rockbridge
Copvricuts &c
Oldant Agency
All
Munn & Co
Washington, D
Marshal Beaty
Dept. C
W. 9Th. St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Asa Tonte
Quensen
Clobe Brewery
P.O. Box
Staunton VA
Kavanaugh & Smyth
California
Mets
Gallan
South Augusta Street
Staunton
Lion Coffee
Ment
Lion Heads
Japan
Rivier ix
Six Hovns
Jruggist
Diniz Mepiems Co
Brownsville
Tenn
Dismessina
Stowaon
Drorase
P H Gorrell
E. Deroney
Virginia College
Roanoke
Circuit Court of
Rockbridge County
Aeth
Geonon W. Bane
Feavers
Countenay Barsun
J. H. Guewyan
RR. Witt
Paul M. Penick
P.q
Texas
Lone Star State
Poeta
Castile
Paris
IREAS
Caboria
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