Adler-i-ka Helps Son with Bowel Cure Claim
A testimonial from M. Gerhard of Ferdinand Indiana asserts Adler-i-ka cured his son's inflammatory bowels and bloating after doctors failed. The ad promotes Adler-i-ka as instantly relieving sour stomach gas and constipation, removing toxins, and preventing appendicitis. It markets a buckthorn cascara mixture with claims of broad health benefits and a price of $1.25 per bottle through Llano Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gerhard
Feridnand
A. H. Bruhl
Llano Drug Co
Speccal
Mabel and Myrtle Plan Evening Out At Ratz
Representative Dawson denounces suffrage in a luncheon. Mabel proclaims a new woman stance and invites Myrtle to a fellowship dinner at the Rat with a witty line about paying for each other’s meals. The dialogue reveals social attitudes of the era.
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Mabel
Myrtle
Dawson
Ian
Myrtte
Black-Draught Touted by Nashville Grocer
East Nashville Tennessee grocer W N Parsons endorses Thedford's Black-Draught as the best liver medicine for sour stomach indigestion headache and torpid liver. He says he relies on it daily and cannot do without it noting its wide countrywide use and strong results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
Nashville
Tenn
A Texas Wonder and Carnegie Rabbits in Autobiography
A Texas Wonder patent medicine advertises a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles with mail order sales and testimonials. The text shifts to a note about Andrew Carnegie's autobiography, recounting a childhood tale of rabbits and a fair but harsh bargain with neighborhood children over naming rights and seasonal work.
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Andrew Carnegie
Houghton Muhin Company
Let Them Gall On Me Says Hays After Tanlac Recovery
James S. Hays of Kansas City Kansas reports severe flu left him weak constipated and with headaches and dizziness. After starting Tanlac his appetite returned his digestion improved and he gained weight. He credits Tanlac with restoring health and energy and invites others to call on him for details. Llano Drug Co. is listed as special agents promoting Tanlac at $1.25 per bottle.
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Tantac
James
Hays
Shawnee Roads
Coy St
Kansas City
Kansas
Tanlac
Tanlacia
Ancient glass find unearthed near Alloway New Jersey
The Penns Riveria museum reports a discovery of about one thousand glass specimens near Alloway New Jersey. Found at the site of the old Wistar Glass works established nearly two centuries ago by Caspar Wistar, the fragments include bottle and window glass from early colonial production.
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Penns Riveria
Alloway
N. J
Wistar Glass Works
Caspar Wistar
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Jamestown
Wistarburg
Sunday Sabbath in Western New York Fifty Years Ago
A reminiscence recalls a Tutte country village in western New York where Sunday began Saturday night with family Bible reading led by grandfather. The day included church services, a farm lunch, and limited activities, with strict rules for a girl growing up in that era.
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Tutte
New York
New York State
Aspirin Warning Emphasizes Bayer Brand for Genuine Tablets
Consumers urged to buy only Bayer branded Aspirin with Bayer name on package or tablets. Officials remind Aspirin is prescribed for twenty one years and proven safe in treating colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. Small tin boxes of twelve tablets priced at a few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Alen Sall
Bayer & Monmeeatirnd
Moonlit Proposal Ends In Unfunny Punchline
A couple shares a moonlit moment as the man asks for marriage. She remains passive while he proclaims love and asks again, then he makes an offbeat joke about rubber bands on her head ending the scene abruptly.
Great Actress Kisses Poet in Publicized Meeting
Sarah Bernhardt arrived in America and sought to sculpt Longfellow. He declined the bust due to travel plans, invited her to his home, and hosted guests including William Dean Howells and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Bernhardt praised Longfellow’s French and her reading of Hiawatha, then kissed him on the cheek as she departed.
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Sarah Bernhardt
America
Ruston
Longfellow
Christian Science Monitor
Portland
Mme. Bernhardt
William Dean Howells
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Phere
Rachel
Chinese official abducted from legation by servants
Kang Shib-to former Anfu treasurer and pro-Japanese group figure, hid in the Russian Legation after a government reward of 10000 appeared. Chinese servants led a night raid, bound him, wrapped him in a quilt and carried him over the wall to waiting gendarmes.
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Legation
Kang Shib-to
Anfu Club
Peking
China
Kang
Women Run Midland Engineering Firm Ata Tanta Ltd
The London Times notes a Midlands factory led and staffed by women, with Fay Parsons praising pioneer women engineers. Lady Parsons heads the company started by two ex war workers. Good orders exist and belief in female labor’s success is strong.
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Ata- Tanta, Ltd
Lady Parsons
Midlands
Fay Parsona
London Times
Lightning Killa Numbers of Deaths By Lightning
A historical note argues that many lightning deaths stem from shock rather than current through the body. Evidence suggests the psychic impact triggers heart failure and organic disturbances. In some cases a mother dies while her child survives. Intoxicated or drugged individuals may escape.
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Pepul
Weicace Mavauny
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Llano Feed CO
Adler-I-Ka
Texas
BE. W. Hall
Olivett
St. Louis
Carnegie
Old American Glass
Fire & Life
Io. A. Gone
Llano, Texas
Evéwywhiwe
Cupid
Darling
Detroit Free Press
Sarah Bernham
Llano Poultry Company
Martin Phone 339
Chas. Holden
Prop
Dabbs & Moneyhon Co
Martin
Southwestern Phone
Undertaker
Llano
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