Peruna touted in ads for women and tonic claims
An advertisement features Miss Nellie Cortain of St. Paul praising Peruna as the best medicine for women’s mucous disorders and fatigue from work. It includes a testimonial from Congressman Mark H. Dunnell endorsing Peruna as a tonic and invites readers to request gratis medical advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Wiss
Nellie Curtain
Pear Street
St. Paul
Minn
Nellie Cortain
Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Paxtine
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Columbus ‘Ave
Indignant Lady Teaches Youths About the Dangers of Intemperance
A cheery London style item notes a scene at Fairmount where a well meaning woman, seated beside a boy smoking a cigar, tells a friend the act alights upon his youth as a warning. The Philadelphia Ledger cites a royal Edinburgh visit incident showing decorum and a grand bouquet offered to the monarch.
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Fairmount
Ata
Hiladélphia Ledger
Sea Spectacles Reveal Depths of Sea Vision
Signor Pinos, an Italian inventor, introduces a hydroscope claimed to let human eyes pierce the sea to vast depths and broad radii, offering astonishing underwater sight.
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Signor Pinos
Floating Lady Hypnotism Trick Reveals Hidden Wires
A simple solution to a famous illusion is described as the floating lady trick. The woman appears to rise and hover in the air while the performer passes a hoop over her. The seatings lady is a doll imitating the real woman, using a light balconine rig with a hidden wire system to allow the hoop to pass. The illusion ends with the figure sinking back into the box and the real woman reemerging.
Old Man's Darling Viola Carlstedt Named Beauty By Dent
Viola Carlstedt a Chicago chorus girl is hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world by attorney Lew D Dent. She is five feet eight inches tall weighs 120 pounds has brown hair and eyes and a cupid's bow mouth. The piece contrasts her with a seventy year old admirer and mentions the future automobile as a practical, slow moving machine for daily use.
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Viola Carlstedt
Lewis D. Dent
Chicago
Miss Carlstedt
Frenchman in a Hard Position in Paris
A Frenchman named Lillier faces conflicting orders from Paris authorities who ban him from living in the city while military authorities require him to stay. He was arrested for theft and sentenced to one month in prison. If the sentence is served in Paris he may face further civil imprisonment for residing there. if sent to a country prison the military will prosecute him.
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Lillier
Paris
Paris Gap
Woman Registers At Chitnee Hotel In Red Ink
A young woman registered her name in red ink at the Chitnee hotel. The entry names Mrs. Henry Blood of New York.
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Chitnee
Henry Blood
New York
Deafness Cure Disputed by Catarrh Theory and Remedies
An old medical advertisement argues deafness is curable only by constitutional remedies. It claims ear inflammation from catarrh causes deafness and offers a $100 reward for any cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice blends multiple ads about medicines, shaving, and travel rates with a final cough remedy.
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Hall
Fry. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dinggists
Kansan Pokes Fun At New York Visit With Vanderbilt Tale
Editor C P Townsley reports in a humorous letter from New York about meeting Mr Vanderbilt’s gatekeeper James Thompson, noting how few of the 400 at home as they split for summer resorts or Europe. The piece mocks the elusive elite and contrasts it with winter plans.
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Kansan
New York
N. Four Hundred
C. P. Townsley
Kansas
Mr. Vanderbilt
James Thompson
Postum Coffee Alternative Claims to Cure Coffee Skin
An advertisement-style testimony argues that coffee harms the liver and skin, causing yellow complexions and nerve trouble. It claims Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts from Postum Co. can restore rosy cheeks, red lips, and health by replacing coffee with Postum, noting personal relief after several months.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
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Edinburgh
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Maderi
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Utah
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School OF Domestic Science
School OF Commerce
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School OF General Science
Agricultural Experiment Station
America
Europe
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Logan
Tate Bat Gossistor Moe
W.N. U
Salt Lake
Pompe Teves Ogden Assay Co
Colo
College ‘of
Centurius
Old
University of China
Kwotsekier
Confucius
China
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Atlantic
Winslow
Joseph
Baltimore
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Dooly
Salt Lake City
France
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