Woman notes cure from Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A reader recounts relief from menstrual pains and uterine troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Within a week symptoms subsided, during two months of use she felt transformed, gained weight, and praises the treatment endorsed by Household Economics Club. The letter accompanies a poem about drums and distant hills. Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Mrs. Pinkas
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Havre
Edgerton, Wis
Household Economics Club
Haule
Uncertain Fragments Reflect Personal Reflections
A brief note contemplates kinship and aging, mentioning Kate and her eyes, with musings on time and growth. The fragmentary lines evoke family dynamics and evolving appearances, suggesting private thoughts rather than a reported event or public notice.
Leather Crosstie Could Replace Wood Rails
Fr W Dunnell of West Warren Massachusetts invents a leather crosstie weighing 125 pounds. Scrap leather from shoe shops is disintegrated ground refined and molded into ties. The molding machine tension is adjustable to produce ties stiff enough to hold spikes or to resist driving a spike.
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Fr. W. Dunnell
West Warren
Mass
Went Off at Wrong Time in Peddeford Maine Play
A ludicrous incident disrupted the final act at a Peddeford theater last week when a bottle in a spectator's pocket exploded just as the audience focused on the stage. The unexpected pop caused bemused laughter and a brief pause before the performance resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peddeford
Maine
New Zealand Eehidna Hystrix Lays Eggs in Pouch
An unusual creature from New Zealand named Eehidna hystrix lays eggs. The eggs are carried in a pouch and hatch from the parent’s body heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Newspaper souvenir of Washington burial in 1800 issue
Has Newspaper of 1800, H. J. McNally of Burlington Vermont prints Saturday January 4, 1800. The periodical carries congressional news and includes an account of George Washington’s burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. McNally
Burlington, Vt
George Washington
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna in Public Testimony
Admiral Schley, a famed 19th century hero, endorses Peruna the national catarrh remedy after a friend asked for his view. He and his family have used it, signaling its popularity and perceived merit. The piece credits widespread endorsements to Peruna’s merits and invites readers to request literature from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co in Columbus Ohio.
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Dmiral Schley
Admiral Schley
Peruana
Annals of
Medicine
Peruna
Columbus
Ohio
Galileo’s Criticism of Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered
Galileo derides Tasso as foolish and poor in art while praising Ariosto as rich and magnificent. He says Tasso understands nothing of his craft and that much paper is besmeared only to end with pap for cats.
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Galileo
Tasso
Jerusalem
Ariosto
Patent remedy claimed by Mother Gray in New York article
Cure constipation feverishness and teething disorders in children says nurse at Children’s Home in New York. Claims to move and regulate bowels and expel worms with over 30 000 testimonials. Sample offered free address A. S. Oirected LeRoy New York.
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Gray
New York
LeRoy
N.Y
Breathing Exercise Promoted With Mrs Winslow Syrup Hint
A historical note describes a lung exercise to improve breathing by head up shoulders back and chest out. It instructs inhaling through the nose, counting to ten, exhaling fully, then repeating to count twenty with lungs full. Mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and teething use with tablets.
London Ice Mystery and Six Vices in Office
A Scottish youth in a London refreshment parlor asks for ice and jokes about frost bite as the waiter insists it is ice. Also notes a list of six U.S. vice presidents who died in office: Clinton, Gerry, King, Wilson, Hendricks, Hobart, with brief identifications of their roles.
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London
Aberdeen
United States
George Clinton
New York
Wilhridge Gerry
Massachusetts
William Rufus King
Alabama
France
Henry Wilson
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Garret A. Hobart
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
A vintage advertisement touts a quick cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails to work. The fragment suggests a promotional pitch common to early 20th century medicine ads.
The Craving for Drink and Alcohol’s Nervous System Action
The action of alcohol on the nervous system is one of its most important characteristics and this action leads to the craving for drink, a central reason for its troubling effects.
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J. C. Rickey & CO
Hanorixa
Harding's Cell Cancer
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Chesebrough Mra
Stain Street
New Yorr
Kate
Pe-ru-na Drug Co
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W. S. Schley
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Tod
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Third South St
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Salt Lake City
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St. P.O
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Np Hom
Arapahoe BY
Ogden Assay Co
Cnnven Coe
Larimer Sts
Champa
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Denver, Colo. U.S. A
Epouacuano Sowerens
Nelden-Judson Brug Co
Sacred Heart Academy
Cgden
G_Wey
Sisters OF the Holy Cross
Richard E. Evans
B.C. Morris Floral CO
Mril
AMD
Salt Lake
State ST
Salt Lake Ol
Mehely
Baltlako City
Utan
Frank H Kreger
Barth
Denver
Gordon
Ogden
D. OG
Woody Frinthay Co
Utul
Elite
Sontete
Orice
Elite Pub
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