RHEUMATISM PRESCRIPTION 2 AND NOTES ON DRUGGIST PRACTICE
The article discusses a rheumatism prescription labeled 2 used with meals and before retiring. It notes Toris compound is from Globe Pharmaceutical Co in Chicago, and mentions that such ingredients can be obtained from any reputable druggist. It warns not to judge by appearances, and contrasts ferocity abroad with meekness at home.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
aCough
Jayne
D. Jayne
Minnesota editors tour Western Canada praise progress
A group of Minnesota editors toured Western Canada and report vast railway expansion and land development. They note 160 acres of wheat land at $3 per acre plus 160 acres homestead rights, strong 1908 crop yields, Milestone Saskatchewan yields around 30 bushels per acre, and about 600000 bushels of grain ready for shipment. Government agents offer information on free lands and transport.
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Government of
Canada
Western
Minnesota
West
Hutchinson
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Lament of the Foolish Hen in a Farmyard Tragedy
A poultry tale from Philadelphia Ledger narrator Aunt Jane feeds corn to a pampered hen and gobbler. The tale ends with Old Gobbler doomed to the chopping block as the farmyard watches in mournful irony.
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Jane
Jack
Sheerson
Gobbler
Kyouck
J. W. Foley
Philadelphia Ledger
The Visitor and the Member on a Talking Machine
A dialogue mocks a talking machine carried by a man to guide his caddie and puncture his routine. It muses on fragility of self and memory, noting how a single lapse can dissolve a person’s world as if waking from a dream. The reflection quotes Amiel on disappearance and the fragile, shifting nature of existence.
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Amiel
Upward Start After Changing from Coffee to Postum
A Tennessee woman describes severe stomach, nerve and digestion problems from coffee. She swapped to Postum, noticed relief within an hour, and over years regained strength and appetite. She now uses Postum exclusively, crediting it with steadier nerves and better digestion. “There’s a Reason” promotes Postum by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Truth and Quality in Laxatives Promoted
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative. It claims the remedy cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility, with pleasant natural action. It notes physicians approve its components and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Flossie Footlight and Winnie Wings Wedding Exchange
Flossie Footlight and Winnie Wings exchange remarks about a Japanese wedding rite involving burning discarded bride toys, prompting horror at the idea of cremating former lovers. The playful banter highlights cultural curiosities and marriage ritual myths.
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Flossie
Winnie Wings—Horrors
Bed-Bound For Months Ends In Health Return
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington describes years of weakness swelling and pain then rapid recovery after using Deans Kidney Pills. She was bed bound for four months and three doctors said no cure. She regained health within weeks and could leave the house. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Yew Ani
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Riddle asks readers for answer to life and death
An English paper posed a classic riddle asking what a man loves more than life hates more than death or strife that contented men desire the poor have and the rich require a miser spends the spendthrift saves and all men carry to their graves The answer given was Nothing Publish date and source not specified.
Unclear ad text hints at health remedies and cures
Fragmentary ad copy mentions remedies for constipation and deafness. It references Hale Family Pills and a Toledo entity Cheney & Co. The readable lines imply a misformed promotional piece urging readers to seek circulars for cure and constitutional remedies.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Haile Cater
A Chemisette or Chemi sette Wordplay
A playful note from London Punch on naming a female chemist as the Pereira medal winner and a quip about the term chemi sette. It also advertises Ball Blue bleaching powder at 5 cents a 2 oz package and closes with a homespun proverb about charity that stays home.
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Pereira
World of Pharmacy
London Punch
Fragmented 19th Century Ad Snippet and Aphorisms
An assortment of old ad lines and quotations including a laundry blueing pitch, gun and trap sales, a stray Aristotle quote about friendship and justice, a children’s remedy line, a dog joke, and a remark about school scandal. The readable pieces hint at a miscellaneous page of catalogues and verse.
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Guarat
DR. D. Jayne
Saises
Ottawa
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Ea. Re
Ninth Street
Kansas City
W.l.douglas
Xeer
Aru
Aunt Jane
Bebsack
United States
Ouly Ile
Mall. DE. J. H. Kohence & Bor
Philadelphia
Bell
Aristotle
J Boy
School For
Defiance
W.N. U
White House
Ask
THE
Brown Shoe CO. Makers
St. Louis
U.S. A
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Lewis
Robert G. Ingersol
Frank P. Lewis
Poorts
Pact- Shou Waren Sess
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