Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease Relief Claim
Nat Anderson of Greenwood South Carolina describes five years of worsening kidney trouble with backache and disordered secretions. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with final relief and cure, noting improved strength and no signs of kidney trouble since use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Anderson
Greenwood
S. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cannibalism in Civilization Sparks Controversy
Beecher argues civilized society harbors cannibals, claiming New York has more cannibals than Pacific islands and warns of mass death if support from cannibalism disappears. Suburban Life offers a poison ivy remedy using sugar of lead in alcohol, noting sugar of lead neutralizes the poison and alcohol aids dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isles of
Pacific
Henry Ward Beecher
Unusually Severe Drought Hits Lake Champlain
The Lake Champlain drought set a historic low nine feet below high water. Steamboats halted many trips due to docking inability as mountain brooks dried up and river beds ran to mere threads of water. Drought and fires ravaged agricultural interests per the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Champlain
Focal
New York Sun
Nothing Lasts in This World
A noir dialogue scene unfolds with Jimmy fearing an endless chase and a fence ahead that will not be stopped by any barrier. The tension hints at a doomed romance or escape attempt as they press forward toward an uncertain fate.
Open Shop Charity Earns Praise and Criticism
The Texas State Journal of Medicine argues that lawyers profit from avoiding penalties while doctors offer endorsements for spiritual salvation. The piece defends persistent labor for those who cannot pay, but calls out rewarding chronic rascality and laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Journal of Medicine
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble Promises Better Health
Illinois man credits Postum with ending nervous spells indigestion and heart palpitations after years of coffee use. He says stopping coffee and drinking Postum improved sleep weight and overall health, claiming life was saved and urging readers to consider The Road to Wellville. Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan promotes the letter as genuine and offers the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lever
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Bean Anthracnose and its Control
Bean anthracnose, known by many names including rust and pod-spot, is caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and affects pods, stems, and seeds. The disease thrives with moisture and warm summers, spreads via spores in rain, and may damage seedlings. Bordeaux spraying is unlikely to help after multiple field trials.
Strain Will Tell Egg Production Link
The egg producing ability of a hen depends on the ability born in her. In sore fowls the reproductive organs have not been developed and these birds lay few or no eggs.
Lament For Changed Times In Country Voice
Adoniram Corntop laments changing times from courtin to modern expenses. He recalls minting pennies for peppermint, buying ice cream, soda, and candy, and a son’s band concert cost. He warns about rising daily spendings and wonders what the future holds for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Adoniram
Andy Clover
Andy
Puck
The Solar Machine by Willie Brook in Harper's
In a Willie Brook story quoted here, Yankee lawyer Hi Biddle jokes about smoking and thrift. The narrator records a tale of Bill Doolittle living on ten cents a week, including a Sunday dinner of tripe that lasts until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Biddle
Willie Brook
Harper's
Bill Doolittle
Hiddle
Cured by Cuticura After Rheumatic Sores
After rheumatism, sores formed on the legs, causing severe burning and pain day and night. Three doctors failed to help until Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent were used, and in three weeks the sores died up with relief. In three months full recovery. testimonial from Mrs. V. V. Albert, Upper Frenchville, Me., July 21, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiura
V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
One Hundred Dollars Cure Claim for Catarrh Cure
The article touts Yiall's catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, claiming it cures catarrh by constitutional treatment and offering one hundred dollars to any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonials and address for F. J. Cieney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and South African sugar industry. Ends with a quip about a man with wind blowing shingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yiall
F. J. Cieney
Toledo
A Cure and a Test of Repentance in a Danish Tale
A broken man seeks absolution on a rocky road and asks for a supreme penance. A stranger advises a year at a boarding house as the test. The snippet notes a Swedish mineralogist who discovered tantalum and why the element drew its name from its challenges.
Stealing Time From Sleep Offers Little Victory
A brief reflection argues that sacrificing sleep to gain extra hours yields poor outcomes. Fatigue undermines productivity and health, underscoring that rest is not expendable even in tight schedules.
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Jimmy
H. H. Whetzel
Adoniram Corntop
Sonny
South Africa
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Olear Samuel
the Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
TME Centaun Company
Dodds
Sloan’s
Niment
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Buster Brown
Marena
White House
BROWN
T. Louis
U.S
Watson
Coleman
Ington
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