Kidney Pills Recount Cure For Five Year Disease
Nat Anderson of Greenwood Washington describes five years of worsening kidney disease with backache and failing secretions. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief and recovery, noting renewed strength and absence of kidney trouble after use. Also includes brief ad copy and miscellaneous quotes on cannibalism and poison ivy remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Anderson
Greenwood
D. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Severe drought drives new low on Lake Champain water level
The water in Lake Champain fell nine feet below the high water mark, forcing steamers to suspend many trips due to inaccessible docks. Mountain brooks nearly dried up and rivers reduced to thin threads, with drought and forest fires devastating local agriculture.
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Lake Champain
New York Sun
Nothing Lasts in This World
A dialogue segment shows a couple facing a looming barb wire fence as an obstacle to their future. The exchange hints at uncertainty and longing for permanence in their relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
The Doctor's Fee in a Moral Tradeoff
The Texas State Journal of Medicine argues against high doctors' charges while criticizing lawyers who help others avoid punishment. It frames medical care as a charitable duty done for worthy needs, yet condemns rewarding drunkenness and laziness, urging fair pricing and ethics in medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Journal of Medicine
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble Solved
A patient details relief from nervous and digestive issues after stopping coffee and using Postum. He credits improved sleep, fewer nervous spells, and weight gain, claiming Postum saved his life. The ad-like testimony ends with the familiar "There's a Reason" slogan and a product note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peat Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Do It at Once and Be Happy
An inspirational essay urges women to act promptly to avoid regrets. Do it at once. delay breeds anxiety and fault finding. Immediate responses curb fuss, keep households running smoothly, and spare future excuses. Also noted is fashion trends in jet cut decorations and French lace accents for chic wardrobes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sloan
Bordered Batiste On Sale In Many Designs And Shades
The bordered batistes are advertised as nearly irresistible with fifty designs and shades. They are durable and washable and offered at comparatively low prices. The copy highlights fashion appeal and practical wear.
Fancies in Gold and Silver Season Buckles and Ribbons
A London report from the American Register surveys the season’s fancy buckles and ribbons. Designers favor old fashion cameos, coral, and semi precious stones such as amethyst topaz tourmaline and chrysoprase though many pieces use cheap imitations. Hand crafted copper and Mexican opal pieces in Egyptian style attract high prices, with iridescent abalone shell and malachite jade and paste appearing in buckle designs.
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American Register
London
Fashions Advance with Hats Belts and Black Evening Wear
The article notes big muffs and larger jabot collars with fronted Ottoman hats and fashionable belts. It highlights black fox fur, red trimmings on black sippers, soft satins for skirts, and plaited braids as a season novelty.
Crochet Buttons Fashion for Winter Wear
Crochet buttons will be fashionable this winter with home craft. Women can cover wooden button moulds using embroidery silk or soutache braid to create square, marbled, or lozenge shapes. several designs include star or petal motifs and simple embroidered patterns.
Lament for Changed Times in a Puck Voice
An archaic narration recalls courtship days and frugal courting rites. The speaker laments rising costs and shifting morals, noting a generation spends on candy and outings while elders miss previous restraint. A nephew complains about a spent quarter and a boy earning 75 cents for a gal in a day.
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Bill
Andy Clover
Andy
Puck
Ten Cent Weekends and a Smoking Habit
A humorous Weldon-like tale features Hi Biddle, a Yankee lawyer, debating smoking’s seduction and a famous thrift anecdote about Bill Doolittle living on ten cents a week. The dialogue mocks frugality and the habit’s grip through a light, period voice.
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Hi Biddle
Wille Brook
Harper's
Bill Doolittle
Bill
Biddle
Testimonial for Cuticura Trio Heals Rheumatic Sores
Mrs. V. V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine reports a 15 year suffering husband with leg sores from rheumatism. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, sores dried up in three weeks pain subsided and three months of treatment left him well. July 21 1907.
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V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
Catarrh Cure Claim and Local Advertisements
An old ad boasts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Also advertised are South African sugar industry figures, a tobacco product promo, and a quip about wind and shingles as a proverb.
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Wlre
Hall
Catanao
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
A Cure and A Stranger Discussing Suffering
A sinner torn by wounds on a rocky road asks a stranger about the supreme fear of repentance. The reply counsels a year at a boarding house as a path to salvation.
Tantalum Named for Its Tantalizing Discovery
The Swedish mineralogist who identified tantalum reportedly gave the element its name from the tantalizing difficulties faced during its analysis. The anecdote links the name to the challenging extraction and recognition of the metal.
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New York
Isles of the Pacific
Henry Ward
Beecher
Inyooue
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardts
Adoniram Corntop
Cuthura
Sonny
South Africa
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Cardena le Sodan
Bears
the Centaur Company
Castoria
Dodds
Aid
Ea Ae
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Buster Brown
White House
the Brown Shoe CO
Maners
Niscenianeass
A. Ror
Ellogum
Matsen
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