Remedy and Blood Balm Ad Prospect in 19th Century Ads
Drug and patent medicine notices tout Blood Balm and remedies for coughs tuberculosis and skin disease with claims of curing blood disorders and humors. Anecdotes include a Pine Point clam bake and a chaplain pro tem misquote about corruption in Congress, reflecting era advertising and political satire.
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Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald of
Bees
Qld Orchard
Redberry Club
Pine Point
Congress
Thowart
Peruna Cures In Forty-Eight Hours Says Bowman
Chas W Bowman first lieutenant and adjutant of the 4th M S M Cav Vols from Lanham Maryland reports that he used Peruna to treat cold in head and throat. He claims a severe attack was fully cured in forty eight hours and urges its use as a preventive when threatened. His family also uses it and they recommend it to friends.
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Chas. W. Bowman
M.S. M. Cav
Lanham
Great Heavens, editor funds time story at Fifth Avenue fire
Henry Guy Carleton, noted wit and playwright, once tried to tell a story about the Fifth Avenue theatre fire to Ballard Smith at the New York World. Smith demanded speed and pressed to press, while Carleton stammered out a request to borrow a stenographer.
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Henry Guy Carleton
Everybody's Magazine
Fifth Avenue
Carleton
New York World Office
Ballard Smith
Smith
Fifith Avenue Theatre
Mr. Smith
Tumors Conquered Without Operations
Testimonies praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing tumors without surgery. Fannie D. Fox of Bradford and Luella Adams of Seattle recount relief from pain and tumor disappearance after regimens, urging others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fox
Miss Adams
Oe E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Mass
Pinkhar
Fannis
Lydia Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
Bradford
New England States
Lydia Eae Ee
Luella Adams
Colony Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Buch
Lynn
Trade and industrial round up for the week
R G Dun report notes steady business and favorable weather for outdoor work though heavy winter wear piles up. Northwest goods show promise while other regions need brisk sales to clear winter stocks. Rubber mills cut to five days, lumbering delayed by snowless ground. footwear shipments from Boston surge. fall products ordered. iron and steel progress continues. coal demand high amid mild weather. Failures US 334, Canada 40. Bradstreet wheat exports 3.43 million bushels. corn exports 5.63 million.
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R. G. Dun & Company
Northwest
Boston
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Wholesale Markets Report From Baltimore And New York
Market notes show dull and unchanged flour in Baltimore with steady corn and wheat prices mixed, receipts and exports tallied. New York reports weak wheat, steady corn and oats, firm cheese and butter, easy eggs, and steady flour with various regional price ranges and freight terms.
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Baltimore
Torgesh
New York
Western
Duluth
Pennsylvania
Rio
New York and Chicago live cattle and hog market report
Market slow in New York with steers 1 to 20 cents lower and cows down 15 to 16 cents. Bulls steady. calves weak for common and medium. Buffalo and Chicago notes show varied cattle and hog prices with mixed demand and firmer hogs in spots, sheep and lambs weak to steady.
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New York
Cabies
Few Tops, Inc
Chicago
Swift & Co 1905 Sales and Packing Plant Overview
Swift & Company outlines wholesale meat distribution from cattle sheep and hogs, detailing margins under two cents, no retail sales, and nationwide competition with local slaughterers. It describes Chicago and other centers, commission buying, vast refrigerated houses, plant locations, employment over 26000, sanitary abattoirs, open-house tours, and branded Swift products including Swift’s Premium meats soaps and lard.
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Swift & Co
United States
St. Paul
Fort Ror
Chicago
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Welsh wedding invites and UK begging economy?
In Wales invitations are described as businesslike while in London about 4000 people rely on begging for a living. An 1900 note praises Piso's Cure for throat and lung issues. Dundee reports Arctic whaling each season, and a Birmingham health concern cites extremely soft Welsh water causing damage to galvanized cookware, prompting a recall call for affected utensils.
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Biringham
Medical Record
Paper replaces timber in match production
Scarcity of timber leads to paper based matches. The noisy ad claims cure for a cold in one day and promises money back if it fails. It mentions Eromo Quinine tablets and an imprecise signature, with a box label stating claims.
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Druga Tarefund
W. Diemer
M.D
Springfield
Despairing Woman Credits Doane Kidney Pills
A South Bend woman details severe kidney troubles including weakness backache dropsy and chest bloating. After using Donn’s Kidney Pills she reports relief and credits the product with saving her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Henry A. Renamer
Main and
Garst Sts
South Bend
Ind
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tiny Mexican lap dog among earth's small breeds
A collection of curious facts notes the Mexican lap dog as the smallest member of the canine family. Other items include 3,128 seal skins shipped from Alaska last season and a global Christian population estimated at 582 million with Catholics making up 43 percent.
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Alaska
Govan
Scotland
Portland
Ore
British Columbia
San Diego
Mediterranean
Labouchere to Retire From Parliament and Write Reminiscences
Reminiscences would be lively as Henry Labouchere announces retirement from parliament. The journalist publicist has enlivened debate in the house with audacious onslaughts and sharp corrections. Once an extreme radical in the old liberal school, he has drifted from later forms of radicalism and is urged to author a book of reminiscences.
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Henry Labouchere
House of Commons
Labouchery
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