Open Letters Proclaim Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Restored Health
Readers publish letters from Mrs Mary Dimmick of Washington and Lydia E. Pinkham praising Vegetable Compound for healing. The Soltreing letters support earlier claims of health improvements cited in our columns.
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Mra
Mary Dimmick
Washington
Tella Tlow
Lydia EK Pinkham
Soltreing
Mre
Maryer
Washington, D.C
Pagorond
Pinkham
Savill
Job
50Th
East Capitol Streets
Washington, D. C
Railway electrification progress in Germany and a rifle brigade death
The text notes railway electrification proceeding in Germany at 1.5 miles per year with total usage around 34.183 miles and limited expansion to suburban lines. It also records the Third Battalion, Rifle Brigade, dying at Devonport after foreign service in years, with stations at Gibraltar Aden and in India.
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Germany
Rifle Brigade
Devonport
England
Gibraltar
Aden
India
Blood Balm Ad Promises Cure for Rheumatism and Catarrh
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy for rheumatism and catarrh claiming it purifies blood, relieves aches in back and shoulders, and improves hearing and vision. It asserts cures after doctors and medicines failed and offers free samples and prepaid mail order from Dbwood Balm Co. Atlanta Ga.
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Dbiwood Balm Co
Atlanta A
Remarkable Cure Claim for Cuticura Skin Remedies
Emma E. Wilson of Liscomb Town reports a severe Terrible Scaly Eczema outbreak covering the chest body neck face arms and legs. She relied on Cuticura Remedies and claims complete cure with no recurrence five years later, praising the products highly. Oct 3, 1905.
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Emma E. Wilson
Liscomb
Town
Hat size tied to none of her fashion sense
A lighthearted note contrasts hat size with a woman's style, asserting that measurements of headgear do not reflect personality or taste. The line playfully dismisses vanity while celebrating individuality in dress.
Lawyer Benton's Will Trial Sparks Courtroom Wit
In the Crocker will case the first Supreme Court hearing featured sharp exchanges between Robert M. Morse for the contestants and Col. Joseph H. Benton Jr. for the executors. Benton compared an insult to a term of endearment, Earnest humor followed when Judge Lathrop quipped that King Lear was crazy, leaving both sides amused.
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Col. Benton
Crocker Will
Supreme Court
King Lear
Force of Habit at Rocky Mountain Bell
George W. Wallace recalls a Salt Lake City tale about a tardy hello girl at a central office. The manager offers an alarm clock to fix punctuality, but the next morning the clock’s whirring meets the line busy reply as she sleeps in.
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George W. Wallace
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Salt Lake
Not a Fair Division
A young clubman asks how a house’s furniture should be divided between husband and wife. The second clubman mocks him, declaring that if the home had endless bureaus and drawers it would be stuffed with veils and ribbons, and advises the man to wrap his own clothes in a newspaper and hide them under the bed.
Cardinal Gibbons and Gilmore in Dublin Laughs
The Pittsburg Dispatch recalls Cardinal Gibbons joking with Irish ladies in Dublin asking who was oldest, and recounts Gilmore and his band at Coney Island. The cardinal recalls Gilmore’s Mozart memory and a North Carolina town misprint claiming he rendered Mozart’s Twelfth Massachusetts.
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New England
Cardinal Gibbons
Dublin
Gilmore
Cardinal Glibbone
Coney Island
Cardinal
Maryland
North Carolina
Mozart
Massachusetts
Pittsburg
Money raising schemes touted by Illinois concern promise church fund cash
A business with headquarters in Illinois promotes money raising plans for church workers sending postal orders for quick church fund cash. Testimonials claim hundreds of letters show how plans are used, with reported cash results. The ad mix includes cures and medical claims, political notes, and assorted trivia from the era.
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Ilinois
Rex Church
Commercial Review Predicts Brisk Trade and Steady Activity
G Dunn & Co Weekly Review of Trade reports prospects for continued commercial activity with seasonable goods moving to consumption and spring trade prep keeping shipping departments busy. Mercantile collections vary but remain satisfactory overall amid tight money markets. Northwestern flour mills show heavy output. rail earnings rise 28.2 percent in February while securities prices fall. Iron and steel operate at full capacity with orders ahead of supply. Bradstreet notes weekly US and Canada wheat and flour exports at 2,300,476 bushels and corn exports at 3,767,063 bushels, with year-over-year comparisons provided.
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RE. G. Dunn & Co
Review of Trade
Northwestern Flour Mills
Bradstreet's
United States
Canada
Wholesale Market Summary From Baltimore New York Chicago
Baltimore and New York markets show mixed demand with weak wheat and corn futures. Receipts and exports listed, with butter eggs and cheese prices steady to firm, and grain specifics for steamer red oats rye and sugar quoted. Chicago cattle hog and sheep markets noted with varied price ranges and activity.
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Baltimore
New York
Duluth
Ohio
Chicago
Labor unions push for uniform initiations and new orgs
In 1905 the United States hosts 1,352,047 concerns. Boston lodges of mechanics push uniform initiation rates while Duluth dock carpenters plan a new group. London cabmen revolt over badge fees of 2s 1d. Boston Albany freight handlers may join Knights of Labor. Master barbers in Boston back state licensing. Montreal blacksmiths union planned. San Francisco sees antiJapanese cobbler movement. Carmen's Union No 205 hospital association has 1800 members and $3400 in treasury. International Brotherhood of Bindinders to meet in Washington.
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United States
Boston
Mass
Mechanics
Duluth
Mann
London
England
Albany
Knights of Labor Assembly
Blacksmiths’ International Union
Montreal
Canada
San Francisco
Cala
Hospital Association of Carmen's Union
International Brother of Kbinders
Washington, D
The Epigram in History and Its Edgy Finish
A compact study traces epigram origin from inscriptions and monuments to its evolution as a witty compact form. It notes Roman satirical turns and eighteenth century diction, with Dr Edward Walsh defining the sting ending and La Monnoye likening prose epigrams to a dismounted cavalryman.
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Edward Walsh
la Monnoye
Blarney Stone and the Origin of Blarney Talk
The Blarney stone earned fame from 1602 during English-Irish tensions. Captain Cormac McDermot McCarthy held Blarney Castle and delayed surrender to the English lord, using soft promises and delays until the lord became a public joke and Blarney talk entered prose as a proverb.
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Cormac McDermot McCarthy
Blarney
Ireland
Catching Turtles by Sucker-Fish Ring Method
A West Indies practice uses a ring and line attached to a sucker-fish tail. The fish is tossed overboard and grabs the first turtle it sees with a suction device on its head. The fisherman then hauls in both turtle and fish.
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West Indies
Demand for Honest Food Labels Sparks National Law Debate
An editorial urges a national pure food law to require truthful ingredient labeling. It argues current “pure” claims are unreliable and cites examples like tomato ketchup and olive oil. The piece features Postum Cereal Co. as proponent, calls on citizens to contact Congress, and frames a consumer rights movement against food deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Seel
Labor Trust
Postum
Pure Food Bill Appeal Encourages Public Support
A call to readers to cut out the notice, sign name and address, and mail to their Congressional representative. Buy two publications, keep one for reference, and send the other to a U S Senator to boost support for the Pure Food bill. Encourage friends to do the same to improve the chances of passage.
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Congress
U. S
Federal bill on labeling foods for interstate shipment
A proposed act requires manufacturers and shippers to label each food package with a complete ingredients list in plain English and size eight point, affixed with maker name and address, and to preserve those statements on covered packages. It imposes penalties for altering labels and assigns enforcement to the Bureau of Chemistry. The measure stipulates sampling, rules, and penalties for violations, effective from October 1906.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
District of Columbia
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
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