Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promised Relief for Women
A promotional passage urges women to demand knowledge of what they ingest. It touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as effective for menstrual pain, childbirth preparation, and general feminine health, claiming nerve support and relief from various female ailments. It invites readers to request a free booklet from Dr. Pierce’s Buffalo institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Sohenesses
R. V. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Sam Lewis and His Fortune Versus Public Service
The New York World notes the widow's death frees a vast fortune amassed by Sam Lewis the London money lender. It argues his profits came from harsh terms yet funded charitable aims by redistributing wealth from profligate nobles to the truly needy, praising the end as a public service despite disfavor for usurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam" Lewis
Sam Lewis
London
Grand
Lewis
New York World
Joe Cannon and the sleepless campaigner
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch item mocks Joseph Cannon the Missouri stalwart for eschewing sleep. It likens him to Napoleon and Cassius and rejects the eight hours a day rule as essential to greatness while noting newspapers’ reluctance to print strong language about him.
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Joe
Cannon
Joe” Cannon
Missouri
George Ade
Rogers Brothers
Napoleon
Cassius
Julius Caesar
Uncle Joe
St. Lois
The One Who Succeeds in Love and Rivalry
A Philadelphia Press item contrasts two suitors as one wins by genuine devotion while the rival relies on scheming and money to win favor, framing the contest as a moral struggle between sincerity and shrewd manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Woman Calls Rival "That Brazen Thing" In Marriage Rift
A wary wife reveals growing distrust of her husband as she labels another woman as "that brazen thing." The remark signals escalating tension within a troubled marriage, with rivalry and suspicion coloring daily life.
Woman's Kidney Pills Story Highlights 1900s Ad
Mrs Charles F Smith of 22 Boyden Street Woonsocket Rhode Island relates her long battle with kidney weakness and back pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills for four years she reports weight gain from 120 to 165 pounds and improved health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn & Co Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Smith
Boyden St
Woonsocket
R. L. Anys
Dean
Foster-Milburn &Co
Buffalo
Effect Of The Pure Food Law Taste Test
A reader recalls buying lemon extract and wonders what ingredient gives it a lemon flavor. The exchange, cited from the Chicago Tribune, raises questions about contents under the Pure Food Law.
Milk types linked to differing consumption in journal study
A medical journal notes that people who drink cows milk show higher inclination to consume than those using reindeer buffalo or goat milk. The finding compares various dairy sources and suggests milk choice may relate to consumption patterns.
Pearls Steal Spotlight Amid Newport Fashion Fete
The Times notes Newport hosts a pearl necklace display valued at 120 000 with 60 Oriental pearls 25 to 40 grain each. Mrs Leeds guards the treasure at her Newport cottage as society eyes the fashion statement.
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Newport
Mr. Leeds
Cleopatra
Marriage age debated by St Louis paper contrasts trust in 30-year women
The St Louis Post-Dispatch weighs in on marriageability noting 18 as the legal age for women while business houses favor women around 30 for trusted roles, questioning whether marriage is deemed less serious than daily business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri man jailed for 30 days over stolen umbrella
A Missouri man received a 30 day jail sentence after stealing an umbrella. The Minneapolis Journal comments on the case as part of broader moral upheaval in Missouri.
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Missouri
Minneapolis Journal
Grape Nuts Promotes Digestive Health Against Dyspepsia
An advertisement extols Grape Nuts as a remedy for indigestion and nervous dyspepsia. It argues against laxatives and stimulants, urging readers to switch to the grain cereal for steady strength, citing a Maine user who reports improved energy and endurance after several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Trade improves as Dun's Weekly notes broad retail gains
The New York based Dun and Company Weekly Review of Trade reports a broadening of retail activity in staple lines with heavy clothing and footwear, steady wholesale returns, and improved mercantile collections. Industrial output is at a high scale with steel mills and shipyards under pressure and wages rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Commodities Report Reflects Flattened Markets Across Staples
Baltimore and New York price readings show firming and steady tones across grains and fats. Wheat and corn hold near unchanged levels with mixed futures, while oats rye butter eggs and sugar display tight ranges and modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Steads Ams
New York
F. O. B. Mills
Duluth
Market livestock prices across New York and Chicago listed
New York beef and calf prices show native sides at 9 a cents per pound and veal and calf ranges from 3.50 to 8.50. Chicago cattle, hogs and sheep quoted with steers 6.75 to 7.30, cows 2.75 to 4.90, hogs 5.50 to 6.60, lambs 6.00 to 7.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Worth Remembering a Blended Ledger of Facts and Dates
A compact review traces population comparisons between Chicago and Vienna, recalls a 1568 name-change case in Elizabethan law, and notes elemental abundance in the crust. It also reports a trek from the Orange River Colony toward East Africa and comments on a past bread-making competition amid disparate archival fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Vienna
Ben Vs. Smith
Elizabeth
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
East Africa
Definition of a Lady in Gibson's Eye Sparks Debate
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt recounts Gibson's notion of a lady as a woman who always remembers others and never forgets herself. The discussion arises from London dining scenes where fashionable women smoked and debated ladylike behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson
Princess
London
Mr. Gibson
Philadelphia Bulletin
Women urged to avoid surgery with Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
An advertisement argues that many women fear operations but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can cure many female troubles without surgery. It cites letters from grateful users in Indianapolis and Milwaukee and urges readers to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Margrite Ryan
St. Andrew's Soeite
Indianapolis
Ind
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Dresignnts
Baby Lyon
Cutiura
Maebelle Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsony
Kan
ST. Jacobs Oil
Chicago Tribune
Hall
F. J. Currey & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Tavax
Olesale Druggists
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Kisnax & Manvix
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Glasgow
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Standard Gil CO
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Chase
Phillips
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Page
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M.B
Putnam
TON Roe Drug CO
Unionville
Missou
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Cleveland
Margrite Ryans
Margret Merkle
Aman Ayo
USA
W. L. Doudglass
A.L Douglas
Douglas’ Joh Bing
FIM
Bowe
Shore
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Dong
Peter
Brockto
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