Woman Credits Vegetable Compound with Her Recovery
A testimonial recalls years of womb trouble and nerve distress eased after using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes prior doctors gave little help, then a positive turn after the first dose. It ends by urging other suffering women to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Also included are anecdotes about Robert Ainsworth and Carlyle destroying works and the value of perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
Inkham
Ana
Lynn
Mass
Robert Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Carlyle
Frederick the Great
London
Sydreles
Heimstadter
Ikey
Kipling
Cincinnati Enquirer
Insomopia
Drimmer
Clifton
Boston
Cincinnati
Pillsbury
Leslie’s
Marie
Ethel
Corntossel
Allers
Chicago Post
Western Medical Review
My Country
New York Weekly
Bobby
Mr. Muchblest
Muehblest
Easte End
Chicago
Bluster
Detroit Free Press
Howley
Charlie
Harlem
Old Fogle
Mary and
Martha Streets
Fogle
Transcript
Halts Catarrh with Internal Cure Claims
Local applications cannot reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is not a quack medicine and was prescribed by leading physicians. The remedy combines tonics and blood purifiers and is sold by druggists for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Propss
Toledo
Great Noses in History Stirs Debate in Post Dispatch
The St Louis Post-Dispatch piece recalls Cyrano de Bergerac and other figures famed for large noses noting poets and statesmen linked by this feature. It warns against assuming causation that great noses make great men while highlighting anecdotes about Cleopatra Antony Napoleon Caesar Benton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrano de" Bergerac
Cleopatra
Antony
Napoleon
Caesar
Benton
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Quotations and anecdotes from a late 19th century humor page
A collage of joke lines and witty exchanges: remarks on insomnia and illness, teases about Kipling, a bed room scare, playful barbs about horse racing and laws, seasickness on ship, manners of millionaires, tunnels, kissing, judges, ministers, and a polishing anecdote.
Railroad Across the English Channel Proposal Sparks Debate
The English Parliament weighs a plan to connect Britain and France by rail. Engineers claim a submerged bed with wheeled trestles could keep the tracks above water. The idea, though bold, is paralleled by famed remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in treating dyspepsia and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
English Channel
Hostetter
Freddie’s Papa and the donut hole quip from Chicago News
Freddie muses on the hole in the doughnut and plans to give it to his little sister to pay for bites she takes. The exchange, attributed to Freddie, appears in a Chicago News brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
Chicago News
Waiting to Take Hold in Pain Relief Pitch
A promotional voice touts St. Jacobs Oil as the remedy to misery and pain, claiming it will subdue aches and set you right. The copy leans on misery and cure to urge readers to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Getting Matters Adjusted and Other Humorous Snippets
A collection of light verse and anecdotes from the Chicago Record mentioning a neighbor with a bat, a cook receiving a tool, a Lenore youth going to war, a sickened beef remedy, and a kind old woman asking about good behavior with candy rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tere
Lenore
Jesse Moore
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertised as foot cure
A promotional notice claims Allen's Foot-Ease can cure painful feet and bunions, soothe tight shoes, and relieve chiblains and sweating. It cites over 10,000 testimonials and offers trial by mail for 25 cents, with dealers in druggists and shoe stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Highland Regiment Surprise Devils in Petticoats
Report quotes Russian observers upon first encounter with highland regiments who allegedly proclaimed they faced foes not men but devils in skirts. The remark reflects dramatic morale and fierceness attributed to the troops in battle.
Safe laxatives and curious old ads headline mix
A garbled mix of historical ads and brief notes mentions Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a laxative, teases about a Chicago social line, and references remedies for colds and teething. It also reports on coinage color changes, hotel rates in San Francisco, and early tanning with electricity, ending with a Philadelphia Record note on faster tanning times.
Exclusive Men’s Specialists Promoting Foote Remedies
An advertisement for Dr. Foote of Chicago claims exclusive treatment for men’s health issues. It promises confidential, nationwide remedies for genito urinary and nervous conditions, cures for syphilis, and vigor tonics with pricing for trial and six bottle offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Foote
Chicago
New York
Two Experts Guard Hidden Coin Piling Secret
In Philadelphia James Toughill heads the piling of 1000 silver dollars per bag as high as the vault allows. An unnamed western partner shares the secret to building a solid money wall, danger and all for those attempting the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James Toughill
Toughill
West
Philadelphia Record
Modern railway accounting and social language shifts
The article notes railway motive power departments keep double entry records for locomotives and cars to reveal maintenance costs and miles traveled. It cites Pullman earnings tracking and contrasts formal address with new modern business communication as seen in a New York Sun excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motive Power Department
Pullman Company
Chicago
New York Sun
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted To Purify Blood
A 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula and blood impurities in children and adults. It recounts personal testimonials from Mrs. J. T. Williams of Carbondale Pennsylvania and Mrs. S. B. Worrey of Farmington Delaware claiming relief from chronic sores, bilious conditions, and prolonged illness after using the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
J. T. Williams
Carbondale
How Armies Degrade Traitors With Public Ceremony
A Pearson's Weekly passage describes degrading a proved traitor by stripping the uniform of buttons and stripes, breaking the sword, and presenting the verdict aloud before drums mute the scene. The condemned officer is then marched away in a last-worn uniform before a long prison term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
An Excellent Combination Syrup of Frias Advertisement
An advertisement promotes the California Syrup Co. laxative product as a pleasant liquid extract. It emphasizes mild cleansing, relief from constipation, and effects on kidneys, liver, and bowels. It notes the use of figs for taste and senna as a key medicinal component. The ad urges remembering the company name on every package to avoid imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fie Syrup Co
Alphabet of great men list spans ages and nations
The London Globe notes a quiz ranking historical figures by names starting with A to Z. It lists Aristotle Baca Confucius Darwin Ezra Franklin Goethe Homer Isaiah Justinian Kant Luther Mohammed Newton Ossian Plato Quintillian Rousseau Shakespeare Tasso Ubland Virgil Washington Xavier Young Zoroaster and comments on cross-cultural selection and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristotle
Baca
Confucius
Darwin
Ezra
Franklin
Goethe
Homer
Isaiah
Justinian
Kant
Luther
Mohammed
Newton
Ossian
Plato
Quintillian
Rousseau
Shakespeare
Tasso
Ubland
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St. Jacobs
Newell, Jr
C. H. Keitz
Jones St
Sioux City
Sterling Remedy Companys
Montreal
Sanko
Panko
Bosanko
Philada. Pa
FISO
Devils In Petticoats
Ile
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Bush Street
Montgomery
California
O. L. Baker
Tegent Sa
DR. Foote & Staff
Adams ST
Maud
Jules
Wrorry
Farmington
Del
Idrops
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Ieannot
R. M
Porterfield
Wis
Swanson Rhenmatie
the Co
Ater
McHowe
J. W. Dennis
Normal Ave
Buffalo
N. Y
Swanson Rheumatic Cure’co
Dearborn St
FIG Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville
C. R. Dewitt
Thurlow Block
Address Occidental Publishing Co
Oakland
Greece
Italy
Christ
Moore
Greater New York
Carter
Ferrys
Ferry’s
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
The
National Inventors’ Association
Bemroge
Dr. Martel
Addre
French Drug CO
Pearl St
U.S. A
P.N. U
S. A
Draggisia
Hercules
Market ST
Faerats
Is Engine Works
San Francisco, Cal
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