Country Boy Sacrifices Life Saving Runaway Team in New York
A country visitor girded to halt a runaway team about to crash into crowds of women and children, saving many lives but losing his own. The account praises a remedy that claims to restore health to those with stomach, liver, bowels and blood disorders, urging all the sick to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sieemmieets
Yves
Astetter
Brooklyn
Boston
Hunker
New York Herald
Birthday Gift Prompted Smile in London Tit Bits
In a witty exchange Henry forgets a birthday gift, the woman laments the omission, he admits she looks ageless and the moment turns warm. He bears a sly smile suggesting a money-saving mindset while the scene ends with shared happiness.
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Henry
Jove
London
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised powder for swollen feet
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to be shaken into shoes for swollen nervous hot feet. It claims quick relief from smarting feet tight shoes sweating blisters and bunions and promises rest and comfort. It cites ten thousand testimonials and offers 25 cents in stores or by mail with a trial offer from Allen S Dimstead Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Ars Ree
Dimstead, le Roy, N. Y
Ancient Tarot packs and local advertising success
The piece notes tarot packs as ancient playing cards still used in remote areas of Italy France and Switzerland made in Florence with designs passed down generations. It then discusses Schilling's Best advertising success prompting expanded ad space for their money back baking powder tea and related products in the town where sold.
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Italy
France
Switzerland
Florence
Schilling
Messrs. A. Schilling & Co
Deafness Cure Via Constitutional Remedies Proposed
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and asserts hearing can be saved by constitutional remedies. It offers a hundred dollar reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cures cannot cure and urges sending for circulars from F. J. Yeo Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Yeo Co. Props
Foledo
Ee Hall
Patent medicine claims from 1895 Philadelphia ad
An 1895 advertisement touts Piso's Cure for Consumption as a leading cough remedy and promotes Schilling's Best tea and baking powder. It also offers Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free $2 trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H K Living Ltd of Philadelphia, claiming permanent relief from fits and nervousness.
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George W. Lotz
Fabucher, la
Miscellany of witty lines and antique quips
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers featuring flirtations about platonic love, social misreads, stage humor, weather lore, and a Viennese of irony. Notable digs include remarks on golf, theater, and a critic author exchange that ends with a sharp twist. Named figures include De Wolf Hopper Jerome Sykes and McDonald among others.
Leaf cutter bee drills sand bank and carves leaf cells
A writer describes a leaf cutter bee drilling a 10 inch deep sand bank and forming about a dozen leaf cells. It uses jaws and six legs to cut circular and oblong leaf pieces from rose and sweet pea, carrying pieces back and forth in about 20 seconds per cut. The bee orients in the air to finish precise cuts.
The Danger of Beauty and Notorious Rivalry Tale
A humorous monologue contrasts beauty with misfit looks while lamenting that papers focus on vanity. It recalls a lifelong feud between Closer and Pinchem over charity funding and slander threats, sparked by Deacon Worthy’s donation dispute.
I Owe My Life to Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs E WoornHisker of Mills Nebraska reports doctors said she had consumption and could not live. After starting the vegetable compound her menses returned and she regained strength, weight and health beyond years.
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Mrs. Kham
Lydia E. Pinkham
I Feel Like a New Person Lydia E Pinkham Ad
Mrs. Gro Lea cu, 1609 Belle St, Alton IL, suffered womb trouble with monthly menses two to three times. After trying doctors’ medicines with little benefit she read a pamphlet and started Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming to feel like a new person and praising it highly.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mile. Valentine To Open Hat and Bonnet Making Class
Mile. Valentine, daughter of Edmond About, plans a hat and bonnet making class in Paris. The note highlights her privileged upbringing contrasted with her father’s later fame and questions surrounding the family’s reverse fortunes. The Boston Woman's Journal reports the bold move as a test of her ability to navigate the struggle for life.
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Mile
Valentine
Edmond About
Paris
Rue de Douai
Authors’ Society
Pontoise
Boston Woman’s Journal
Notorious North Carolina ax attack shocks town
A man killed his wife with an axe then fled to the woods. The wife revived and expressed relief at the act, saying she would not have to support him anymore, calling it a blessing in disguise amid a harsh day.
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Sarah
Alice
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Chicago News
Washington
Sinecure
North Carolina
How Spain Paid Columbus in Early Naval Records
Archives of the Spanish navy reveal crew pay for Columbus era caravels. Sailors earned 10 to 12 francs monthly with food. captains of the three caravels received 80 francs monthly. Columbus as admiral was paid 1600 francs per year. Also noted are London’s extensive underground networks: 8000 miles of sewers, 34000 miles of telegraph lines, 4530 miles of water mains, 8200 miles of gas pipes.
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Christopher Columbus
Columbus
London
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Hood
America
Latia
Rae
Paris Medicine Co
Ot Louis
GROVE
Roe
Abney, Carer & Cos
EvaNs Chemical Co
Cincinnati
California
J.C. Horrmay
Isabella
Whistler
Kansas
Bridget
New York Weekly
Thackeray
Charlie
Johnny
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mr. Wellwood
Mme. Medley
Miss Highrocks
Cleveland
de Wolf Hopper
Casey
Francis Wilson
Jerome Sykes
Bostonians
Philadelphia
Prince Ananias
Sykes
McDonald
Jerome
New York Telegram
Chicago Post
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Closer
Pinchem
Deacon Worthy
Mrs. Pinkham
Happy Women
E. WoornHisker
Mills, Neb
Cutlers
W.H. Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
Pacific Coast
Gilbert Clements’ Sons
California Street
San Francisco
Cal
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
Spain
The
Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar
Will & Finck Co’s
Will & Finck Co
Market St
L. A
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
R. LeRoy
ALL Grocers
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